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1988 Ford Lariat Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Apr 17, 2001
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.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 18, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Ford Lariat. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

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

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

ElectricalEngineFuel system
Filed Apr 17, 2001

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED AT ANY TIME. DEALER UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK POSSIBLE IGNITION SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND STALLS. THE DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP BUT IT STALLED AGAIN AFTER 3 WEEKS. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY SOLVED, BUT THE CONSUMER STILL HAD DOUBTS. *YH

NHTSA ID
886124
Incident
Aug 1, 2000
Fuel system
Filed Dec 18, 2000

FUEL GAUGE CONSTANTLY FAILS. *SLC

NHTSA ID
785130

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.

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