1993 FORD THUNDERBIRD Complaints

WHY WOULD A 1993 THUNDERBIRD WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES HAVE IT HEAD GASKETS BURN OUT SO EARLY? I HAVE ALWAYS BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER FOR IT'S ANNUAL UPKEEP. OIL ALWAYS CHANGED, TIRES ROTATED. I THOUGH I WAS BUYING A CAR THAT WOULD LAST ME FOR A LONG TIME AND 7 YEARS INTO IT I'M DOING MAJOR REPAIRS TO THE ENGINE? THAT IS NOT RIGHT! I COULD HAVE PUT THAT MONEY DOWN AS A GOOD DOWN PAYMENT ON ANOTHER CAR!!! I WOULD LIKE MY MONEY BACK AND I HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS TO PROVE ALL THIS. WHERE OR WHO DO I SPEAK WITH TO GET SOME ACTION DONE?*AK

THIRD BRAKE LIGHT GOT SO HOT THAT IT MELTED THE LENS COVER AND HOUSING SOCKET, ALMOST RESULTING IN A FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED .*AK BULBS ENLARGED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT ALSO. *YH

HEAD GASKETS BLOWN @38000, MAIN BEARING FAILED 1 MONTH LATER, HEAD GASKET FAILED AGAIN @95000

I'VE NOTICED NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME SPECIFIC PROBLEM THAT I HAD AND AM CURIOUS WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT? ARE YOU WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET HUT? I SUGGEST YOU RECALL FAULTY PARTS ON A VEHICLE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

UPON STARTING, WHITE CLOUD OF SMOKE EMITTED FROM EXHAUST, ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, ENGINE TEMP. GAUGE ROSE QUICKLY. TEST REVEALED BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT COVERED BACK IN EARLY 2000, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT IS NOW COVERED. THIS VEHICLES ENGINE WAS FORDS MISTAKE, THEY SHOULD STAND BEHIND IT. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT 57,446 MILES 3.8L ENGINE ENGULFED IS WHITE SMOKE. BETWEEN 57.446 MILE AND 58,346 ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, E.E. MIRROR SWITCH, DOOR LOCKS, ODOMETER, TRIPOMETER, WINDOW SWITHCHES. THIRD TIME FOR DOOR LOCKS. ALL FORD MOTOR SAYS IS THEY WILL DOCUMENT THE COMPLAINT.

BLOWN HEAD GASKET, ENGINE SPEWED WHITE SMOKE VIA TAILPIPE. ENGINE WON'T FIRE NOR START.*AK

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO GASKETS, REPLACED MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS FUEL LINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS MALFUNCTION IN THE POWER MIRRORS AND THE POWER LOCKS, ILLUMINATION CONTROLS AS WELL AS MOTOR IN DRIVERS SIDE DOOR<POWER DOOR>, SEATBELTS WILL NOT ENGAGE AND SIGNALS FOR SEATBELT TO BE WORN , SEATBELT ALARM WILL NOT SHUT OFF UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS SOLVED.COOLENT SYSTEM FAILURE AT POINT OF ENGINE FAILURE , DECREASE IN COMPRESSION AND WHITE SMOKE FROM HOOD, LEVELS READ VERY HOT!!.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. ALSO, BRAKE LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WASN'T WORKING, AND WHEN WENT TO PULL THE SOCKETS, THE PLUGS WERE BURNED. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT OWNER'S COST. *AK *ML