Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 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.

11
Open recalls
10
NHTSA complaints
57
Defect investigations
6
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

10 filed
0
Crashes
6
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
    1
  • Power TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL Unit
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST System
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1

Recalls

11 campaigns
89V140000·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE1989-08-15

HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.

RiskHOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

FixREROUTE AND REPAIR HOSE AS NECESSARY.

89V139000·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE1989-08-15

HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.

RiskHOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

FixREROUTE AND REPAIR HOSE, AS NECESSARY.

89V075000·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE1989-05-09

HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.

RiskHOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

FixREROUTE AND SPLICE HOSE AS NECESSARY.

89V062000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING1989-04-17

NYLON TIES THAT SUPPORT THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS TO THE CHASSIS COULD WEAR AND BREAK DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. THUS, WIRING HARNESS COULD FALL ON ENGINE COMPONENTS AND SHORT CIRCUIT.

RiskTHIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH COULDRESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

FixINSTALL RETROFIT RIT OF PLASTIC-COATED METAL CLAMPS, LOOM FOR POSITIVE BATTERY CABLES AND RE-ROUTE WIRING.

88V133000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS1988-08-09

EXTREME OPERATING CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HEATER HOSES OR ENGINE BYPASS HOSES.

RiskENGINE COOLANT COULD DISCHARGE ONTO THE ENGINE AND ITSEXHAUST MANIFOLD CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE DUE TO THE HIGH ENGINEEXHAUST MANIFOLD TEMPERATURES.

FixREPLACE HOSES AND RADIATOR CAPS; INSTALL HIGH HEAT RESISTANCE ALUMINIZED STAINLESS STEEL MUFFLERS.

87V144000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL 1987-09-09

VEHICLES ARE SUBJECT TO EXCESSIVE UNDERHOOD TEMPERATURES AND FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURES IN SEVERE DUTY APPLICATIONS.

RiskTHIS CREATES POTENTIAL FOR FUEL EXPULSION FROM THE FUELFILLER PIPE WHICH IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN AFIRE.

FixINSTALL MODIFICATION KITS TO MINIMIZE POSSIBILITY OF FUEL EXPULSION AND TO SHIELD UNDERBODY COMPONENTS FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM HEAT.

87V113000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL 1987-07-21

EXPULSION OF FUEL DUE TO OVERPRESSURIZATION.

RiskFUEL OR FUEL VAPORS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITIONSOURCE CAN CAUSE A FIRE.

FixMODIFICATION OF THE BASE FUEL VENTING AND EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM TO REDUCE OPERATING TEMPERATURES AND FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURES.

87V111000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING1987-07-16

FUEL LEAK AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT FUEL TANK IN THE AREA OF THE VAPOR VALVE GROMMET. GROMMET MAY SPLIT DUE TO COMPRESSIVE LOAD WHEN INSTALLED IN THE FUEL TANK.

RiskFUEL MAY LEAK FROM VAPOR VALVE AND BECOME THE SOURCE OFFUEL FOR A FIRE.

FixINSTALLATION OF A NEWLY DESIGNED VAPOR VALVE GROMMET.

+ 3 more recalls. Pagination is on the roadmap.

NHTSA investigations

57 actions
PE94065·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1994-08-19 → 1994-12-28

FUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILS

PE89102·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1989-03-15 → 1989-08-01

HEATER HOSE ROUTING

PE89044·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1989-02-17 → 1989-04-19

HEATER HOSE MISROUTING

PE89045·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1989-02-17 → 1989-08-29

UNDERHOOD FIRES

Led to recall89V142000

PE89046·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1989-02-17 → 1989-05-05

UNDERHOOD FIRES

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