Vehicle report
1996 FORD ASPIRE
This model year
What the record shows
The 1996 Ford Aspire is a subcompact car, and the 10th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1987 to 1998.
The EPA rated two configurations: a single 1.3-litre four-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 28 to 33 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 33 owner complaints and 49 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.