Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 Mercury Topaz

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
16
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
27
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

16 filed
0
Crashes
5
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    3
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    2
  • Unknown OR Other
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL Pump
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST System
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
07E064000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP2007-08-27

CERTAIN FEDERAL-MOGUL AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMPS SOLD UNDER THE BRAND NAMES OF CARTER, ACCUFLOW, NAPA, TRUFLOW, PARTS DEPO, AND PARTS MASTER, SHIPPED BETWEEN AUGUST 2006 AND JULY 2007 FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE FUEL PUMP DIAPHRAGM IN CERTAIN PRODUCTION RUNS MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED OR INADEQUATELY TESTED WHICH MAY CAUSE THE FUEL PUMP TO LEAK.

RiskA LEAKING FUEL PUMP COULD CREATE A VEHICLE FIRE HAZARD.

FixFEDERAL-MOGUL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 15, 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT FEDERAL-MOGUL AT 248-354-7700.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
PE96005·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1996-01-19 → 1996-05-28

REAR BRK ADJUSTER FAILURE

DP96002·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1996-01-11 → 1996-01-19

REAR BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE

EA90008·SEAT BELTS1989-12-27 → 1991-12-31

FAILED PASSIVE RESTRAINT

PE89118·EQUIPMENT1989-04-19 → 1989-09-06

SPEED CONTROL MALFUNCTION

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