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1989 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 Dec 24, 2003
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.
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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 Sep 14, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 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 1–2 of 2

Tires & wheels
Filed Dec 24, 2003
Crash reported

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LEFT FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT. *MR WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN INTO THE CONCRETE WALL. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *NM

NHTSA ID
10052209
Incident
Aug 20, 2003
Seat belts
Filed Sep 14, 1999

MOTORIZED SEAT BELT BURNT OUT TRACK, CAUSING SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER OR PROVIDE ADDTIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
847658
Incident
Mar 1, 1999

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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