Safety Score
79
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1991 Ford Tempo.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-12-09 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SHOULDER HARNESS FOR BOTH FRONT OCCUPANTS FAILS TO LOCK WHEN VEHICLE MAKES A DRASTIC STOP. FORD SHOWS NO RECALL. I HAD… |
| 2007-09-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1991 FORD TEMPO STARTED SMOKING AND THEN DEBRIS FLEW OFF AND HIT THE VEHICLE BEHIND HER. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE … |
| 2005-05-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DT: THE CALLER TOOK VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR BRAKES, ROTORS, PADS AND CALIPERS REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE CAME BACK IN… |
| 2005-03-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 FORD TEMPO. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CA… |
| 2004-04-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN RAPIDLY THE WINDSHIELDWIPERS BEGAN SLOWING DOWN AND THE CAR W… |
| 2003-04-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | DOOR OPERATED SHOULDER BELT FAILED, IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF THIS THING HAPPENING, ACCORDING TO THE MEC… |
| 2003-04-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN UP AN INCLINE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE BACKWA… |
| 2001-09-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHEN TRAVELING AT 50MPH AND COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT/SIGN, VEHICLE WOULD STALL FOR NO REASON. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP … |
| 2001-09-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | CAR STALLED IN A INTERSECTION JUST MISSED BEING HIT BY A LARGE TRUCK. CAR STALLS ALOT. FORD ATTEMPED TO FIX BUT IT CONT… |
| 2001-06-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON TURNPIKE, CONSUMERS MUFFLER/RESONATOR FELL OFF CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEFT REAR BUMPER, ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE … |
| 2001-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION LOCK DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN STICKING KEY INTO IGNITION LOCK IT SEEMS LIKE HAVING THE WRONG KEY.AK |
| 2001-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE WOULD STOP WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. *AK |
| 2000-10-09 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED TO FUNCTION. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE SEAT … |
| 2000-09-23 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | Yes | 1 | RIGHT SIDE OF WHEEL IS UNSTABLE DUE TO AUTO ACCIDENT. *AK |
| 2000-02-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | DROVE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THEN PARKED IN A PARKING GARAGE. CAME BACK, AND VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *… |
| 1999-09-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHEN USING GAS PEDAL SOMETIMES A WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON. THEN, MINUTES LATER THE CAR WILL JUST CUT OFF IN THE MIDDL… |
| 1999-01-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | THE CAR STALLS OUT WHEN COMING TO A STOP, ANOTHER TIME IT STALLED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MILE… |
| 1998-11-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK |
| 1998-04-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THERE IS HOLE IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE FUEL TANK, RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKAGE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED… |
| 1998-01-27 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 1 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE AND SEAT WENT INTO A RECLINING POSITION DURING A REAR END COLLISION. *AK |
| 1998-01-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | IN ALL THREE INSTANCES OF VEHICLE COMPONENT FAILURES, VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN VEHICLE STALLED ON R… |
| 1997-11-17 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK ANCHOR BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS. *AK |
| 1997-07-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE: WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE OR STOP THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLS. ALSO WHEN STARTI… |
| 1997-06-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE BACKING OUT OF A SPACE THE CAR ACCELERATED W/O HITTING THE GAS PEDAL AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK |
| 1997-01-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | Yes | 0 | AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND WOULD NOT STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, CAUSING AN A… |
| 1997-01-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | VEHICLE QUITS INTERMITTENTLY. DUE TO GAS LEAKING OUT OF TANK 4 TO 5 FEET WHEN REMOVING GAS CAP. THE GAS HAS FINIS… |
| 1996-11-26 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 1 | SHOULDER BELT DID NOT TIGHTEN UP DURING REAR END COLLISION, LEAVING DRIVER UNRESTRAINED, OCCUPANT'S CHEST HIT STEERIN… |
| 1996-10-25 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IS STUCK IN THE FORWARD POSITION. *AK *JB |
| 1996-10-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CLAMPS HOLDING MUFFLER IN PLACE BREAK AT NORMAL/HIGH SPEEDS. |
| 1996-09-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | SEAT BELT FAILED. NLM |
| 1996-08-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | OWNER GOT INTO VEHICLE, WHICH WAS PARKED AT WORK, STARTED VEHICLE, PULLED OUT OF PARKING SPACE ABOUT 2 FT., NOTICED FLA… |
| 1996-08-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKES FADE INTERMITTENTLY. |
| 1996-08-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT STALLING DUE TO FUEL INJECTION FAILURE; ALSO, CV BOOTS FAILED, RESULTING IN CLICKING NOISE. *AK |
| 1996-07-02 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER SEAT SPOT WELD ON THE BRACKET BROKE WHILE DRIVING, SEAT WENT INTO RECLINING POSITION. *AK *JB |
| 1996-05-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT WARNING WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN. THE TRANSMISSION IS AN AUTOMATIC. *AK *JB |
| 1996-05-12 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT RUN. *AK |
| 1996-04-10 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL CASING BROKE, CAUSING STEERING FAILURE. *AK |
| 1996-04-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE SELF ADJUSTERS FAIL TO ADJUST BRAKES. *DH |
| 1996-02-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAS FAILED AND NO LONGER RESTRAINS PROPERLY .PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-02-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING FLAMES CAME FROM THE AREA OF THE SPEEDOMETER SAYS FIRE DEPARTMENT, RESULTING IN TOTALLED. TT |
| 1996-01-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE STALLS AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |
| 1996-01-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, HEARD LOUD THUMP; TOWED VEHICLE TO GARAGE, TOLD BY MECHANIC, REAR BRAKE SPRING HAD BROKEN; COULD HAVE CA… |
| 1996-01-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | SPRING FAILURE IN REAR BRAKES, CAUSING LOUD NOISE. *DSH |
| 1996-01-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | GAS TANK LEAKING FROM THE SEAM. *AK |
| 1996-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | BRAKE FAILURE, PULSATE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, EMERGENCY BRAKES WILL NOT HOLD. *AK |
| 1995-12-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | FAILED MOTOR MOUNT CAUSED ENGINE TORQUE TO BREAK SEAL ON AIR FILTER, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, ALSO CAUSED CV BOOTS TO … |
| 1995-12-13 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONT END ACCIDENT.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |
| 1995-12-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY STALLS, REPAIRS ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. |
| 1995-11-17 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BROKE. OTHER CAR TRAVELLED AT 35MPH. TT |
| 1995-10-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | REAR BRAKE ADJUSTER FAILURE, COMPLAINTS INDICATE THAT THE REAR BRAKE ADJUSTER FELL OUT OF POSITION, CAUSING SEVERE SCOR… |