Ford Aerostar
Registered from 1996 to 1997.
About this model
The Ford Aerostar is a range of vans that was manufactured by Ford from the 1986 to the 1997 model years. The first minivan produced by Ford, the model line was marketed against the Chevrolet Astro/GMC Safari and the first two generations of the Chrysler minivans. Introduced shortly before the Ford Taurus, the Aerostar derived its name from its slope-nosed "one-box" exterior.
From the Wikipedia article Ford Aerostar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 1738 kg · 3020 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.8 motorway · Wagon |
| 1996 | 1738 kg · 3020 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway · Wagon |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Transfer cases and rear drive shaft
Engineering analysis, opened January 1999, closed November 2000.
Transfer cases and rear driveshaft
Recall query, opened July 1998, closed January 1999.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Ford filed 107 bulletins about the 1997 Aerostar.
- Engine and engine cooling: 28
- Power train: 25
- Electrical system: 11
- Structure: 10
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 9
- Equipment: 5
- Visibility: 4
- Exterior lighting: 2
- Vehicle speed control: 2
- Fuel system, gasoline: 1
- Other: 10
- General (pcm) power train control module programming procedures. *tt · April 2005
- Lamp-brake-invadvertent disabling of brake shift interlock. *mj · August 2004
- Engine-gear driven synchronizers-incorrect installation-camshaft position synchronizer (cmp) installation tool correct application. *mj · July 2004
- New transmission cooler flusher - service tips. 2003 escort and super duty f series included. *tt · October 2003
- Incorrectly installed gear driven camshaft position (cmp) sensor synchronizer assemblies causing surge, lost of power, malfunction indicator lamp on and diagnostic trouble codes p1336, p1309 and… · March 2003
- Some vehicles built prior to 9/15/2001 may exhibit low line pressure readings while in drive, no 2nd gear, no 3rd gear, no engine braking in manual 1st and slipping shifts and / or delayed… · December 2002
- Some vehicles may exhibit a no 1-2 upshift, no 2-3 upshift, a no engine braking condition in manual 1 or diagnostic trouble code p0732 (gear 2 incorrect ratio) or p0733 (gear 3 incorrect ratio). *tt · December 2002
- Low line pressure reading at wide open throttle (wot), slipping shifts and / or delayed engagements with possible diagnostic trouble codes p0732, p0733, p1762 set on vehicles built before 12/1/2001.… · November 2002
99 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.