Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1988 Ford Aerostar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. ALSO THE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR HAD TO BE TOPPED UP CONSTANTLY DUE TO BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM A CRACK IN THE BRAKE HOSE. THE MECHANIC EXAMINED A SIMILAR FORD AEROSTAR 1990 AND STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME LIKE THE 1988 FORD AEROSTAR.( WRITTEN IN BY A PROFFESSIONAL MECHANIC)*YH
THE BRAKES ON OUR 1988 FORD AEROSTAR COULD BE DEADLY. THE ASSEMBELY FAILS ABOUT EVERY 12K-15K MILES, AND HAS RESULTED IN ONE ACCIDENT, AND MANY SKIDS. IN ADITION, THE HYDROLIC CYLINDER THAT HOLDS THE REAR HATCHGATE "UP" FAILED AFTER BEING LOWERED. TO USE THE HATCHGATE, A PIECE OF WOOD MUST BE UTILIZED.
BRAKE DRUMS DEFECTIVE.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
BRAKES LEAK FLUID. *DSH
REAR BRAKES FROZE IN COLD WEATHER. *SD
EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE CAUSES BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON DUE TO BEING OUT OF AJUSTMENT, ALSO CABLE STUCK ON RIGHT REAR BRAKE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO DRUM/SHOES. *DSH
THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IN CAR WILL NOT LOCK AND THE RETRACTOR WON'T RETRACT BACK . TT
VALVE THAT REGULATES THE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE DEVELOPED A CRACK, RESULTING IN LEAKING OF BRAKE FLUID, REPLACE PROPORTIONAL REGULATER VALVE. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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