Safety Score
69
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-02-12 | 90V026000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | 72 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-01 | TIRES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 1990 Ford Thunderbird equipped with Goodyear Tire, Tire Line: Viva 3 A/S, Tire Size: 250/70/R15, DOT… |
| 2014-06-14 | EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY | No | 0 | [XXX] NEED YOUR HELP HER CAR WAS STOLEN AND NOT RETURNED WITNESS [XXX][XXX] AND WITNESS ABS ORDER[XXX] LOCATION CAMPUS … |
| 2006-10-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH ON DRY FLAT ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. TH… |
| 2005-09-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | 1. JUST SUDDENLY STARTED OCCURRING. 2. RE: CAMPAIGN ID # 96V071000, I HAVE AN IGNITION PROBLEM WITH MY 1990 FORD THUND… |
| 2005-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES | No | 0 | ENGINE FIRE |
| 2005-01-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | CAR WAS BACKED OUT OF GARAGE. WHILE IN REVERSE, THE ENGINE BEGAN RACING WIDE OPEN, WENT ACROSS 2 DRIVEWAYS AND HIT ANO… |
| 2003-05-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO… |
| 2002-05-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 1 | WIRES IN STEERING WHEEL CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK DURING THE FIRE THE CONSUMER SON WAS INJURED. *YH |
| 2001-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. STOP AND GO IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP WILL PICK IT UP.*AK |
| 2001-02-13 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 3 | YOU KNOW MY HUSBAND AND HIS FRIEND HAD NO IDEA ONT HIS CAR THAT THE BRAKES WENT OUT, UNTIL THEY WERE GETTING OFF THE I… |
| 2000-11-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | REPLACED DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK |
| 2000-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | IGNITION FAILS TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND ENGINE CONTINUES TO RUN. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVI… |
| 2000-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | MODUAL FIRST FAILED SEP 00. CAR LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AT 60 MPH. CAR WAS PARKED FROM SEP 00 TO 26 JULY 01 W… |
| 2000-08-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | AUTO'S WARNING SYSTEM WENT OFF ALL AT ONCE,LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL |
| 2000-08-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | DRIVING AT 65 MPH,ALL WARNING LIGHTS AND SOUNDS WENT OFF,LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL |
| 2000-08-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | FORD HAS CEASED MANUFACTURE OF NEEDED PART AND HAS COLLUDED WITH AFTERMARKET MANUFACTURER TO REMOVE ALL SIMILAR PARTS F… |
| 2000-08-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 2000-07-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | SWITCH HAS FAILED CAUSING SAFETY FEATURES TO FAULT AND NOT WORK. *AK |
| 2000-06-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-05-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN COMING TO A STOP DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WILL LOCK UP WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2000-05-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | PROCEEDING NORTH ON CA HWY 101 NEAR VENTURA. ANTILOCK AND BRAKE LIGHTS ACTIVATED. ATTEMPTED TO STOP WHILE AT 70 MPH. PE… |
| 2000-04-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 3.8 V6 HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. LOSING WATER. FORD IS HAVING MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS. I AM TOLD BY DEALER FORD WILL DO NOTH… |
| 2000-02-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT CLICK INTO THE LOCKING MECHANISM. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE.*AK THE SEAT BELT FA… |
| 2000-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | ABS CONTROL UNIT WENT OUT. APPLIED THE BRAKES & THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. USED EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICL… |
| 1999-12-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW WATER PASS BLEW INTO #3 CYL CAUSING FAILURE OF GASKET. *AK |
| 1999-11-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | AFTER ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH MY FORD THUNDERBIRD, I NOW REFUSE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD CAR AND … |
| 1999-10-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELTS LOOSEN AND DISCONNECT WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSES CONSUMER TO BE IMPROPERLY RESTRAINED. *AK |
| 1999-10-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | THE HEADLIGHT COVER JUST FELL OFF SOME WHERE. THE HEAD GASKETS -- WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE FORD STORE AND THEY FIXE… |
| 1999-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH SHORTED CAUSING WIRING HARNESS TO FRY AND LIGHTS TO GO OUT ON VEHICLE. CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT NI… |
| 1999-06-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER SEAT BELT SLIPS/LOOSE AND DISCONNECTS FROM THE BUCKLE. THIS CAUSES THE CONSUMER TO BE IMPROPERLY RESTRAINED. … |
| 1999-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKE MODULE COST $1,400 SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. *AK |
| 1999-03-07 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | WHEN CONSUMER TURNED ON THE HEADLIGHTS, AFTER FIVE MINUTES THEY STARTED BLINKING ON AND OFF TO THE UNCOMING TRAFFIC. *… |
| 1999-01-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT GO DOWN WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. ALSO, THROTTLE WAS STUCK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. DEALER NOT A… |
| 1998-12-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR WIRING HARNESS OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE, WHILE CONSUMER WAS SITTING IN THE VEHICLE,… |
| 1998-10-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS DO NOT OPERERATE PROPERLY, THE LIGHTS WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED A FAULTY SWITCH. … |
| 1998-10-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND HARNESS ASSEMBLY FAILED. |
| 1998-09-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS SMOKING WHEN PULLED INTO A GARAGE, AND BURST INTO FLAMES. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY EXTINGUISHER. FIRE DEPARTMENT… |
| 1998-07-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING BRAKES TO SHIMMY WHEN APPLIED. |
| 1998-07-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, CAUSING BRAKES TO SHIMMY UPON BRAKING. *AK |
| 1998-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING PEDAL SNAPPED, CAUSING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO, THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE ROTORS RUSTED THROUGH AND S… |
| 1998-04-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | DROVE VEHICLE TO WORK AT 7:30 AM. SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, CAME BACK TO VEHICLE AT 10:00 AM AND DISCOVERED THAT VEHICLE HAD… |
| 1998-04-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. |
| 1998-01-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY, DEALER HAD REPLACED MULTI-PURPOSE FUNCTION SWITCH; MANUFACTURE… |
| 1997-11-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | UPON ACCELERATING THE GAS PEDAL BECOMES STUCK, DECREASING CONTROL OF STEERING AND BRAKING. |
| 1997-08-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, GAS PEDAL STUCK, VEHICLE KEPT GOING. *AK |
| 1997-07-28 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE PASSIVE SHOULDER RESTRAINT BELT (MOTOR BELT) HAS FAILED TWO TIMES. |
| 1997-06-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL,HICH STARTED IN THE HARNESS AREA. … |
| 1997-06-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF, AND SOMETIMES THE ENGINE WILL COME ON BY ITSELF. THE OTHER TIMES DRIVE… |
| 1997-05-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | REPORTING A SECOND REOCCURRING FAILURE WITH BRAKR MASTER CYINDER, FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 80,000 MILES, AND AGAIN … |
| 1997-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | ABS BRAKES SYSTEM COMPLETE FAILURE DUE TO MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. *MJS |