Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Ford Aerostar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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
THE FRONT END NEEDED TO BE ALIGNED BECAUSE NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT BECAUSE THE FRONT LEFT BALL JOINT AND INNER TIE ROD WERE WORN. *JB
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE FRONT RIGHT AXLE BROKE THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
DRIVING AT 30 MPH WHILE SNOWING AND WIND BLOWING, CONSUMER WAS GOING DOWN HILL, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE TO LEFT. CONSUMER LET GO WHEEL, AND IT WENT TO RIGHT, THEN IT STARTED TO ROLLER ABOUT 3 TIMES. *AK
THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN THE TSB 96-10-13, WHICH INDICATES THE LEFT REAR TIRE RUBBING ON THE WHEELHOUSE INNER PANEL IN JOUNCE POSITION AND HEAVY LOADS DUE TO MISLOCATED BODY BRACKET, THE VEHICLES TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF THE BRACKET DEFECT. *MJS
SUSPENSION FAILED. *SLC
CONTROL ARM FAILURES ON RIGHT SIDE. ALSO BUSHINGS FAILED. *AK
DEFECTIVE COIL SPRING IS CAUSING THE AIRBAG TO BLINK ON AND OFF INTERMTTENTLY, RESULTING IN THE AIRBAG BECOMING INOPERATIVE. ALSO, WHEN TURNING OFF THE IGNITION IT WILL MAKE A NOISE. SERVICE PERSONNEL SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK *ML
ENTIRE FRONT END SUSPENSION SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO POOR DESIGN.
REAR AXLE BROKE AFTER DRIFTING ON TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD; BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK TO THE ROAD AND IT SWERVED UNCONTROLLABLY AND FLIPPED ABOUT FOUR TIMES LANDING UPRIGHT IN THE MEDIAN.
THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
FRONT CV JOINT BROKE. ALSO REPLACED FRONT STABILIZER BAR LINKS. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
VEHICLE RATTLES/STEERING WHEEL SHAKES.
CONTROL ARM FAILURE.
FAILURE ON THE SWAY BAR, THE SWAY BAR IS WEARING, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE.*AK SWAY BAR AND STABILIZER BAR LINKS BOTH EXPERIENCED WEAR AND WERE REPLACED. FRONT BRAKES REPLACED DUE TO VIBRATION, DEALER HAS REPLACED CALIPERS TWICE, BRAKE PADS TWICE, MACHINED ROTORS, REPLACED ROTORS, AND REPACKED HEEL BEARINGS, ALL OF THESE REPAIRS OCCURRED BETWEEN 17542 AND 32572 MILES. *SLC
VALVE ASSEMBLY REPLACED. *SD
REPLACED INNER SEALS THAT ARE LEAKING GREASE. TT
REPLACED ROTORS 6 TIMES WHEN VEHICLE VIBRATDS OUT OF CONTROL. TT
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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