Total Complaints
3 filings
FORD AEROMAX · model year
3 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1993FORDAEROMAX carries 3 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1993 AEROMAX is electrical system:ignition:switch with 2 filings, followed by electrical system:wiring (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 177 investigation files overlapping the 1993 AEROMAX, and 8 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
3 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | 2 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | 1 |
THE ABS LIGHT WAS A RECALL SO I TOOK MY VAN INTO HARTZHEIM DODGE-HAYWARD 25601 MISSION BLVD HAYWARD CA 94544 THEY DIDN'T CHARGE ME ANYTHING THIS TIME , SO THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IT BUT I ENDED UP HAVING TO TAKE IT BACK ON JANUARY 30,2005 DUE TO THE ABS LIGHT COMING BACK ON AND THEY TOLD ME I HAVE TO FIX MY BRAKES FOR THE ABS LIGHT TO WORK LIKE IT'S SUPPOSE TO, SO OF COURSE I TOLD THEM TO FIX IT AND THIS TIME I HAD TO PAY 753.97. THEN I ENDED UP TAKING MY CAR BACK 5 MONTHS LATER DUE TO THE ABS LIGHT COMING ON AGAIN, MY VAN WAS RUNNING FINE BEFORE ME TAKING IT BACK THIS TIME. THEY THEN CALLED ME UP AND SAID I COULD PICK UP MY VAN CAUSE NOW IT WAS MY WIRES IN MY VAN IS MESSED UP AND IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED OR THE ABS LIGHT WOULDN'T WORK RIGHT SO I AGAIN TOLD THEM TO FIX THE WIRING AND I THEN HAD TO PAY 480.00 FOR THEM TO FIX IT, I LIVE ON DISABILITY AND CAN'T AFFORD THIS BUT AT THE SAME TIME I NEED MY VAN TO GET TO MY DOCTORS. I WENT TO GO PICK UP MY VAN UP AND NOTICED THEY BROKE MY SWITCH
WHILE PLACING THE KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH THE VEHICLE WOULD START, BUT THE RADIO WOULD NOT COME ON ITS OWN ,AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BY PASS RELAY SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHEN PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION, KEY WON'T TURN AND THE VEHICLE WON'T START UP DUE TO A SHORTAGE WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE.
Unintended Transmission Downshift and Rear Wheel Lock-up
Timing Belt Failure
Underbody shields detachment
B-Pillar Trim Detachment
Unintended Transmission Downshift and Rear Wheel Lock-up
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.