1993 Ford Aerostar complaints

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS WHICH BURNED UP. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL/HORN QUIT WORKING/AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHES, AND SMOKE CAME FROM STEERING COLUMN AT IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT LIGHT UP WHILE THE HEADLIGNTS ARE ON IN THE DAYTIME, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR OCCUPANT TO READ THE INSTUMENT PANEL. THE INSTUMENT PANEL GREEN LED ILLUMINATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO READ GAUGES OR SPEEDOMETER. *AK

IE97027, AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING, INDICATING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WHICH MAY DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUSE A CRASH, OR MAY NOT DEPLOY IN EVENT OF A CRASH AND WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AIRBAG INDICATOR FLASHING ON AND OFF. DEALER SAYS ITS A FAILED CLOCK SPRING. AIRBAG NOT FUNCTIONAL. *AK

REAR TRANSFER CASE BUSHING FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. (97V-204) NLM

VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT DUE TO ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEMS WHEN DRIVING FOR A WHILE. CONSUMER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

ABS LIGHT WOULD COME INTO PLAY & STAY ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED UP. HAD TAKEN TO DEALER & MASTER CYLINDER/ ROTORS/PADS & OTHER BRAKE PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. WOULD STILL HAVE PROBLEMS. MECHANC CHECKED EVERYTHING & FOUND NOTHING. POSSIBLY ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

KEY SWITCH RECALL SPEEDOMETER/TRANSMISSON OVERDRIVE/RADIO NOT WORKING CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD IGNITION SWITCH RECALL CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN .TOOK VAN IN PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED AND WAS TOLD WE DID NOT TALK TOANYONE AT FORD ALSO TALKED TO DEALERSHIP WITH NO HELP TALKED TO A TECH. HE SAID IT WOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM S WE ARE HAVING. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBELM. RECALL NUMBER 99V029000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECALL 99V029000 FORD/IGNITION SWITCH ELECTRICAL SHORT: OWNER NOT ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT UNTIL JULY TO CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM. OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN MARCH(1999). *AK

JUMPER WIRE IN HARNESS FAILED, RECALL COMPONENT HOWEVER DEALER DENIED RECALL REPAIR - (99V-029). *YC

WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE AND BAR BROKE OFF DUE TO LUGS:NUTS AND BOLTS LOOSENING, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL AND BRAKE FAILURE. THIS MAY HAVE RESULTED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEFECTIVE COIL SPRING IS CAUSING THE AIRBAG TO BLINK ON AND OFF INTERMTTENTLY, RESULTING IN THE AIRBAG BECOMING INOPERATIVE. ALSO, WHEN TURNING OFF THE IGNITION IT WILL MAKE A NOISE. SERVICE PERSONNEL SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK *ML

THE SLIDING DOOR LATCH MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE DOOR NOT TO LATCH. DOOR MAY FLY OPEN WHILE DRIVING, AND COULD RESULT IN INJURIES. BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT DEALER COULD DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED.

DRIVER'S WINDOW WAS ROLLED DOWN, DRIVER SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW OUT CORNER OF EYE, SMOKE. TURNED AND LOOKED DOWN WHERE SWITCH WAS AND SAW FLAMES IN THE DOOR AREA. PARKED VEHICLE AND CUT IGNITION OFF. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY INCLUDED FOR THIS VEHICLE.

IGNITION MODULE SHORTED OUT, CAUSING WIRING TO BURN.

IE97027, THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LAMP STAYS ON WHICH INDICATES THAT DRIVER'S AIR BAG MAY DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY OR NOT DEPLOY IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALL REPAIR. CAMPAIGN# 99S02

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE WHEN THE CONSUMER IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE OR GET INTO THE VEHICLE. *AK

POWER WINDOWS DO NOT GO DOWN PROPERLY. I HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH THEM DOWN IN ORDER TO OPEN THEM. THIS STARTED JUST AFTER THE CAR WARRANTY EXPIRED. IN NOVEMBER OF 1998, I WAS UNABLE TO START MY CAR. I LIFTED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED A SMALL FLAME ON AN ELECTRICAL WIRE. I HAD ALREADY BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE KEY NOT FITTING PROPERLY IN THE IGNITION, THE BELL SOUNDING EVEN IF THE KEY WERE NOT INSERTED IN THE IGNITION AND THE DIGITAL READ-OUT OF THE RADIO WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND HAD TO HAVE A NEW STARTER INSTALLED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL FOR THE ELECTRICAL/IGNITION SYSTEM CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED? *AK

