Ford Tempo Complaints

1,192 consumer complaints on file.

#809539February 28, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ELECTRICAL:IGNITION SWITCH RECALL#96V071. VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, WALKED ABOUT 6 HOUSES DOWN .PEOPLE STARTED SCREAMING THAT VEHICLE WAS SMOKING,SUDDENLY BURST INTO FALMES. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#809399February 25, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AREA; VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER RECALL #96V071000; IGNITION SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#515032February 21, 1997
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, SEAT BELTS
POWER DOOR LOCKS INOPERATIVE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#514985February 20, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
SPARK PLUGS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#807489February 20, 1997
SEATS
VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, VEHICLE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#809099February 19, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S AND PASSEGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS STOPPED WORKING . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#809130February 19, 1997
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SECOND OCCURRENCE, WHEN DRIVING FLOOR MAT OBSTRUCTED ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING SUDDENLY UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION, PEDAL BECAME STUCK UNDERNEATH FLOOR MAT, AS RESULT SPEED INCREASED FROM 50-75MPH, FRONT SEAT PASSENGER HAD TO REACH DOWN TO PULL UP PEDAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#808960February 14, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#546717February 14, 1997
SEATS
BOTH FRONT SEAT BACKS BROKE DURING COLLISION CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY TO BOTH PASSENGERS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#514751February 12, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CRANK SHAFT PULLEY ASSEMBLE FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#808847February 12, 1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
OWNER STATES THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG, IT WAS A FRONTAL IMPACT AT 25MPH. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522142February 11, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE ADJUSTER FELL OUT OF THE SIDE OF BRAKE DRUM CAUSING WHEELS TO LOCK UP. THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE BRAKE RELATED FAILURES. 7/6/01 NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#514712February 11, 1997
SEATS
SEAT FRAME CRACKED, ALSO SLIDE RAIL SUPPORTS CRACKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#808781February 11, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR HARNESS CAUSED ALTERNATOR TO BURN OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#546664February 9, 1997
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MALFUNCTIONED FUEL LINE CAUSED ENGINE TO CATCH FIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#514583February 6, 1997
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
AFTER TURNING RADIO ON, AREA AROUND LEFT SIDE OF RADIO GETS TOO HOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#808626February 4, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE AFTER DRIVING THE AUTOMOBILE FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND SAW FLAMES, FIREMEN WERE CALLED, NO INJURIES,CONSUMER GOT DAUGHTER OUT OF AUTOMOBILE IN TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#514317January 30, 1997
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM, STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
SUSPENSION FAILURE CAUSED ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#513947January 29, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE OIL LEAKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#514175January 28, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY ASSEMBLY FAILED AND REPLACED, CAUSING THE STEERING TO FREEZE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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