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1991 Ford Probe complaints

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 1991 record →

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 20, 1998OH

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL # 96S48 (NHTSA # 69V172). WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORIZED SEAT BELT RETRACTED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE DRAWN TO THE SEAT. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 8, 1998VA

UNSPECIFIED.

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Dec 19, 1997IA

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#96V172002) IN THE MAIL. CALLED DEALER & SET UP APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED HAD NO PARTS. ORIGINAL OWNER HAD NOTICE. 2ND OWNER BEEN CALLING SINCE JULY. PARTS ON BACK ORDER. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Dec 15, 1997PA

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE OCT 96, DEALER WAS SUPPOSE TO LET CONSUMER KNOW WHEN PARTS WERE IN. CONSUMER ATTEMPTED 4 TIMES, EVEN TRIED DIFFERENT DEALERS, STILL NO PARTS AVAILABLE. ON NOV 10,97, STILL HAD NO PARTS. DEALER SAID PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH OF 98. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Dec 11, 1997IA

HARNESS MODIFICATION/REPAIR KIT NOTICE SENT BY FORD MOTOR, HOWEVER PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER THEREFORE VEHICLE CANNOT BE FIXED.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Dec 8, 1997GA

SHOULDER SEAT BELTS FAILED UNABLE TO GET REPLACEMENT PARTS.

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Dec 4, 1997LA

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#96V172002) 1 -YEAR AGO. TOOK VEHICLE ON APPOINTED DATE. AFTER ARRIVING & WORK WAS STARTED, WAS INFORMED NEEDED SPECIAL PART FOR VEHICLE & WILL ORDER. AS OF THIS DATE, NO PART OR PHONE CALL. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 20, 1997AR

CONSUMER RECEIVED FIRST NOTICE IN DEC, ANOTHER NOTICE IN JULY. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER TO GET REPAIRED IN SEPT. DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS. DEALER SAID WILL CALL CONSUMER WHEN PARTS WERE IN, RECEIVED NO ANSWER. CONSUMER CALLED AGAIN IN NOV, DEALER CLAIMED STILL HAS NO PARTS TO FIX RECALL{PERNEL FORD 870-236-8546). *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Nov 4, 1997CA

RECALL ON SEAT BELT RESTRAINTS, NO PARTS FOR WORK TO BE COMPLETED.

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Oct 27, 1997OH

RECALL 96V172002; DEALER REFUSES TO SERVE RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT A YEAR AGO AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Oct 15, 1997NY

RECALL 96V172002. NO PARTS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Oct 15, 1997OH

RECALL 96V172002; DEALER REFUSES TO DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE ONE YEAR EARLIER THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR RECALL. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ELECTRIC SEATBELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS STUCK IN ONE POSITION.*JB

Tires
Filed Sep 30, 1997MA

LEFT TIRE SHEARED OFF THE VEHICLE FOR NO REASON.(OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT)

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Sep 30, 1997IL

THROTTLE BODY STICKING DUE TO FAILURE.

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Sep 24, 1997TX

RECALL DRIVERS SIDE RESTRAINT NOT REPAIRED IN A TIMELY MANNER DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 23, 1997CA

VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN AND THEN PARKED, AND WHILE PARKED, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, VIRTUALLY DEMOLISHING THE VEHICLE.

Seat Belts
Filed Sep 19, 1997IL

CONSUMER STATES THAT A RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN 10/96. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER IN 7/97, AND AS OF TODAY THE RECALL HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Sep 18, 1997IL

MOTORIZED SEATS FAILED PRIOR TO SERVICE RECALLS; RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS, AND NO RECORD OF CONSUMER'S COMPLAINT (96S-048 AND 96S-099). *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Aug 1, 1997SC

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. CALLED FOR APPT. TOOK VEHICLE IN. HAD SEAT BELTS REPAIRED. WENT TO DEALER & PICKED UP VEHICLE & DROVE HOME. SHOULDER BELTS BROKE AGAIN. CALLED DEALER & WAS INFORMED THEY DO NOT HAVE PARTS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER PARTS. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 17, 1997PA

RECALL # 96V172000, SHOULDER BELTS ARE NOT WORKING. CONTACTED DEALER ON 7/16/97. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Jul 3, 1997AZ

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN OCT. (#96V172002); CALLED DEALER & TOLD TO BRING VEHICLE; CHECKED VEHICLE AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE A WEEK LATER. DEALER HAD TO ORDER PARTS; CHECKED W/DEALER IN JAN. & STILL NO PARTS. *AK *ML

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Jun 16, 1997NC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER MARCH 8, 1997. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, NO PARTS AVAILABLE. DEALER STATED 8 WEEKS BEFORE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. CONSUMER IS STILL WAITING FOR RECALL SERVICE TO BE RENDERED. RECALL #96V127001. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jun 16, 1997TX

RAIL OF AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT CAN WEAR OUT THE CABLE WHICH RETRACTS, THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY WILL BECOME JAMMED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Jun 10, 1997NC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER, CONTACTED DEALER ON MARCH 4, 1997, TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, NO PARTS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE 8 WEEKS BEFORE THE PARTS WOULD COME IN. DEALERSHIP STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED PARTS. RE*AKCALL NUMBER 96V171001.

