Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Ford Thunderbird submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DEFECTIVE HEADLAMP CIRCUIT BREAKER CAUSES HEADLIGHTS TO FLASH OFF AND ON REPEATEDLY. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN CAR WAS 2 YEARS OLD, SECOND FAILURE IN THE LAST YEAR. CAR HAS LESS THAN 57,000 MILES. 1991 SUPERCOUPE MODEL HAS FOGLAMPS AS DO THE 1992 AND LATER THUNDERBIRD MODELS FOR WHICH A RECALL EXISTS.*AK
HEADLIGHT FAILURE INTERMITTENT OPERATION. TS
NO SUMMARY
HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AT NIGHT, MAKING IT VERY HARD TO SEE. CONSUMER IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS DISCUSSED IN A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL CONCERNING HEADLAMP SWITCH. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. *AK THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE CONSUMER HAD ENCOUNTERED CLOSE CALLS DUE TO HEAD LIGHT FAILURES AND INDICATED THE CONDITON TO BE DANGEROUS. *YH
AFTER 20-30 MINUTES OF HAVING HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON, THEY WILL BEGIN TO BLINK, TURN ON AND OFF, CAUSING POOR VISIBLITY. CONSUMER FEELS IT IS THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL #99V275000. BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK
NO SUMMARY
CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN BRAKES APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD KEEP ON GOING. ALSO, INTERMITTENTLY PARK LIGHTS AND ABS LIGHTS WOULD COME ON, AND ALL BRAKES WOULD FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
HEADLIGHTS FLICKER THEN GO OUT.
THE HEADLIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. AT TIMES THEY WOULD GO OFF COMPLETELY. THE LIGHT SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
HEADLIGHT FAILURE. DURING VEHICLE OPERATION THE HEADLIGHTS PERIODICALLY COME ON AND OFF. *AK
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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