| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003236011 | Incident Date: Aug, 31 2003 |
| Consumer's City: HARTSELLE | Consumer's State: AL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: AEROSTAR | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Wheels:rim |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMDA41X2TZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 16 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My 1996 ford aerostar has 14x6 aluminum allow wheel rims. the rims have 7 triangular slots and 7 wide/flat "spokes". one of these rims is cracking. the crack is progressing from one spoke to another. i have stopped driving the vehicle all together. after almost a month of searching for a used replacement rim i have found out that i am not the only one with this problem. i suspected that this may be the case when i could not find any on-line company that had these in stock (used or new). today i spoke with a woman at ackerwheels.com and learned that this rim can only be purchased from the dealer. she warned me that if i ordered one from the dealer to look it over carefully for cracks. i asked her if this was a common problem. she said it was and that i should not expect ford to recall it. i believe that all of my other three rims are now suspect. what can you do? *jb |
