1995 Ford Thunderbird

Defect. SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.

Risk. DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. SABERSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 11, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SABERSPORT AT 1-909-598-7589.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BATTERY AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT CRASHED AGAINST A TREE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY, A FRACTURED STERNUM AND A FRACTURED COLLARBONE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE HEART CAGE, A KIDNEY AND INTERNAL BLEEDING. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND WAS LATER INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY AND AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED BY BOTH. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP CAUSING MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO LOSE CONTROL AND RUN HEAD ON INTO A PARKED CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE PEDAL DUE TO THE BRAKE COVER FRACTURING.THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FRONT END OF BOTH VEHICLES WAS DAMAGED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE COVER WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY AND HE BELIEVED THE PEDAL SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE RUBBER TO PREVENT SLIPPAGE. HE NO LONGER OWNED THE VEHICLE AND THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,400. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

THE SUN ROOF OF MY 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD BLEW OFF MY CAR AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE BRACKETS THAT HELD IT UP BROKE OFF AND THE GLASS WENT FLYING ACROSS TRAFFIC. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE ELECTRIC SEAT BURST INTO FLAME. DRIVER(OWNER) SUSTAINED SEVERE BURNS THAT CHARACTERIZE AS LIFE THREATENING, AND REQUIRED ADMISSION TO THE BURN CENTER AT UNC HOSPITAL. PT WAS NOT SMOKING AND CAN NOT IDENTIFY ANY REASON WHY THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE IN HIS CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED WITHIN MINUTES OF BEING STARTED. HE NOTICED THICK, WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAILPIPE AND THE "LOW COOLANT" WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY THE REAR BRAKES SQUEAKED. THERE WAS AN INTENSE GRINDING NOISE. AT 40 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION . NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED 1/4/2006 - THE TRIES JUST NEEDED TO NE BALANCED AND ROTATED. THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS WOULD GRIND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED. *NM

DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCES BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FOUND TO BE BROKEN. BOTH SPRINGS WERE BROKEN IN THE SAME MANNER AND LOCATION. THE CAR ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT! *NM

DT: 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD 3.8. THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ENGINE PROBLEM ON OCTOBER 3, 2005. TOOK VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY WANTED $4600 TO PUT IN A NEW ENGINE. IN DECEMBER 2003 VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE FROM TIMING CHAIN GASKET. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY. VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT NOR HAVE THERE BEEN ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE. POLICE HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 32,000 MILES ON IT. THE VEHICLE STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL ENGINE . THE CONSUMER CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AND THEY SAID THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

DT: AIR BAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF. TOOK CAR TO HERTZ, AND THEY SAID IT HAD A SHORT TO GROUND. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A BLOWN FUSE IN THE MODULE. DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT ON RECALL. MANUFACTURER SAID TO CONTACT DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT REPLACING THE FUSE IN THE MODULE WILL NOT HELP FOR LONG UNLESS WIRING IS REPLACED. *SB *NM

FORD 1995 THUNDERBIRD CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT WAS PARKED EARLY IN THE MORNING. NO KEYS IN THE IGNITION. *AK THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED FROM THE FLAMES SHOOTING OUT FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL. THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE POWER ANTENNA MOTOR HAD NOT WORKED PROPERLY FOR YEARS. TEN DAYS LATER BEFORE THE FIRE, THE POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED AND THE FUSE WAS REPLACED. THE DOOR LOCK POWER FUNCTION WAS RESTORED AND THE FUSE WAS REPLACED. THE FUSE WAS BEING CHECKED FOR BEING TOO HOT TO TOUCH. *SC *JB

UNSAFE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IN CONSUMER'S 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD. *BF

AFTER STRIKING A DEER, THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED CRACKING THE DASH AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND KNOCKED THE CONSUMER OUT. *JB

INITIALLY IT FELT AS THOUGH A TIRE WAS OUT OF BALANCE, LATER IN THE TRIP THE TIRE BEGAN THUMPING AS IF IT WERE SQUARE. INSPECTING THE TIRE I FOUND THAT THE TREAD WAS TWISTING OUT OF SHAPE AND THAT CHUNKS OF RUBBER HAD COME OFF OF THE TIRE.*AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE OWNER WENT INSIDE OF THE STORE BUT WHEN HE RETURNED THE VEHICLE HAD GONE COMPLETELY ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF A VEHICLE. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNATTENED AND IN PARK. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN. CAR IS IN MINT CONDITION ND NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

