Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 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.

2
Open recalls
42
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
27
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

42 filed
1
Crashes
11
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    8
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    2

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V071000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1996-04-25

THE IGNITION SWITCH COULD EXPERIENCE AN INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT.

RiskTHIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING, SMOKE, AND POSSIBLY FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA OF THE VEHICLE.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH.

88V028000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1988-03-08

AUTOMATIC RETRACTOR FOR SEAT BELTS FOR DUAL FACING REAR SEATS MAY BE INSTALLED IN AN IMPROPER LOCATION.

RiskSEAT BELT COULD BIND BETWEEN SEAT CUSHION AND SEAT BACKCAUSING THE RETRACTOR TO BE SLUGGISH OR UNABLE TO TAKE UP EXCESS BELT SLACK.

FixREMOVE AND PROPERLY INSTALL THE RIGHT AUXILIARY SEAT BELTS.

NHTSA investigations

2 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

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