Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Ford F250

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
38
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
17
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

38 filed
0
Crashes
16
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    6
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    5
  • Tires
    5
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    2
  • Electrical System
    2

Recalls

2 campaigns
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.

86V111000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING1986-08-14

TRUCKS FAIL TO MEET REQUIREMENT OF FMVSS NO. 301, FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY, IN A 30 MPH FRONT ANGULAR BARRIER TEST IMPACT BECAUSE OF THE OMISSION OF THE NOSE SHIELD ON MIDSHIP FUEL TANK. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, FUEL SPILLAGE IN THE TRUCKS WHICH DO NOT MEET THE FMVSS INCREASES THE RISK OF A FIRE.

FixINSTALL NOSE SHIELD ON THE MIDSHIP FUEL TANK. FUEL TANK.

NHTSA investigations

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

FUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILS

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

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

FUEL LEAKS/FIRES

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