1993 Ford Aerostar complaints

AIR BAG SENSOR HAS MALFUNCTIONED ,CAUSING AIRBAG LIGHT TO STAY ILLUMINATED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

SLIDING DOOR PLASTIC HANDLE BROKE OFF. *MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE LOSS. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOTS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A STEEL POLE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

AUTOMATIC WINDOWS FAILED. MJS

VEHICLE HAS BURNED UP DUE TO A SHORT THAT OCCURRED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AREA. THIS LATER BECAME A RECALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

A/C HOSE RUPTURED DUE TO RUBBING ON STEERING MEMBER-MFG DEFECT POSSIBLE. *AK

THE REPLACEMENT DISCS ARE DIFFERENT LEFT/RIGHT BUT NETITHER THE PART OR ITS PART NUMBER/PACKAGE TELLS THE INSTALLER WHICH IS WHICH. THIS COULD LEAD TO OVERHEATING. *AK

THE REAR HATCH ANCHOR HELD BY 2 STRUTS, BROKE. THE BOLTS SHEARED OFF. VEHICLE WAS PARKED. RELEASED THE TAILGATE & GAVE IT A LITTLE PUSH. WAS RISING THE HATCHBACK WHEN THE BOLT BROKE OFF & HATCH SLAMMED SHUT ON OWNER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, BUT PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. MECHANIC WILL ORDER REPLACEMENT PART. *AK

CONTROL ARM FAILURES ON RIGHT SIDE. ALSO BUSHINGS FAILED. *AK

ENGINE HAS ROUGH IDLE! IGNITION SYSTEM OK! ??

CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALLS (97V-204) AND (99V-029), HOWEVER EXPERIENCED SIGNS OF MALFUNCTION. MJS

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL NO LONGER ENGAGE. IT WAS NOT DAMAGED OR MISSUSED IN ANY WAY. I CONTACTED THE DEALER INFORMED ME IT WAS NOT A WARANTEED ITEM. I FEEL THE DEALER SHOULD REPLACE THE BELT AS IT IS A GREAT SAFETY HAZARD. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS HAS OCCURRED IN OTHER VEHICLES BUT FELT I SHOULD REPORT IT.

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMOKE BEHIND VEHICLE. PULLED TO SIDE & CHECKED UNDERNEATH. NOTICED TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC VIBRATIONS HAD SET UP IN THE TRANSMISSION BUSHINGS & THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED.

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, UNDER RECALL 97V204000, CONCERNING DRIVESHAFT FAILURE. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. AFTER 1 YEAR LATER. TAKEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION & NOTICED THE CRACK IN IT. MECHANIC REFUSED TO REPAIR DRIVERSHAFT EVEN WHEN OWNER OFFERED TO PAY.

HORN STOPPED WORKING/CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED, AND AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, ALL AT THE SAME TIME. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

UPON TRYING TO START VEHICLE, IT WOULDN'T START DUE TO THE MOTOR WITHIN THE STARTER GOING OUT, AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS IDLING HIGH. *AK

SOMETIMES DRIVER CAN'T GET KEY INTO IGNITION. ALSO, AT TIMES, KEY WILL NOT TURN OVER AND COME OUT, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH HIT A DEER HEAD-ON , DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJUIRES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99V029000 IN THE MAIL. CONTACTED THE DEALER & SET AN APPOINTMENT. AFTER ARRIVING AT DEALER ON APPOINTED DATE, WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, BRAKE LINE CRACKED AND ALL THE BRAKE FLUID CAME OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

I WAS TOLD BY THE FORD DEALER IN HAYS KANSAS THAT THIS SHIFT LINKAGE IS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON IT THAT HE KNEW ABOUT.

DOOR IS OFF TRACK. AT TIMES THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN OR CLOSE.THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED TWO TIMES AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLM WITH BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WHICH NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR. CAN NHTSA HELP OR PROVIDE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

STEERING LOCKS UP WITHOUT ANY PRIOR SIGN,WILL UNLOCK BY TURNING IT COUNTERCLOCKWISE,SEEMS TO BE THE COLUMM BEARING,OR AIR BAG SPRING,NO STEERING WHEEL IN MY LIFE EVER DID THAT AND I HAD MANY VEHICLES,LUCKY THING I WAS GOING FAIRLY SLOW ,IF IT WAS HIGHWAY SPEED COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. ALSO, THE TWO FRONT TIRES KEEP BLEWOUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE DRIVESHAFT SEPARATED FORM THE VEHCLE TWICE, CAUSING THE FRONT END TO DROP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTED AND BURNED WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO & CONTACTED DEALER. WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. PARTS ON BACK ORDER. WOULD NOTIFY WHEN PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. OWNER UPSET. *AK

