Ford Tempo Complaints (1989)

124 consumer complaints on file.

• #527932March 6, 1997
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

  POSSIBLE IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE AFTER RECALL (95S28) REPAIR PERFORMED RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE. NLM

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  Yes

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #809650March 4, 1997
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

  HEADLIGHTS ARE LEAKING WATER AND NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  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

• #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

• #808293January 28, 1997
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

  EXPERIENCED IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTION, KEY WOULDN'T TURN TO START, AFTER REPLACING IGNITION SWITCH EXPERIENCED FIRE WHICH STARTED IN EXTREMELY COLD CONDITIONS, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM IGNITON SWITCH, THEN STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT FIRE, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  Yes

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #808006January 22, 1997
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

  WHILE DRIVING, LIGHTS WERE VERY DIM; VEHICLE'S HEADLAMP AREA GOT WET, HAD HEADLAMP CHANGED; LIGHT HOLDER CELL IS MELTING; CA NOT KEEP LIGHT AREA FROM GETTING WET; BEEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES; DEALER CANNOT FIND/FIX PROBLEM. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #807837January 17, 1997
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

  HAD RECALL WORK DONE, WIPED MEMORY OF RADIO AND CLOCK, BATTERY NEEDS CONSTANTLY TO BE JUMPED. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #513946January 14, 1997
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS

  ENGINE FAN FAILED.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #512973December 17, 1996
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

  AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILED.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #805822December 3, 1996
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

  FOR THE THIRD TIME THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR HAS STOPPED WORKING . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #601957November 22, 1996
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

  CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED DUE TO RUST.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #510825October 30, 1996
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

  MOISTURE IN THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT, CAUSING INADEQUATE LIGHTING.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #804114October 28, 1996
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

  FULLER FORD 96V071. DEALER CHARGES OWNER $81.65 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BEFORE PERFORMING THE RECALL ORDER. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #803518October 15, 1996
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING THE WHOLE CAR, DID NOT KNOW FROM WHERE THE FIRE CAME . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  Yes

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #803418October 10, 1996
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

  96V-071, RECALL RELATED, IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE, ELECTRICAL SHORT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, RESULTING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  Yes

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #601627October 8, 1996
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

  IGNITION SWITCH FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. (THIRD VEHICLE ON 509613, 601624)

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #509546October 7, 1996
  PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL

  PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #986649September 30, 1996
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM

  BRAKE SHOES BECAME LOOSE. PISTONS CAME OUT OF THE WHEEL CYLINDER DUE TO THE REAR BRAKE ADJUSTER. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #509039September 23, 1996
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

  TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT OF THE RUBBER CONNECTOR HOSE AND SPRAYED ON THE NEARBY HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  Yes

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #508850September 18, 1996
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

  MOTORBELT RETRACTOR FAILED.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0