Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / THUNDERBIRD / 1993

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 997053561 Incident Date: Jan, 16 1997
Consumer's City: SOUTH BEND Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: THUNDERBIRD Model Year: 1993
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#: 1FAPP6244PH Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 28 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 31 1996
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Engine overheating since 36797 miles dealer examined, same problem 36813 miles dealer examined again 41803 again cooling system problems with overheating. said that head gasket failure and that ford was having problems with head gasket bolts and needed to replace all bolts on head gasket or new head gasket would fail. ford motor company was no help and upset with dealer also. recent recalls of 1994 vehicles with same engine with same problems are also frustrating. why do they not look at number of failures of this engine and include them in the recall if they experience this problem. *ak