1996 FORD ECONOLINE Complaints

FIRST TIME: PULLING OUT PARKING LOT. HEARD A NOISE STEERING WHEEL JUMPED OFF CENTER. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC FOUND NOTHING. STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. STEERING GEAR STARTED TO MOVE. MANAGED TO GET DEALER. AGAIN. 2 OF 3 BOLTS HAD SHEARED OFF. SECOND TIME WAS ON 5/7/96:UPON LEAVING FOR HOME WHEN A LOUD SNAP SOUND WAS HEARD. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. THERE WAS NO STEERING CONTROL. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME MECHANIC FOUND NO BOLTS HOLDING STEERING WHEEL TO COLUMN. ALL THREE HAD SHEARED/BROKEN OFF. *AK

ENGINE STALLS WHEN STOPPING DURING THE SUMMER HEAT, ESPECIALLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A PULLING PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED CALIPERS, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUES TO PULL. *AK

STEERING PROBLEMS IN THE VEHICLE FRONT END, OFTEN SEVERAL HOURS OF HIGHWAY DRIVING, CRACKED BRAKE ROTOR ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL, REPLACE ROTOR.

DESIGN OF THE SEAT ARM RESTS ALLOWS SEAT BELT BUCKLE TO RELEASE WHEN ARMS ARE DOWN AND SEAT IS IN UPRIGHT POSITION.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND THE CONSUMER BROADSIDED THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT DIDN'T STAY UP, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE INCIDENT. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN REAR OF VEHICLE TO BLOW FUSES DURING NORMAL OPERATION. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM.

UPPER SEAT BELT ANCHORS ON THE FRONT SEATS ARE LOCATED SUCH THAT THE SHOULDER BELT CROSSES THE NECK INSTEAD OF THE SHOULDER.

ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. DESIGN IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK