Ford Thunderbird Complaints

2,355 consumer complaints on file.

#833863January 21, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET SEAL HAS BLOWN, CAUSING OIL AND ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK ALL OVER THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833705January 20, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE, THE PLASTIC COVER OF HEADLAMPS HAS BECOME A MILKY WHITE COLOR. CONSUMER HAS TO DRIVE WITH HIGH BEAMS AT ALL TIMES. IN RAINY WEATHER THE VISIBILITY IS THREE TIMES WORSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833727January 20, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
HAD PARKED VEHICLE & LEFT FOR AWHILE. RETURNED TO VEHICLE & ENTERED. STARTED VEHICLE & WAS MOVING WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED & TOOK OFF FOR NO REASON. FOOT ON BRAKES AT TIME. VEHICLE HIT 2 PARKED VEHICLES & A FENCE. DRIVER WAS INJURED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#833750January 20, 1999
SEAT BELTS
THE MOTORIZED PASSIVE RESTRAINT SHOULDER BELT GOT STUCK IN THE RAIL DUE TO A PLASTIC GEAR WHICH DISINTEGRATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702425January 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM HE SEES ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH T-BIRDS AND COUGARS. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT DO THE REPAIR, I HAD MY REGULAR MECHANIC DO IT. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE 94 AND 95 3.8 V6 ENGINES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE 93, WHICH IS THE SAME ENGINE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702379January 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
TORQUE CONVERTER PISTON FAILURE. TOURQUE CONVERTER AND PISTON REPLACED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543401January 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833620January 15, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHILE DRIVING WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE DEFECT. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702227January 14, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831099January 12, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
AFTER DRIVING HEADLIGHTS WERE SUPPOSE TO TURN THEMSELVES OFF. BUT THEY DID NOT. THEN WHEN CONSUMER BEGAN TO DRIVE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE. AFTERWARDS, DROVE VEHICLE AGAIN, IT THEN STOPPED AND WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#781720January 6, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. ALSO, REPLACED 2 ALTERNATORS/FOUR BATTERIES/BURNED OUT BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET/WIRING/TRANSMISSION. ALSO BATTERY GAUGE JUMPS ALL OVE RWHEN USING TURN SIGNALS OR ELECTRIC WINDOWS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543210January 5, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONNECTION TO WIRING HARNESS UNDERHOOD FAILED RESULTING IN FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833016January 5, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE RACES UP TO 8000 RPMS WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. CONSUMER HAS TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NETURAL OR CUT THE VEHICLE OFF TO GAIN CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833017January 5, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH GETS HEATED AND CUTS THE HEADLIGHTS OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833059January 5, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHILE DRIVING THE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER SAID IT WAS DEFECTIVE WIRING IN THE ALTERNATOR. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832939December 31, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR WIRING HARNESS OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE, WHILE CONSUMER WAS SITTING IN THE VEHICLE, DIDN'T NOTICE ANY SMOKE OR SMELL OF FIRE, CONSUMER HAD REPLACED ALTERNATOR 10 DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543135December 30, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND HARNESS ASSEMBLY FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832855December 30, 1998
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING LINE THAT RUNS FROM THE GEAR BOX ACROSS THE UNDERNEATH CARRIAGE OF THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE POWER STEERING SHORT RACK, IS CROSSED BY TWO TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. OWNER MADE TEMPORARY REPAIRS AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830680December 16, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, WENT TO CUT THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND THE THROTTLE GOT STUCK ,CAUSING VEHICLE TO TRAVEL VERY FAST. THE CONSUMER RAN OFF THE ROAD AND HAD TO CUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE ENGINE WAS RACING VERY LOUD AND WHEN TRYING TO START AGAIN THE NOISE GOT REAL LOUD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO GO UNDER THE HOOD AND DISCONNECT THE CABLE THAT CONTROLS THE CRUISE CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701417December 16, 1998
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
WIFE HAD A COLLISION W/NISSEN PICKUP, DOING 40 MPH, ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT END DAMAGE BUT THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE NISSEN PICK DESTROYED. I'M ATTACKING FORD FOR THIS. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW CANN'T MOVE HIS NECK DUE TO HE HIT THE WINDSHEILD, HIS SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD HIM AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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