Ford Tempo Complaints (1990)

133 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
#513947January 29, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE OIL LEAKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#514208January 27, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
REPLACE ALTERNATOR 8 DIFFERENT TIME, POSSIBLE DUE TO DESIGN FLAW CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#602480January 23, 1997
SEAT BELTS
POWER SEAT BELT ON DRIVER SIDE IS INOPERATIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806552December 18, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
OWNER STATES THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED ,SHE THEN RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH, ALSO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT IT STARTED FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#512509December 11, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR WIRES BURNT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#512353December 6, 1996
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD BROKE. (ANN ARBOR POLICE REPORT)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804402November 19, 1996
SEAT BELTS
THE FRONT AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS ARE NOT WORKING. HAVE TO MANUALLY PULL THE SEAT BELTS OVER THE BODY BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805256November 19, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NO PARTS, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, THE DEALER SAID THAT HE WOULD CALL OR SEND A LETTER WHEN THE PARTS ARE IN AND IT HAS BEEN A MONTH AND STILL NO PARTS. PLEASE EXPLAIN IN DETAIL *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804761November 12, 1996
SEAT BELTS
THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT OPERATE. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804165November 8, 1996
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, DRIVER WAS INJURED . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#804326October 30, 1996
SEAT BELTS
POOR AUTOMATIC SEAT AND SHOULDER BELT PERFORMANCE. THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER IN PLACE UPON A FRONTAL IMPACT ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804266October 29, 1996
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED BACKREST ADJUSTMENT GEAR FAILURE, WHEN DRIVER'S BACKREST COLLASPED AT APPROX. 25MPH, DRIVER RECLINED REARWARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804187October 29, 1996
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MOTOR MOUNTS DISINTEGRATED, TIE ROD END BUSTED, CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, NO WARNING, SPEED 25 MPH. NO ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804064October 25, 1996
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE GAS PEDAL STUCK. *AK CONSUMER STATES HE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASE, VEHICLE WOULD TURN OFF ,CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND THEY INSPECTED IT, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DETRATEAL SENSOR WAS BAD, WHICH WAS CASUING VEHICLE TO STALL, CONSUMER GOT THE THROTTLE FIXED AND LATER THERE WAS A RECALL AND WHEN CONSUMER REQUESTED HIS MONEY BACK DEAKER ADVISED HIM THEY COULD NOT GO THAT FAR BACK INTO COMPUTER.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#802393October 16, 1996
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT MAKES A HORRIBLE NOISE WENT IT RETRACTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#984948September 10, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WAS DRIVING VEHICLE, STOPPED AT TRAIN STATION TO MEET SOMEONE, ANOTHER PERSON CAME IN THE STATION TO REPORT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#507913September 6, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#507809August 22, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
ELECTRICAL SHORT UNDER BETWEEN SEATS CONSOLE CAUSED VEHICLE FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#507646August 16, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
REAR BRAKES FAILED THREE TIMES DUE TO UNEVEN WEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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