1996 Ford Ltd

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine	1		0	1	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

EngineFire

Filed Jun 10, 2019112,685 milesCA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD LTD. THE CONTACT SMELLED AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THEY STARTED THEIR ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WIRES NEAR THE ENGINE WERE BURNED AND REPLACED BY THE CONTACTS SON HOWEVER THE VEHICLE FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NEEDED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,685.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1991

Year	Complaints	Fires	Assessment
2000	2	0	Routine
1996 — this page	1	1	Routine
1995	2	1	Routine
1993	1	0	Routine
1992	2	0	Routine
1991	3	0	Routine
1990	2	0	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.