Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / PROBE / 1994

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999089593 Incident Date: Mar, 31 1999
Consumer's City: KALAMAZOO Consumer's State: MI
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:horn
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1ZVLT2OA9R5 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 01 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 31 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1st ins- horn started would not go off ,smoke came out of instrument cluster. horn still went off after car was turned off. had to pull fuse. ford said clock spring in steering wheel broke and crused cruise control and horn wires and the short blew out the whole instrument panel. ford said it would cost more then three thousand dollars to fix. had to replace the instrument panel with used items because of price. so the millage is about ten thousand more then on the origanal. . 2nd. air bag light keeps coming on while we drive down the road. took it in twice to ford. they say they cant fix it because the light doesnt stay on all the time. we are scared that the air bag will go off while we are driving. they said they dont know what to tell us