Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-08-19 | 91V136000 |
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT | 112,000 | — | Details |
| 1988-06-06 | 88V091000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | 60,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-11-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NEVER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE # 98V190000. THE RECALL WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE UPPER PORTIO… |
| 2003-10-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | GAS TANK WAS RECALLED 12/98 UNDER 98MO3. GAS TANK DID DEVELOP CRACKS AND WAS REPLACED BY FORD IN 8/01. REPLACEMENT GA… |
| 2003-10-13 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL TANK LEAKING AFTER RECALL 98V190000 REPAIRS WERE DONE. CONSUMER SMELLS … |
| 2003-08-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND CAUSED THE IGNITION SWITCH TO BE INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC … |
| 2003-07-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK AND THAT I COULD GET IN IT AND DRIVE TO FLORIDA RIGHT NOW. WELL IT HASN'T E… |
| 2002-12-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | NHTSA#8767-98-V-190-000 FUEL TANK CRACKS: CONSUMER STATES CAN SMELL STRONG CHEMICAL FUMES THROUGHOUT OUT THE VEHICLE. … |
| 2002-04-30 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH | No | 0 | LIFTGATE ARM LATCH BROKE, DOOR WILL NOT STAY UP WHEN OPENED.*AK *YH |
| 2001-10-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, AND HAD BEEN BACKED INTO THE GARAGE, HEADING OUT. AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, PUTTING IT… |
| 2001-06-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN I RECEIVED MY "RECALL" NOTICE, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CRACKS IN THE TANK, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BEV SMITH FORD. … |
| 2000-11-19 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT CONECTOR ON DRIVERS SIDE . PUTTON RELEASE IS FROZEN . WILL NOT LOCK BELT ON .*AK |
| 2000-09-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | 2 FIRES AT ALTERNATOR LAST ONE TOTALLED VEHICLE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED. *AK |
| 2000-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 1 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE 6 HOURS AFTER BEING PARKED. STATE FIRE MARSHALL DETERMINED THAT IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED FIRE. HOM… |
| 2000-03-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 2000-02-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK IS LEAKING WHEN THE TANK IS MORE THAN HALF FULL. THIS PARTICULAR VIN# IS A PART OF MANUFACTURER'S RECALL … |
| 1999-12-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING, DEALER RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE MOTOR, AFTER MOTOR WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHE… |
| 1999-12-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILED, REPLACED ENGINE AND FAILED AGAIN. *MJS |
| 1999-12-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE FILLING FUEL TANK AT A SERVICE STATION, TANK SPLIT AND CAUSED FUEL TO SPILL ON CONSUMER FROM THE WAIST DOWN. DEA… |
| 1999-10-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE GAS TANK. GAS IS LEAKING FROM THE CRACKS. *AK |
| 1999-08-13 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | Yes | 0 | THE BRAKES ON OUR 1988 FORD AEROSTAR COULD BE DEADLY. THE ASSEMBELY FAILS ABOUT EVERY 12K-15K MILES, AND HAS RESULTED I… |
| 1999-07-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | BODY RUST&BROKEN FRONT DRIVERS SEAT.GAS PEDAL STICKING.*AK |
| 1999-03-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECALL 98V190000 FORD/FUEL TANK CRACKS; FUEL LEAKS FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK WHEN THE TANK IS FULL. THE PROBLEM HA… |
| 1999-03-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH, SPRING BROKEN IN FEMALE PART, IF YOU DO MANAGE TO GET IT HOOKED IT WILL RELEASE WIT… |
| 1999-01-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER SMELLS GAS ANYTIME VEHICLE IS FILLED UP TO 3/4 TANK. SUMMER TIME CONSUMER SMELLS FUMES ALL DAY, CONSUMER TO… |
| 1999-01-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH NOTICED DOOR LIGHT FROM THE SIDE DOOR, AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. CONS… |
| 1998-12-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE QUICK RELEASE COUPLING ON THE FUEL LINE AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD DISENGAGED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. … |
| 1998-12-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | FUEL IS BEING WAISTED INTO MOTOR, CAUSING TO FLOOD OUT BADLY. *AK |
