1990 Ford Econoline problems
Owners have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Ford Econoline. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 42% of complaints. Next are electrical system (16%) and fuel system (16%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 38 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 42% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 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: 2 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 87% 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 13th most-complained-about out of 14 model years of the Ford Econoline with enough data (8 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
While driving approximately 65 MPH the rear passenger side tire tread separated and caused the vehicle to crash into a concrete guard rail. *scc
Vehicle was parked for fifteen minutes all of a sudden an fire started under the hood of the vehicle. The whole front of the vehicle was burned up.
First, headlights ceased to function, then electric door locks failed wiring harness under hood fried b/o current wire right down to the pin plastic assembly on fire wall that leads to wiring under dash of vehicle. Sparking noticed at wiring harness pin connector at firewall with clicking sound in electrical system. This is the second time this wire b/o hot wire has fried itself. First time at about 40000 miles it fried the fuse link in the black/orange hot wire leading down to the firewall pin connector.