Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Ford Aerostar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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
1990 FORD AEROSTAR. CONSUMER STATES SUDDEN ACCELERATION NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, THAT CAUSED OVER $1,000 IN DAMAGE. TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING. *JB
UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY INDICATED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS INCONCLUSIVE. THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION RECALL 91V189000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SC *JB
VEHICLE WAS PARKED. DRIVER TURNED IGNITION AND VEHICLE WAS IDLING WHEN IT STARTED TO REV, SUDDENLY TRANSMISSION JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND HIT A BUILDING.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 25MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION THAT CAUSED MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 25MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY, CAUSING A COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE THE THROTTLE GOT STUCK. OWNER NOTES THAT VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE HAD FOOT ON BRAKES THAN PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND TOOK OFF AT GREAT SPEED. *AK CONSUMER WROTE IN STATING SHE DOES NOT OWN THIS VEHICLE AND NEVER HAS. *SLC
PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR ENGINE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, HIT FIVE PARKED CARS. *AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT IN REVERSE TRUCK ACCELERATE . TT
AUTO-TRAN:VEHICLE LEFT RUNNING IN PARK, DRIVER GOT IN CAR, ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE, ENGINE RACED, VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD;TIRES SPUN;HIT TREE.
VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITH NO WARNING. TT
SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR. *AK
VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE AND HAD SUDDEN UNWANTED ACCELERATION.BRAKE PEDAL WAS INOPERATIVE.HAD ACCIDENT. TT
TURN ON CAR PUT IN DRIVE CAR ACCELERATE CONSUMER HIT THREE CAR . TT
CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE.
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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