Ford Motor Company: Exterior Lighting › Headlights › Switch
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 13, 1989 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2,900. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
AN INCORRECT TRANSISTOR MAY CAUSE AUTOLAMP SYSTEM LIGHT SENSOR MODULE MALFUNCTION.
The risk
HEADLAMPS COULD TURN OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ORREMAIN ON AFTER VEHICLE IS PARKED. LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHTCOULD BE HAZARDOUS TO THE DRIVER AND OTHER TRAFIFIC.
The remedy
REPLACE LIGHT SENSOR MODULES.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Ford Taurus | 381 | 8 | 23 | 29 |
| 1990 Mercury Sable | 166 | 7 | 18 | 12 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 89V171000.
Full record for the 1990 Ford Taurus → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →