Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 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
46
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
34
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

46 filed
2
Crashes
5
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    7
  • Seat Belts
    6
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
    3

Recalls

1 campaign
96V071000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1996-04-25

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.

NHTSA investigations

3 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

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