Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 Ford Probe

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.

1
Open recalls
77
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
23
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

77 filed
4
Crashes
5
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    13
  • Seat Belts
    6
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    6
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR Assembly
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    4
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
    4

Recalls

1 campaign
93E035000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM1993-10-13

THE GROOVE FOR THE REAR WHEEL BEARING RETAINER RING WAS INCORRECTLY MACHINED.

RiskIF THE RETAINING RING DOES NOT SIT CORRECTLY IN THEGROOVE, THE AXLE LUG NUTS WILL BREAK, CAUSING THE BRAKE DRUM, WHEEL, AND TIREASSEMBLY TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.

FixMIDAS SHOPS WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE DRUMS WITH OTHER BRAKE DRUMS FROM ANOTHER SUPPLIER.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
DP07001·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER2007-07-30 → 2007-12-05

SEATBACK RECLINE MECHANISM FAILURE

PE96027·SEAT BELTS1996-04-16 → 1996-09-30

MAZDA RX7 AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILURE

Led to recall96V173000

PE91124·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1991-09-09 → 1991-12-23

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

PE89166·POWER TRAIN1989-09-15 → 1989-12-22

TRANSMISSION OIL LINE FIRE

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