Ford Thunderbird Complaints

2,355 consumer complaints on file.

#881982March 2, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL FIRESTONE FR680 TIRES, SIZE P21570R15 97TMTS, ALL 4 TIRES' STEEL BELTS HAVE SEPARATED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHIMMY, AND WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY BLOWN OUT.*AK CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741740March 1, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
IM JUST TRYING TO FILE A COMPLAINT AND GET HELP ON THIS MATTER. I HAVE CONTACTED THE BETTER BUSINESS B. AND I WAS TOLD THEY CAN'T HELP ME. I WORK HARD FOR MY MONEY TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY, I TRY TO GET BETTER EVERYTIME I CAN. WELL I HAVE PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE 1994 FORD T BRID TRADE IN THE VEHICLE THAT I HAD, BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR $ 8000.00I DIDNT GET NO WARRANTY. NEXT DAY I DISCOVER (BECAUSE I BOUGHT IT THE NITE BEFORE AFTER WORK) THAT THE VEHICLES HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. ( THIS VEHICLE IS FOR MY WIFE TO GET AROUND AND TAKE OUR HANDICAP SON TO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS) I'VE SEEN THE CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY INTO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THAT HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND I CALL THE DEALER TOLD THEM WAS GOIN ON WITH IT I WANT IT ANOTHER VEHICLE THEY ARE REFUSING TO DO IT ONLY TO FIXED IT I TOOK THE CAR IN THEY DIDNT DO ANYTHING STILL THE SAME PROBLEMS ONLY THING THEY DID WAS AN ALIGMENT. HOW CAN I HAVE MY WIFE DRIVING THIS CAR WITH MY SON IN A VEHICLE LIKE THIS. THE BBB WONT HELP, WHERES THE CONSUMER PROCTECTION AT? FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME THAT WORKS HARD TO GET THINGS WE NEED SUPPORT A FAM. ETC. I CANT AFFORD A LAWYER. PLEASE HELP !???? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ON THIS MATTER! J. ALICEA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741658February 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE MISSING. WATER IN CYLINDER. HEAD CRACKED/GASKET BLOWN. DEALER WILL DO NOTHING FOR THERE IS NO RECALL BUT STATES THIS ENGINE HAS A REPUTATION FOR CRACKING HEADS. STATES 94-95 MODELS RECALLED HEADS BUT NOT '92. DEALER UNABLE TO GET REPLACEMENT HEAD. STATES NEWLY DESIGNED HEAD WON'T BE RELEASED UNTIL MID SUMMER AND CANNOT GET THE PART TO FIX MY CAR. 3 REPAIR SHOPS REPEATED "THOSE ARE BAD TO CRACK HEADS" AND ARE UNABLE TO GET REPLACEMENTS. PARTS STORES ARE UNABLE TO GET THIS HEAD. MANUFACTURER STATED WITH NO RECALL, THEY WILL DO NOTHING. STATED THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO PARTS INFORMATION... THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT FORD WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT. I HAVE A BROKEN CAR AND NO WAY TO FIX IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741581February 26, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
PRIOR TO APRIL 8TH OF 1999 THE REACCURANCE HAS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY HEADLAMPS FLICKERIN G WHEN THE FOG LAMPS WERE IN USE . TWO PRIOR TIMES I CHANGED OUT THE HEADLAMP SWITCH AND IT WOULD SEEM TO WORK OK FOR A WHILE FINALLY I PROCEDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THIS SITUATION RESOLVED. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN, THE HEAD LAMPS WORKED FOR A MONTH OR SO THEN THEY BEGAN TO FAIL AGAIN IN NOVEMBER OF 1999 A RECALL NOTICE WAS SENT OUT ,I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO WHERE I GOT THE VEHICLE REPAIRED THE FIRSTR TIME , THAT REPAIRED THE HEAD LAMPS FOR APPROXIMATLY ONE YEAR .THE REACCURING FLICKERING OF THE HEADLAMPS STARTED AGAIN APPROXIMATLY THREE MONTHS AGO UNTILL FINALLY THE HEAD LAMPS STOPED WORKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881423February 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY, CLIMBING UP A HILL AND GOING UP A MOUNTAIN, AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GASOLINE STATION, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD IN ENGINE WAS MADE FROM PLASTIC AND CAUSING THE PROBLEM. INTAKE MANIFOLD SPLIT OPEN. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881322February 23, 2001
SEAT BELTS
CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH ACTIVE SEAT BELT MOTOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE. MOTOR WON'T MOVE WHEN OPENING DOOR OR WHEN CLOSING. CONSUMER HAD TO BE USING LAP SEAT BELT IN A MANUAL WAY. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785308February 22, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
RUBBER SHIELD OF THE STEEL ACCELERATOR CABLES BEHIND THE ALTERNATOR WORE OFF, THIS CAUSED A SHORT CIRCUIT FROM THE ALTERNATOR TO THE GROUND, THE HOT POST OF THE ALTERNATOR ARCED ON THE CABLES AND MELTED THE MAIN LEAD TO THE BATTERY AND FRIED THE AREAS AROUND THE POST. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559800February 21, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
