Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 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.

2
Open recalls
139
NHTSA complaints
6
Defect investigations
25
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

139 filed
3
Crashes
47
Fires
4
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    22
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR Devices
    11
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    8
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    7
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    5
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    4

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.

88V146000·VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR1988-09-02

SLIDING REAR WINDOW MAY CONTAIN GLAZING PANELS WHICH DO NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 205.

RiskA FRACTURED WINDOW MAY CONTAIN FRAGMENTS THAT ARE LARGERTHAN THE 425 GRAMS ALLOWED.

FixREPLACE SUSPECT WINDOW PANELS.

NHTSA investigations

6 actions
EA91044·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1991-10-30 → 1992-10-30

LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENES

Led to recall92V026000

PE91077·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1991-05-23 → 1991-10-31

LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENES

PE91017·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1990-11-27 → 1991-04-17

FORD TRUCK INCONSISTENT VEHICLE CONTROL.

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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