Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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
61
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
23
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

61 filed
4
Crashes
17
Fires
9
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    13
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    11
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    5
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    5
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    4
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    3
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    3

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

5 actions
EA95021·SEAT BELTS1995-07-31 → 1997-09-30

FAULTY SEAT BELT BUCKLES

PE95019·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY1995-03-27 → 1995-07-31

FAULTY SEATBELT BUCKLES

EA90005·SEATS1989-10-31 → 1991-03-12

POWER SEAT MALFUNC/FIRE

Led to recall91V036000

PE89125·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1989-06-01 → 1989-10-31

PWR SEAT MALFUNC - FIRE

PE88097·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-08-31 → 1988-12-02

FLOORMAT/ACCEL PEDAL INTRF

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