ELECTRIC FAN MOTOR FOR RADIATOR COOLING FAN SHORTED OUT, CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT AND CAUSE THE PLASTIC SHROUD TO CATCH ON FIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DUE TO A UNSAFE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, CONSUMER BELIEVED THE DEALERSHIP PUT USED PARTS ON HIS NEW VEHICLE. (NAR) *PH *CB

LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. (SOMETIMES RITE TURNS TOO). CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO JERK SEVERELY TO THE LEFT OR RITE. *LA

BLOWN HEAD GASKETS ON 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD. *LA

THE CUSTOMIZED HEADLIGHT LENS DETERIORATED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME AND FOGGED UP. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT REDUCED THE LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY.*AK *TT *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. WHILE THE MECHANIC WAS CHECKING THE BRAKES, HE TOLD HER THAT TRANSMISSION WAS MALFUNCTIONING. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL VEHICLE HESITATED AND SHOOK. THEN, MADE A FUNNY NOISE. VEHICLE HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON TRANSMISSION. *AK

VEHICLE SMOKING FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD AND LEAKING COOLANT.*MR CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE, A BILLOW OF WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE LEAKED COOLANT . THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK WHICH ALLOWED COOLANT INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE COOLANT CONTAMINATED THE OIL AND WAS LEAKING OUT THE REAR OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE MAY BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL/EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE RECALL ONLY COVERED 1994 MODELS NOT 1995. THE CONSUMER LATER LEARNED THE PART WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. FORD WOULDN'T COVER THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WASN'T DIAGNOSED/REPAIRED AT A FORD DEALER. CONSUMER STATED THAT IF THE WOMAN AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP WOULD'VE CONFIRMED THE WARRANTY ON THE PART, THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT A FORD DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER FELT FORD SHOULD HAVE REIMBURSE THEM THE COST OF THE REPAIRS SINCE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE WAS AT FAULT. *PH *JB

I HAVE A 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD WITH A V8 ENGINE AND AUTO TRANS. IT DOWN SHIFTS RANDOMLY WITH THE OVERDRIVE ON OR OFF. *JB

1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD, FRONT END COMPLETELY TOTALED - AND THE AIR BAGS ON EITHER SIDE DID NOT GO OFF. I CALLED FORD DEALER AND WAS GIVEN THE RUN AROUND. THEN I GOT A CALL FROM A FORD LAWYER AND HE SAID THAT IF NO ONE WAS KILLED, THE MATTER WAS CLOSED .

THE HEAD LIGHT COVER WAS MADE OF CLEAR PLASTIC WHICH DETERIORATED AND WAS NOT CLEAR. *JB

BY NOW IT IS QUITE APPARENT OF THE NOTORIOUS FORD 3.8L HEAD GASKET FAILURE ISSUE. WELL, JUST TO KEEP PEOPLE UP TO DATE ON FORD'S BUSINESS PRACTICES. MY WIFE BOUGHT A 1995 FORD THUNDERBIRD IN NOV 1995. (I MUST FIRST START OFF BY SAYING THAT I AM THE COMPUTER LITERATE ONE, THAT IS WHY I AM COMPLAINING, AND I AM THE ONE WHO WILL BE FORCED TO FIX/PAY FOR THE HEAD GASKETS IN HER THUNDERBIRD). TODAY IS APRIL 9TH 2003, I AM BEGINNING TO NOTICE SYMPTOMS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR (LOSING COOLANT, ERRATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGES) WHICH WOULD INDICATE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. IN DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE WEB, I CAME ACROSS SOME INFO THAT THERE WAS (2) EXTENDED WARRANTIES PUT OUT ON THE 3.8L ENGINE BY FORD, THAT SHE HAS. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL OR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BULLETINS STATING WE NEEDED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THIS FIXED. WHEN I CALLED THE HILLER FORD, HALES CORNERS, WISCONSIN, THEY TOLD ME THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE NOTICE BECAUSE OUR 3.8L 232 V6 ENGINE WASN'T PART OF THE RECALL PROGRAM FOR 3.8L 232 V6 ENGINES BECAUSE OURS WASN'T BUILT IN THE TIME SLOT NOR THE PLANT THAT THE PROGRAM (TSB 00M10) WAS PERTAINING TOO. SOUNDS LIKE A FIRESTONE BS STORY TO ME. I CALLED FORD IN DEARBORN, MI AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS PART OF THE PROGRAM BUT SINCE THE 7 YEARS WARRANTY EXTENSION AS PART OF THE RECALL EXPIRED NOV 17TH 2002, WE NOW HAVE TO EAT THE COST OF REPLACING FORD'S DESIGN FAILURE BY A FEW MONTHS. MY DAD, MYSELF, AND BOTH OF MY SISTERS EACH HAVE FORD EXPLORERS AND I

