Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1983 Ford F8000

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
0
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Recalls

2 campaigns
84V046000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS1984-04-10

TWO-INCH SPACERS SPECIFIED FOR INSTALLATION BETWEEN THE FRONT AXLES AND EACH FRONT SPRING ASSEMBLY WERE OMITTED DURING MANUFACTURE. UNDER CERTAIN TURNING AND BOUNCING CONDITIONS, A FRONT TIRE COULD CONTACT ADJACENT VEHICLE COMPONENTS, RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE SEPARATION OF THE DRAG LINK TO STEERING ARM BALLJOINT OR LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE.

FixFRONT AXLE SPACERS WILL BE INSTALLED WITHOUT CHARGE.

83V016000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING1983-02-15

ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES, THE WIRING ASSEMBLY TO THE FLOOR MOUNTED HEADLAMP DIMMER SWITCH MAY BE TOO TIGHT; SHOULD WIRES DISCONNECT, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT OPERATE.

FixTHE DEALER WILL MODIFY THE DIMMER SWITCH WIRING WITH A WIRE EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE88036·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1988-03-21 → 1988-07-26

COOLING FAN BEARING FAILUR

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