Ford Probe Complaints (1994)

166 consumer complaints on file.

#10007877February 20, 2003
PARKING BRAKE
CAME OUT OF GEAR (PARKING BREAK HAS NEVER WORKED RIGHT ) ROLLED BACKWARDS OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND ROLLED 50 FEET DOWN HILL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE WHOLE BACK END CAME OFF. THE CAR IS MADE OF NOTHING. THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. I THINK ALL FORD PRODUCTS ARE BAD AND COST TO MUCH TO FIX WHEN IT IS FORD'S PROBLEM BEFORE THEY EVER COME OUT OF THE FACTORY. EVERYONE I TALK WITH HAS THE SAME TO SAY. I WOULD NOT HAVE A FORD. NOW I HAVE TO GET A NEW CAR AND IT SURE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER FORD. I ALSO HAVE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR, ITS SO MUCH I CAN NOT LIST ALL.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767269September 17, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WAS TOLD THAT THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED B Y MECHANIC. ADDED FUEL ADDATIVE NOW FOR A YEAR AS NEEDED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. THIS WEEK ADDATIVE DID NOT HELP. CAR WILL DRIVE FINE ON HIGHWAY BUT AT ANY SLOWDOWN IT WILL DIE AND NEED TO BE RESTARTED...DANGER AT INTERSECTIONS. LOW MILAGE FOR AGE AND STICK SHIFT BUT NOT DRIVEN HARD OR ABUSIVELY. HAS BEEN MAINLY USED TO DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK THAT WAS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY UNTIL WE MOVED TO WACO IN 1999. WAS USING TO DRIVE TO MEXIA UNTIL DYING PROBLEM COULD NOT BE CORRECTED WITH FUEL ADDATIVE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567276September 2, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT AXLE FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO WANDER TO THE RIGHT AND MAKE CONTACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE OFFICER OBSERVED THAT WHEN THE DRIVER TURNED THE WHEEL, THE LEFT TIRE WOULD TURN BUT THE RIGHT TIRE WOULD NOT (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014731July 25, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, GAS LEAKS OUT. CAUSE UNKNOWN, DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB THIS VEHICLE TAKES APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES TO FUEL BECAUSE OF THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NEEDED. WHEN FUELING THE GASOLINE BACKS UP AND WILL SPILL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE PERSON FILLING THE TANK WINDS UP STANDING IN A POOL OF GASOLINE AND ALSO BECOMES DRENCHED IN GASOLINE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011415June 10, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, TAKEN TO DEALER 5-6 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761848May 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
O/D LIGHT FLASHING ,CODE 628 RETRIEVED....CONVERTER CLUTCH SLIPPING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758022February 9, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PARKING BRAKE: PARKING BRAKE IS USELESS. BOTH CALIPERS REPLACED BECAUSE PARKING BRAKE FROZEN. BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND THEN PADS AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. EMERGENCY BRAKE WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS AND NOW DOES NOT WORK AGAIN. AFTER READING ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS, I ASSUME THAT I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING. I AM SURE IT WILL NOT BE LONG AND I WILL BE REPLACING MY BRAKE PADS AGAIN, UNLESS OF COURSE THERE IS A FIRE DUE TO THIS CALIPER PROBLEM IT SEEMS THE 1994 PROBE HAS. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE WERE OTHERS THAT HAD THEIR SPARK PLUG WELLS FILL UP WITH OIL. THAT HAPPENED TO MY PROBE ALSO WITH NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY. THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED WITH LESS THAN 50000 MILES DRIVEN ON THE VEHICLE. NOW, I AM EXPERIENCING MY PROBE STALLING OUT FOR NO REASON WHILE IT IS ON THE ROAD? THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING AND I NOTICE THAT THE RECALL FOR THE FORD IGNITION MODULES DO NOT INCLUDE THE PROBE, BUT I WONDER IF THIS IS RELATED. I AM ALSO NOW HAVING ANTIFREEZE LEAKS AND I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT IT IS THE HEAD GASKET. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, THERE ARE GASKET PROBLEMS WITH 93-95 FORDS AND THE OIL FILLING UP IN THE SPARK PLUG WELLS MIGHT BE AN INDICATOR. ALL OF MY PROBLEMS ARE LISTED MANY MANY TIMES ON THIS SITE AND OTHER, ESPECIALLY THE BRAKE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001829January 9, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AT NIGHT ON DRY ROADS CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION THAT RESULTED IN DRIVERS SIDE LAP AND SHOULDER BELT NOT ENGAGING, CONSUMER DIED AS A RESULT.