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1991 Ford Aerostar Heating & air conditioning Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the heating or air-conditioning system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Heating & air conditioning reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
8
Latest Jun 27, 2002
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
4%
of 223 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
1
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Ford Aerostar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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.

Owner reports naming heating or air-conditioning

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Heating & air conditioning
Filed Jun 27, 2002

I WENT TO FIRESTONE IN ST. JOE, MO AND HAD MY AIR CONDITIONING RECHARGED AFTER 9 YEARS OF DRIVING MY VAN. THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE A HOSE ON THE FRONT OF THE VECHICAL AND THAT THEY NEEDED TO THEN ADD FREON TO THE SYSTEM. THAT WAS IN JULY 19, 2001. IT DIDN'T SEEM AS COLD AS IT HAD BEFORE BUT IT WAS OK. THEN WHEN I NEEDED THE AIR THIS SUMMER I HAD NONE. THEY SAID THAT THE HOSE THAT THEY INSTALLED THEY LATTER WERE TOLD WOULDN'T HOLD THE PRESSURE (I THINK) BUT THAT NOW SENCE IT WAS OVER 6 MONTHS THEY WOULDN'T OR COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. IT COST ME $304.07. THEY SAY THAT YOU PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?*AK

NHTSA ID
763566
Incident
May 6, 2002
Heating & air conditioningTransmissionVisibility
Filed Aug 29, 2000

A/C WAS INOPERATIVE WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM DEALER. DEALER REPAIRED A/C AS CONDITION OF PURCHASE. A/C FAILED AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH AFTER REPAIR AND HAS BEEN INOPERATIVE SINCE. REAR DIFFERENTIAL STARTED MAKING A LOW WHINING NOISE THAT BECAME A LOUD WHINING NOISE AFTER A COUPLE DAYS. ENDED UP REPLACING WHOLE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND DIFFERENTIAL FROM SALVAGE YARD MYSELF BECAUSE IT WAS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT THE REPAIR PLACE WANTED. TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING DURING ACCELERATION. AFTER A COUPLE DAYS IT QUIT MOVING THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY, AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH ONE FROM A SALVAGE YARD SINCE, ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE WAY TO GO. THE HEATER CORE RECENTLY BEGAN TO LEAK INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND STEAM UP THE WINDOWS. THE HEATER CORE HAS BEEN CAPPED OFF AND NOT YET REPLACED. FINALLY, JUST TWO DAYS AGO THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD REVEALED THERE WAS NO WATER IN THE RADIATOR. UPON RESERVICING THE RADIATOR AND STARTING THE ENGINE WATER WAS NOTICED POURING OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. I CAN ONLY PRESUME EITHER THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED OR THE CYLINDER WALL IS CRACKED PERMITTING THE COOLANT WATER TO ENTER THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY UNDRIVEABLE AND PARKED WHILE MY WIFE AND I TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO AFFORD TO FIX YET ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS PIECE OF TRASH FORD AEROSTAR.

NHTSA ID
729454
Incident
Aug 27, 2000
Heating & air conditioning
Filed Jul 11, 2000
Fire reported

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE MARSHALL & INSURANCE COMPANY SAID THE CAUSE SEEM TO BE THE A/C BLOWER MOTOR FAN. DEALER IS LOOKING INTO THE PROBABLE REASON.*AK

NHTSA ID
865215
Incident
Jul 6, 2000
BrakesHeating & air conditioningSuspension+2 more
Filed Jul 16, 1997

BRAKES FAILED.

NHTSA ID
519494
Incident
Sep 3, 1993
Body & structureBrakesHeating & air conditioning+3 more
Filed Jan 17, 1996

WINDSHIELD WIPER MECHANISM FELL OFF, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *SD

NHTSA ID
500755
Incident
Jan 17, 1996
BrakesHeating & air conditioningTransmission+1 more
Filed Jan 10, 1996

MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. *SD

NHTSA ID
500822
Incident
Jan 10, 1996
Heating & air conditioning
Filed Jun 27, 1995

AIR COMPRESSOR FAILED CAUSING CARBON PARTICLES TO KNOCK OUT ENTIRE SYSTEM. TT

NHTSA ID
967951
BrakesHeating & air conditioningEngine
Filed Jan 6, 1995

AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILED.

NHTSA ID
480446
Incident
Jan 6, 1995

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.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Electrical63Transmission43Brakes35Driver assistance23Interior & seats15Engine13Body & structure9

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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