Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1999 record →
CAR WAS PARKED ON A HILL IN GEAR WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING THE CAR IT ROLLED 200 FEET DOWN A HILL AND INTO A TREE. CONTACTED THE DEALER ONLY TO FIND THE PART THAT WAS ORDERED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED WAS ON THE SHELF AND NOT INSTALLED AT THE LAST SERVICE. *AK
VEHICLE KEEPS MISFIRING AND THEN IT STALLS. DEALER CANNOT FIX DEFECT. *AK
WITH BRAKE TO THE FLOORBOARD ENGINE IDLES WITHOUT INDICATIONS. VEHICLE ACCELERATES OWN IT'S OWN. SPEED/IDLE IS NOT REDUCED WHEN FOOT IS REMOVED FROM GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE REMAINS WITH DEALER BECAUSE CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED AND REPAIRS CANNOT BE MADE. *AK
THE DOCKS IN THIS ENGINE SET UP A HARMONIC VIBRATION BETWEEN 1800-2300RPM. FORD HAS DETERMINED THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION FOR "SOME" OF THESE ENGINES. TO THE UNSUSPECTING BUYER OF THIS AUTOMOBILE HE/SHE WILL HAVE TO ENDURE A MELODIC, APPROX EVERY SECOND, VIBRATION THAT IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE CAR. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS THIS PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO FORD'S ATTENTION PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE BUT THEY STILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THE AUTOMOBILE AND NOW HAVE CONCLUDED THIS IS NORMAL. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OFF. SINCERELY, BILL CHASE. *AK
SEAT RATCHET ASSEMBLY TEETH BROKE. 8AK
VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY CUTS OFF. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN /OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. ALSO, REMOTE CONTROL KEYS FOR CAR DO NOT WORK. *AK
RATCHET ASSEMBLY ON THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE BROKE, CAUSING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
SPIDER GEAR NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY IN REAR, IT WAS LOOSE DURING TEST DRIVE CAUSING IT TO GET CAUGHT ON OTHER GEARS NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO GO FASTER THAN 30 MPH.
RECALL 99S09 FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM NOT PERFORMED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. 99V062.
WHILE DRIVING AT 80 MPH MAKING A LEFT TURN, VEHICLE KEPT GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND THE SIDE OF VEHICLE HIT A DITCH. VEHICLE SKIDDED ACROSS THE ROAD, AND THEN VEHICLE HIT A TREE, AND WENT BACK INTO THE DITCH. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE WAITING TO GO INTO TRAFFIC VEHICLE LEAPED AHEAD, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT A PICKUP TRUCK. ONE INJURY WAS SUSTAINED. *AK
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT IMPROPERLY INSTALLED CAUSING IT TO TWIST. YH
THERE IS GAS COMING FROM THE GAS TANK, AND THE CONSUMER CAN SMELL WHEN DRIVING AND GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE CLAMPS WEREN'T SEALED ON TIGHTLY. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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