Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / THUNDERBIRD / 1991

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001089224 Incident Date: Sep, 19 2001
Consumer's City: CAPE CORAL Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: THUNDERBIRD Model Year: 1991
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAPP64R1MH Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 27 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I am in a club of over 5,000 owners of identical cars and failures have been seen as low as 18,000 miles to my knowledge, and numerous in the 60000 mile range on well maintained cars of headgasket failure which often causes complete engine failure, in my case it caused two connecting rods to fail, a crankshaft bearing due to oil contamination and the crankshaft as a result. this is the third failure on my vehicle, once i was stranded on a dangerous dark stretch of i-95, once in the rain and as a result of loss of heat (headgasket failure symptom) i ran a red light and proceded the wrong way on a one way street. *ak