1990 Ford Club Wagon

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission › cooling unit and lines. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood1
010
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Jul 30, 2002MA

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › SwitchFire
Filed Feb 8, 1999NY

POSSIBLE IGNITION SWITCH MAY HAVE CAUSED VEHICLE FIRE.

Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Jan 11, 1999NY

CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN HE SAW SMOKE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS, TOPPED, OPENED HOOD AND THE FLAMES TOOK OVER. VEHICLE BURNED OUT OF RECOGNITION. CONSUMER WILL PROVIDE VIN # AT LATER TIME. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Oct 3, 1996MD

A MALFUNCTION IN THE FUEL PUMP IS CAUSING THE FUEL IN THE BACK TANK TO FLOW TO THE FRONT TANK, RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines
Filed Oct 11, 1995MD

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, STEEL TRANSMISSION LINES CRACKED AND LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID, LEAKED ONTO EXHAUST. TT

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20012000Routine
20005000Routine
19994000Routine
199828000Routine
199728010Routine
199617220Routine
199515110Routine
199417100Routine
199312010Routine
199215022Fatalities reported
19915000Routine
1990 — this page5020Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.