Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. 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. 28 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.
The 25 most recent of 28, in the owner's own words
1990 FORD AEROSTAR HAD CRACK IN FUEL TANK CAUSING CONSUMER TO REPLACE THE TANK. ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** *TS THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN DEC 1998 REGARDING THE GAS TANK, HOWEVER AT THE TIME HE WAS NOT EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS TANK. THE CONSUMER IS NOW REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE GAS TANK THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE. *JB
MY 1990 FORD AEROSTAR WAS LEAKING GASOLINE. THE FUMES WOULD OVERCOME YOU WHILE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE VAN SAT FOR A SHORT TIME GAS WOULD BE ALL OVER THE GROUND FROM THE LEAK. I PAID A FORD DEALER TO REPLACE THE TANK NOT KNOWING THERE WAS A RECALL. THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT I PAID THIS MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET. NOW FORD IS TELLING ME THAT MY VIN DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL. SO I AM NOT EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR A REIMBURSEMENT. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU CARING FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL DRIVERS. *NM THE ASSIGNED IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THIS RECALL CAMPAIGN 98V-190000 FORD RECALL NO. 98M03. *TT THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CRACKED GAS TANK. FORD WILL NOT REFUND THE MONEY AND WILL NOT HELP. *SC
BRAKING SYSTEM -- MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSARECALL 98-V-190-000 CONCERNING UPPER PORTION OF FUEL TANK THAT CAN DEVELOP SMALL CRACKS DUE TO EXTENDED EXPOSURE TO VERY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. FUEL VAPOR OR LEAKAGE COULD OCCUR AT THESE CRACKS. CONSUMER HADTHE RECALL LETTER, BUT MANUFACTURER DIDN'T HONOR IT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.TS. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL #98V190000 FUEL TANK CRACKS. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. TS
NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 98V190000 FUEL TANK; THE VAN WAS TAKEN IN AS A SERVICE CAMPAIGN BY FORD FOR THE FUEL TANK BACK IN 1999. AFTER INSPECTING THE FUEL TANK, THE DEALER TOLD HER THE TANK WAS FINE AND DIDN'T REPLACE IT. NOW IN 2002, THE FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL CRACKS WHICH THE FORD DEALERSHIP WILL NO LONGER HONOR THE SERVICE CAMPAIGN DUE TO AN "EXPIRATION DATE". PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS
FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE FILLER NECK WHEN REFUELING. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FUEL RUNS OUT OF THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. *SCC
I PURCHASED MY VAN FROM MONARCH FORD IN EXETER MARCH OF 1996, BEFORE BUYING THE VAN I ASKED THEM TO PLEASE GIVE ME THE FORMER OWNERS PHONE NUMBER SO THAT I COULD CONTACT THEM INREGARDS TO ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS THEY HAD BEFORE SELLING IT BACK TO FORD. MONARCH FORD REFUSED AND I GUESS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WARNING TO ME, I ALSO ASKED IF THEY HAD REPAINTED THE VAN BECAUSE THE FORD AND AEROSTAR EMBLEMS WERE NOT ON THE BACK OF THE VAN. THEY SAID ABSOTULY NOT THAT IT WAS EVERYTHING THE SAME. IT WAS ONLY 10 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY VAN THAT I NOTICED A GAS SMELL AND HAD IT CHECK WITH MONARCH IN EXETER. THEY ASSURED ME THEY COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK BUT THAT THEY COULD SMELL THE GAS. I HAVE SINCE HAD IT TO MANY OTHER STATIONS TO HAVE IT CHECK AND I GET THEY SAME ANSWER. I HAVE DONE SOME INVESTIGATING MYSELF AND FOUND THAT FORD HAS A EXSISTING PROBLEM WITH THEIR FUEL TANKS AND LEAKS. I FEEL THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPEN IN MY CASE. I FEEL I HAVE A LEAK IN MY GAS TANK AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS THE MANUFACTORS REPONSEABLITY AND THAT IT WHY I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. THE GAS LEAK IS GETTING WORSE AND THE SMELL IS REALLY BAD. I NEED THIS VAN FIXED IT IS A HAZARD TO DRIVE. EVERYWHERE I TAKE IT THEY TELL ME THEY CAN SMELL IT AND THAT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT BUT THAT THEY CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD IT IS A FACTORY PROBLEM? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO AND HOW I CAN GET THIS RESOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW FORD HAS THIS PROBLEM I JUST DO NOT KNOW HOW IS THE BEST WAY TO GET IT FIXED. I WOULD APPREICATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME SO THAT I CAN GET MY VAN SAFE FOR DRIVING AGAIN. PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME. SINCERELY [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEMS AS STATED IN RECALL 98V190000. UPPER PORTION OF FUEL TANK DEVELOPED CRACKS. DEALER HAS ADVISED OF DEFECT, BUT SAID THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL. *AK
O-RING FAILURES WERE REPORTED ON ONE OF YOUR OWN BULLETINS ITEM # SB014781. *AK
FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS, CAUSING A FUEL TO LEAK .DLR HAS REPLACED FUEL TANK PRIOR TO RECALL 98V190000 BEING ISSUED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER STATED THAT VEHICLE VIN# IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING GAS TO LEAK FROM FUEL TANK. (98V-190) MJS.
FUEL TANK CRACKED/LEAKED FROM TOP OF TANK PRIOR TO RECALL. (98V-190)
HAD PARKED VEHICLE & LEFT FOR AWHILE. CAME BACK & STARTED VEHICLE. DID NOT NOTICE GAS ODOR & VEHICLE BLUE UP & CAUGHT FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED & PUT FLAMES OUT. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE FUEL LINES. *AK
FUEL TANK RECALLED BECAUSE OF A CRACK IN THE TOP OF THE TANK WHICH CAUSES GAS TO LEAK AND FUMES TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. RECALL WORK NOT PERFORMED DUE TO VIN.
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH DEALER NOT HONORING MFR. RECALL NOTICE # 98M-03 CONCERNING CRACKED FUEL TANK. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE TANK BECAUSE THE CRACK WAS NOT IN THE FILLER NECK AREA. *AK *NLM
MUFFLER FAILED.
CONSUMER HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. A/C "O" RINGS LEAKED FREON/FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED ALL AROUND PRIOR TO RECALL 98EO10000)/TRANSMISSION CONTINUOUSLY HUMMING, (MR-91S41)/FUEL STRONGLY SMELLS INSIDE OF VEHICLE, AND ABS LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF SOME PROBLEMS, INDICATED VIN# DOES NOT COMPLY TO THE RECALLS. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING IN THE WINDOWS. CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, AND NOTICED THAT FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES, AND THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO COME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK
PLASTIC GAS TANK DEVELOPED LEAK ALONG STRAP.
FUEL TANK LEAKS AND THAT THERE IS A HAIR LINE CRACK IN TANK. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. *AK
CRACK FOUND NEAR THE TOP GAS TANK, CAUSING GAS TO LEAK OUT.
FUEL TANK CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK.
THE FUEL TANK IS CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK , PE96-050. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, FUEL TANK CRACKED, FILLED FUEL TANK UP, DROVE HOME, SMELLED GASOLINE, FUEL WAS POURING ONTO GROUND, FUEL TANK HAD SPLIT. *AK
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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