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed May 28, 1997MS

THE SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT.

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed May 27, 1997WI

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR LOCKS UP, NOT ALLOWING THE OCCUPANT TO MOVE. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT BECOMES VERY TIGHT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

Suspension
Filed May 9, 1997MN

WAS TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER WHEN IT STARTED MAKING NOISES. HAD MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT; WAS INFORMED THAT THE STRUTS WERE REAL BAD & NEEDED REPLACING; HAD FRONT 2 STRUTS REPLACED. ALSO, AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS JAMMED IN RETRACTING POSITION, RENDERING SEAT BELTS INOPERATIVE PRIOR TO RECALL (96V-172). *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Apr 29, 1997MI

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE ON SEAT BELTS, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER IN DEC.96, BUT DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS. NOW THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATTBELT IS REALLY NOT RETRACTING. DEALER STILL SAYING THE PARTS ARE NOT IN YET. (96V-172). *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Apr 17, 1997PA

RECALL # 96V172002, CONSUMER WAITING FOR PARTS FOR (2) MONTHS. BOTH SHOULDER BELTS ARE INOPERATIVE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 17, 1997WA

SEAT BELT RECALL REPAIR DELAYED DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS.

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 9, 1997TN

MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS SEIZED.

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 2, 1997MO

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN DEC./96, MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 1-30-97, DEALER ORDERED WRONG SIDE AND CHARGED FOR IT ALTHOUGH DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT NEED REPAIRS AT TIME. CONSUMER IS IN NEED OF SEAT BELTS. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Mar 31, 1997MA

RECALL #96V172002, CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR PARTS TO COME IN FROM MANUFACTURE SINCE DECEMBER OF 96. DEALER STATED THAT PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 28, 1997AK

AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT RECALLS #96V172001 & 96V172002. RECEIVED NOTICES IN OCT. 1996 , TOOK IN FOR REPAIR, DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS BUT RECEIVED PARTS IN MARCH, 1996. TOOK IN FOR REPAIR ONCE AGAIN AND DEALER DID LEFT SIDE BUT NOT REPLACE THE RIGHT SHOULDER BELT. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 27, 1997TX

THE MOTORIZED SEAT BELT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Mar 24, 1997IL

IT IS TAKING TOO LONG FOR PARTS, IT HAS BEEN TWO MONTHS AND PARTS ARE STILL ON ORDER. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 21, 1997PA

OWNER STATES THAT SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR HER AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELTS, BUT HAS NOT REPAIRS DONE BECAUSE OF NO PARTS. RECALL NO.91V172001. OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE PARTS. DEALER REORDERED PARTS SEVERAL TIMES. STILL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE REPAIRS DONE. *AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Mar 20, 1997TX

PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW DOES NOT STAY UP , KEEPS FALLING DOWN. THIS IS A MOTORIZED WINDOW AND CAUS EOF FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 20, 1997IL

MOTORIZED SAFETY BELT FAILED.

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Mar 12, 1997MI

RECALL#96V172: RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN OCTOBER OF 95. DID NOT CALL TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. SEAT BELT BROKE OM MAR.4, CALLED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND DEALER SAID THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PARTS FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. *AK

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Mar 11, 1997NY

SEALS AROUND WINDOWS IN VEHICLE, CAUSING A MOISTURE BUILD UP, AND IT IS WET INSIDE, IN FOR REPAIRS TWICE, RESEALED FRONT WINDOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BUT FAILED TO REMOVE ALL WATER FROM VEHICLE. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Mar 4, 1997TX

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH IGNITION OFF IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE MARSHALL STATED THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Mar 4, 1997TX

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH IGNITION OFF IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE MARSHALL STATED THAT FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Feb 26, 1997NC

RECALL RELATED, 96V-172-001 AND 96V172-002, LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, IN FOR REPAIR, AND NO PARTS AVAILABLE, RECEIVED THE NOTICE IN OCTOMBER. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 26, 1997WA

OWNER UNABLE TO HAVE SEAT BELT REPLACED AS PART OF RECALL.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Feb 26, 1997OR

SEAT BELT FAILED AFTER RECALL REPAIR.

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 14, 1997LA

RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED, DEALER SAYS "NO PARTS." *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 12, 1997CA

MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT IS NOT OPENING AND CLOSING PROPERLY. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Feb 6, 1997CA

VEHICLE UNDER RECALL #96V172002; DEALERSHIP HAD NO PARTS FOR OVER 5 MONTHS. *AK

Suspension
Filed Feb 4, 1997CO

STRUTS FALLING PART.

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