Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1991 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
110
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
42
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

110 filed
11
Crashes
6
Fires
8
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    19
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    9
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    6
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    6
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    6
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
    6
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    5
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    5

Recalls

1 campaign
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.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
EA96024·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1996-09-30 → 1997-04-15

ENGINE COOLING FAN FIRES

Led to recall97V019000

PE96033·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1996-05-02 → 1996-09-30

ENGINE COOLING FAN FIRES

Led to recall97V019000

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

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