1993 FORD AEROSTAR Electrical Systemignitionswitch Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD AEROSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND AND HE COULD FEEL A PULSATION IN THE DASHBOARD; THERE WERE ALSO ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES. HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT RECALL 99V029000 AND WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. HE ALSO CONSULTED THE MANUFACTURER AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,705. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 144,670. UPDATED 02/22/11

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT DESCRIBED IN IGNITION SWITCH ELECTRICAL SHORT 99V029000 RECALL. MANUFACTURER PROVIDED CONFLICTING INFORMATION. THEY TOLD CONSUMER BY PHONE THAT THE VIN NUMBER WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ,AND THEN SENT A LETTER INDICATING THAT THE VIN NUMBER WASN'T INCLUDED. *AK

CONSUMER BELIEVES ALL THE VEHICLES ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS (WARNING CHIME, DELAY WIPERS, SPEED CONTROL,BRAKE LIGHTS, ABS WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH) STEM FROM RECALLL 99V-029 CONCERNING HIGHER THAN SPECIFIED ELECTRICAL LOAD, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO THE SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH TOTALLED THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED UNDER RECALL 99V029000. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

AFTER RECALL REPAIR OF THE IGNITION SWITCH (99V-029) THE HORN NO LONGER FUNCTIONED, THE AIRBAG INDICATOR FLASHES AFTER THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED ON, ALARM SOUNDS WHEN THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED OFF AND THE CRUISE CONTROL IS INOPERATIVE. NLM

RECALL 99V029/IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR VEHICLE UNDER RECALL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, THE CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE WORSENED. *AK

DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE RECALL ON IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS CHANGED, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED A SECOND TIME. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BURNED UP DUE TO A SHORT THAT OCCURRED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AREA. THIS LATER BECAME A RECALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SOMETIMES DRIVER CAN'T GET KEY INTO IGNITION. ALSO, AT TIMES, KEY WILL NOT TURN OVER AND COME OUT, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99V029000 IN THE MAIL. CONTACTED THE DEALER & SET AN APPOINTMENT. AFTER ARRIVING AT DEALER ON APPOINTED DATE, WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH AND WIRING FAILED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING ELECTRICAL AND STARTER PROBLEMS DUE TO SPRING IN THE IGNITION SWITCH STICKING, FAILS IN HOT HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS. MJS

VEHICLE IS DENIED RECALL WORK DUE TO LACK OF PARTS (99V-029). MJS

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO & CONTACTED DEALER. WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. PARTS ON BACK ORDER. WOULD NOTIFY WHEN PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. OWNER UPSET. *AK

VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. UPON STARTING MADE STRANGE NOISES AND THEN THERE WAS SMOKE. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #99V02900 & NOTIFIED DEALER. THAT WAS OVER 3 1/2 MONTHS AGO. WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE & WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN PARTS WERE IN. DEALER WAS ORDERING THE PARTS AT THAT TIME. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99V029000 IN MAIL & CONTACTED DEALER. HAD REPAIRS DONE. HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK AT LEAST 5 TIMES. MECHANIC HAD UNHOOKED WIRES DUE TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. STARTED HAVING OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AFTER IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPAIRED (HEAD LAMP, DASHBOARD, DOME LIGHT & WINDOWS). *AK

AFTER CAMPAIGN 99V029000 WAS COMPLETED, I STILL HAD MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES, INCLUDING: THE TURN SIGNALS NOT WORKING, INTERIOR LIGHT ANOMOLIES AND BOGUS ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WARNINGS FROM THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS. I REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE ISSUES NO LONGER HAPPENED. I TOOK THE OLD SWITCH APART, IT DID HAVE THE ISSUES DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V029000. I FEEL THE CAMPAIGN WAS NOT COMPLETED CORRECTLY ON MY VEHICLE OR THERE IS A DEEPER ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL/HORN QUIT WORKING/AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHES, AND SMOKE CAME FROM STEERING COLUMN AT IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

KEY SWITCH RECALL SPEEDOMETER/TRANSMISSON OVERDRIVE/RADIO NOT WORKING CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD IGNITION SWITCH RECALL CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN .TOOK VAN IN PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED AND WAS TOLD WE DID NOT TALK TOANYONE AT FORD ALSO TALKED TO DEALERSHIP WITH NO HELP TALKED TO A TECH. HE SAID IT WOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM S WE ARE HAVING. *AK

JUMPER WIRE IN HARNESS FAILED, RECALL COMPONENT HOWEVER DEALER DENIED RECALL REPAIR - (99V-029). *YC

NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALL REPAIR. CAMPAIGN# 99S02

IGNITION SWITCH FAILES INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING IT NOT TO TURN THE ENGINE.

