Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-09-06 | 96V172002 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | 224,000 | — | Details |
| 1989-09-25 | 89V159000 |
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | 2,900 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 FORD PROBE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS RETRACTORS WOULD NOT WORK. THE DEALER… |
| 2006-12-07 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE MOTORIZED SEAT BELT SEIZED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRACK. *NM |
| 2006-04-09 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | RETRACTABLE SEAT BELTS JAM AND GET STUCK IN TRACK, MAKING UNSAFE CONDITION. HAVE HIT HEAD ON SEAT BELT LATCH CAUSING PA… |
| 2005-05-24 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT RESTRAINT (SHOLDER HARNESS) DOESN'T FUNCTION. 1990 FORD PROBE LX. WAS ISSUE OF A RECALL IN 1996. SU… |
| 2005-05-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | THE RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #96V172001) IS NOT BEING HONORED BY THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH THE MAKE, MODEL, A… |
| 2004-03-08 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | RECALL 96V172001, WHILE PARKING OR DRIVING, THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE LOCKING POSITION. *AK THE… |
| 2004-02-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | RECALL 96V172001, WHILE PARKING/DRIVING, PASSENGER SIDE PASSIVE RESTRAINT SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO LOCKING … |
| 2003-11-29 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT CAME OFF THE TRACK. THE SEAT BELT WAS INOPERATIVE, AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO US… |
| 2003-06-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | POWER SHOULDER RESTRAINT HAS JAMMED ON DRIVER SIDE AND WILL NOT RETRACT TO SECURE THE DRIVER. I FOUND A FORD SAFETY R… |
| 2003-05-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | THE FRONT SEAT BELT LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED IT NOT TO RETRACT. *JB |
| 2003-05-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | FORD DEALER WILL NOT HONOR OR REPAIR SAFETY RECALL ON SHOULDER BELT SAFETY ISSUE. LOCAL FORD DEALER: PHIL LONG FORD, C… |
| 2003-05-08 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | THE RECALL REMEDY WHICH WAS PERFORMED REGARDING THE SHOULDER BELT 96 V 172 001 FAILED. *JB |
| 2003-03-20 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLES AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT TRACK FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *NLM THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED. ON ANOT… |
| 2003-03-18 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE MOTOR INSIDE OF THE SEATBELT WILL COME ON BUT THE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACTOR AT ALL. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE P… |
| 2002-07-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DEALER, AUBURN MOTORS IN AUBURN, IN. PHONE# 260/925-3100 REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL 96V172002 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC SEAT B… |
| 2002-06-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AT 25 MPH, THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, WITHOU… |
| 2002-05-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALERSHIP SAD IT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION MODULE. *AK |
| 2001-09-21 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | RECEIVED RECALL 96V172001 AND CONTACTED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS. SHOULDER BELT WAS REPAIRED, BUT 4 YEARS LATER… |
| 2001-06-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE RETRACTING MOTORS STOPPED WORKING. DEALER SHOWS NO RECALL AUTHORIZATION FOR NO CHARGE REPAIRS. THIS IS A DESIGN FLA… |
| 2001-04-16 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | No | 0 | GAS, SPEEDOMETER, AND OIL PRESSURE LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD ARE OUT. WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED UP IT SHOWS AND BLINKS OUT. … |
| 2001-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL CLUSTER MODULE SHORTED OUT, AND DASHBOARD FOR SPEED PANEL AND LIGHT OIL GAUGE DOESN'T OPERATE PROPERLY.… |
| 2001-03-22 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | AFTER CLOSING DOORS THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT OPERATE, LEAVING CONSUMER UNLATCHED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, BUT SOLU… |
| 2000-12-20 | SEAT BELTS | No | 1 | MY FINGERS BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE EMERGENCY RELEASE BUCKLE FOR THE SHOULDER STRAP AND THE TRACK ALONG WHICH THE BUCK… |
| 2000-11-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER'S SEATBELT IS INOPERATIVE WHICH WON'T PROTECT OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SUBJECT TO R… |