*AK (CHIEF DEPUTY CORONER, ARDEN HUGHES ON BEHALF OF DECEASED). *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#756147December 28, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754965November 27, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THE FAILURE OF THE CD4E 1994 TRANSMISSION. THERE IS ONLY 113000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE OUT. I WOULD LIKE HELP IN PAYING TO GET THIS WELL KNOWN PROBLEM REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753944October 31, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT A GARAGE SINCE AUG. BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD RUN FOR A WHILE AND THEN JUST SHUT OFF. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THE CAR COULD BE STARTED AGAIN, AND WOULD RUN FOR A WHILE A SHUT OFF. THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAD NARROWED THE PROBLEM DOWN TO THE DISTRIBUTOR ASSEMBLY. A WEEK LATER I SAY AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT A FORD SETTLEMENT INVOLVING FAULTY IGNITIONS AND/OR DISTRIBUTOR THAT CAUSES ENGINE STALLS. AS FAR AS MY BRAKES GO, I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CALIPERS NOT RELEASING. I PAID TO HAVE THEM FIXED, AND THEY FAILED AGAIN. I PAID TO HAVE THEM FIXED, AND THEY FAILED AGAIN. FINALLY I HAD THEM COMPLETELY REPLACED, IN TOTAL COSTING NEARLY 1500 DOLLARS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753705October 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896184September 11, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
AT 75000 MILES THE 2.5L V6 ENGINE HAD STALLED INTERMITTENTLY, DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER FOUND ON THE INTERNET WHERE 1993 AND 1994 2.5L ENGINES EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO TRANSISTOR DEGRADES BECAUSE OF HEAT, CAUSING THE DISTRIBUTOR MODULE TO FAIL, CONSUMER REPLACED THE PART AND 8000 MILES LATER FAILED AGAIN. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562969September 6, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, AFTER A SHORT TIME CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST DEALER, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A FAILING PART WITHIN THE DISTRIBUTOR.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751322August 29, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED. ONLY 2 WEEKS AFTER SPENDING NEARLY $600 ON REPLACING THE FRONT AXLES, THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 35 MPH AND FELT A SLIGHT JERK. AFTER WHICH, THE CAR WOULDN'T KICK INTO GEAR. I MANAGED TO MAKE IT HOME, BUT WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE SHOP, THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CD4E TRANSMISSION WAS DESIGNED TO FAIL. I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE, INCLUDING ONE EX-FORD MECHANIC. HE ALSO USED THE TERM "THROW AWAY CAR?! I USUALLY GET RUDE LOOKS, OR LAUGHED AT WHEN I MENTION THAT I NEED A AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR A FORD PROBE. HELP ME! MY CAR HAS BEEN UNDRIVABLE FOR NEARLY 7 MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562343August 1, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
CONSUMER STATES BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT LINKS TO THE REAR SWAY BAR HAVE BROKEN TWICE.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889293May 29, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE HAS A USED WIRE HARNESS IN FUEL PUMP THAT WILL CAUSE ENGINE TO STALL*AK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745543May 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
IN MARCH OF 1999 THE LEFT REAR BRAKE CALIPER OF MY FORD PROBE LOCKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND WOULD NOT RELEASE, CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO OVERHEAT AND SMOKE WHILE I DROVE AND ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED WITH NO WARNING FROM THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE WARNING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE - I WAS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL I SAW AND SMELLED SMOKE FROM THAT WHEEL. AT THE TIME, I HAD BOTH REAR BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED BY A FORD DEALER (DILLON FORD), WHO SAID THAT BOTH HAD FAILED. ON MAY 18, 2001 (ABOUT 20,000 MILES LATER) THE REPLACEMENT LEFT REAR BRAKE CALIPER AGAIN LOCKED AND WOULD NOT RELEASE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AGAIN CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO OVERHEAT AND BURN. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS VEHICLE HAVE COMPLAINED OF THE SAME SITUATION - HOWEVER, I CONTACTED THE FORD MOTOR CO. ON BOTH OCCASIONS AND THEY REFUSE TO GET INVOLVED, SAYING THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL OR TECH. SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THAT PROBLEM. THIS SEEMS UNSAFE TO ME - I APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN GIVE ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887693May 8, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560612March 31, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE DISTRIBUTOR FAILED SEVERAL TIMES SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS WOULD OCCUR ONLY WHEN IT WAS HOT, WHEN IT COOLED DOWN THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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