1995 FORD AEROSTAR Complaints

WHILE DRIVING APRROXIMATELY 55MPH. STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. AFTERWARDS, NOTICED FLAMES ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. PULLED OVER & PARKED. TURNED VEHICLE OFF & FLAMES STOPPED. STARTED VEHICLE & THE FIRE REOCCURRED. HAD TO CUT WIRES TO STOP THE FLAMES. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO PARK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

1. POWER STEERING BELT SHEARED OFF WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE. 2. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH WHEN IT FISHTALED AND HIT A POLE HEAD-ON AND THEN CAR ON BUMPER. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY LOCK UP WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO THE PEDAL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, HOWEVER DEALERSHIP CAN NOT DO RECALL REPAIR (NOT NOTIFED) BY MANUFACTURER ON REPAIR PROCEDURE. (99V-029) *MJS

WHILE THE FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. BEEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. ALSO PROBLEM WITH CLOSING THE SLIDING DOOR. *AK

EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKING SYSTEM; WHENEVER THE BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED THE FRONT END WOULD VIBRATE AND SHAKE, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN STOPPING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE MATERIAL USED IN THE PADS IS CAUSING THE ROTORS TO WARP. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE, AND HAS NOT FOUND A CORRECTION TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK

SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN AT ALL FROM THE INSIDE OR FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND THE CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN PUTTING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK. CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE GO UNDER THE DASHBOARD TO GET THE KEY OUT. ALSO, CONSUMER HAD TO GET TWO DIFFERENT SWITCHES PUT ON THE VEHICLE. BUT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALL # 99V-029, REGARDING IGNITION SWITCH. *AK