SLIDING DOOR IS NOT LINING UP PROPERLY ON THE TRACKS, CAUSING THE DOOR NOT SHUT SECURELY, ALSO THE DOOR CAN NOT BE SHUT FROM THE INSIDE . PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

RECALL 99S02. WHILE DRIVING DOOR AND STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT FIRE OUT. RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED ONE YEAR LATER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

GAS PUMP HAS TO BE CONTINUOUSLY PUMPED IN ORDER TO GET THE GAS TO THE ENGINE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

STARTING THE CAR UP, DRIVER PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, AND IT TOOK OFF AND THE ENGINE RAISED UP AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. THE VAN DID $ 3,000 DAMAGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND COMING TO A STOP, AND THEN TRYING TO PULL OFF, VEHICLE WILL DIE OUT WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER IS LOSING ALOT OF GAS. ALSO, WHEN ON CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE BY ITSELF. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE REPAIRED BY JACK DEMMER FORD AT A COST OF $3600.00 DUE TO MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ALL HARNESSES WERE REPLACED. I HAVE THE OLD ONES WHICH I CAN MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU . THE BURN MARKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HARNESS AWAY FROM ANY CONNECTORS SUGGESTS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH SEEMS LIKE THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM YOU JUST INVESTIGATED FORD ABOUT. *AK

CONSUMER STARTED EXPERIENCING VEHICLE GEAR FAILURE, DRIVE STOPPED COMPLETELY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AFTER RECEIVING NHTSA RECALL 97V-204/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE 97S-83 FOR DRIVESHAFT. DEALER REPAIRED DRIVESHAFT, AND CHARGED CONSUMER $2,500 FOR TRANSMISSION DAMAGE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE DRIVESHAFT. *AK

ROTORS HAVE WARPED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. EACH TIME, BRAKING EFFICIENCY IS LESSENED CREATING A SAFETY CONCERN. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX ROTORS UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY.

CONSUMER HAS PROBLEM WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. ALSO, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CONSUMER'S WINDOWS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SHORT IN IGNITION SWITCH. NOTIFIED DEALER/MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL. BUT NHTSA DOES SHOW A RECALL 99V-029. 000. *AK *ML

TRANSFER CASE FAILED, RECALL COMPONENT HOWEVER NO NOTIFICATION OF RECALL.

TRANSFER CASE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, DEALERSHIP HAS NOT MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AS PER RECALL NOTICE. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).

ENTIRE FRONT END SUSPENSION SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO POOR DESIGN.

TRANSFER CASE BUSHING FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. CAMPAIGN #97S83

THE REAR STRUT THAT HOLDS UP THE TAILGATE EXPLODED AS THE TAILGATE WAS CLOSED AT THE GROCERY STORE. IT SENT A METAL PIECE SHOOTING THROUGH THE AIR, STRIKING ME IN THE HEAD, THEN COTINUING ON AND BREAKING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IN 3 PLACES BEFORE FINALLY STOPPING. I WAS SENT TO THE DODTOR WITH A CONCUSSION, AND BLURRED VISION. I LATER HAD TO RETURN TO THE EYE DOCTOR BECAUSE OF THE BLURRED VISION. THE VISION AND THE HEADACHES HAVE SINCE CLEARED UP. I WAS VERY LUCKY I DIDN'T LOSE AN EYE OR SOMEONE WASN'T KILLED. THE PIECE OF METAL IS ABOUT 12 INCHES LONG, AND IT STRUCK ME IN MY TEMPLE AREA. *AK

CHILD INTEGRATED SEAT HAS A 5 POINT SYSTEM HARNESS. IT DOES NOT TAKE ANY PRESSURE FOR A CHILD TO UNBUCKLE. THE CHILD CAN PUSH THE BUCKLE AND IT WILL UNLATCH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WATER PUMP FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

FRONT AXLE BROKE OFF ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, CAUSING A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, UNABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT AXLE. *AK

DEALER NOT HONORING MFR. RECALL NOTICE # 97S- 83. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, AND IF THE EXPELLED FLUID CONTACTS EXHAUST SYSTEM, A VEHICLE FIRE COULD OCCUR. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

EXPPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH. ENTIRE SWITCH WOULD TURN AROUND OR INTERMITTENTLY UNABLE TO GET KEY OUT OF SWITCH. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED CAUSING THE SWITCH TO FAIL. ALSO IT CAUSED WIRING TO OVERHEAT TO GROUND. CONTACT JOHN AT THE ABOVE LISTED INFORMATION FOR MORE DETAILS. WE HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND ASSOCIATED WIRING HARNESS.

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 TO 30 MPH THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO STALL, AND THE GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILS FREQUENTLY, UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY. SWITCH ALSO JAMS IN START POSITION.