1991 FORD AEROSTAR Equipment Problems

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

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.

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

SPARE TIRE LOCATED UNDER REAR OF VEHICLE IS HELD UP BY A CABLE. THE CABLE BROKE WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE SPARE TIRE FELL TO THE GROUND. I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS DRIVING 65MPH WHEN IT FELL. DEALER DID NOT SEEM INTERESTED.

SPARE TIRE RACK CABLE RUSTED CAUSING TIRE TO FALL OFF.

AIR CONDITIONER LEAKS.

REAR ANTI-LOCK SIGNAL LIGHT COMPUTER SHOWS UP CONTINUOSLY WHEN IGNITION IS ON AND STAYS ON UNTIL IGNITION IS DISENGAGED.

REAR AIR CONDITIONER PANEL FELL OFF. *SD

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED 2 TIMES. *SD

AIR CONDITIONER INOPERTIVE. *SD

FACTORY ROOF RACK BROKE WHEN IN USE SENDING DEBRIS ONTO HIGHWAY; SCREW THAT HOLDS ROOF RACK DOWN IS LESS THAN AN INCH, VERY SMALL; ROOF RACK BAR CAME LOOSE. TT

SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE, RESULTING IN TIRE BOUNCING OUT INTO THE ROAD HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. TT

THE LUGGAGE RACK CAME APART AND THE LUGGAGE FELL OFF . TT

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

AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILED.