1993 FORD THUNDERBIRD Complaints

FORD SHOULD ADMIT ALL 3.8L V6 ARE DEFECTIVE AND COVER REPAIRS. NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH SHORTED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE . VEHICLE IS INCLUDED UNDER RECALL FOR HEADLIGHT SWITCH; HOWEVER THIS PART IS NOT INCLUDED UNDER REMEDY OF RECALL.

OVERHEATING AND LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT, AND HEATER WOULD BLOW OUT COOL AIR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT 3.8L V6 ENGINE HAD A HEAD GASKET FAILURE, VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK *SLC

WIRING HARNESS ON ALT. MELTED AND THE HOUSING ON ALT. MELTED. LOST HALF POWER TRAVELING AT 65 MPH AT NIGHT ALL LIGHTS DIMMED.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON/ OVER HEATED AND LOSS OF COOLANT. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER AN EXTENED WARRANTY. *AK CONSUMER STATES SHE CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CO. AND WAS ADVISED THEY WOULD NOT COVER REPAIRS DUE TO CONSUMER TAKING VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. *JB

LOSS OF COOLANT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON IT 3.8L V6 ENGINE, AND IT WAS NOT COVER UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK *SLC

LAP SEAT BELTS STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY AND DID NOT LOCK UP CORRECTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS WILLING TO TAKE A LOOK AT VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS BLOWING WHITE SMOKE OUT OF BACK OF VEHICLE DUE TO A LEAKY HEAD GASKET, ALLOWING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. DEALER REPLACED GASKET AND MILLED DOWN HEAD.*AK

WAS JUST LEAVING A STOP WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK. TROTTLE WAS WIDE OPEN. BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN BEFORE TURNING OFF VEHICLE.*AK

PRIOR TO APRIL 8TH OF 1999 THE REACCURANCE HAS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY HEADLAMPS FLICKERIN G WHEN THE FOG LAMPS WERE IN USE . TWO PRIOR TIMES I CHANGED OUT THE HEADLAMP SWITCH AND IT WOULD SEEM TO WORK OK FOR A WHILE FINALLY I PROCEDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THIS SITUATION RESOLVED. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN, THE HEAD LAMPS WORKED FOR A MONTH OR SO THEN THEY BEGAN TO FAIL AGAIN IN NOVEMBER OF 1999 A RECALL NOTICE WAS SENT OUT ,I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO WHERE I GOT THE VEHICLE REPAIRED THE FIRSTR TIME , THAT REPAIRED THE HEAD LAMPS FOR APPROXIMATLY ONE YEAR .THE REACCURING FLICKERING OF THE HEADLAMPS STARTED AGAIN APPROXIMATLY THREE MONTHS AGO UNTILL FINALLY THE HEAD LAMPS STOPED WORKING. *AK