Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. 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. 13 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
VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING, DEALER RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE MOTOR, AFTER MOTOR WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO SAID THE REPLACEMENT MOTOR WAS NO GOOD, THEY WOULD NOT PUT A BETTER MOTOR IN AND CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSED. *SLC
ENGINE FAILED, REPLACED ENGINE AND FAILED AGAIN. *MJS
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VARIOUS PARTS: 1.) HEATER CORE FAILED TO PUT OUT PROPER HEAT IN REAR OF VEHICLE, AND AIR CAUSED THE REAR WINDOW TO FOG UP. 2.) ENGINE HAS AN ACCELERATION PROBLEM WITHIN SECONDS WHILE RUNNING BEFORE IT PICKS UP SPEED, AND 3.) WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO CORRECT PROBLEM UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK
WHILE VAN WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. THE FIRE BURNED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE FRONT INTERIOR. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VAN WAS TOTALLED. *AK
FAILURE ON THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE PULLY IN PLACE, THE BOLT IS BROKEN, CAUSING THE PULLY TO FLY OFF. *AK
ENGINE FIRE.
BRAKES LEAK FLUID. *DSH
AFTER SMELLING SMOKE-CONSUMER PULLED OVER GOT KIDS OUT-KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF IGNITION-THEN AUTO IGNITED AND BURNED COMPLETELY UP. *AK
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM PARK TO FIRST GEAR.
POWER STEERING LINE LEAK. *DSH
OIL PAN LEAKED. *DSH
WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE MISSED/STALLED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
VEHICLE OUT OF ALINGMENT SEVERAL TIMES.
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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