Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1994 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
63
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
59
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

63 filed
7
Crashes
1
Fires
6
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat Belts
    6
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    6
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    6
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    5
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • Seats
    4
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    3
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    3

Recalls

1 campaign
97V019000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN1997-02-25

THESE VEHICLES ARE ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: ALASKA, IOWA, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA. THE VEHICLES INVOLVED ARE 1992-1994 TEMPO/TOPAZ VEHICLES WITH 3.0L ENGINES; 1994 TEMPO/TOPAZ WITH 2.3L ENGINES; 1992-1995 TAURUS/SABLE WITH 3.8L ENGINES; 1994-1995 TAURUS/SABLE WITH 3.0L ENGINES AND 1992-1994 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL VEHICLES WITH 3.8L ENGINES. DURING HIGH WINDS, HEAVY, BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND LOW TEMPERATURES, THE ENGINE COOLING FAN CAN BECOME BLOCKED OR FROZEN WITH SNOW. THE FAN MOTOR MAY NOT ROTATE AND COULD OVERHEAT.

RiskTHIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE SMOKE OR FLAMES FROM THE FAN AND/OR SHROUD, THE FAN ELECTRICAL WIRING, OR THE FAN MOTOR RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL AN ELECTRICAL JUMPER HARNESS CONTAINING AN AUTOMATIC RESETTING CIRCUIT BREAKER TO PROTECT THE FAN MOTOR LOW SPEED CIRCUITRY FROM OVERHEATING.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE96033·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1996-05-02 → 1996-09-30

ENGINE COOLING FAN FIRES

Led to recall97V019000

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