Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Ford Tempo

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
31
NHTSA complaints
10
Defect investigations
25
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

31 filed
2
Crashes
11
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Electrical System
    2
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC Power ASSIST:PUMP
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection System
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
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.

NHTSA investigations

10 actions
PE96005·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1996-01-19 → 1996-05-28

REAR BRK ADJUSTER FAILURE

DP96002·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1996-01-11 → 1996-01-19

REAR BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE

EA91052·SEAT BELTS1991-11-27 → 1992-11-24

SEAT BELT SEPARATION

PE91098·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING1991-07-12 → 1991-11-27

SAFETY BELT CUT AT WEBBING

PE91025·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1990-12-17 → 1991-04-10

FUEL PUMP FAILURE

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