1991 FORD AEROSTAR Complaints

PE00 202; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE, WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE OVER. HE NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND AIR WAS STILL INSIDE OF TIRE. FIRESTONE TIRE #P23575R15. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD BOUGHT A VEHICLE WITHOUT SEAT BELTS. DEALER REFUSED TO INSTALL SEAT BELTS. CONSUMER NEEDS THEM FOR CHILDREN SAFETY.*AK *SLC

THIS SEAT HAS NOW FAILED AGAIN. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE BOTH TIMES. *AK

THE FLYWHEEL HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. IT CONTINUES TO TEAR APART NEAR WHERE IT IS BOLTED ON. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT WE CANNOT SOLVE. MY MECHANIC CANNOT DETERMINE WHY THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEVERE VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN UNDER DASH. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *AK THE 1991 FORD AEROSTAR HAD A RECALL FOR THE IGNITION COLUMN (96V-071). THE DEALER CLAIMS TO HAVE FIXED IT BUT IT CAUGHT FIRE. *YH

BRIDGESTONE TURANZA TIRES P215 70 R14 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

A/C WAS INOPERATIVE WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM DEALER. DEALER REPAIRED A/C AS CONDITION OF PURCHASE. A/C FAILED AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH AFTER REPAIR AND HAS BEEN INOPERATIVE SINCE. REAR DIFFERENTIAL STARTED MAKING A LOW WHINING NOISE THAT BECAME A LOUD WHINING NOISE AFTER A COUPLE DAYS. ENDED UP REPLACING WHOLE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND DIFFERENTIAL FROM SALVAGE YARD MYSELF BECAUSE IT WAS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT THE REPAIR PLACE WANTED. TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING DURING ACCELERATION. AFTER A COUPLE DAYS IT QUIT MOVING THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY, AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH ONE FROM A SALVAGE YARD SINCE, ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE WAY TO GO. THE HEATER CORE RECENTLY BEGAN TO LEAK INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND STEAM UP THE WINDOWS. THE HEATER CORE HAS BEEN CAPPED OFF AND NOT YET REPLACED. FINALLY, JUST TWO DAYS AGO THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD REVEALED THERE WAS NO WATER IN THE RADIATOR. UPON RESERVICING THE RADIATOR AND STARTING THE ENGINE WATER WAS NOTICED POURING OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. I CAN ONLY PRESUME EITHER THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED OR THE CYLINDER WALL IS CRACKED PERMITTING THE COOLANT WATER TO ENTER THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDRIVEABLE AND PARKED WHILE MY WIFE AND I TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO AFFORD TO FIX YET ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS PIECE OF TRASH FORD AEROSTAR.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75MPH ON HIGHWAY WHEN DRIVESHAFT BENT, CAUSING THE FAILURE OF THE TRANSFER CASE AND TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING AND THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNING. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT HIS VEHICLE WASN'T ON RECALL.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE MARSHALL & INSURANCE COMPANY SAID THE CAUSE SEEM TO BE THE A/C BLOWER MOTOR FAN. DEALER IS LOOKING INTO THE PROBABLE REASON.*AK