Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 Ford LTD

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
17
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
5
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

17 filed
2
Crashes
5
Fires
5
Injuries reported
2
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    3
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • Parking BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
    1
  • TIRES:TREAD/BELT
    1
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
07E064000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP2007-08-27

CERTAIN FEDERAL-MOGUL AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMPS SOLD UNDER THE BRAND NAMES OF CARTER, ACCUFLOW, NAPA, TRUFLOW, PARTS DEPO, AND PARTS MASTER, SHIPPED BETWEEN AUGUST 2006 AND JULY 2007 FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE FUEL PUMP DIAPHRAGM IN CERTAIN PRODUCTION RUNS MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED OR INADEQUATELY TESTED WHICH MAY CAUSE THE FUEL PUMP TO LEAK.

RiskA LEAKING FUEL PUMP COULD CREATE A VEHICLE FIRE HAZARD.

FixFEDERAL-MOGUL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 15, 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT FEDERAL-MOGUL AT 248-354-7700.

85V077000·STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS1985-06-11

HEAT SHIELDS FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER OUTLET PIPES WERE OMITTED DURING PRODUCTION. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: AFTER SEVERE DUTY USE, SUCH AS HIGH SPEED PURSUIT, THE OUTLET PIPES BECOME VERY HOT AND COULD IGNITE CERTAIN TYPES OF GROUND COVER RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE.

FixINSTALL CATALYTIC CONVERTER OUTLET PIPE SHIELDS.

85V068000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM1985-05-21

BRAKE BOOSTER REAR SHELLS MAY HAVE REDUCED WALL THICKNESSES WHICH COULD CAUSE THE SHELL TO BREAK. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: REPEATED BRAKE USE COULD CAUSE THE SHELL TO CRACK AND THE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY TO COME APART. SERVICE BRAKES CAPABILITY WOULD BE TOTALLY LOST WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

FixINSPECT AND IF NECESSARY REPLACE THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE87028·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1987-05-01 → 1988-01-21

STALLING

EA86010·SEATS1986-03-26 → 1989-07-28

SEATBACK FAILURE

Led to recall86V082000

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