Ford Club Wagon
Owners filed 153 complaints across 12 model years of the Ford Club Wagon. The 1998 drew the most (28); the 2001 the fewest (2).
Model years12
Complaints153
Recalls4
Fires9
Deaths2
Every Ford Club Wagon model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices | Routine | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 | — | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Tires | Routine | |
| 1996 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components | Routine | |
| 1995 | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1994 | 17 | 1 | — | 3 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 | 1 | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys | Routine | |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Fatalities reported | |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | Tires › Tread/Belt | Routine | |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines | Routine |
Which Ford Club Wagon years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1998 is the weakest year on record, with 28 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.