Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 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
14
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
19
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

14 filed
1
Crashes
5
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    6
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    1
  • Electrical System
    1
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND Fittings
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
85V025000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER1985-03-11

BRAKE MASTER CYLINDERS MAY HAVE IMPROPERLY ANODIZED INTERNAL SURFACES CAUSING ACCELERATED WEAR OF A PISTON SEAL. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: ONE PORTION OF THE SPLIT BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD BECOME INEFFECTIVE RESULTING IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DRIVER WOULD BE WARNED BY INCREASED PEDAL TRAVEL AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT.

FixMASTER CYLINDERS BUILT ON JANUARY 9, 1985 WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA86010·SEATS1986-03-26 → 1989-07-28

SEATBACK FAILURE

Led to recall86V082000

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