Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-08-11 | 98V190000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | 140,000 | — | Details |
| 1991-11-04 | 91V189000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 792,000 | — | Details |
| 1989-12-11 | 89V223000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | 30,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-10-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | 1990 FORD AEROSTAR HAD CRACK IN FUEL TANK CAUSING CONSUMER TO REPLACE THE TANK. ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** *TS THE CON… |
| 2005-04-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CONSUMER REQUESTING INFORMATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR VAN. *MR THE RECALLS ARE AS FOLLOWED: … |
| 2004-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | BRAKING SYSTEM -- MASTER CYLINDER |
| 2004-05-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 3 | UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BR… |
| 2004-01-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN PARK AND VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY. THERE WAS NO NOTICES OF SUCH A RECALL OR ANY OTHER RECALLS, F… |
| 2003-01-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | NHTSARECALL 98-V-190-000 CONCERNING UPPER PORTION OF FUEL TANK THAT CAN DEVELOP SMALL CRACKS DUE TO EXTENDED EXPOSURE T… |
| 2002-11-29 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL #98V190000 FUEL TANK CRACKS. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN IS NOT INCLU… |
| 2002-11-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I JUST GOT MY TRANSMISSION FIXED BUT THE PROBLEM WAS I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE FORD AEROSTAR HAS BEEN RECALLED... UNTIL NO… |
| 2002-11-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | MY 1990 FORD AEROSTAR WAS LEAKING GASOLINE. THE FUMES WOULD OVERCOME YOU WHILE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE VAN SAT … |
| 2002-08-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE FILLER NECK WHEN REFUELING. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FUEL RUNS OU… |
| 2002-05-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE WAS A STRONG BURNING RUBBER SMELL DUE TO A FIRE IN ALTERNATOR SYSTEM. THIS W… |
| 2002-03-30 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY VAN FROM MONARCH FORD IN EXETER MARCH OF 1996, BEFORE BUYING THE VAN I ASKED THEM TO PLEASE GIVE ME THE … |
| 2002-02-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED. DRIVER TURNED IGNITION AND VEHICLE WAS IDLING WHEN IT STARTED TO REV, SUDDENLY TRANSMISSION JUMP… |
| 2002-02-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THERE IS A SIGN BURNING PLASTIC. RECALL NUMBER 96G07100. DEALER… |
| 2001-09-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | MASTER CYLINDER LOSES PRESSURE AND BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, STOPS VEHICLE VERY LITTLE. CONSUMER MAY TRY IT NEXT … |
| 2001-08-03 | TIRES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES BLEWOUT, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, FUT TUR SE, P215/70R14… |
| 2001-07-01 | TIRES | No | 1 | LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID AND STRIKE THE GUARDRAIL.(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *YH |
| 2001-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | HEAT SHIELD BOLTS BROKE, HAVING PROBLEMS FIND TO REPAIR. *AK |
| 2000-10-05 | TIRES | No | 0 | ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE A CRACK ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SIDEWALLS AT TREAD LINE, IN SOME AREAS CRACKS TURN INTO TREAD (DOT N… |
| 2000-09-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 2000-09-19 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) | No | 0 | PLASTIC SNAP RETAINER BUSHING HOLDING THE CLUTCH PUSH ROD NO LONGER HOLDS PUSH ROD.*AK PUSH ROD FELL OFF OF THE STUD … |
| 2000-06-08 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | LEAK WITHOUT APPARENT PUNCTURE. "PLUG" REPAIRED 2X. "TEAR" CONTINUES TO RUN. *AK( DOT NUMBER: HYHB4FA468 TIRE SIZE: P… |
| 2000-03-31 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | DOOR LATCH ON THE SLIDING DOOR WAS NOT FUNCTIONING, AND DOOR WON'T SHUT. DEALER INDICATED THAT BUMPER TO BUMPER WAR… |
| 2000-03-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE FIRE RELATED TO RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE (96V-071), PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION AND REPAIR. YH |
| 2000-01-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEMS AS STATED IN RECALL 98V190000. UPPER PORTION OF FUEL TANK DEVELOPED… |
