Safety Score
81
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-10-02 | 96V193000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | 5,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 1997 FORD ECONOLINE VAN. THE SPARK-PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ALUMINUM TRITON ENGINE DESTROYING THE EXISTING THREADS. FIRE … |
| 2010-04-19 | TIRES | No | 0 | 1997 FORD ECONOLINE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIRE ISSUES AND REPAIR REIMBURSEMENT.* LD THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED T… |
| 2009-12-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | AS I TYPE THIS COMPLAINT, I AM LISTENING TO SECRETARY LAHOOD,....IF WHAT HE SAYS IS TRUE I SHOULD HEAR SOMETHING BACK F… |
| 2009-06-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED… |
| 2008-04-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL I… |
| 2008-04-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V051000… |
| 2007-08-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN AUGUST OF 2007 FOR THE VEHICLE SPEE… |
| 2007-08-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED TWO SAFETY RECALL NOTICES FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTRO… |
| 2006-07-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE A LOUD CLANGING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED … |
| 2003-05-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | No | 0 | VEHICLE'S ROOF SEPARATED FROM CHASSIS WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH. *MR WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VAN'S ROOF SEPARATED FRO… |
| 2003-05-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 1997 FORD ECONOLINE E-150 VAN. SPARE TIRE STORED UNDERNEATH BODY OF VAN, SUSPENDED BY THIN METALLIC CABLE. CABLE SNAPPE… |
| 2003-04-29 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL DUE TO A FUEL TANK CRACK *NLM |
| 2003-01-11 | STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT | No | 0 | STEERING CONTROL ARM SNAP. |
| 2002-04-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH OR OVER THERE WAS A KNOCKING SOUND THAT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND AFT… |
| 2002-02-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | FRONT ENGINE TIMING COVER IS LEAKING COOLANT. HEATER WAS NOT WORKING, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. COOLANT I… |
| 2001-08-08 | TIRES | No | 0 | ORIGINAL TIRES. TIRE #1 (SIZE: LT225/75R16, DOT: VD1L1XD267) HAD SIDE SEPARATION AT 9,785 MILES..TIRE #2 (SIZE: LT225/… |
| 2001-04-16 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEATER FLAP BROKE WHICH THEN DIDN'T ALLOW THE DEFROSTER TO DEFROST THE WINDOWS - NO HEAT WAS APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE VAN… |
| 2001-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | ON APRIL 12,2001 I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND MISSING IN THE ENGINE. TOOK THE VAN TO GULF COAST FORD IN CRYSTAL RI… |
| 2001-01-14 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | CONTACT PERSON FOR REPORT IS ERNEST CHAMBERS, 512-454-1201,EMAIL ECMAC62256@AOL.COM. THIS THE SECOND TREAD SEPARATION … |
| 2000-12-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | FUEL LINES LEAK OVER HEATSHIELD ONTO MANIFOLD. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK |
| 2000-12-15 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE DE-LAMINATED AND THEN BLEW OUT. NO OBJECT HIT WITH TIRE. INFLATION VERIFIED AT 80PSI.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)(… |
| 2000-09-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND IT WILL NOT TURN IN ANY KIND OF WAY.*AK |
| 2000-08-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED SHORT SUDDENLY. APPLIED BRAKES (ABS) & BRAKES FAILED. REARENDED OTHER… |
| 2000-08-01 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | FIRESTONE LT225/75R16 (LOAD RANGE E) TIRE TREAD FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THE RIGHT REAR (DUAL) OF A FORD CLASS "C" 3… |
| 2000-06-21 | TIRES | No | 0 | INCIDENT HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. TREAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY FROM TIRE AND WAS THROWN, BUT TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE… |
| 2000-06-16 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE WHEEL STUD SHEARED OFF CAUSING WHEEL TO FALL OFF OF THE VEHICLE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS |
| 2000-01-28 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | WHILE MAKING A TURN AT LOW SPEEDS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES IN ICY CONDITIONS , REAR BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE, RESULTIN… |
| 1999-10-15 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | FIRESTONE FIREHAWK TIRE (P255/70 R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC |
| 1999-10-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | SINCE WE'VE HAD THE VAN. THE BRAKES HAVE GIVEN US PROBLEMS, AND THE DEALER WORKED ON THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES. IT IS … |
| 1999-10-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 1 | VAN ROLLED BACKWARDS FROM PARKED POSITION. IT SEEMED TO POP OUT OF GEAR. |
| 1999-07-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES PAD & ROTORS. BRAKES WERE MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AND T… |
| 1999-06-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES AT 40 MPH THE BRAKES WILL LOCK UP CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE … |
| 1999-05-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ENGINE: PULLEY SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 1999-04-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MPH, MADE A U-TURN AND PRESSED HAND BRAKE AND VAN ACCELERATED TO HIGH SPEED, C… |
| 1999-03-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH | No | 0 | ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DIMMER SWITCHES GOING OUT, AND CAUSING AMBULANCE TO BE WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS WHILE ON SERVICE CALLS;… |
| 1999-01-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | WHEN TURNING CORNERS OR GOING INTO A DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT END OF THE VAN CRUNCHES AND IT FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL… |
| 1999-01-01 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | COMPANY OWNS 23 VANS. 14 OF THEM ARE FORD ECONOLINES. ALMOST ALL OF THEM HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE DEFROSTER WHICH… |
| 1998-12-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF TWO PASSENGERS. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT :JAMES ENDICOTT… |
| 1998-11-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | LEFT SIDE BRAKE SHOE WORE THROUGH THE ROTOR, AND THE RIGHT SIDE WAS NOT DAMAGED. NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHEN B… |
| 1998-11-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN FRONT END ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK |
| 1998-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. I NOTED THE FIST OCCURRENCE ONLY, THERE HAVE BEEN 4 ADDIONAL OCCURRENCE… |
| 1998-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL NEEDS TO BE PRESSED HARD TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. THIS RESULTS IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER N… |
| 1998-08-10 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK | No | 0 | STEERING LOCKS UP ON OCCASIONS DUE TO FAILURE OT THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT AND STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY. |
| 1998-07-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. ALL OF A SUDDEN HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND TH… |
| 1998-06-17 | SEATS | No | 0 | SEAT TRIM FALLING APART CAUSING SEAT BELT BUCKLE TO COME OFF. |
| 1998-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE MAKING A TURN THE VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE … |
| 1998-04-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THE NOISE WAS HEA… |
| 1998-04-13 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 1 | WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY REARENDED ECONOLINE 250. THE DRIVER'S & PASSENGER'S SE… |
| 1998-01-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE LOSES OF POWER IN COLD WEATHER. ALSO, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT PROPERLY AFTER USING IT. HAS TO PULL… |
| 1998-01-20 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE FAILED. YH |