1987 FORD AEROSTAR Complaints

PARKED VEHICLE AT HOME AND SMELLED SMOKE, CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE RADIATOR HOSE BURST AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE WIRES WERE DAMAGED. HAD VEHCLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC, BUT IT WAS TOO MUCH DAMAGE FOR THE MECHANIC TO REPAIR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF PARK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL INTO A TREE, SEVERELY DAMAGING THE REAR END. *AK

HYDRAULIC LIFTGATE SEPERATED PARTIALLY FROM THE FRAME, CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. *AK

VEHICLE'S IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED STEERING COLUMN TO CATCH FIRE SPREADING TO THE DASHBOARD. *AK *SLC

WHILE PARKED, THE ALTERNATOR WIRE PLUG CAUGHT ON FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN . PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

OWNER STATED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL FUEL PUMP, WHILE PARKED FOR THREE HOUR IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE EXPLODED, CAUSING A FIRE IN THE FRONT PART OF VEHICLE. NO PRIOR WARNING OR PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60MPH, VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER, THEN VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT HIS THROTTLE STICKS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RACE, OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT HE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES OWNER, HAS CRASHED VEHICLE BECAUSE PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, FIRE WOULD OCCUR IN ALTERNATOR AREA. HAD TAKEN TO DEALER; MECHANIC NOTICED WIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED DUE TO WARNING STICKER FOUND. BUT VEHICLE EXPERIENCING OTHER PROBLEMS. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT THE AUTOMATIC SEAT ELT IN MIDDLE OF THE REAR BENCH SEAT DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH TENSION TO HOLD HER CHILD IN PLACE. *AK