CONSUMER APPLIED RAIN-X TO WINDSHIELD AND SIDE VIEW MIRRORS, A FEW MONTHS LATER CONSUMER STARTED NOTICING A HAZE, SIMILAR TO WATER SPOTS, ALL OVER WINDSHIELD AND MIRRORS, CONSUMER TRIED SEVERAL CLEANERS AND ALSO A PRODUCT BON-AMI WHICH THE MANUFACTURER OF RAIN-X STATED WOULD REMOVE ANY TRACE OF THE PRODUCT, HOWEVER NONE REMOVED THE PRODUCT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881035February 21, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
REPORTING A SECOND REOCCURRING FAILURE WITH BRAKR MASTER CYINDER, FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 80,000 MILES, AND AGAIN CURRENTLY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881036February 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LOSS OF COOLANT AND WHITE SMOKE;VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741200February 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
FORD REFUSES TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.SO MUCH FOR "A CONSUMER DRIVEN COMPANY". NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741018February 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740972February 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HAVE HAD HEAT PROBLEMS ALL WINTER. HAD NO IDEA THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880691February 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE ACCELERATING AND LOSING POWER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, DEALER FOUND OUT THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LETTER INDICATED WORK IS COVERED IN MAY, HOWEVER THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL, CONSUMER FEELS FORD SHOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740925February 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
YOU KNOW MY HUSBAND AND HIS FRIEND HAD NO IDEA ONT HIS CAR THAT THE BRAKES WENT OUT, UNTIL THEY WERE GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE, AND IT WAS TOO LATE. WRECKED INTO A SEMI-TRUCK, THAT GUY IS LUCKY- SO IS MY HUSBAND AND HIS FRIEND. I THINK THIS SGHOULD BE AN ISSUE OF CONCERN. THANKS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#740946February 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (60MPH), ENGINE'CHECK GAUGES' LIGHT WENT ON - TEMP GAUGE WAS RISING AND WENT PASSED THE RED ZONE. THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND THE HEATER WAS BLOWING COLD AIR. AFTER EXAMINATIONS I BLEW A HEAD GASKET. NOW I LEARN THAT THERE WAS A FORD PROGRAM EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON THE HEAD GASKET TO 7 YEARS/100,000 MILES - INITIATED APRIL, 2000. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE PROGRAM AND HAVE JUST EXCEEDED THE 100,000 MILES. FORD IS UNWILLING TO ASSIST ME IN ANY WAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND I WAS NOT ALERTED. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT DEALERS AND WITH 3 REPS AT THE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AND HAVE REC'D MUCH CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION REGARD THE LOGISTICS OF THE CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION BULLETINS AND THE DETAIL OF THE PROGRAM. IM SORRY TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH I WOULD NEVER BUY A FOREIGN CAR, MY NEXT CAR WILL NOT BE A FORD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740653February 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAJOR SHUDDER IN DRIVE BETWEEN 30-40MPH BEFORE IT SHIFTS TO OVERDRIVE AT WHILE INCREASING AT A SLOW SPEED. TSB#97106 EXPLAINS. DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM IN NOVEMBER. DROP OFF CAR AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740666February 9, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY 3.8L ENGINE'S CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS FAILED. FORD HAS CONCEDED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND HAS ISSUED RECALLS FOR THE SAME ENGINE 1994 AND UP, BUT MINE IS A 1993 AND HAS THE SAME ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN ON SEVERAL WEB SITES WHERE MANY PEOPLE WHO 1993 3.8L ENGINES HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ITS APPARENT THAT THE PROBLEM RESIDES IN 1993 ENGINES TOO BUT FORD HAS YET TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR 1993 ENGINES AND THEY SHOULD. REPAIRS FOR THIS PROBLEM COST ME OVER $2000 AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879933February 6, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION MODULE MALFUNCTIONED. FORD CANNOT PROVIDE PART, STOPPED PRODUCING THE PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879803February 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE VEHICLE WAS STILL PARK IN DRIVEWAY ENGINE STARTED SHAKING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR A TEST, AND WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM PIPE, AND ANTI-FREEZE SMELL WAS FELT INSIDE OF VEHICLE THEN, DEALER STATED THAT ENGINE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK THE MANUFACTURER HAD RECALLED OTHER VEHICLES WITH THIS DEFECT BUT DECLINED TO FIX THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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