THE VAN IDLES VERY ROUGH OF STALLS. WHILE STOPPED (IN GEAR) IT WILL SURGE FORWARD EVEN WITH THE BRAKES ON. WHILE ACCELLERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION IT WILL GO THEN SPUTTER AND JERK. WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED, IT WILL SUDDENLY JERK AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. EACH TIME WE HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM, FORD HAS COVERED IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY NOW BUT FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT THAT FORD SHOULD TAKE CARE OF. THEY FIRST TOLD ME THEY COULD DO NOTHING. MY FATHER-IN-LAW SAW A PROGRAM ABOUT AEROSTAR VANS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS OURS AND THE GROUP THAT WAS REPORTING THIS WAS TRYING TO GET FORD TO RECALL THE VEHICLES. MY FATHER-IN-LAW DID NOT GET THE NAME OF THE GROUP OR THE PROBLEM BUT TOLD US ABOUT IT. I TOLD FORD ABOUT THIS BUT THEY SAID THEY KNOW NOTHING. I HAVE SINCE TALKED TO FORD AGAIN AND THEY SAID THEY MIGHT PAY FOR A PORTION OF THE REPAIR BUT THAT I HAVE TO TAKE IT IN AND THEY WILL DECIDE AFTER THAT IF AND HOW MUCH THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT A WORN PARTS PROBLEM. IT IS A DEFECT THAT CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION. EACH TIME THEY HAVE REPLACED THE PART, THE VAN RUNS GREAT FOR ABOUT A YEAR TO TWO YEARS. THEN THE IDENTICLE SITUATION RECURRS. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WHAT TO DO. THANK YOU.

TRANSFER CASE FAILED. NLM

CORROSION ON VEHICLE'S ROOF COULD LEAD TO CONTAMINATION TO OTHER PARTS ON VEHICLE. *AK *YC

VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. UPON STARTING MADE STRANGE NOISES AND THEN THERE WAS SMOKE. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #99V02900 & NOTIFIED DEALER. THAT WAS OVER 3 1/2 MONTHS AGO. WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE & WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN PARTS WERE IN. DEALER WAS ORDERING THE PARTS AT THAT TIME. *AK

2 REPAIRS ON TRANSMISSION PRIOR TO RECALL, (6/96 AND 9/96) CONSUMER NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL AND UNIT FAILED A 3RD TIME (5/99) CONSUMER WAS DENIED RECALL REPAIR DUE TO TIME FRAME. (97V-204000) YH

TRAVELING 45MPH DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT FAILED TO SIGNAL. HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES & VEHICLE STARTED TO HYDROPLANE & REARENDED THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED. *AK *ML

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY LEFT FRONT BRAKE HOSE BROKE, CAUSING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, INCLUDING REAR BEAKES. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-029). *YC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL FAILURE/SHORTS RESULTING IN FAILURE OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-029). *YC

WIRING HARNESS UNDER DASH BURNED AND CAUGHT FIRE. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH THERE WERE NO BRAKE LIGHTS. CONSUMER COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, AND THE BRAKE FUSE BLEW OUT. DEALER COULDN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON I-65 IN NASHVILLE, MY HUSBAND AND I BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE AND THEN SUDDENLY SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN OF OUR 1993 FORD AEROSTAR. AFTER PULLING OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I REMOVED OUR TWO SMALL CHILDREN WHILE MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO SHUT OFF THE VAN. ALTHOUGH THE VAN WAS IN PARK AND THE KEYS HAD BEEN REMOVED, THE VEHICLE STILL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CRANK ITSELF AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL WE PLACED THE VAN IN REVERSE (WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON) AND UNHOOKED THE BATTERY. A MAN WHO STOPPED TO HELP US ALERTED US TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALLS ON THE INGNITION SWITCH OF SEVERAL FORD MODELS WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE FIRES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERTED IN ORDER TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH AND WIRING FAILED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING ELECTRICAL AND STARTER PROBLEMS DUE TO SPRING IN THE IGNITION SWITCH STICKING, FAILS IN HOT HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS. MJS

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99V029000 IN MAIL & CONTACTED DEALER. HAD REPAIRS DONE. HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK AT LEAST 5 TIMES. MECHANIC HAD UNHOOKED WIRES DUE TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. STARTED HAVING OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AFTER IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPAIRED (HEAD LAMP, DASHBOARD, DOME LIGHT & WINDOWS). *AK

WHEN VEHICLE STOPS AT A LIGHT ENGINE IDLES AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO ROCK. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 TO 5 TIMES, AND STILL THERE IS NO SOLUTION. *AK

RECALL 97V204000, THE TRANSFER CASE RECALL WAS REPAIRED, AND VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE PROBLEM STARTED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE IS DENIED RECALL WORK DUE TO LACK OF PARTS (99V-029). MJS

AFTER CAMPAIGN 99V029000 WAS COMPLETED, I STILL HAD MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES, INCLUDING: THE TURN SIGNALS NOT WORKING, INTERIOR LIGHT ANOMOLIES AND BOGUS ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WARNINGS FROM THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS. I REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE ISSUES NO LONGER HAPPENED. I TOOK THE OLD SWITCH APART, IT DID HAVE THE ISSUES DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V029000. I FEEL THE CAMPAIGN WAS NOT COMPLETED CORRECTLY ON MY VEHICLE OR THERE IS A DEEPER ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK