Safety Score
76
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1989 Ford Tempo.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE CAR HAS MAJOR LEAKING ISSUES. EVERY TIME IT RAINS/SNOWS/SLEETS/HAIL IT LEAKS INTO THE CAR THROUGH THE DRIVERS SIDE … |
| 2008-01-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD TEMPO. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE… |
| 2006-07-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT SUPPORT ON THE 1989 FORD TEMPO HAD DISENGAGED ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND FRONT … |
| 2004-09-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AUTOMOBILE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT WHILE I WAS WORKING. TWO POLICE OFFICERS HEARD THE IGNITION CLICKING, BUT … |
| 2003-08-22 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES | No | 0 | HEAD COVERS ATTACHMENT ON THE HEADLIGHTS CAUSE LESS VISIBILITY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. INTERMITTENTLY THE LIGHT WILL A… |
| 2003-04-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | SINCE 2000, MY 1989 FORD TEMPO HAD BROKEN DOWN FOUR TIMES, TWICE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. EACH TIME, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PRO… |
| 2003-03-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | BATTERY DRAIN---UNKNOWN CAUSE |
| 2001-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE WILL STALL AT ANY GIVEN TIME. PROBLEM USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE 0VERHEATS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER N… |
| 1999-10-20 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THE PLASTIC COVER AROUND THE HEADLIGHTS IS CORRODED AND IT WILL NOT LET LIGHT SHINE THROUGH AND THE CON… |
| 1999-10-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED AND COULDN'T GO FORWARD. TOOK THE WHEEL OFF,AND SAW THART CALIPER PIN BROKE WHICH … |
| 1999-09-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE (1989 FORD TEMPO) WAS ISSUED AT 1996, BUT WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION FROM MANUFACTURER. … |
| 1999-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ALONG CITY STREET THE MOTOR JUST STOPPED, NO WARNING OR ANYTHING.TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS T… |
| 1999-05-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER DRIVING SOME DISTANCE, CAR WILL STALL AND FAIL TO START UNTIL IT COOLS DOWN, ESPECIALLY IN WARM WEATHER. PROBLEM … |
| 1999-02-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ODOMETER READING IS NOT REGISTERING MILES, AND SPEEDOMETER IS NOT READING MPH. VEHICLE RUNS HOT, ELECTRONIC FAN IN COOL… |
| 1999-01-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). |
| 1998-11-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHEN STARTING SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. LEARNED LATER THAT THE SMOKE WAS DUE TO A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL H… |
| 1998-11-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE CAR ACCELERATES WHEN FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. ITS AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET WHEN IT WASN'T. I HAVE HAD THIS HA… |
| 1998-10-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | THE DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO DETEORIATE IN THE BRAKE CALIPER. PLEASE PROVID… |
| 1998-07-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE POWER DOOR LOCK ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE IS IN THE LOCK POSITION AND WILL NOT UNLOCK. THE DOOR CANNOT BY OPENED… |
| 1998-07-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL LEAKING FROM VALVE COVER GASKET, REPAIRED, HOWEVER OIL LEAK IS STILL PRESENT, OIL LEAK HAS DAMAGED THE MOTOR. |
| 1998-07-08 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | WHILE TURNING OFF ONTO HIGHWAY AT 25 MP REAR WHEEL HUB CAME OFF. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. CAN NHTSA PR… |
| 1998-06-06 | STEERING:LINKAGES | Yes | 0 | FRONT RIGHT TIE ROD SNAPPED IN TWO PIECES. CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. RIGHT TIRE WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. CAUSING VEHICLE … |
| 1998-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | WHENEVER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS OPENED THERE IS ALWAYS A LOUD NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & SERVICE MANAGER CHECKE… |
| 1998-05-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | WHENEVER OPENING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR THERE IS A NOISE, THE NOISE BEGAN IN MAY. SINCE THEN IT HAS PROGRESSED, ALSO, … |
| 1998-04-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING GAS FUMES/ODOR COME ABOUT, INDICATING THERE MAY BE A FUEL LEAK. BUT A MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE P… |
| 1998-01-04 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER/PASSENGER SEAT BELTS FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. SOMETIMES BELTS WOULD WORK WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED. WHEN BRAKES A… |
| 1997-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MOTOR MOUNTS CRACKED TWICE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, AND MAY HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INF… |
| 1997-03-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ON 22-MAR-97, WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL 30 SECONDS AWAY FROM DRIVER'S HOME THERE WAS LOTS OF SMOKE IN HOOD AREA. CONSUME… |
| 1997-02-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AREA; VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER RECALL #96V071000; IGNI… |
| 1997-02-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | Yes | 0 | WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE INCREASED ITS SPEED, CAUSING A COLLISION. SPEED UNKNOWN. *AK |
| 1997-01-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | POSSIBLE IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE AFTER RECALL (95S28) REPAIR PERFORMED RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE. NLM |
| 1997-01-21 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, LIGHTS WERE VERY DIM; VEHICLE'S HEADLAMP AREA GOT WET, HAD HEADLAMP CHANGED; LIGHT HOLDER CELL IS MELTIN… |
| 1997-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK |
| 1996-10-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | FULLER FORD 96V071. DEALER CHARGES OWNER $81.65 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BEFORE PERFORMING THE RECALL ORDER. *AK |
| 1996-10-20 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | MOISTURE IN THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT, CAUSING INADEQUATE LIGHTING. |
| 1996-10-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED DUE TO RUST. |
| 1996-10-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. (THIRD VEHICLE ON 509613, 601624) |
| 1996-10-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THE HEADLIGHT LENS CHANGES TO A YELLOWISH COLOR, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK |
| 1996-09-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | 96V-071, RECALL RELATED, IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE, ELECTRICAL SHORT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, RESULTING IN ENGINE COMPARTME… |
| 1996-09-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING THE WHOLE CAR, DID NOT KNOW FROM WHERE THE FIRE CAME . PLEASE DE… |
| 1996-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 1 | REAR MAIN SEAL IN THE ENGINE FAILED CAUSING FIRE. *YH |
| 1996-08-16 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT LAP BELTS WILL NOT UNLATCH. OCCUPANT HAD TO CLIMB OUT OF SEAT BELT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE.*AK |
| 1996-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN | No | 0 | ENGINE FAN FAILED. |
| 1996-06-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILED TO DISENGAGE, TIGHTENING UPON BEING WORN. HUSBAND HAD TO CUT HER OUT OF THE BELT. … |
| 1996-05-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | BRAKE FAILURE, PEDAL IS VERY LOW, REPLACED THE REAR BRAKES 6 TIMES. *AK |
| 1996-05-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE ADJUSTERS FAILED, BRAKES MUST BE ADJUSTED MANUALLY. *DSH |
| 1996-04-17 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR BRAKE ADJUSTER FAILED. *DSH |
| 1996-03-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | HYDRAULIC BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, REAR BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING TIRES TO LOCK UP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-02-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKES SELF ADJUSTERS INOPERATIVE; ONLY FRONT BRAKES WORK CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OUT/OVERHEATING, POOR STOPPING. … |
| 1996-02-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. A VERY LOUD NOISE IS EXPERIENCED WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING T… |