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1991 Ford Club Wagon Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 6, 2002
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1991 Ford Club Wagon, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Tires & wheels240.0%
  • Fuel system120.0%
  • Other / unspecified120.0%
  • Transmission120.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. VEHICLE WAS STRADLING FROM LANE TO LANE, AND THEN ROLLED OVER. TWO CHILDREN WERE EJECTED FROM VEHICLE. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT, AND THE TREAD CAME COMPLETLY OFF. TIRE WAS GOODYEAR. *AK

NHTSA ID 891405 · filed Jun 27, 2001

TREAD DETACHED FROM TIRE AT 70 MPH. CASING RETAINED PRESSURE, SO WAS ABLE TO COME TO SAFE STOP AND THEN DRIVE SLOWLY ON SHOULDER TO FREEWAY EXIT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

NHTSA ID 727530 · filed Aug 10, 2000

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Fuel system

Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

THE DUAL FUEL TANK SELECTOR VALVE MAY MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE AN OVERFILL CONDITION IN ONE OF THE FUEL TANKS, RESULTING IN AN OVERFLOW OF FUEL PAST THE FILLER CAP. DT

NHTSA ID 770533 · filed Dec 6, 2002

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

TRAILER HITCH FAILED CAUSING LOAD TO SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

NHTSA ID 523583 · filed Oct 20, 1997

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Transmission

Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

TRANSMISSION MAKING GRINDING NOISES. NOT SHIFTING INTO GEAR. WAS REPLACED TWICE. AFTER EACH REPLACEMENT, NOISE WOULD REAPPEAR. BEEN TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, BUT NOT DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID 850024 · filed Oct 5, 1999

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .