1994 FORD ECONOLINE Complaints

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE MOTOR WOULD START TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

ENGINE NEEDS REPLACED. AT AROUND 62,000 MILES, THIS ISN'T NORMAL. FORD WON'T GIVE ME "HELP" WITH THE COST. MY WARRANTY EXPIRED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR! (5 MONTHS BEFORE THEY TOLD ME IT NEEDED REPLACED) ANY IDEAS? DT

ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON, AND THE WILL STAY ON FOR A WHILE BEFORE TURNING OFF. CONTACTED DEALER. *AKI

HEARD THUMPING AND STARTED TO SLOW WHEN TIRE BLEW AND VAN BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. VAN PULLED ONTO DIRT SHOULDER (OF TWO LANE HIGHWAY) AND ALMOST FLIPPED.MANAGED TO GET BACK ONTO ROAD, SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED. CHANGED TIRE. IT WAS DESTROYED. THE TREAD WAS SEPARATED, AND THE SIDEWALL BLOWN APART IN SEVERAL PLACES ON BOTH SIDES. THE RIM WAS UNDAMAGED TO MY EYE, AND THE BEAD NEAR THE RIM WAS ALSO UNDAMAGED. THE TIRE SHOP REMOVED THE TIRE, LOOKED FOR A CAUSE OF THE BLOW OUT BUT COULD FIND NONE. THE STEEL BELTS AND TREAD WERE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM CARCASS AROUND 80% OF CIRCUMFERENCE AND PARTIALLY AROUND THE REST.THE "NYLON" CORDS WERE EXPOSED WHERE EVER THE BELTS HAD SEPARATED AND WERE SHREDDED AND PROBABLY CAUSED THE SUDDEN TIRE FAILURE WITH ONLY A FEW MINUTES OF THUMPING AS A WARNING OF IMPENDING FAILURE.WHOLE EVENT PROBABLY TOOK LESS THAN 2 MINUTE. I HAVE MORE OF THESE TIRES IN THE CAR NOW.*AK

TWO HEATER SWITCHES WERE REPLACED WITHIN TWO YEARS. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING GAS A LOUD NOISE COMES FROM MOTOR, AND BACK MANIFOLD IS LEAKING FUEL. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

HEAT SWITCH BOUNCES IN ONE POSITION,CANNOT TURN SWITCH OFF OR ON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED PART 4 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

WHEN FILLING UP TANK CAN SMELL GAS INSIDE THE CAB. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, MECHANIC STATED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING AROUND RETAINER STRAP DRIVE THAT HOLDS TANK TO VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK

WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS THROTTLE STARTED TO STICK, CAUSING A GRADUAL ACCELERATION TO 45 MPH. IN AN ATTEMPT TO RELEASE THROTTLE, DRIVER PRESSED ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL ONCE WHICH ONLY CAUSED THROTTLE TO STICK AT A HIGHER SPEED, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE BY TURNING IGNITION OFF. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY WILL SHUDDER, AND PULSATE. REPLACED ROTORS BECAUSE THEY WERE WARPED. VEHICLE WAS HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS AGAIN. THIS TIME CONSUMER COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. REPLACED CALIPERS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR BRAKES WITHIN WARRANTY PERIOD,AND PROBLEM STILL WAS NOT REMEDIED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK