1999 Ford Thunderbird

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › driveline › driveshaft. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft1
001

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Apr 5, 2004CA

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE DUPLICATE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft1 injured
Filed Jan 7, 2003OH

CONSUMER STATES WHEN PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE UPON RELEASING THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARDS AT HIGH SPEED CAUSING INJURIES. TS

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200527100Routine
200434100Routine
200333000Routine
200293201Fatalities reported
1999 — this page2000Routine
19983000Routine
1997169230Routine
1996233441Fatalities reported
19952611112Fatalities reported
19943001102Fatalities reported
1993423471Fatalities reported
19921844111Fatalities reported
19911124130Routine
19901404192Fatalities reported

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.