1993 Ford E-350 problems
NHTSA has received 53 complaints about the 1993 Ford E-350, and 23% of them involve brakes. Next are fuel system (15%) and engine (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 187,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 10 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 187,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are more 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 1993 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Ford E-350 with enough data (22 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Passenger sideview mirror has rubber grommet being same size has exposed edge. Door/mirror cut owners finger with (9) stitches. Please describe details. Tt
I was driving at 60 MPH when I began decelerating and realized engine had shut off. I coasted to a stop. I was getting tools to check relays when I noticed fire at rear wheel, driver side, at gas tank. Called closest fire department. 6/9/06. Parking brake line on fire with ABS line. Had wiring repaired. July 16,2006 brakes felt like they were locking, rear was smoking again, looked like fire at gas tank. July 17 had mechanic check all brakes which were excellent except parking brake line bent, but released.
Got in my van started down street and smelt smoke went around block inside of van full of smoke stopped van and shut it off got out of it and called for fire dept and neighbor called to by time fire dept came my van was fully on fire melted siding on house I was next too..smoke aggravated my ashtma and had to do my nebulizer............now I had a recall and supposably it was corrected but my van still caught fire...I don't have fire coverage what is my next thing I can do to get compensation....if my recall was…
The front end of the vehicle developed vibration due to cracked rotors. The brake pads were also cracked in half. The brake pads were cracked in half but were not worn to the point of needing replacement. However new bearings and seals were replaced. Photos attached.