Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1987 Ford Tempo.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-06-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR WHEN STARTING DUE TO TFI MODULE FAILURE. *YH |
| 2000-03-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | CAR WONT RESTART AFTER IT HAS BEEN DRIVIN AND OR STOPPED AT IDLE SPEED. CAUSING ME TO BE STRANDED CONTINUALLY. FORD MO… |
| 1999-04-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | THICK FILM IGNITION MODULE AND DIST STATOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. |
| 1999-03-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED. MJS |
| 1999-01-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | MY CAR STARTED ACTING UP 1ST BY CUTTING OUT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE, THE IT WOULD REV UP,AND THEN COMPLETELY QUIT. TH… |
| 1998-07-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILED CAUSING FIRE. OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT. |
| 1997-09-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10-15 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER VEHICLE STALLED OUT. VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY … |
| 1997-06-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | FILLED UP A QUARTER OF A TANK OF 87 OCTANE, SOON AFTER, VEHICLE STRUGGLED TO IDLE/STALLED. SUBSEQUENTLY, FILLED UP WITH… |
| 1997-05-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP FAILED. MJS |
| 1996-10-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | AT A STOP LIGHT THE CAR STALLED AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE. *AK |
| 1996-08-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE WIRING UNDER THE DASH CONNECTED TO THE STEERING COLUMN BURNT OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK |
| 1996-08-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | CAR WAS PARKED AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE SWITCH APPARENTLY FAILED ,GAS WAS PUMPED INTO ENGINE COMP… |
| 1996-06-24 | STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE ADJUSTER FAILURE, THE REAR ADJUSTERS FALL OUT OF POSTION, PE96-005A. *AK |
| 1996-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING INTO PARKING LOT, VEHICLE'S RIGHT FRONT CAUGHT ON FIRE, UNDERHOOD; ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, EXACT CAUSE UNKOWN… |
| 1996-05-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | IGNITION SYSTEM FAILED. |
| 1996-05-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | BURNING ODOR PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD |
| 1996-04-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK |
| 1996-04-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE ON THE WIRING AT THE FIREWALL. *AK |
| 1996-03-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FIRE, ALTERNATOR CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1996-01-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER IS ONLY A SINGLE RESERVIOR, SHOULD BE DUAL. *SD |
| 1995-12-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE IGNITION SWITCH DOES NOT START, DOES NOT WORK. TT |
| 1995-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE INGITION SWITCH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. *AK |
| 1995-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | AT A STOP WHEN THE ALTERNATOR STARTED TO SMOKE THE CONSUMER UNPLUGGED THE ALTERNATOR AND THE SMOKING STOPPED. PLEASE … |
| 1995-05-13 | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 1 | REAR WINDOW SHATTERED, CAUSING INJURY. *SKD |
| 1995-05-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | UNDER THE HOOD ELECTRICAL FIRE WITH WIRING CONNECTOR THAT PLUGS INTO TOP OF ALTERNATOR. *AK |
| 1994-11-11 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | Yes | 0 | FRONT END STARTED SHAKING, CAUSING DRIVER TO JERK STEERING WHEEL, RESULTING IN LOSE OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT (NEW JERSEY ST… |
| 1994-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. |
| 1993-01-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS WHILE STOPPED, DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED, AND TURNING CORNERS; RPMS GOES UP/DOWN WITHOUT APPLYING ACCELERATOR… |
| 1991-09-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WOULD ACCELERATE AT NORMAL SPEED AND THEN DROP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. TT |
| 1988-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AT ANY SPEED WHEN ENGINE IS HOT. DEALER HAS REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS, INCLUDING FUEL PUMP.… |
| 1987-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING OFF AND ON SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, NUMEROUS REPAIRS. CANNOT REMEDY.*AK |
| — | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING REAR SUBFRAME MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO DROP, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DE… |
| — | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | BOTH HEADLIGHTS EVEN THOUGH ILUMINATED PROJECTED TO LIGHTING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT |
| — | SEATS | No | 0 | SEAT FRAME CRACKED, ALSO SLIDE RAIL SUPPORTS CRACKED. |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | AFTER PARKED A FEW MINUTES, VEHICLE IGNITED RIGHT AWAY W/FIRE CONSUMED AND TOTALED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK |
| — | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING INTO A DRIVEWAY TIE ROD: INNER BROKE OUT OF GEAR BOX, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING. FORD HAS NOT BEEN CON… |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WIRING HARNESS FIRE IN DASH FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *AK |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY LOSES POWER/STALLS. |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FIRE DESTROYED CAR(OHIO STATE POLICE) |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | Yes | 0 | THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT NOTICE DURING SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND THE BRAKING AND STEERING BECOME DIFFICULT. TH… |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT. |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVEN, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. OWNER STATED IGNITION SWITCH WAS CAUSE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION IS FAILING TO OPERATE PROPERLY. VEHICLE MAKING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO HIGH GEAR. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL | No | 0 | EGR SENSORS FAILED CAUSING STALLING |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | AFTER STARTING AND DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE, STEERING COLUMN SMOKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, MELTING COLUMN AND DASHBOARD. P… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT STARTED TO STALL. WHEN OWNER PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE THEN… |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESS WAY, SUDDENLY ROAD DEBRIS FLEW UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, WHICH SLIT GAS TANK CAUSING GASOLINE TO LEA… |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I AM FINANCIALLY OBLIGATED TO PAST DUE BILLS; HOWEVER I AM TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE CAR PROBLEMS, I DIDN'T KNOW IF T… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING MAKING BRAKING AND STEERING MORE DIFFICULT, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKE… |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | UPON STARTING, SMOKE BEGAN TO POUR OUT OF STEERING COLUMN, VEHICLE INTERIOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK |