Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 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
126
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
34
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

126 filed
3
Crashes
36
Fires
9
Injuries reported
2
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    18
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    15
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    13
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    12
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    7
  • Seat Belts
    6
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    5
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    5

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V071000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1996-04-25

THE IGNITION SWITCH COULD EXPERIENCE AN INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT.

RiskTHIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING, SMOKE, AND POSSIBLY FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA OF THE VEHICLE.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH.

88V024000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1988-03-01

TWO ATTACHMENT SCREWS FOR THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSORS COULD LOOSEN AND BACK OUT.

RiskIF BOTH SCREWS COME OUT, SENSORS COULD DISENGAGE FROMTHE THROTTLE SHAFT, PREVENTING RETURN OF THE THROTTLE FROM MID POSITION.

FixREPLACE ATTACHMENT SCREWS WITH SCREWS WITH PRE APPLIED ADHESIVE THAT WILL BE TIGHTENED TO A HIGHER TORQUE SPECIFICATION.

NHTSA investigations

5 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

EA90042·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1990-08-31 → 1991-12-31

THROTTLE STICKING

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

FAILED PASSIVE RESTRAINT

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