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1988 Ford LTD Owner Complaints

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

Data refreshed

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 Oct 1, 1998
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.
5
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.
0
Reports on file since Feb 20, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Ford LTD. 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 1–6 of 6

Transmission
Filed Oct 1, 1998

TRANSMISSION LINKAGE GROMMET DETERIORATED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER TO TRANSMISSION THIRD AND OVERDRIVE GEARS, WHICH LEAVES NO HIGH SPEED SHIFTING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
828441
Incident
Nov 1, 1997
Driver assistance
Filed Sep 19, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WENT FROM PARK TO INTO DRIVE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK IN AN OPEN POSITION, RPMS UNKNOWN IMPACT 1:00 POSITION. *AK

NHTSA ID
801226
Incident
Aug 22, 1996
Electrical
Filed Aug 9, 1996
Fire reported

CONSUMER CUT CAR OFF IN DRIVEWAY AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, DEALER CHECK IT OUT AND SAID IT CAME FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH . PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK

NHTSA ID
800685
Incident
Jul 8, 1996
Electrical
Filed Aug 1, 1996
Fire reported

VEHICLE PARKED, OWNER HEARD HORN, WENT TO CHECK, SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD, THEN NOTICE FLAMES, FIRE DEPT ARRIVED, PUT OUT FLAMES, COULD NOT LIFT HOOD.*AK

NHTSA ID
800372
Incident
Aug 1, 1996
Electrical
Filed Apr 29, 1996
Fire reported

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSED BY THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
983687
Incident
Jun 24, 1993
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 20, 1996
Fire reported

CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN STEERING COLUMN WHILE PARKED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

NHTSA ID
979422
Incident
Sep 3, 1995

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.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .