01 Windstar bulb warning light on?
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01 Windstar bulb warning light on?
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Help! I have a 01 Windstar LX van with 87k on it . Had this van 2yrs. Great to travel in with 3 kids. The bulb warning light on the lower right side of dash is on. I have checked all the bulbs and the turn signals and the license plate lights and the haz lights all are good but the light is still on. I cleaned the side door contacts, I didn't know if that had any thing to do with this light. How do I reset this or do I have to take it to the shop? OR should I get a smiley face from Walmart and put over it. THANKS
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Help! I have a 01 Windstar LX van with 87k on it . Had this van 2yrs. Great to travel in with 3 kids. The bulb warning light on the lower right side of dash is on. I have checked all the bulbs and the turn signals and the license plate lights and the haz lights all are good but the light is still on. I cleaned the side door contacts, I didn't know if that had any thing to do with this light. How do I reset this or do I have to take it to the shop? OR should I get a smiley face from Walmart and put over it. THANKS
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I am not familiar with this bulb warning light. Is it a light to tell you a specific bulb is bad? Or does it tell you a specific door is open? Or does it tell you there is something wrong with an outside bulb or a door somewhere, but doesn't actually tell you where it's located?
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Thanks for the reply Dave, In my book that came with the van all it says is if this light is on a exterior bulb is out. I went over this thing twice and can't find any thing burnt out even the brights are fine.
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Do they all look the same brightness? There may be a little resistance in one of the sockets that is tripping the monitor circuit. See if they all look the same. It may be a little work, but you also might want to remove and then replace all the bulbs to see if there is a bad connection in one of the sockets. Pulling all the bulbs and putting them back in may make the bad connection go away. I am not sure, but I am thinking this may monitor only the smaller bulbs around the van and not the headlights. Does the manual talk about this any?
Iwill try that
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fixed it
I found out one brake light would only work if the van was sitting still in the garage, when I followed my wife one day I could see it was not working. I changed the bulb and the warning light went out what a deal!
Thanks for letting me post. belovedkj
Thanks for letting me post. belovedkj
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