| 1999-12-08 | TIRES | No | 0 | HAD TWO BLOWOUTS WITHIN A MONTH ALMOST RESULTING IN CRASH (TIRESIZE: 205-75-14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205-75-14 ) |
| 1999-11-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE STARTED ON FIRE WHILE MY WIFE WAS SHOPPING IN A TOY STORE. STRANGE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED TO TOWNE F… |
| 1999-10-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT | No | 0 | WHEN STARTING CAR IT WON'T START, VEHICLE HAS POWER, BUT WON'T TURN OVER. WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE THEN BACK INTO PA… |
| 1999-08-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LATCHING MECHANISM FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY. ALSO, WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED & DRIVER LEAN… |
| 1999-07-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | PARKED FOR 12 HOURS PRIOR TO FIRE AT 3:50 AM. |
| 1999-05-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | Yes | 0 | HAD PARKED AT GAS STATION & TURNED IGNITION OFF. CHILD HAD SHIFTED LEVER WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION. VEHICLE ROLLED FORWAR… |
| 1999-02-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 1992 FORD AREOSTAR FOR ALL WHEEL DRIVE VANS FOR THE SAME FAILURE. RECALL 91V181000/AUTOMATIC … |
| 1999-01-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | HAD PARKED VEHICLE & LEFT FOR AWHILE. CAME BACK & STARTED VEHICLE. DID NOT NOTICE GAS ODOR & VEHICLE BLUE UP & CAUGHT … |
| 1998-12-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | REPAIRS DONE UNDER RECALL #96V071000 & NOW PROBLEM OF FIRE HAS OCCURRED. BELIEVES THE IGNITION WAS REPLACED WITH A FAUL… |
| 1998-12-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH DEALER NOT HONORING MFR. RECALL NOTICE # 98M-03 CONCERNING CRACKED FUEL TANK. DEALER… |
| 1998-12-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE FAILURES DESCRIBED IN THE MASTER CYLINDER PISTONS RECALL 89V223000. IN ADDITION, THE A… |
| 1998-12-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK RECALLED BECAUSE OF A CRACK IN THE TOP OF THE TANK WHICH CAUSES GAS TO LEAK AND FUMES TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. … |
| 1998-12-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH OR STAY LATCHED. SOMETIME COMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTME… |
| 1998-10-28 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE IS ONLY OPERATED IN TEXAS. THE DESIGN OF THE BRAKE HOSE MOUNT AND A RUBBER COLLAR AT THE STEEL TO HOSE CONN… |
| 1998-10-06 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH TO 40 MPH THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE. APPLIED THE BRAKES TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF TH… |
| 1998-09-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | CONSUMER NOTICED A SMOKY SMELL IN VEHICLE, CHILD HAD NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM VENT, PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, LIFT… |
| 1998-09-10 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY IS FASTENED TO THE BODY WITH RUBBER INSULATORS WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE MOTOR, GLUE B… |
| 1998-08-15 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | A/C CHANGED FROM NORMAL TO MAX, EXPLOSION SOUND. FLAMES OUT OF CENTER AIR VENT, RADIO UNIT, AND FROM UNDER VAN. |
| 1998-07-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE. ON 6/1698 THE VAN WAS SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM BY A DEALERS… |
| 1998-07-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING NOTICED A SMELL. VEHICLE STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE AFTER IT DIED OUT. OWNER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE & LATER I… |
| 1998-07-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VAN JUST DIED OUT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VAN STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE AND FIRE AND BURSTED INTO FLAMES. FIRE BELIE… |
| 1998-06-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO ALTERNATOR SHORTED OUT, RESULTING IN A FIRE. CURRENTLY AT A DEALER. *A… |
| 1998-06-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP THE REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING REAR OF VEHICLE TO PULL FROM RIGHT… |
| 1998-06-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE OVERHEATEING; VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS; D… |
| 1998-05-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE ALTERNATOR OVERHEATED, CAUSING A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK |