Ford Motor Company: Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Fan
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Feb 25, 1997 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 75,200. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THESE VEHICLES ARE ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: ALASKA, IOWA, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA. THE VEHICLES INVOLVED ARE 1992-1994 TEMPO/TOPAZ VEHICLES WITH 3.0L ENGINES; 1994 TEMPO/TOPAZ WITH 2.3L ENGINES; 1992-1995 TAURUS/SABLE WITH 3.8L ENGINES; 1994-1995 TAURUS/SABLE WITH 3.0L ENGINES AND 1992-1994 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL VEHICLES WITH 3.8L ENGINES. DURING HIGH WINDS, HEAVY, BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND LOW TEMPERATURES, THE ENGINE COOLING FAN CAN BECOME BLOCKED OR FROZEN WITH SNOW. THE FAN MOTOR MAY NOT ROTATE AND COULD OVERHEAT.
The risk
THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE SMOKE OR FLAMES FROM THE FAN AND/OR SHROUD, THE FAN ELECTRICAL WIRING, OR THE FAN MOTOR RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN ELECTRICAL JUMPER HARNESS CONTAINING AN AUTOMATIC RESETTING CIRCUIT BREAKER TO PROTECT THE FAN MOTOR LOW SPEED CIRCUITRY FROM OVERHEATING.
17 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Ford Taurus | 1,205 | 6 | 54 | 60 |
| 1995 Mercury Sable | 350 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| 1994 Ford Taurus | 923 | 5 | 23 | 51 |
| 1994 Ford Tempo | 161 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 1994 Lincoln Continental | 190 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 1994 Mercury Sable | 387 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 1994 Mercury Topaz | 63 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1993 Ford Taurus | 1,557 | 8 | 49 | 54 |
| 1993 Ford Tempo | 227 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 1993 Lincoln Continental | 121 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 1993 Mercury Sable | 674 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 1993 Mercury Topaz | 71 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1992 Ford Taurus | 681 | 6 | 21 | 52 |
| 1992 Ford Tempo | 176 | 2 | 21 | 11 |
| 1992 Lincoln Continental | 126 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 1992 Mercury Sable | 364 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 1992 Mercury Topaz | 62 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
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 97V019000.
Full record for the 1995 Ford Taurus → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →