Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Oct 3, 1996MD
THERE IS A VERY BAD SMELL COMING INTO THE VEHICLE THAT MAKES YOU SICK. *AK
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1996 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 1996 record →
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 18, 1996SC
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
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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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