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1995 Ford Aerostar Interior & seats Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Interior & seats 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.
19
Latest Feb 25, 2005
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.
12%
of 157 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.
2
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 seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Ford Aerostar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 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 interior

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

Interior & seats
Filed Feb 25, 2005
Fire reported

THE INTERIOR OF THE DASH BOARD CAUGHT FIRE ON ITS OWN, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED BY CONSUMER. *NM

NHTSA ID
10113031
Incident
Feb 23, 2005
Interior & seats
Filed May 28, 2003

SLIDING DOOR WILL EITHER NOT LATCH AT ALL OR IT WILL STAY CLOSED AND WE ARE UNABLE TO OPEN IT .

NHTSA ID
10020635
Incident
May 20, 2003
Interior & seats
Filed May 20, 2002

A BOLT WHICH HOLDS BACK REST HAS SHEARED OFF AND CAUSED SEAT TO COLLAPSE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOIRMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID
8010137
ElectricalFuel systemInterior & seats
Filed Apr 11, 2002

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN FUEL PUMP. VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF POWER AND FUEL GAUGE BECOMES ERRATIC. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK ALL THE GAUGES QUIT WORKING AND THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING DUE TO MAIN DASH WIRING HARNESS OVERHEATED AND BURNT. *YH

NHTSA ID
8007423
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 4, 2002

HAD ADJUSTED SEATBACK WITH LEVER, BUT WHEN RESTING AGAINST IT, IT WOULD MAKE A CLICKING NOISE AND JUMP OUT POSITION. THIS CAUSES PROBLEM WITH VISIBILITY. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HAD SEAT REPLACED. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID
8003469
BrakesInterior & seatsExterior lighting
Filed Jul 21, 2001

THE ORIGINAL HEADLIGHT SWITCH OVERHEATED & THE BRAKE,TAIL,DASH & HEAD LTS GO OFF, SWITCH 1/2 IN WILL WORK. REPLACEMENT AFTER APPROX 1 YR IS DOING SAME.*AK

NHTSA ID
748864
Incident
Jul 21, 2001
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 13, 2001

AFTER PASSENGER'S SEAT WAS PUSHED ATTACHING BOLTS WERE BROKEN WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING OF DEFECT. DEALER REFUSED TO WORK ON PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID
882936
Incident
Mar 6, 2001
Interior & seats
Filed Jan 3, 2001

SLIDING DOOR LATCH BROKE WITH DOOR IN CLOSED POSITION, OCCUPANTS IN REAR SEATS WERE UNABLE TO EASILY EXIT VEHICLE. NLM

NHTSA ID
558616
Body & structureInterior & seats
Filed May 17, 2000

ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION/SHORT BEHIND THE DASH WHICH CAUSES THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT AT TIMES WHEN THE DOOR ADJAR LIGHT COMES ON. *MJS

NHTSA ID
552306
Interior & seats
Filed May 9, 2000

THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE AND LATCH PROPERLY BECAUSE THE SIDE-TRACK DOOR-GUIDE IS MISALIGNED OR WEAK, CAUSING IT TO CRACK AND BREAK AT THE POINT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE VEHICLE BODY BEHIND THE STRIKER PIN. THIS CAUSES THE DOOR TO SAG SLIGHTLY, THUS PREVENTING PROPER LATCHING. ALSO, WHEN THE DOOR IS NOT LATCHED PROPERLY, THE DOOR-AJAR LIGHT COMES ON AND SOMETIMES MAKES A LOUD GRATING SOUND BEHIND THE DASH RATHER THAN THE CHIME SOUND IT IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE. A FEW TIMES, WHILE THE DOOR-AJAR LIGHT WAS BUZZING, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AS WELL. THE TURN-SIGNALS, FAN, RADIO, WIPERS. ETC., ALL FROZE UP AND WOULD NOT WORK, AS WELL AS THE IGNITION. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE KEY AND RESTART THE VAN TO GET EVERYTHING TO WORK AGAIN. OBVIOUSLY, THIS ELECTRICAL FAILURE IS RELATED TO THE SLIDING DOOR MALFUNTION, SINCE IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHILE THE DOOR-AJAR LIGHT WAS FLASHING. WE HAD REPAIRS DONE AT OUR FORD DEALER, BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO RECUR, SO THE DEALER CAN NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THESE DAGEROUS MALFUNCTIONS. *AK

NHTSA ID
722451
Incident
Dec 10, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 11, 1999

HAD HATCHBACK LATCH REPAIRED BEFORE GOING ON VACATION-THEN WHILE ON VACATION THE LATCH GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THE FAMILY COULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE. *AK

NHTSA ID
844899
Incident
Jun 30, 1999
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 2, 1999

I WAS PARKED WAITING FOR A RIDER TO GET IN THE VEHILCE. THE DRIVER'S SEAT SNAPPED BACK( SEAT BELT WAS ON). THANK GOD I WAS NOT DRIVING AS IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. UPON INSPECTION OF THE SEAT THE HOLDING BOLT SHEARED OFF WITH PART OF THE BOLT STIOO IN THE SEAT HINGE BRACKET. THERE ARE TWO BOLTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE AND 1 BOLT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE BOTTOM BOLTS ON EITHER SIDE ALLOW THE SEAT TO PIVOT (FORWARD OR BACKWARD). THE TOP BOLT (SINGLE) IS THE ONLY BLOT TO HOLD THE SEAT FROM SNAPPING BACK AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT SHEARED OFF UNEXPECTEDLY..

NHTSA ID
709521
Incident
Jul 28, 1999
ElectricalInterior & seats
Filed Apr 14, 1999

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, HOWEVER DEALERSHIP CAN NOT DO RECALL REPAIR (NOT NOTIFED) BY MANUFACTURER ON REPAIR PROCEDURE. (99V-029) *MJS

NHTSA ID
544977
Incident
Mar 25, 1999
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 30, 1999

SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN AT ALL FROM THE INSIDE OR FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND THE CONSUMER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
836303
Incident
Feb 12, 1999
Interior & seats
Filed Jan 12, 1999

THE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT LATCH AND IS INOPERATIVE, WHICH MAY CAUSE ANY OCCUPANT TO FALL OUT OF THE VAN IF NOT RESTRAINED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
833397
Incident
Dec 12, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed Jul 7, 1998
Fire reported

UPON STARTING UP THE VAN, DRIVER HEARD A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE DASH. DRIVER LOOKED UNDER THE DASHBOARD AND NOTICED A FIRE IN THE WIRING SYSTEM. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT FIRE. OWNER WAITING FOR WIRING HARNESS TO CORRECT PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID
825073
Incident
Jun 24, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed Jun 1, 1998

ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE DASH NEARLY CAUGHT ON FIRE, RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
823807
Interior & seats
Filed Jul 26, 1997

THE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK. CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT IN AN EMERGENCY.

NHTSA ID
521907
Interior & seats
Filed May 23, 1995

HEIGHT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SEAT ALONG WITH PANELS BETWEEN FRONT AND MIDDLE SEATS, CAUSE BLIND SPOTS/POOR VISIBILITY. *SKD

NHTSA ID
486312
Incident
May 23, 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

Electrical33Transmission18Brakes18Engine11Body & structure11Airbags10Tires & wheels10Visibility9Fuel system9

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