Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 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
72
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
28
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

72 filed
3
Crashes
20
Fires
3
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    15
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    6
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    5
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    3
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    3

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.

90V151000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE1990-08-21

GLASS ELEMENT THAT SEPARATES ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY FROM PRESSURIZED FUEL MAY LOOSEN AND CREATE AN OPENING THAT COULD ALLOW PRESSURIZED FUEL TO ENTER BODY OF SENSOR.

RiskUNDER THESE CONDITIONS OF SEAL DETERIORATION, THE HOUSINGCOVER WOULD NOT CONTAIN FUEL, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK WHICH, IN THE PRESENCE OF ASOURCE OF IGNITION, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

FixINSTALL NEW OPTICAL SENSORS.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
PE92069·STEERING1992-08-03 → 1992-11-30

STEERING COLUMN FIRES

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

BRAKE LINE PUNCTURES

PE91081·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1991-06-03 → 1991-10-29

HEAT HOSE RESTRICTOR/FIRES

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