Ford Thunderbird Complaints

2,355 consumer complaints on file.

#725819July 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THERE ARE ACTULLY TO MANY OTHER THINGS TO LIST BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAIL COPIES OF ALL MAJOR SAFETY RELATED PROBLEMS THAT IVE HAD WITH THIS CAR.IM STILL HAVEING ENGINE ,TRANSMISSION,AND OTHER PROBLEMS NOT TO MENTION THE GAS SMELL THAT THE FORD DEALER SWEARS ISNT THERE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865690July 19, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT CLICK INTO THE LOCKING MECHANISM. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE.*AK THE SEAT BELT FAILED AT LOW MILLAGE AND SHOULD BE DEFECTIVE. THE WAIT TIME TOGET IT REPAIRED WAS ALMOST 5 MONTH AND THE DRIVER COULD NOT BUCKLE UP DURING THAT TIME. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725547July 17, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865470July 17, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
BELT BUCKLE DOESN'T LOCK ANYMORE. BUCKLE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725519July 16, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, POWER TRAIN, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT 57,446 MILES 3.8L ENGINE ENGULFED IS WHITE SMOKE. BETWEEN 57.446 MILE AND 58,346 ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, E.E. MIRROR SWITCH, DOOR LOCKS, ODOMETER, TRIPOMETER, WINDOW SWITHCHES. THIRD TIME FOR DOOR LOCKS. ALL FORD MOTOR SAYS IS THEY WILL DOCUMENT THE COMPLAINT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725484July 15, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BLOWN HEAD GASKET, ENGINE SPEWED WHITE SMOKE VIA TAILPIPE. ENGINE WON'T FIRE NOR START.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865444July 14, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE THEN PARKED IT AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. A TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT FIRE STARTED BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL WIRING SHORTING OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725366July 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES, SEAT BELTS, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO GASKETS, REPLACED MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS FUEL LINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS MALFUNCTION IN THE POWER MIRRORS AND THE POWER LOCKS, ILLUMINATION CONTROLS AS WELL AS MOTOR IN DRIVERS SIDE DOOR<POWER DOOR>, SEATBELTS WILL NOT ENGAGE AND SIGNALS FOR SEATBELT TO BE WORN , SEATBELT ALARM WILL NOT SHUT OFF UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS SOLVED.COOLENT SYSTEM FAILURE AT POINT OF ENGINE FAILURE , DECREASE IN COMPRESSION AND WHITE SMOKE FROM HOOD, LEVELS READ VERY HOT!!.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725290July 11, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
SWITCH HAS FAILED CAUSING SAFETY FEATURES TO FAULT AND NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9001350July 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, BOTH GASKET WERE BLOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725221July 10, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
CAR WOULD VIBRATE WHEN CHANGING GEARS OR TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS, PARTICULARLY FROM 3RD-4TH GEARS. VIBRATED VIOLENTLY AT HIGH SPEED WHEN EXCELERATING FOR DECELERATING. BRAKING AT HIGH SPEED CAUSED THE CAR FRONT TO SHAKE AND STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE CAUSE THE CAR TO UNCONTROLLABLE. SUDDEN BRAKING CAUSED THE CAR TO PULL STRONGLY TO THE RIGHT. FAILURE OF THE ENGINE COOLING FAN MODULE CAUSED THE FAN NOT TO SHUT OFF WHEN INGNITION WAS TURNED OFF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865113July 10, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. ALSO, BRAKE LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WASN'T WORKING, AND WHEN WENT TO PULL THE SOCKETS, THE PLUGS WERE BURNED. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT OWNER'S COST. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725101July 7, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND WOULD NOT START AFTER IT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. ONCE IT DID GET STARTED IT WAS BLOWING SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST. . IT HAS NOT RAN SINCE THEN DUE TO THE INFORMATION FROM THE DEALER ON THE FAULTY HEAD GASKETS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864949July 7, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER IS GETTING A SHUTTER OR VIBRATION WHEN SHIFTING TO 3RD GEAR, CONSUMER HAS NOTICED THIS FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS. CONTACTED DEALER AND HAD FLUID CHANGED. PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED SINCE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724992July 6, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
THE ECC APPARENTLY FAILED 1 JUL 2000, ALTHOUGH DIAGNOSIS OF THIS WAS NOT KNOWN UNTIL THE CAR COULD BE SERVICED ON 5 JUL. THE ECC FAILED, COMMANDING A FUEL INJECTOR TO REMAIN OPEN, THUS INJECTING RAW FUEL INTO THE CYLINDER CONTINUOUSLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF ENGINE STUMBLING ON 1 JUL. FORD DEFINES THIS PROBLEM AS, "HAVE YOUR VEHICLE SERVICED AS SOON AS CONVENIENTLY POSSIBLE." FOR THIS SITUATION, THIS COMMENT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS THE PROBLEM CAN CAUSE A FIRE. I STOPPED DRIVING THE CAR AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK ON 2 JUL AND FINDING THE CAR CONSUMING MORE THAN A HALF TANK OF GAS IN THIRTY MILES OF DRIVING. THE CAR WAS SMOKING PROFUSELY FROM OIL BURN AND GAS COULD BE SMELLED BY FOLLOWING DRIVERS BY 4 JUL. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ABOUT ONE MILE FROM ONE HOME TO ANOTHER AND THEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATES THAT A CAR WITH SIMILAR OCCURRENCE WAS IN LAST WEEK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HAD RESULTED IN A FIRE. THIS DISCHARGE OF RAW, EXCESS GAS INTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS MOST DANGEROUS. FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM TO PRECLUDE DRIVING UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ECC SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO COMMAND COMPETE SHUTOFF WHEN IT DETECTS AN ABNORMAL FUEL FLOW TO ANY CYLINDER. THE TOTAL COST TO ME FOR RESOLVING THIS PROBLEM IS IN EXCESS OF $450.00. THIS IS NOT A "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT THAT CAN BE IGNORED UNTIL CONVENIENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724999July 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724909July 4, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
HAD TO REPLACE FRONT ROTORS ON THIS VEHICLE 5 TIMES - SHOULD HAVE DONE IT MORE - I JUST PUT UP WITH THE SHAKING/VIBRATIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724787June 30, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864640June 30, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH HEADLIGHTS ON, HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICK. THEN, WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY. RECALL ISSUED FOR THE 93 MODEL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM, BUT NOT 92. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724668June 28, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
COMIN HOME FROM WORK BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE THEN THE CAR LOST POWER ,JERKING ,STARTED OVERHEATING , SMOKE BEGAN COMINING FRO THE HOOD HAD IT TOWED TO CARTWRIGHT AUTO , MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS BLOWN GASKET ,TWO HOURS LATER MECHANIC CALLED AND SAID THE MOTOR WAS BLOWED DUE TO BLOWN GASKET AND WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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