Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Ford Crown Victoria

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.

1
Open recalls
27
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
22
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

27 filed
1
Crashes
12
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    8
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    5
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    4
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
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.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
PE91125·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1991-09-11 → 1992-01-15

BRAKE LINE PUNCTURES

PE88101·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-09-14 → 1989-01-03

ENGINE COMP FIRES

PE87055·POWER TRAIN1987-09-09 → 1988-03-10

FIRES

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