Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Ford Aerostar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 31 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 31, in the owner's own words
THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AND FLASHES BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG PER LARRY PHILPUTT, TOM WOOD FORD, 3130 E. 96TH ST., INDIANAPOLIS, IN. *AK
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD, GIVING WARNING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH AIR BAG SYSTEM. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT MEANT THE AIR BAG WAS FAULTY, CONSUMER REPAIRED PROBLEM AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT.*AK *SLC
WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON AT AN OFF SET ANGLE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UNTIL CONSUMER EXITED VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
INDICATOR DISPLAY IN DASH LOOKS MELTED. AIRBAG INDICATOR FLASHING AND RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ARE DIFICULT TO SEE. ODOMETER JUMPED FROM 80K TO OVER 130K; THERE IS NO METRIC/ENGLISH SWITCH.
AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES CODE OF 3/2 INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND WITHIN A YEAR FAILS AGAIN. FORD REFUSES TO REPLACE IT ANYMORE. DURING RECENT ACCIDENT AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.
STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE. ALSO, AIRBAG/CRUISE CONTROL AND HORN STOPPED WORKING. VEHICLE IS IN REPAIR SHOP. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 20-25 MPH AND INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISON, IMPACTING ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK CONSUMER INVOLVED IN SIX ACCIDENTS, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY ON ALL OCCASIONS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG. *MJS
WHEN VEHCLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, DUE TO AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHING, THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *ADJ
VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 99V029, CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH ELECTRICAL SHORT. AFTER DEALER REPAIRED THE RECALL, AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY CAME ON . ALSO, GEARS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING HIT HORN NOTHING HAPPENED, CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT OPERATE, AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER CONTACTED, AND COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEMS. ALSO, STEERING COLUMN GEAR SHAFT BROKE AND REPLACED IT WITH USED PARTS/ CLOCK SPRING WAS DEFECTIVE. PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. *AK
IE97027, WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHICH INDICATES THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
DURING A CRASH BUMPER/HOOD/FENDER/SWITCH/GRILL/CORE SUPPORT/AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSOR/FAN BELT/TRANSMISSION AND DRIVER'S DOOR WERE DAMANGED FROM IMPACT TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. ALSO SEAT CAME OFF TRACK AND MECHANIC REPAIRED IT, AS WELL AS THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAGS AND BRAKES. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION IN WHICHBRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE. WHEN APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. IN ADDITION, THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
AIR BAG CANISTER FAILED.
VEHICLE SWERVED INTO OTHER LANE WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, REARENDED THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. AIRBAG WIRE HAD BEEN SLICED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. *AK
AIR BAG WARNIN GLIGHT CONTINUES TO BLINK. DRIVER, WHO IS A SHORT STATURED WOMAN, IS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY IN THE EVENT THE AIR BAG WOULD DEPLOY. FORD REFUSES TO DISCONNECT AIR BAG WITHOUT MEDICAL WAIVER. *AK
WHILE DRIIVNG THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT AND THE CLOCK WENT CRAZY, VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT HIS AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AND THAT IT DOES NOT GO OUT, OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS A FAULTY MONITOR WHICH IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK
WAS IN TWO DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY . *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. AFTER COLLISION AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. *AK
DURING OPERATION, THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES.*AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING TWO ACCIDENTS, ALSO WHEELS LOCKED UP ON WET ROAD, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT BLINKS OFF AND ON AND SOMETIME THE LIGHT STAYS ON. *AK
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00, VEHICLE HAD STALLED, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SD
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