Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Ford F150

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
61
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
18
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

61 filed
1
Crashes
16
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    7
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    5
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    5
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    5
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR Devices
    3

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

4 actions
DP89005·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE1989-01-26 → 1989-08-01

F-SERIES FUEL TANK FIRES

PE89020·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-12-07 → 1989-06-01

FIRES

EA87020·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1987-05-07 → 1987-09-24

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall87V139000

PE87017·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1987-01-28 → 1987-05-26

FUEL LEAKS/FIRES

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