1994 FORD AEROSTAR Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

WE WERE BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE LOSS OF POWER. THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER WAS CHANGED. WE ARE STILL GETTING INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER, BUT WHAT MY CONCERN IS THAT I SAW A RECALL ON NHTSA: 99V028000. I WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS RECALL WHEN I VIEWED AN EPISODE OF COPS WHERE AN AEROSTAR'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSED A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I CALLED FORD IN TEMECULA CALIF AND NOW THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF ANY RECALLS FOR THIS YEAR OF AEROSTAR 1994 I DO HAVE KIDS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SAFETY MATTERS REMAIN ON THIS VAN. *TR

THE ACCESSORIES IN MY DASH AND STEERING COLUMN ARE SHORTING OUT, AND I SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THAT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE WHEN MY VAN WAS MADE. I DON'T CARE WHY I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND BACK AND NOT HAVE MY VAN CATCH ON FIRE. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT ALREADY WITH A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. ALSO, THE FUEL PUMP IS ACTING UP ANDI WAS TOLD IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT IS SHORTING OUT!. AGAIN NOT THE RIGHT MONTH BUT I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS SO THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT FORD MESSED UP AND SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM, PERIOD. I PLAN TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS AND TO RIGHT TO MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY SHOULD NOT BE DETERMINED AS TO HOW LOUDLY PEOPLE COMPLAIN, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE VEHICLES THAT ARE COVERED WERE THE GREATEST RISK TO THE COMPANY. *LA

VEHICLE WAS SOLD WITHOUT SAFETY INSPECTION BEING PERFORMED. UNBURNT FUEL FUMES ARE GOING INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CAUSING DIZZINESS, NASEA, AND DISORIENTATION & HEADACHES. MECHANIC TELLS ME CAR IS MOVING BOMB AS ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR EXPLOSION WITHIN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. POSSIBLE FUEL INJECTOR FAILURE OR FUEL INJECTOR GASKET FAILURE. I AM SCARED TO DEATH TO OPERATE VEHICLE!*AK

MY CLIENTS, THE FREDERICK FAMILY (FATHER, MOTHER AND 3-YR-OLD DAUGHTER) SUSTAINED THIRD DEGREE BURNS WHEN THEIR 1994 FORD AEROSTAR VAN SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE WHILE TRAVELLING ON I-40 NEAR NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA. FIRE WAS THE RESULT OF THE TRANSFER CASE OUTPUT SHAFT BUSHING DISPLACEMENT, THEREBY FAILING THE DRIVE SHAFT WHICH STRUCK THE PAVEMENT, THEN RICHOCHETED INTO THE FUEL TANK AND PIERCED THE TANK, ALLOWING RAW FUEL TO ESCAPE AND IGNITE, PROBABLY FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER OR SPARKS FROM THE DRIVE SHAFT STRIKING THE PAVEMENT. THIS CASE IS IN LITIGATION IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, BEING CASE NO. CV-S-00-0444-KTD-RLH. PETER CHASE NEUMANN, ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS, 136 RIDGE STREET, RENO, NV 89501. 775-786-3750.

AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHES, THER IS A PATTERN, IT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

ELCTRICAL SYSTEM WIRING HARNESS MADE ALL THE DASH LIGHTS SHUT OFF, THEN BACK ON. BUT, MOST OF THE TIME THEY STAYED OFF. DEALER SAID ONLY ONE INJECTOR WAS BAD. BUT, WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED ALL OF THEM. *AK

IF VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH "FUEL CUT OFF VALVE" IT DID NOT OPERATE AT TIME OF CRASH. THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE KEPT RUNNING. AIRBAG INFLATION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT. DRIVER RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURN ON FOREARM FROM AIRBAG. BURN SIZE OF DOLLAR BILL. *AK

GASOLINE FUMES PERVADE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. REPEATED "REPAIRS" AT DEALER HAVE NOT FIXED PROBLEM. *AK

SMELL OF GAS FUME FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE GRADUALLY BECAME WORSE AND INTOLERABLE. DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP GASKET.

PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT FILLS WITH GASOLINE FUMES, ESPECIALLY IF EVEN A SMALL OVERFLOW OCCURS, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

FUEL PUMP FAILED/SHORTED OUT, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK

THE FUEL PUMP MOUNTED IN THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK HAD FAILED, SHORTING OUT WITH NO APPARENT FUSABLE LINK OF BREAK. HEAT FROM THE MELTING ELECTRICAL PARTS WEAKENED A FUEL LINE, CAUSING IT TO BURST AND THE EXPOSED WIRES STARTED THE FIRE.

DUE TO FUEL LEAKING ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND THE GAS TANK. *AK

TIPS OF INJECTOR TRAVELS THROUGH FUEL LINES DEVELOPES HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPING CRACKS. RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE. TT

GAS TANK RELEASES FUMES INTO VEHICLE. *SD

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE FUEL PUMP STOP WORKING . TT

SMELL/ODOR OF GAS FUMES UPON FILLING GAS TANK; HAVE TO DRIVE WITH WINDOWS OPEN TO AVOID SKIN/EYE IRRITATION. TT

VEHICLE OFTEN HAS SMELL OF RAW GAS WHEN YOU FILL UP. TT