Safety Score
74
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1990 Ford Tempo.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-10-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | CAR HAS REPEATABLE PROBLEM OF NOT STARTING...HAVE HAD IT TOWED, DUE TO THIS, NUMEROUS TIMES, SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS… |
| 2004-08-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR SEAT BELT WITHOUT PAYMENT. *AK |
| 2004-08-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | JUST AFTER PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE . HE OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THE TOP OF THE ALTER… |
| 2003-02-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SLACK ADJUSTERS | Yes | 0 | BRAKE ADJUSTERS FAILED 3 TIMES CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE |
| 2001-12-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING 40MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, ENGINE STALLED, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP RESULTING IN … |
| 2001-12-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1.) ROUGH IDLE, AND OIL LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON WHEN IDLING AND ONLY GOES OFF WHEN ACCELERATING, BUT OFTEN STALLS… |
| 2001-12-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | WHILE AT A STOP SIGN ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED ALONG SIDE OF CONSUMER AND STATED THAT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE OUT. CONSUMER PRES… |
| 2001-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKE LIGHTS ARE DEFECTIVE,. WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKES BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON. ALSO, STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREAS… |
| 2001-11-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE CUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING, BUT IT WILL START BACK UP AGAIN. ALSO, CONSUMER CAN HEAR IT WHEN IT IS GETTING READ… |
| 2001-07-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | I HAD TO HAVE MY IGNITION MODUAL REPLACED BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD STALL ON ME WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I READ IN THE PAP… |
| 2001-06-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES AS SHE WAS DRIVING, VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL, SHE THEN PULLED OVER AND THAT IS WHEN SHE SAW THAT THE VEHI… |
| 2001-05-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE AT A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT, VEHICLE STALLS AT TAKE OFF. PAINT IS PEELING OFF OF VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STAT… |
| 2000-11-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | GENERATOR IGNITED A SPARK, AND COATING ON ROOF CAUGHT ON FIRE. MECHANIC SAID THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THER WAS PROBLEM … |
| 2000-09-29 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 9-29-01. A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I HIT THE FRONT OF MY CAR INTO THE LEFT FRONT (… |
| 2000-08-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEH. STOPS UNEXPECTEDLY ("CALIFORNIA RECALL PROBLEM" SYMPTOMS) WHILE CLIMBING IN MOUNTAINS AND UNDER WARM CONDITIONS. A… |
| 2000-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 2000-07-07 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. WHEN OPENING THE DOOR RETRACTOR WON'T MOVE.*AK |
| 2000-07-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | ARE MY DEFECTIVE SEATBELTS (DRIVER'S SIDE CLASP DOES NOT WORK) COVERED AND WHERE DO I GET THEM REPLACED? |
| 2000-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | Yes | 0 | WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN CONSUMER CAME TO STOP AND VEHICLE STALLED RESULTING IN BEING HIT ON LEFT REAR DOOR AND V… |
| 2000-04-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, AND WAS SIDE CRASHED BY ANOT… |
| 1999-04-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | KEY BROKE OFF IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND CONSUMER COULDN'T TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH LOCKED UP. CONSUMER HAD TO … |
| 1999-01-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | LIGHT LENSES HAVE TURNED FROM CLEAR TO WHITE AND NO LONGER FOCUS THE BEAM AHEAD, LIGHT LENES ARE MADE FROM PLASTIC, SUS… |
| 1998-12-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | IMPROPER WIRE REPAIRS CAUSE THE VEHICLE ENGINE TO CATCH ON FIRE. |
| 1998-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | Yes | 0 | REPLACED SEATBELT AND THEY DO THE SAME THING LOCK IN THE BUCKLE POSITION WHEN WIFE PUT IN DITCH SHE HAD TO SQUEZE TO GE… |
| 1998-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH WILL START THE CAR, BUT WHEN THE SWITCH IS RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION, IT WILL NOT KEEP THE CAR … |
| 1998-09-26 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | LOWER BALL JOINTS/LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH SIDES, AND INNER TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED. |
| 1998-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY ALTERNATOR BELT SNAPPED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. DEALERSHIP WAS A… |
| 1998-04-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVERS LAP BELT BUCKLE FAILED. |
| 1998-02-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. HORN WAS BLARING & OWNER LOOKED OUT WINDOW & NOTICED VEHICLE IN FLAMES. WAS TOLD FIRE OCC… |
| 1998-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL | No | 0 | ALSO HAVE 95 CONTOUR WITH SAME PROBLEM. EXHAUST MANAFOLD CRACKS AND ALLOWS EXHAUST FUMES INTO DRIVING COMPARTMENT |
| 1997-11-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT; THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR OR TURNING ON THE IGNTIO… |
| 1997-10-12 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SHOULDER BELT ON DRIVER'S SEAT DOESN'T WORK. WHEN CONSUMER TRIES USING THE SHOULDER BELT ALL THAT HE HEARS IS THE … |
| 1997-09-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1997-09-24 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | CENTER REAR LAP BELT PULLED COMPLETELY OUT FROM THE ANCHOR POINT. |
| 1997-01-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL:IGNITION SWITCH RECALL#96V071. VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, WALKED ABOUT 6 HOUSES DOWN .PEOPLE STARTED SCREAM… |
| 1996-12-21 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 2 | FRONT SEAT BACKS COLLAPSED DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURIES. |
| 1996-12-21 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 2 | INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL AND REAR IMPACT. AFTER BEING HIT FROM THE FRONT THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FRONT SEATBACKS GAV… |
| 1996-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR WIRES BURNT. |
| 1996-11-09 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT OPERATE. *AK *JB |
| 1996-10-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | WHILE IN REVERSE POSITION AND FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE ACCERLATED TO 60 MPH, CRASHING INTO A HOME AND BRAKING S… |
| 1996-09-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD BROKE. (ANN ARBOR POLICE REPORT) |
| 1996-08-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER MOTORBELT MAKES GRINDING NOISE/RESPONDS TO DRIVERS DOOR. |
| 1996-08-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | REAR BRAKES FAILED THREE TIMES DUE TO UNEVEN WEAR. |
| 1996-08-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR CABLE TO MELT.AK |
| 1996-07-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. … |
| 1996-07-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. |
| 1996-07-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. |
| 1996-07-10 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | PASSENGER'S AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT INOPERATIVE. *SD |
| 1996-06-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FAILED, CAUSING HARNESS TO MELT 5 TIMES. *SD |
| 1996-06-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | OWNER STATES THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED ,SHE THEN RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE IGNITION SW… |