Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1981 Ford E350

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
0
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
2
Service bulletins

Recalls

2 campaigns
84V034000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING1984-03-23

ATTACHING BOLTS ON FUEL TANK SUPPORTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY TIGHTENED; ALSO, THE SUPPORTS ARE TOO THIN. HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS, WHICH COULD OCCUR UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, COULD CAUSE CRACKS TO DEVELOP IN THE SUPPORT STRAPS. IF THE FUEL TANK SUPPORTS FRACTURE, THE FUEL TANK WILL SLIP FROM THE NORMAL POSITION, AND FUEL LEAKAGE COULD RESULT.

FixFUEL TANK SUPPORTS AND FASTENERS WILL BE REPLACED WITHOUT CHARGE.

81V026000·STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR1981-02-26

THERE ARE THREE PINCH BOLTS THAT CONNECT TWO UNIVERSAL JOINTS IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND GEARBOX. PINCH BOLTS MAY NOT BE PROPERLY TIGHTENED. STEERING MAY BIND OR LOCK UP.

FixTHE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT COVER WILL BE REMOVED BY DISENGAGING AND REMOVING THE SELF TAPPING SCREWS IN ORDER TO SECURELY FASTEN THE PINCH BOLTS.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA87002·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-11-04 → 1987-04-29

FILLER NECK SPURT

C85010·SUSPENSION1985-09-30 → 1988-08-02

DUAL REAR WHEEL RETENTION

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