Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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.

3
Open recalls
89
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
19
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

89 filed
3
Crashes
43
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    16
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    7
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR Devices
    7
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    6
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    6
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    5
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3

Recalls

3 campaigns
87V140000·WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS1987-09-04

WHEEL LUG NUT CONE ANGLES DO NOT MATCH LUG NUT SEATING ANGLES.

RiskNUTS COULD LOOSEN IN SERVICE CREATING POTENTIAL FORWHEELS TO SEPARATE FROM TRUCK.

FixREPAIR TO PREVENT LOOSENING OF LUG NUTS.

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.

87V077000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING 1987-05-26

FRONT INNER WHEEL BEARINGS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LUBRICATED ADEQUATELY AT TIME OF ASSEMBLY.

RiskIF THIS CONDITION WERE TO OCCUR, FRICTION WILL CAUSEPREMATURE DETERIORATION OF THE WHEEL BEARINGS AND STEERING CONTROL COULD BEAFFECTED ADVERSELY.

FixINSPECT AND REPLACE ANY BEARING OR RACE SHOWING SIGNS OF GALLING OR HEAT SPOTS.

NHTSA investigations

2 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

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