1990 Ford E-350 problems
NHTSA has received 28 complaints about the 1990 Ford E-350, and 61% of them involve brakes. Next are body & structure (11%) and engine (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 28 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 61% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Ford E-350 with enough data (9 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Replaced the master cylinder twice and brakes failed three times. Refers to rv coachmen mini motor home., also may relate to recall (89v-223), aerostar.
Brakes fail when riding in hilly area, resulting in fading of the pedal, due to overheating of the brake system, replaced metal components in the calipers. Tt
During normal driving the brakes rusted and froze in a locked position, when the brakes where applied vehicle started to pull to the right and started smoking before going off the road. Please describe details.
Fuel from rear tank overflowed to front tank which leaked out excess fuel. Occurred once before repairs. Did a search for the issue and found that there was a secret open warranty covering the issue, called ford and got 'permission' to have it repaired. The first replacement was worse according to the service manager at frank jackson in sandy springs ga. So I had to wait a couple more days to get the new one. It seems fine now.