Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / THUNDERBIRD / 1994

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998248475 Incident Date: Nov, 29 1998
Consumer's City: VANCOUVER Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: THUNDERBIRD Model Year: 1994
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FALP6249RH Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 28 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 29 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I noticed immediatly after buying this car that the transmission slipped that was 11/98 it took several calls to the dealer and a coarse of a year for them to finally fix it. second time i brought in to shop replaced whole transmission that was 12/99. now in 6/03 the transmission is starting to slip again. also had recall letter about head gaskets, ford refused to work with me on replacements, had to be replaced out of my own pocket. private dealer lied about condition of vehicle, it had transmission problems when i bought it. ford made no attemps to help resolve problems. *ak