Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Ford Bronco II

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

4
Open recalls
33
NHTSA complaints
10
Defect investigations
18
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

33 filed
4
Crashes
16
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    6
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    6
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    2
  • Electrical System
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    2
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR Window
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1

Recalls

4 campaigns
88V145000·SEATS1988-09-02

WIRING FOR THE POWER LUMBAR SEAT SYSTEM WAS ROUTED DIRECTLY BENEATH THE SEAT CUSHION SPRINGS AND MAY BE ABRADED BY THE SPRINGS.

RiskTHIS COULD RESULT IN A SHORT CIRCUIT WHICH MAY CREATESUFFICIENT HEAT TO START A FIRE IN THE SEAT CUSHION PAD AND/OR TRIM COVER.

FixINSTALL A FUSE WITHIN THE POWER LUMBAR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT.

87V139000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1987-09-04

SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.

RiskCOUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.

FixINSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.

85V130000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1985-10-18

NYLON FUEL LINES ON THE FUEL RETURN SIDE OF THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR ASSEMBLY MAY CRACK. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: FUEL LINE COULD LEAK AND, IF AN IGNITION SOURCE IS PRESENT, CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE.

FixREPLACE NYLON FUEL HOSES WITH RUBBER HOSES.

85V116000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD1985-09-24

THE ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL WIRING HARNESS INSULATION MAY BE DAMAGED DUE TO COPPER SPIKES PRODUCED DURING THE WELDING OF ITS WIRES. THIS CREATES A POTENTIAL FOR A SHORT CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE WIRES WHICH ENERGIZE THE FUEL PUMP, CAUSING SOME FUEL INJECTORS TO OPEN, DISCHARGING FUEL INTO THE ENGINE. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: FUEL DISCHARGED INTO THE ENGINE WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAK THROUGH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM TO THE GROUND. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE IF A SOURCE OF IGNITION IS PRESENT.

FixREPAIR WIRING HARNESS, CHECK ENGINE AND CATALYST FOR DAMAGE.

NHTSA investigations

10 actions
DP97006·STRUCTURE1997-12-03 → 1999-05-05

VEHICLE ROLLOVER

PE92029·SUSPENSION1992-03-16 → 1992-08-31

WHL SEPARATION/TORQUE LOSS

PE90117·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1990-09-12 → 1990-12-27

FUEL TANK CORROSION

EA90042·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1990-08-31 → 1991-12-31

THROTTLE STICKING

EA89013·SUSPENSION1989-02-09 → 1990-10-31

ROLLOVER PROPENSITY

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