Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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.

2
Open recalls
53
NHTSA complaints
6
Defect investigations
27
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

53 filed
2
Crashes
17
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    10
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    8
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    6
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL Pump
    2

Recalls

2 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.

87V060000·WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS1987-04-27

LUG NUTS COULD GALL AND POSSIBLY SEIZE ON THE WHEEL STUDS WITHOUT PROVIDING ADEQUATE CLAMPING LOAD ON THE WHEELS.

RiskWHEEL STUDS COULD FRACTURE CREATING A RISK OF A WHEELSEPARATING WITH LITTLE FOREWARNING.

FixREPLACE WHEEL LUG NUTS AND IF NECESSARY, REPLACE WHEELS AND WHEEL STUDS.

NHTSA investigations

6 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

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

FUEL PUMP FAILURE

EA90008·SEAT BELTS1989-12-27 → 1991-12-31

FAILED PASSIVE RESTRAINT

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