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1987 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 Oct 30, 2000
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 Jul 30, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 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 1–4 of 4

Electrical
Filed Oct 30, 2000

THE CAR DIED ON THE FREEWAY AND IN TOWN, ONCE WITH MARY DRIVING AND ANOTHER WITH 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVING ON FREEWAY. DIED ALSO WHEN MIKE WAS ON THE FREEWAY. WHEN CAR DIES, STEERING AND BRAKING ARE LOST.*AK

NHTSA ID
735487
Incident
Sep 16, 2000
Electrical
Filed Mar 10, 1998
Fire reported

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE.

NHTSA ID
532361
Electrical
Filed Jan 2, 1998
Fire reported

SMOKE COMING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH.

NHTSA ID
527333
Brakes
Filed Jul 30, 1996

REAR BRAKE ADJUSTERS FAILED *SD

NHTSA ID
506889

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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