Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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
5
Defect investigations
17
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

38 filed
2
Crashes
11
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    9
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    3
  • TIRES:TREAD/BELT
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
    2
  • Power TRAIN:CLUTCH Assembly
    2

Recalls

2 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.

NHTSA investigations

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

FUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILS

EA93014·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1993-06-04 → 1994-07-29

ALTERNATOR BELT FAILURE

PE91090·EQUIPMENT1991-06-20 → 1991-10-25

SPARE TIRE FIRES

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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