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1992 FORD AEROSTAR — Complaint #274767

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM:SPRINGS/BAGS filed February 15, 2001

NHTSA complaint #274767 (ODI reference 880624) concerns a 1992 FORD AEROSTAR and was filed on February 15, 2001. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 15, 2000. The report was geocoded to Utah based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system:springs/bags, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD AEROSTAR cohort independently describe similar suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system:springs/bags failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1992 FORD AEROSTAR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
1992 FORD AEROSTAR
Component
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM:SPRINGS/BAGS
State
Utah

Complaint Description

WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH REAR SUSPENSION AIR SPRINGS BROKE, VEHICLE DROPPED IN REAR. *AK

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 274767
ODI Number 880624
Date Filed February 15, 2001
Failure Date September 15, 2000
VIN ADD

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.