Recall Register

1994 Ford Aspire: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1994 Ford Aspire. The newest campaign is 94V186000. NHTSA received the report on 4 Oct 1994. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery. NHTSA has 54 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 94V186000, in the NHTSA record

The fuel lines will be repositioned. Any damaged rubber hoses will be replaced. Steel fuel lines will have the corrosion protection repaired if needed.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 27,299 units in total.

  1. 94V186000Received . 26,700 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The fuel supply, return and vapor hoses or lines can contact or have inadequate clearance with the surrounding components due to improper positioning during assembly.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Wear of the hose or line can occur, resulting in fuel leakage within the engine compartment which can result in fire when exposed to a source of ignition.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The fuel lines will be repositioned. Any damaged rubber hoses will be replaced. Steel fuel lines will have the corrosion protection repaired if needed.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 94V141000Received . 599 units.

    Equipment / Other / Labels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The dates of manufacture were omitted on the certification label. This does not comply with part 567, "certification."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Consequence of non-compliance: incomplete certification label does not properly identify the vehicle.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    A complete certification label will be provided to the owner or will be installed for the owner by the dealer, if necessary.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

54 complaints, 67 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 1994 Ford Aspire
  • All 1994 vehicles
1994 Ford Aspire: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1994 AspireAll 1994 vehiclesAspire, all yearsMentions
Air Bags253.757.1207.617
Visibility104.570.265.77
Power Train89.694.1103.86
Exterior Lighting89.625.741.56
Steering74.634.748.45
Electrical System74.674.5121.15
Engine and Engine Cooling74.6109.2905
Seat Belts29.936.920.82
Fuel System, Gasoline29.946.365.72
Service Brakes, Hydraulic29.9171.858.82

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 17.

Complaints that report a crash
16
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
14
Deaths in the complaints
2
Date of the newest complaint
7 May 2003

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1994 Ford Aspire, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 11 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1994 Ford Aspire
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE97037Preliminary evaluationSTEERING WHEEL/COLUMN LOCKUPSteering28 Jul 199728 Nov 1997

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19870
  2. 19942
  3. 19950
  4. 19960
  5. 19970

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1994 Ford Aspire: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/aspire/1994/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1994 Ford Aspire?
27,299 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Aspire have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the Ford Aspire, model years 1987 to 1997. 2 of them name the 1994 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1994 Ford Aspire name most often?
Air Bags: 17 of 67 component mentions, or 253.7 per 1,000. For all 1994 vehicles the figure is 57.1 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1994 Ford Aspire open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.