| 2000-10-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT MOVE. MOTOR RUNS, BUT BELT DOES NOT MOVE. PASSENGERS CAN'T FASTEN… |
| 2000-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | I HAVE REPLACE THE DISTRIBUTOR MODULE, AND THE CAR STILL SHUTS DOWN WHILE I AM DRIVING REGUARDLESS OF THE SPEED OF TRAV… |
| 2000-08-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 96V172002 & CONTACTED DEALERSHIP FOR AN APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SHOULDER BELT REPAIRS. … |
| 2000-05-31 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, AND THE PEDAL FELT VERY HARD. DESPITE ADDITIONAL P… |
| 2000-05-07 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | GASKET BETWEEN THE BODY AND TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER THREW THE BACK SIDE OF THE TAIL LIGHTS INTO THE S… |
| 2000-04-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD REPAIR WORK DONE ON RECALL 96V172002 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT SYSTEM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPA… |
| 1999-12-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN OPENING THE DOOR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR HAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR DOOR. ALSO, SEAT BELT NO LONGER B… |
| 1999-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | THE BRAKE SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG PROBES. I'VE CHECKED WITH OTHER OWNERS AND THEY REPORT VERY SIMILA… |
| 1999-09-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | SEAT BELT CONNECTOR ON DRIVERS SIDE SEIZED UP IN THE WINDOW FRAME TRACK AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN, SEAT BE… |
| 1999-07-15 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 FORD PROBE. APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS AGO THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILE… |
| 1999-07-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT ADJUSTER MOTOR AND CABLE IS BROKEN AGAIN. RECALLED IN 97.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER… |
| 1999-04-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | SHOULDER SEAT BELT IS STUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRACK ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE SHOULDER BELT… |
| 1999-02-27 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | MOTORIZED SHOULDER HARNESS HAS QUIT WORKING |
| 1999-02-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT HE IS UNABLE TO HAVE DEFECTIVE PASSENGERS SHOULDER BELT REPAIRED/REPLACED UNDER RECALL DUE TO A… |
| 1999-02-09 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | SEAT BELT TRACK PERFORMING POORLY CAUSING THE SEAT BELT NOT TO SECURE PASSENGER AT TIMES. |
| 1998-11-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THIS COMPONENT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A RECALL ON IT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE COMPONENT HAS BEEN REPLACED. IT HAS FAILE… |
| 1998-10-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I AM WONDERING HOW I CAN KEEP UDATED ON THE RECENT RECALL MOTION ON THE IGNITION MODULES. I AM VERY INCOMFORTABLE IN RE… |
| 1998-09-18 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD RECALL FOR THE FRONT RESTRAINT BELT THAT WAS FIXED. CURRENTLY, THE FRONT PASSENGER RESTRAINT BELT IS NOT W… |
| 1998-08-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENTAT AT APPROXIMATELY 50-60 MPH. CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY BRAKES IN AN EMRGENCY SITUATIO… |
| 1998-08-20 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | MOTORIZED SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE WOULD ONLY STOP AT MIDWAY, LEAVING DRIVER UNSECURE. VEHICLE WAS RPAIRED TWICE DUE… |
| 1998-06-09 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECALLS 96V172001 & 96V172002. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT SEAT BELTS, BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S, DO NOT BUCKLE OR L… |
| 1998-02-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SHOULDER BELTS KEEP GETTING JAMMED IN THE AUTOMATIC RAIL ON BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTEC… |
| 1998-02-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER HARNESS HAS A RECALL ON IT THROUGH NHTSA. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE, AND HAS FAILED AGAIN. … |
| 1997-12-21 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | SEAT BELT DOESN'T RETRACT. |
| 1997-12-19 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE (#96V172002) IN THE MAIL. NOTIFIED THE DEALER & WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAIL… |
| 1997-12-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | RESTRAINTS WERE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL NUMBERS 96S48 AND 96S99 IN DECEMBER OF 1996. OWNER STATES THAT THE RESTRAINTS ARE… |