KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION SWITCH WITHOUT IGNITION BEING TURNED OFF DUE TO LACK OF AN INTERLOCK SYSTEM. *DH
1992 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 1992 record →
FAILURE OF THE FRONT BRAKE SHOES AND PADD, THE PADS ARE WEARING TO OFTEN, THE FRONT BRAKES ALSO LOCKS UP WHEN DRIVING. *AK
IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. *SD
IGNITION SWITCH FAILS TO RETURN TO RUN POSITION AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, CAUSING FAILURE OF TURN SIGNALS/BLOWER MOTOR. *SD
EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL FAILURES, IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *AK
THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS CAUSED SOME WIRING TO BURN IN HTE STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
INTERLOCK SWITCH FAILED, ALLOWING KEY TO BE WITHDRAWN WHILE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. *DSH
WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM VENTS, FRONT WIRING HARNESS HAD BURNT. *AK
AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN TO CATCH ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE TRUCK STARTED SMOKING WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND THE IT BURNED ELECTRICAL EQUIPTMENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED BLACK SMOKE CONSUMED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, SMOKE IS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUSING THE WIRING TO BURN. *AK
AFTER PARKING INGITION COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK
ABS SYSTEM BRAKES LOCK UP IN WET WEATHER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
BOLTS HOLDING LUGGAGE RACK TO ROOF LEAK. *DH
THE ARM FROM POWER STEERING LAY ACROSS THE HOSE MAY ROUGH A HOLE PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS HAD TO REPLACE THE BULB SIX TIMES. TT
WHILE DRIVING RIGHT TIE ROD CAME APART. TT
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00, VEHICLE HAD STALLED, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
AIR INTAKE VALVE, CAUSE WATER TO COME INTO THE VEHICLE CAUSE WATER TO FREEZE INSIDE THE INTAKE. TT
AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SD
INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOYED.TT *JB
POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. TT *SLC
LAP/SHOULDER ON DRIVER WILL NOT RETRACT. TT
AIR BAG LIGHT KEEP COMING ON, REPLACE SENSOR 3 TIMES, REPLACEMENT CONTROL LIGHT FOR A FEW MONTHS, THEN IT COMES BACK ON. TT THE CONSUMER THINKS THE DEALER WAS MISSINFORMING HER ABOUT DIAGNOSIS. THE A/C WAS NOT WORKING TOO. *YH
THE ENGINE DID NOT TURN OFF WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT CAR TURNED OVER. TT
BRAKE PADS ON VEHICLE WEAR OUT EXCESSIVELY, NEED REPLACEMENT EVERY 4K TO 5K MILES. TT ROTORS ARE CONTINUALLY WARPING, BRAKES PADS CRYSTALIZING, CAUSING VIBRATION AND NOISES. *SLC
ABS, WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT BRAKE PADS FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING. TT
SEAT BELT TWISTED WHEN RETRACTED. *SD
ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON TOOK TO DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM REPLACED THE ROTOR AND PADS ON TWO OCCASION . TT
REPEATED FAILURE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER O RINGS AND COMPRESSOR LEAKING. DESCRIBE IN MORE DETRAIL. TT
SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHILE WAITING FOR THE STOP LIGHT TO TURN GREEN. TT
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED NOT FULLY AND THERE WAS TWO HOLES IN THE AIR BAG BURNED ALL WAY AROUND . TT
SHIFT CABLE RESTING ON MUFFLER, MELTING PLASTIC COVERING, ALLOWING CABLE TO RUST. *TW
WHILE PARKED WITH GEAR IN PARK AND ENGINE RUNNING, DRIVER GOT OUT TO OPEN DOOR AND GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. *AK
GEAR JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, SHIFT CABLE SEIZED. TT
WHEN BRAKES GET WET OR COLD, ABS MALFUNCTION, RESULTING IN LOCKUP AND AN ACCIDENT. TT
EQUIPPED W/TOW PACKAGE & ABS BRAKES; UPON STEADY APPLICATION OR DOWN HILL, BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN HOT WEATHER ONLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED CIRCULAR CRACK. *DH
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, CONTINUE WEAR OF DISC ROTORS AND PADS, IN FRONT AND REAR, REPLACE 7 TIMES. TT
THE SECOND ROW , BEHIND THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT IS BROKEN. AND THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. TT
THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACE TWICE THE AIR CONDITION HAS NOT IN THREE YEAR THE RACK PINION ,TRANSMISSION AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP . TT
THE 3RD TIME IN 20,000 MILES AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS, CALIPERS, AND SHOES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE AIR CONDITIONER HIGH PRESSURE CONTROL HOSE RUBBED ON THE STEERING LINKAGES . *AK
THEY DROPPED 7FT OFF THE RACK AND THEY FIXED IT BUT THE CAR DOES NOT RUN AS WELL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
AIR CONDITIONER HOSE INSTALLED OVER ON TOP RACK AND PINION AND RUBS AGAINST IT, PUT A HOLE INTO THE HOSE. TT
SLIDING DOOR MOULDING IS TOO SHARP, CAUSING CUTS TO DRIVER WHEN ACCIDENTLY HITTING AGAINST DOOR. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SKD
HEAD LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT, CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL/POOR VISIBILITY. *SKD
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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