C1185: owner reports and bulletins

Chassis. We haven't written the explanation for this code yet. Below is what owners and manufacturers have filed with NHTSA.

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What owners report to NHTSA

168 complaints filed with NHTSA mention C1185, 11 of them since 2015, across 3 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: service brakes.

Most-reported models

VehicleComplaintsModel years reported
FORD WINDSTAR1661999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database and manufacturer communications file, snapshots September 2026. A complaint or bulletin that mentions a code is a report about that vehicle, not a statement that the code has one cause.