1995 Ford Thunderbird complaints

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

STOP & GO TRAFFIC. VEHICLE IN HIT BRAKES HARD. T-BIRD APPLIED BRAKES, BUT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAREND ANOTHER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & REPRESENTATIVE SAID BRAKES WERE OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

WAS DRIVING AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT. CONSUMER APPLIED HER BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID HITTING THE OTHER VEHICLE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES. 827006 DUP OF 823210; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER THE CONNECTION TO THE STARTER CAME APART. FLUID LEAKED FROM THE TRANSMISSION AFTER THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED.

WARPED BRAKE ROTORS, CAUSING BRAKES TO SHIMMY. *AK

POWER STEERING UNIT FAILED.

ROTOR CAUSE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CONTINUE TO WARP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHIMMY. *AK

BRAKES SQUEAL AND CAR SHIMMIES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED DUE TO OUT OF ROUND ROTORS.

TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH AND CONTINUOUSLY SHUDDERS. *AK

TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK, AND SECONDS LATER THE STEERING WOULD GET EXTREMELY LOOSE AND DRIVER WOULD LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HAS SEEN DEALER 5 TIMES. RACK AND PINION HAS BEEN REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS.

TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH/SHUDDERS IN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. *AK

DESIGN OF CAR DOORS DOES NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO HOLD ITSELF OPEN WHILE ON AN INCLINE.

THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT MEET THE SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REGARDING MINIMUM THICKNESS. *AK

FRONT DISC BRAKES FAILED 5 TIMES. *AK

RADIATOR OVERHEATED/FAILED. *AK

BRAKES ROTORS/DISC DRUMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN OCT OF 95. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE HAVING LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE 95 THUNDERBIRD, AND THEY CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

WARPED FRONT END ROTORS, CAUSING FRONT END TO VIBRATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT UPON BRAKING. ALSO, MAKES LOUD POPPING NOISES. *AK

ROTORS AND PADS THAT CLAMP ONTO DISC WARP. THIS OCCURS WHEN CONDINSATION AND DUST PARTICALS CONTACT SURFACE AREA. DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS: SIX. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE.

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE RESPONSE IS TOO SLOW. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CAR WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP BEFORE, PROBLEMS STIIL EXISTS. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED.

BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKES VIBRATE, AND THE VEHICLE PULLS LEFT OR RIGHT ERRATICALLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER SEVEN TIMES AND THEY SAY IT'S THE ROTORS. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATION DUE TO WRONG TYPE TORQUE CONVERTOR

FRONT SUSPENSION FAILURE, WHEN MAKING A TURN VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE, CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END AND EXCESSIVE WEAR OF TIRES. *AK

THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING INJURIES TO CHEST/TWO BROKEN HANDS.

RIGHT FRONT CALIPERS/ROTORS FAILED.

POWER STEERING HAS "FROZEN" MOMENTARILY ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS AND THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES SHUDDERING/VIBRATING WHEN STOPPING.

WATER TEMPERATURE GAUGE INOPERATIVE.

BRAKE FAILURE USUALLY AT HARD BREAKING.

BRAKE SYSTEM: BRAKES START MAKING A NOISE, AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, DRIVER HAS TO PUSH THE BRAKES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP. HAD TO HAVE BRAKE SHOES PUT ON 6 TIMES, CALIPERS 0NE TIME AND ROTORS REPLACED AND MACHINED THREE TIMES. *AK

VEHICLE HAS TOO MUCH WEIGHT IN FRONT WHICH CAUSES LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE LOSES TRACTION AN DSKIDS SIDEWAYS. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS BRAKES, HIS BRAKES SHIMMY WHEN THEY ARE USED AND THAT THERE IS A CONSTANT NEEDTO REPLACE BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES; ALSO, DEALER REPLACED ROTORS/BRAKE SHOES AND MASTER CYLINDER, STILL AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE WAS A VIBRATION AND BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL/ WENT TO THE LEFT, THE PERSON THAT WAS DRIVING DIED. INFORMATION WAS GIVEN BY POLICE OFFICER THAT TOOK THE REPORT . *AK

FRAME OF THE VEHICLE TWO SMALL FOR BOLTS IN TO HOLD THE FRAME TOGETHER. TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY DID NOT REPAIR. *AK

RIGHT REAR SHOCK REPLACED DUE TO NOISE.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, CAR SHAKES AND THERE IS SOME POPPING NOISE .*AK *JB

AFTER THREE DAYS OF HAVING THE CAR THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THREE MONTH AFTERWARDS BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

BRAKE CALIPERS/PADS REPLACED.

REPLACED FRONT WARPED BRAKE ROTORS; ALSO, REPLACED WORN OUT PADS. *AK

ROTORS WARPED AND LOCKED UP, TAKEN CAR TO DEALER ON EIGHT DIFFERENT OCASSIONS. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

DRUM BRAKES; WHEN THE REAR BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK AND THERES NOT MUCH RESISTANCE WITH THE PEDAL. *AK INTERMITTEN LOSS OF BRAKE PEDAL, REAR BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE NO TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES, SERVICE RESPONSE NEVER EXAMINED MASTER CYLINDER SYSTEM, WHEN FIRST NOTICED THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED FURTHER TOWARDS FIRE WALL AND MADE A DISTINCTIVE CLICKING NOISE, DEALER SAID NO PROBLEM, FOUND AS BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT ALWAYS GO TO FLOOR ,REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLIES HAVE ALWAYS HAD GRABING , CLUNKING SOUND AND HAVE HAD PARTS REPLACED.*JB

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH. *AK