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.
Year · Make · Model
1988 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.
2
Open recalls
92
NHTSA complaints
7
Defect investigations
24
Service bulletins
Consumer complaints
92 filed5
Crashes
15
Fires
7
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported
What people complain about
- Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly15
- Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH12
- Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS9
- Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION7
- Vehicle Speed Control7
- Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip5
- Unknown OR Other4
- Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood4
Recalls
2 campaignsA DESIGN CHANGE TO FACILITATE CHANGEOVER IN REAR AXLE SHAFT FLANGES INADVERTENTLY PRODUCED THE POSSIBILITY FOR INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE FLANGE AND DISC BRAKE ROTOR.
RiskTHE INTERFERENCE COULD PREVENT PROPER SEATING OF THEROTOR. ALSO AN IMPROPERLY SEATED ROTOR COULD IN TIME RESULT IN A REDUCTION INTHE CLAMPING FORCES OF THE WHEEL STUDS, POSSIBLY LEADING TO FRACTURED STUDSAND REAR WHEEL SEPARATION.
FixINSPECTION OF VEHICLES AND WHERE NECESSARY REPLACE REAR AXLE SHAFTS AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS.
NHTSA investigations
7 actionsFAULTY SEAT BELT BUCKLES
FAULTY SEATBELT BUCKLES
THROTTLE STICKING
POWER SEAT MALFUNC/FIRE
Led to recall91V036000
THROTTLE STICKING