Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 Ford Thunderbird

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
26
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
13
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

26 filed
1
Crashes
7
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST System
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection System
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
83V134000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1983-12-20

THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE D-SHAPED RING FOR THE SHOULDER BELT ARE INADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BY THE MATERIAL IN WHICH THEY ARE MOUNTED. THE ATTACHMENT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES".

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW ATTACHING HARDWARE TO IMPROVE THE STRENGTH OF THE MOUNTING.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE89039·PARKING BRAKE1989-02-09 → 1989-06-13

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE

EA86010·SEATS1986-03-26 → 1989-07-28

SEATBACK FAILURE

Led to recall86V082000

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