HEAD LENS HAVE GRADUALLY TURNED FROM CLEAR TO MILKY. THIS HAS DIMISHED THE LIGHT BEAM PENETRATION INTO THE DARK ON THE ROADWAY AHEAD NOTICEABLY REDUCING THE VISUAL SAFETY MARGIN ON THE ROAD AHEAD. THIS IS A MAJOR NIGHT TIME DRIVING HAZARD. MR

WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF. VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING BADLY, AND SMOKE CAME OF TAILPIPE DUE TO HEAD GASKET BLOWNING OUT. *AK

NOTICED SMOKE POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD---ENGINE COOLING FAN BURNED UP AND IT NEVER BLEW THE FUSE

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO BOUNCE A BIT, AND THEN CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND FOUND OUT THAT HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWEN. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *TT

OIL PUMP FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSED THE 3.8L V6 ENGINE TO LOCK UP. DEALER AN MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

LOST TREAD BUT TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. NO CRASH BUT LOTS OF DAMAGE TO CAR BODY.*AK (DOT NUMBER: HYM3FT8198 TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)

ON TWO OCCASIONS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK ENGINE ROARS, CONSUMER WOULD TAP THE ACCELERATOR AND WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, FEELS AS IF VEHICLE IS PUT IN NEUTRAL. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT SWITCH ASSEMBLY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER REPLACE 2 O2 SENSORS AND MAF SENSOR. VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT. WHEEL ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PRFORMED FRONT DISC/ REAR DRUM BRAKE SERVICE. REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AFTER BRAKE JOB DUE TO PULSATION. STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT TIMES, VEHICLE WILL NOT SHUTT OFF. RIGHT DOOR LOCK INOPERATIVE. DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE. CUSTOMER STATES FLUID LEAK AT REAR END. RIGHT AXLE SEAL REPLACED. PASSENGER HEAD REST RATTLES OVER BUMPS. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. CONSUMER STATES NOISE FROM SEAT WHEN NO ONE IS SITTING THERE, DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL. SEAT TRACK COVERS MISING ONE LAYING IN THE REAR FLOOR. SEAT TRACK COVER REINSTALLED. CONSUMER STATS THERE IS A PINGING NOISE UPON ACCELERATION. DEALER SUGGESTED HIGHER FUEL OCTANE. CUSTOMER STATES BRAKE PEDAL SEEMS LOW. BRAKES OK. FRONT END SHIMMIES AT 50 TO 60 MPH. 4 TIRES BALANCED. DOME LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON WHEN DRIVER OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE PULLED UP. TEMPERATURE AND SPEEDOMOTER LIGHT BURNED WAS INOPERATIVE. DEALER REPLACED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BULBS. COOLANT LEAK UNDER CAR AND WARNING LIGHT IS ON. DEALER FOUND NO LEAKS AND COOLANT LEVEL LOW. CONSUMER STATES MOTOR WILL ROAR AND SHIFT INTO

VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN OFF. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND HAD TO REPLACE STEERING COLUMN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SEAL FAILED KNOWN PROBLEM WITH V 6 3.3L FAULTY DESIGN ACK BY FORD WILL NOT REPLACE CAR CAN BLOW UP NOT RECOMMENDED FOR DRIVING SEVERE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS. *AK

