1990 Ford Ford Truck

Routine

Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports	Fires
Vehicle Speed Control	1	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper	1	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	1	0
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft	1	0
Power Train › Axle Assembly	1	0
Exterior Lighting › Headlights	1	0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline	1	1
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch	1	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft

Filed Jun 25, 2003178,000 milesTX

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 1990 BRONCO II AND HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION THROUGH OUT THE CHASSIS. HAVING SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME AND MONEY, WE HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT ON THIS VEHICLE WAS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN BY FORD AND THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE, THE ONLY RESPONSE WE CAN GET IS "DISCONTINUED ITEM" AND VERBALLY "DUE TO DESIGN FLAW. WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO FURTHER PROBLEMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HANDLING FAILURE. THERE ARE NO SERVICE BULLETINS OR RECALLS ON THIS ITEM TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE. *NLM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip

Filed Aug 10, 1999GA

NO SUMMARY

Power Train › Axle Assembly

Filed Jul 27, 1999MA

REAR AXLE IS TOO LIGHT FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE COACH AND THE OVERHANG.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER.CONSUMER EVEN HAD IT WEIGHT. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Headlights

Filed Dec 20, 1997FL

BRIGHT AND LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS IS ALMOST THE SAME.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper

Filed Aug 15, 1996MI

DRIVER SMELLED BURNING ODOR FROM RIGHT FRONT BRAKES.

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch

Filed Mar 5, 1996NJ

IGNITION SWITCH EMITS A BURNING SMELL.

Vehicle Speed Control

Filed Mar 2, 1996MT

HIGH IDLING PROBLEM. *SD

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire

Filed May 3, 1995NJ

ENGINE FIRE. *AW

8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002

Year	Complaints	Fires	Assessment
2003	12	0	Routine
2002	37	0	Routine
2001	20	1	Routine
2000	25	2	Routine
1999	33	1	Routine
1998	25	2	Routine
1997	34	3	Routine
1996	18	0	Routine
1995	21	0	Routine
1994	15	0	Routine
1993	7	0	Routine
1992	10	2	Routine
1991	9	1	Routine
1990 — this page	8	1	Routine

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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.