Ford Thunderbird Complaints

2,355 consumer complaints on file.

• #524111October 31, 1997
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER

  BRAKE CALIPERS STICK, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROTORS FROM OVERHEATING.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #526649October 29, 1997
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH

  HEADLIGHTS FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEED AT NIGHT. REPLACED HEADLIGHT SWITCH.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #526696October 28, 1997
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC

  ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #605333October 27, 1997
  EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

  WATER WAS GETTING INTO AIR CLEANER.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #604080October 27, 1997
  STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

  DESIGN OF CAR DOORS DOES NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO HOLD ITSELF OPEN WHILE ON AN INCLINE.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #523427October 27, 1997
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

  TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH/SHUDDERS IN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  Yes

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #817521October 24, 1997
  VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

  BRAKES: PULLED OUT OF DIRVEWAY INTO INTERSECTION, MAKING A LEFT TURN, ACCELERATOR STUCK APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES DID NOT CATCH. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #817464October 23, 1997
  STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH , THE POWER STEERING HOSE BECAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING . THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #524963October 20, 1997
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

  THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #524004October 20, 1997
  SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

  SEAT BELT FAILED.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #817251October 20, 1997
  EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

  WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF . THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #524902October 15, 1997
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

  BRAKE ROTORS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #817093October 15, 1997
  VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

  GOT INTO CAR PUT IN GEAR DID NOT HAVE FOOT ON PEDAL AND THE CAR ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. TRIED TO CONTROLA AND COULDN'T THE CAR RAN INTO THE HOUSE.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #817105October 15, 1997
  SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT GETS JAMMED AND CHOKES DRIVER DUE TO A FAULTY SEAT BELT TRACK MOTOR. OWNER HAD PROBLEM THREE TIMES. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #604281October 14, 1997
  SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SIDE MOTORBELT RETRACTOR FELL OFF TRACK.

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #524197October 14, 1997
  SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

  SEATS DO NOT LATCH. PROBLEM FOUND PREVALENT ON MOST 1997 THUNDERBIRDS. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #817017October 9, 1997
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT

  GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR DOSE NOT SHOW THE PROPER GEAR SELECTION. OWNER NOTES THAT VEHICLE MAY SHOW THAT IT IS IN DRIVEE BUT ITS IN REVERSE. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #522934October 7, 1997
  VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

  WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, GAS PEDAL STUCK, VEHICLE KEPT GOING. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #816959October 7, 1997
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

  WHILE DRIVING DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS CAUSED THE HEADLIGHTS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #818289October 7, 1997
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

  DRIVING 50-55 MPH; DRIVER SMELLED SMOKE & PULLED OFF ROAD. TURNED VEHICLE OFF & EXITED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMES. INSURANCE AGENT/INSPECTOR COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF FIRE. VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  Yes

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0