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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000037163 | Incident Date: Apr, 19 2000 |
| Consumer's City: WORTHINGTON | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: PROBE | Model Year: 1994 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:module |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1ZVLT22B1R5 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 06 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1996 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Ignition coil in distributor deteriorates on 93 & 94 ford probe v-6 models. ford has a tsb for this problem. it is very dangerous as the engine dies, as if someone reached over & turned the ignition key off. it happened to us on the highway at 65mph. this is a common problem for the years 93 & 94 and it is very dangerous. also, common problem for this vehicle engine is the wells the spark plugs sit in fill up with oil after a period of time because the failure of the gaskets (valve cover or spark plug grommets). again ford has a tsb on this but does not do anything to help the consumer fix a design problem. it shorts out the engine and the plug wires, distributor, rotor and engine all have to be fixed. very expensive (over $600 for this and over $700 for the disbributor problem. |