| 1998-12-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED THA T DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR MFR. RECALL NOTICE #98M-03 BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTIFIC… |
| 1998-12-09 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROX. 70 MPH THE DRIVESHAFT BLEW UP, CAUSING DAMAGES TO GAS SHIELD/TAIL PIPE/TRANSMISS… |
| 1998-12-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ABOUT THE FUEL TANK RECALL #98M03. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER R… |
| 1998-11-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING, AND T… |
| 1998-09-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WIRING HARNESS WIRES SHORTED BECAUSE WIRING INSULATION SHRUNK RESULTING IN IT BURNING OUT THE FUEL PUMP IN THE FUEL TAN… |
| 1998-08-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | RECALL 98V190 WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE , THE GAS LEAKS FROM THE VEHICLE, BUT THERE ARE NO CRACKS OR HOLES IN THE SYST… |
| 1998-08-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | ON AUGUST 15, 1998, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE EXITING OFF OF 575 SOUTHBOUND AT HWY. 92 AND SOMEONE CAME UP BESIDE ME AND SC… |
| 1998-08-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BELT LATCH BROKE AND THE SEATBELT SYSTEM DOES NOT RETRACT WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A … |
| 1998-06-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | RECALL 98V190000/FUEL TANK CRACK: FUEL AND FUME LEAKAGES COMING FROM THE FILLER NECK WHEN REFUELING. DEALER/MANUFACTU… |
| 1998-04-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE VAN WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. THE FIRE BURNED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE FRONT INTERIOR. THE F… |
| 1998-04-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER BEGAN TO SEE AND SMELL SMOKE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE, PROCEEDED TO LIFT THE HOOD AND SAW HI… |
| 1997-12-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | WHEN PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH, KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK WHEN TRYING TO CUT OFF VEHICLE AND TAKING KEY OU… |
| 1997-11-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS 3/4 FILL IT LEAKS FROM THE FILLER NECK. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PRO… |
| 1997-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING APPROX 40 MPH SMELLED SOMETHING SMOTHERING. STOPPED AND LIFTED HOOD AND FIRE HAD COME OUT, AND WIRES WERE… |
| 1997-10-01 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK | No | 0 | WHILE PARKED THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE RUSTED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO DROP FROM UNDER THE VEHI… |
| 1997-07-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE UNDERDASH IN LOWER AREA OF STEERING COLUMN, NO WARNING, NO FOUL … |
| 1997-06-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL: DRIVING HOME APPROXIMATELY 20MPH WHEN NOTICED THE SMELL OF SMOKE. PULLLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND SMOKE WAS … |
| 1997-06-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHILE VIHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE CONSUMER 'S GARAGE, ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMER, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE DAS… |
| 1997-05-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | WHILE IN MOTION TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF DRIVE INTO REVERSE GEAR, DRIVER LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE CRASHED INTO VEHICLE B… |
| 1997-04-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CAN SMELL GAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE.THERE IS A CRACK IN THE TANK WHICH IS CAUSING THE GAS TO LEAK OUT … |
| 1997-03-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK RECALL CONSISTING OF MANUFACTURER'S RECALL #98M03/ NHTSA RECALL #98V190000 STATES THAT FUEL TANK IS TO BE REP… |
| 1997-01-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTER MOVES WITHOUT KEY BEING IN SWITCH, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. |
| 1996-12-29 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | HAVE TROUBLE CLOSING REAR TAILGATE AT VARIOUS TIMES; COULD NOT GET LIFTGATE TO OPEN; FINALLY LATCH/LOCK BROKE; LIFTGATE… |
| 1996-12-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | DISTRIBUTOR FAILED ON FREEWAY AT HIGH SPEED , AT NIGHT, GOING UPHILL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC 100 MILES FROM NEAREST REPAIR FAC… |