IGNITION FIRE. *AK
1990 Ford Aerostar complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1990 record →
OWNER WANTS TO REPORT THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED ON ITS OWN WITH NOBODY STARTING THE VEHICLE. *AK
DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNDER THE DASH IN IGNITION SWITCH FIRE, SAW SMOKE AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR/PUMP DOES ADAQUATELY CLEAR WINDSHIELD;LACK OF FLUID; MUD FROM STREET COMES UP ONTO WINDSHIELD, STOPPING PUMP; IMPAIRS VISION. *AK
STEERING WHEEL COLUMN FIRE. *AK
TRUCK WAS IN PARK POSITION AND JUMPED OUT OF PARK POSITION, INJURING CONSUMER. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
HORN WENT OFF, THEN THE CAR WAS TRYING TO START UP, LATER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THEN TOTALED BY FIRE. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED BADLY PRIOR TO LOSING REVERSE GEAR, ALSO WILL NOT SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR. *DSH
FOUR OF THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT EXTEND OUTWARD FOR USAGE. MANUFACTURE ACKNOWLEDGES NOT UNDER WARRANTY NOT THE SAFETY ASPECT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
BRAKES FAILED CAUSING CONSUMER TO PLOW THROUGH GARAGE AND INTO FAMILY ROOM FURNISHINGS. NO BODILY INJURIES. TT CONSUMER STATES MECHANIC ADVISED HER THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FALLEN OUT IN THE MECHANIC'S HAND AND OIL HAD GOT INTO THE BOOSTER MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER WERE REPLACED. *JB
THE ALUMINUM DRIVESHAFT BROKE WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE. TT
DIMMER SWITCH FOR DASH SHORTS AFFECTING NIGHT VISION OF CONSOLE. THIS HAS OCCURED TWICE IN (1) YEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, MASTER CYLINDER IS BAD, ON BACK ORDER FOR FIVE MONTHS. TT
TRANSMISSION PARK LOCK OUT. *DSH
CONSUMER TOOK GAS TANK OUT FOUND IT WAS CRACKED TRUCK NOT UNDER WARRANTY . TT CONSUMER HAD BEEN SMELLING FUMES FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS, SOME OF THE PASSENGERS WERE GETTING LIGHT HEADED AND CAR SICK, CONSUMER'S HUSBAND TOOK OUT THE GAS TANK AND FOUND IT HAD A CRACK IN IT THE PLASTIC TANK WHERE THE STRUCTURE PART OF THE TRUCK AND THE TANK MOUNT TOGETHER, CONSUMER BELIEVES THSI TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOUNTED WITH RUBBER BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE FRAME, THIS SITUATION COULD CAUSE AN EXPLOSION BECAUSE OF GAS LEAKING AND FUMES.*JB
THE VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT COLLAPSED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
WHEN RUBBER TIPS ON VACUUM LINE BLOWS OFF, THEY WILL CRACK THROUGH HEAT CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES; REPLACEMENT NEEDED. FAILURE OCCURS ON START-UP AND HIGH HEAT WEATHER. POSSIBLE BRAKES ARE VACUUM ASSISTANCE. TT
WILL SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT THE KEY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT ALSO, THE KEY COMES OUT IN ANY GEAR. THE SHIFTING LEVER COULD BE MOVED WITH OR WITHOUT KEY. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ISSUE RECALL ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *YH
MASTER CYLINDER RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS (89V-223). *AK
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE INTERMITTENTLY LOSS OF EFFECTIVESS. TT
TWO YEAR OLD CHILD LEANING INSIDE WINDOW, WINDOW STARTED GOING UP ON ITS OWN; DRIVER GRABBED WINDOW,PREVENTING FURTHER CLOSING;LET GO WINDOW, CONTINUED TO GO UP
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IS LEAKING . TT
ON TWO OCCASIONS, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT IN REVERSE TRUCK ACCELERATE . TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY LOCKS-UP IN WET WEATHER OR EVEN AFTER WASHING THE CAR.HAVING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FIRE AROUND STEERING COLUMN AND DASH PANEL. TT
CONSUMER PARK CAR IN DRIVEWAY CAR WAS IN PARK TURN OFF CHILD HIT THE GEAR SHIFT CAR START TO ROLL WHEN ROLLING CHILD PUT GEAR BACK INTO PARK CAR STILL CONTINUES
AUTO-TRAN:VEHICLE LEFT RUNNING IN PARK, DRIVER GOT IN CAR, ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE, ENGINE RACED, VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD;TIRES SPUN;HIT TREE.
ABS: AT SLOW SPEED, BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR OR LOCK UP; ABS LIGHT WILL COME ON; CAUSED EXTENDED; NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT; HAPPENED ONE TIME AT HIGHWAY SPEED.
THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT LOCK INTO PLACE AND CAN MOVE OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION. TT
VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITH NO WARNING. TT
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, FUEL LINE CAME APART AND SPRAYED FUEL CAUSING FIRE. TT
THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE BECAUSE OF THE BEARINGS. PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK
SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR. *AK
WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE IN PARK, GEAR FAILS TO SHIFT. PLEASE GIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
THE VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN IN PARK WITH THE EMERGENCY ON. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE GEAR WILL SHIFT WITHOUT THE TRUCK BEING ON . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRUCK SLID ON ICE AND THE TURNED AROUND, CONSUMER PUT HAND ON THE DOOR ALREADY LOCK CAME OPEN. TT
VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE AND HAD SUDDEN UNWANTED ACCELERATION.BRAKE PEDAL WAS INOPERATIVE.HAD ACCIDENT. TT
REAR ANTI LOCK BRAKEROBLEM, ALSO ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CAME ON/OFF. TT
TURN ON CAR PUT IN DRIVE CAR ACCELERATE CONSUMER HIT THREE CAR . TT
FRONT END SHIMMIES WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, REPLACE ROTOR TWICE AND DISC BRAKE ONCE. TT
PLACED VEHICLE INTO PARK VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD. TT
CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE.
ERRATIC OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC GAS GAUGE. UPON STARTING A GALLON OF GAS POSSIBLY IS LOST. TT
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