AFTER STARTING MY CAR AT 5:30 AM TO PROCEED TO WORK THE KEY FELT A BIT STRANGE AFTER I STARTED THE CAR. UPON DRIVING THE CAR ON THE FREEWAY I DREW MY ATTENTION BACK TO THE KEY AND FELT THAT IT WAS SPINNING FREELY, AND COULD BE REMOVED, AS THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, ( THE START POSITION APPEARED TO WORK OK). I HAD NO WAY I COULD TURN THE CAR OFF. A TECHNITIAN ON THE 800 PHONE LINE TO FORD SUGGESTED I HIT THE FUEL SHUT OFF IN THE TRUNK ONCE I REACHED MY LOCATION. THIS WOULD SIMULATE A CRASH AND SHUT OFF THE FUEL. I ELECTED TO PULL A LARGE FUSE AND DETACH THE BATTERY. THE CAR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE ($283) TO REPLACE AN $11 ACTUATOR PIN IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT INTERFACED WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. I T WAS PROBABLY WRONG ON MY PART AS I LOOK BACK AT CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE THE BROKEN PIN COULD HAVE POSSIBLY LODGED ITSELF AND PREVENTED ME FROM STEERING THE CAR. MY CONCERN NOW IS ONE OF SAFETY AND WHAT A PERSON NOT TOO FAMILAR WITH AUTOMOBLIES MIGHT DO IN THIS SITUATION. FORD SHOULD CONSIDER THE DESIGN AND MAKE CORRECTIONS TO PREVENT THIS SORT OF OCCURRENCE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT SMOKE WAS OFF DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT TO START THE VEHICLE, HE HAD TO TRY COUPLE OF TIMES AND WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HE NOTICED ENGINE OVERHEATING POINTER MOVING TOWARDS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND LOWERED HIS SPEED TO 40 MPH AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE, WHILE BACKING UP, THE ENGINE STARTED SHAKING, WHEN PUTTING IN DRIVE IT RAN NORMALLY THEN NOTICED ABNORMAL SMOKE COMING OUT OF MUFFLER, THE SERVICE ENGINEER TOLD HIM THAT HEAD CYLINDER GASKET WAS BLOWN, AND COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO ENGINE AND TO THE MUFFLER. *YD

HAVE CHECK A ROUND A LOT OF 3.8L MOTORS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET IN MY CAR HAS FAILED AS HAVE MANY OF THE 3.8L FORD V6'S FORD HAS PRODUCED ALSO THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR FELL OFF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE RAOD THERE WAS NO SIGN OF TAMPERING WITH IT NO SCRATCHES NO DENTS JUST FELL RIGHT OFF THE CAR AND ON TO THE ROAD!!!!. *AK

FUEL LINE RUBBED AGAINST BODY OF VEHICLE AND CAUSED A HOLE. GAS LEAKED INSIDE OF PASSENGER'S CAB CAUSING FUMES. DEALER REPLACED FUEL LINE, AND SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW. PART NO. F4SZ-9S278-A.*AK

THE FUEL LINE WAS ON THE WHEEL WELL WHICH CAUSED IT TO RUB FROM NORMAL DRIVING AND WEAROUT THE HOSE, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK, THE TEAM MANAGER WHO WROTE UP THE WORK ORDER SAID TAHT THIS GASOLINE SMELL SOUNDS LIKE A RECALL ON THUNDERBIRDS THAT THEY EXPERIENCE A FEW YEAR AGO , BUT CHECKED THE RECORDS THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL.YD

ON SECOND IGNITION FAILIURE ACTUATOR ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO FAULTY. *AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. WHEN AT STOP LIGHT CONSUMER WOULD PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK DEALER STATED IGNITION SYSTEM HAD SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN SPARK PLUGS BEING BURNED, DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND SPARK PLUGS, CONSUMER STATES THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS AND NOW THE ENGINE IS MISFIRING, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS, HOWEVER DEALER INFORMED THAT THIS VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. FAN BELT REPLACED. FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS REPLACED. *SLC

PLASTIC HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE CLOUDY. SOME FORM OF REACTION TO PROLONGED SUNLIGHT. I HAVE TRIED VARIOUS POLISHING COMPOUNDS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RESULT. THE CLOUDINESS DRASTICALLY REDUCES LIGHT OUTPUT. ALL OF THE THUNDERBIRDS, AS WELL AS OTHER FORD CARS, OF THE SAME MODEL YEAR, OR OLDER, HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM(S ) AS WELL.*AK

FRONT RIGHT SLIPPED BELT AND ALL FOUR WORN OUT AT 20,000 ON A 50,000 TIRE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)

HEADLIGHT LENS IS FADING AND TURING YELLOW CAUSING HEADLIGHTS NOT TO SHINE PROPERLY.*AK

WAS REPLACING HIGH-MOUNTED STOP LAMP BULBS AND NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC CASING IN WHICH THE BULB IS PLACED HAD MELTED. PLASTIC WAS "BUBBLING" DUE TO HEAT. *AK