Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 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
23
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
22
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

23 filed
2
Crashes
5
Fires
1
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    3
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST System
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
87V139000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1987-09-04

SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.

RiskCOUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.

FixINSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.

NHTSA investigations

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

SEATBACK FAILURE

Led to recall86V082000

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