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1989 Ford Bronco

Safety Score
80
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1989-11-21 89V220000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS 5 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2010-03-22 STEERING:COLUMN No 0 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD BRONCO. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN T…
2004-06-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AT A RESTAURANT AND WENT INSIDE TO EAT. WITHIN TEN MINUTES THE CONSUMER NOTICED FIRE TRUCK…
2002-09-09 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING No 0 VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING OVER NIGHT WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED STEERING COLUMN AND DASH PLAYED A M…
2002-05-02 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 WITH NO WARNING MY BRONCO DIED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH IN WORK TRAFFIC. I HAD TO PUSH THE BRONCO OUT OF TRAFFI…
2002-03-14 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR TO REDUCE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES WILL NOT ACTIVATE O…
2002-03-14 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR A LOT OF NOISE. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE…
2002-03-14 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT SAY …
2001-12-01 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY No 0 GAS TANK IS RUSTING AND LEAKING FUEL FROM THE TANK LEAVING SMALL AMOUNTS OF FUEL ON THE GROUND. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTH…
2001-04-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 TWICE THE ENGINE JUST QUIT RUNNING WITHOUT ANY WARNING, I LEFT THE VEHICLE AT MY FATHERS HOME OVER NIGHT THE FIRST TIME…
2001-01-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 VEHICLE HESITATED AND SMOKE COMING FROM HOOD AREA. VEHICLE BURNED TO THE GROUND.*AK
2000-09-16 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 MY TRUCK STALLED ON THE FREEWAY TWICE.ONCE ON THE BAY BRIDGE,THE OTHER TIME ON I280.BOTH TIMES MY TRUCK WAS RUNNING FIN…
2000-08-25 TIRES:TREAD/BELT No 0 PEOO 020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 57MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. SHE PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF SHOULDER. FRONT …
2000-08-15 TIRES No 0 I NOTICED ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE TIRE BLEWOUT THAT WHILE WE WERE IDDLING THROUGH THE LOCAL WALMART PARKING LOT THE VEH…
2000-07-05 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 VEHICLE STALLED WHEN ENGINE OVERHEATED. *AK
2000-07-01 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 SEAT JAMS DUE TO FLOOR FLEXING. THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER NHTSA ITEMS NO. SB017182, SB019336, SB019393, SB01939…
2000-02-25 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 MY PAINT IS PEELING AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS CONCERN FOR MY TRUCK IN WHICH I WAS NEVER INFORMED N…
1999-01-23 STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) No 0 HEADLAMP SWITCH IS THE SAME AS ON T-BIRDS, STILL NO RECALL, LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF. STEERING BOX LOCKED UP, …
1999-01-21 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS No 0 BRAKE LINES RUST OUT AND CAUSE BRAKE FAILURE!
1999-01-21 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 FUEL LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING FUEL TO RUN ON THE FLOOR IN A GARAGE. FIRE POTENTAL
1998-12-12 TIRES:TREAD/BELT No 0 CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH AND LEFT REAR TIRE BEGAN TO PEEL OFF AND BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE BELT…
1998-12-07 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ALTERNATOR HARNESS. WHEN STARTED VEHICLE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. …
1998-09-04 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM AND AT APPROXIMATELY 3:06 AM CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY NEIG…
1998-08-13 TIRES No 0 IN THE SUMMER OF 1998 (JULY-AUGUST) I HAD THREE TIRE FAILURES. THE FIRST TIRE LOCATED ON THE RIGHT REAR FAILED TRAVELI…
1998-06-01 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR No 0 WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
1998-06-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE SHIFTS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
1998-04-15 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR No 0 THERE WAS A RECALL LISTED ON THE IGNITION SWITCH 97V-071. BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS TRUCK COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE …
1997-12-04 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#96V071000) IN THE MAIL. HAD CALLED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT & TOOK VEHICLE IN. DEALER DID NO…
1997-08-05 SEATS No 0 VEHICLE'S LEGS TO SEAT TRACKS GETS STRESS CRACKS AND SEAT COMES LOOSE FROM FLOOR. *AK
1997-08-01 SEATS No 0 FRONT BUCKET SEATS MOUNTING STRUCTURE IS FAILING AND SEAT IS FALLING THROUGH BOTTOM OF VEHICLE.
1997-07-13 SUSPENSION No 2 VEHICLE ROLLED OVER IN COLLISION.
1997-06-05 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE No 0 EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED.
1997-04-26 EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT No 0 EQUIPMENT: FAILURE OF JACK ASSEMBLY, WHEN VEHICLE WAS LIFTED THE JACK WOULD NOT HOLD/CRACKED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FALL. …
1997-04-26 EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT No 0 EQUIPMENT: JACK FAILURE, VEHICLE WAS LIFTED AND THE JACK CRACKED CAUSING VEHICLE TO FALL. *AK
1997-01-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 AFTER HAVING IGNITION SWTICH REPLACED UNDER RECALL # 95S28, ACCESSORY FUNCTION DOES NOT OPERATE. DEALER CANNOT MAKE SWT…
1996-11-01 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP No 0 FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK
1996-11-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 IGNITION COIL, IGNITION SWITCH,IGNITION CONTROL MODULE IN DISTRIBUTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED MANY TIMES AND CAR STILL STALLS…
1996-10-25 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN No 0 HORN RELAY SWITCH DEFECTIVE PRIOR TO RECALL.
1996-09-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN.*AK
1996-08-02 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AND REAR HATCH BACK WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN. WINDOWS ARE POWER LOCK WINDOWS. *AK
1996-08-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 PISTON SIZE INCORRECT.
1996-07-16 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY No 0 FUEL TANK LEAKS.
1996-06-24 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 PARKED VEHICLE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, RESULTING IN VEHCLE FIRE. *AK
1996-04-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 WENT TO START THE VEHICLE, FLAME CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RESULTING IN VEHICLE BEING TOTALED. *AK
1996-03-22 STEERING:LINKAGES No 0 STEERING LINKAGE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK
1996-02-16 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 FRONT BRAKES REPAIRED. *SD
1996-02-01 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP No 0 XLT FULL SIZE LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP LOCATED ON TANK ON TOP SHORTED, CATCHING FIRE, BURNING MELTING WIRING HARNESS AND …
1996-01-25 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 BODY RUSTS ALONG WELDS. *DSH
1995-12-15 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 NO SUMMARY
1995-12-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR PERIOD OF TWO DAYS, UNDER THE HOOD BURNED, ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK
1995-10-10 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 ABS, BRAKE FAILURE,ON WET OR DRY SURFACE VEHICLE WILL SKID WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TT