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1985 Ford Topaz 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 6, 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.
2
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 Aug 1, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Ford Topaz. 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 1–3 of 3

Interior & seats
Filed Apr 6, 1998

FRONT DRIVER'S SEATBACK FAILED. *AK

NHTSA ID
533900
Incident
Jan 7, 1989
Steering
Filed Oct 24, 1996
Fire reported

GOING ABOUT 60 MPH ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SMELLED PLASTIC BURNING. PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM KEYHOLE. GRABBED KEY, GOT OUT OF CAR, SAW FLAMES COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, CAR TOTALED, NOTHING LEFT BUT METAL FRAME. *AK

NHTSA ID
803975
Incident
Oct 20, 1996
Engine
Filed Aug 1, 1996
Fire reported

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *SD

NHTSA ID
506967
Incident
May 4, 1996

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

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