RECALL 99V029000 FORD/IGNITION SWITCH ELECTRICAL SHORT: OWNER NOT ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT UNTIL JULY TO CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM. OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN MARCH(1999). *AK

POWER WINDOWS DO NOT GO DOWN PROPERLY. I HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH THEM DOWN IN ORDER TO OPEN THEM. THIS STARTED JUST AFTER THE CAR WARRANTY EXPIRED. IN NOVEMBER OF 1998, I WAS UNABLE TO START MY CAR. I LIFTED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED A SMALL FLAME ON AN ELECTRICAL WIRE. I HAD ALREADY BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE KEY NOT FITTING PROPERLY IN THE IGNITION, THE BELL SOUNDING EVEN IF THE KEY WERE NOT INSERTED IN THE IGNITION AND THE DIGITAL READ-OUT OF THE RADIO WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND HAD TO HAVE A NEW STARTER INSTALLED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL FOR THE ELECTRICAL/IGNITION SYSTEM CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED? *AK

CONSUMER PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, TURNED THE KEY TO THE START POSITION AND VEHICLE BLEW UP INSTANTLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

RECALL 99S02. WHILE DRIVING DOOR AND STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT FIRE OUT. RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED ONE YEAR LATER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SHORT IN IGNITION SWITCH. NOTIFIED DEALER/MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL. BUT NHTSA DOES SHOW A RECALL 99V-029. 000. *AK *ML

EXPPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH. ENTIRE SWITCH WOULD TURN AROUND OR INTERMITTENTLY UNABLE TO GET KEY OUT OF SWITCH. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH FAILS FREQUENTLY, UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY. SWITCH ALSO JAMS IN START POSITION.

IGNITION SWITCH AND THE WIRING SYSTEM BURNED AND SHORTED OUT. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. *AK

THE SPRING ON THE IGNITION SWITCH IS WEAK AND IT OVERHEATED. *AK

DURING VEHICLE OPERATION SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN/IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH; CAN START THE CAR WITH WITHOUT THE KEY. PLEASE EXPLAIN. *AK

CONSUMER IS ABLE TO TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH WITHOUT THE KEY.*AK

STEERING WHEEL COLUMN HAD SHORT, BURNED HARNESS AND UPON RELEASE OF KEY FROM IGNITION, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGINITION SWITCH THE ENGINE WILL REMAIN RUNNING.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED , COMPARTMENT FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA, DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

COULD NOT GET KEY OUT OF IGNITION SWTICH BECAUSE THE ROD IN THE SWITCH WOULD NOT MOVE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

STEERING WHEEL COLUMN HAD SHORT, BURNED HARNESS AND UPON RELEASE OF KEY FROM IGNITION, STOPPED ALL THE ACTIVITY. *AK

THE IGNITION SWITCH MELTED THE WIRING, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK *JB

WHEN ENTERING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION, THE TRUCK WILL NOT TURN OVER AND THE KEY GETS STUCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE TO GARAGE FOR BRAKES, SMELLED & SAW SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, TURNED IT OFF, ATTENDENT LOOKED AT VEHICLE, MAIN WIRE HARNESS BURNED. *K

WHILE PARKED NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND UNDER DASH. *AK

DASH WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED, THEN STARTED TO SMOKE. IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. *DSH

WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED BURNING SMELL, THEN HEATER WENT OUT, TURNED OFF VEHICLE, REMOVED KEY AND MINUTES LATER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED BURNING SMELL, THEN HEATER WENT OUT, TURNED OFF VEHICLE, REMOVED KEY AND MINUTES LATER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSED BY THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK