1989 FORD BRONCO Problems & Recalls

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD BRONCO. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 96V071000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITIO...

Mileage: 153,000

CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AT A RESTAURANT AND WENT INSIDE TO EAT. WITHIN TEN MINUTES THE CONSUMER NOTICED FIRE TRUCKS COMING INTO THE RESTAURANT'S PARKING LOT. CONSUMER WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND NOTICED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FI...

THE FLOOR PAN UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAD THROWN. IF VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR BRAKES HAD TO BE DEPRESSED SUDDENLY DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD RIP OUT BECAUSE IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR PAN. THERE WAS TSB/ RECALL IN ALL DATA B93900801 FOR THE FLOOR PAN REINFORCEMENT(NO...

Mileage: 166,000

VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING OVER NIGHT WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED STEERING COLUMN AND DASH PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WITH NO WARNING MY BRONCO DIED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH IN WORK TRAFFIC. I HAD TO PUSH THE BRONCO OUT OF TRAFFIC, AND THEN WAIT 2 HRS. FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TOW ME TO A MECHANIC, WITHA REPAIR BILL OF $184.00 TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION MODULE. I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED $184.00. THIS SHOU...

VEHICLE HESITATED AND SMOKE COMING FROM HOOD AREA. VEHICLE BURNED TO THE GROUND.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR TO REDUCE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES WILL NOT ACTIVATE ON TIME. HAD CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR A LOT OF NOISE. HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT SAY WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THE FIRE.*AK. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE STALLED 3 TIMES PREVIOUSLY.*JB

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY TIME/ ANY SPEED. DEALER IS REPLACING IGNITION FOR THIRD TIME.*AK

GAS TANK IS RUSTING AND LEAKING FUEL FROM THE TANK LEAVING SMALL AMOUNTS OF FUEL ON THE GROUND. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHEN ENGINE OVERHEATED. *AK

TWICE THE ENGINE JUST QUIT RUNNING WITHOUT ANY WARNING, I LEFT THE VEHICLE AT MY FATHERS HOME OVER NIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND THE NEXT MORNING IT STARTED UP. I DROVE IT FOR ABOUT A WEEK K AND IT JUST QUIT RUNNING AGAIN , THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE MECHANIC COULD'T FIND A PROBLEM(IT STARTED UP ...

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON UNTIL CONSUMER PRESSED BRAKES A SECOND TIME. CONSUMER STATED THAT SOMEONE COULD REAR END HIM BECAUSE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT COMING ON.*AK

IGNITION COIL, IGNITION SWITCH,IGNITION CONTROL MODULE IN DISTRIBUTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED MANY TIMES AND CAR STILL STALLS WHEN TEMPERTURES REACH WARM DEGREES OUTSIDE.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS, AFTER THE VEHICLE IS ALLOWED TO COOL OFF THE VEHICLE STARTS AGAIN, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED TO A FAULTY TFI MODULE. NLM

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS, AFTER THE VEHICLE IS ALLOWED TO COOL OFF THE VEHICLE STARTS AGAIN, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED TO A FAULTY TFI MODULE. NLM

SEAT JAMS DUE TO FLOOR FLEXING. THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER NHTSA ITEMS NO. SB017182, SB019336, SB019393, SB019395, SB019879, WHICH CALLED FOR FLOOR REINFORCEMENT. NO NOTIFICATION WAS PROVIDED TO OWNER. DEALER AT THE TIME OF THE SB'S WAS SALINAS VALLEY FORD, SALINAS, CA. NO RECALL NOTICE IN...

SEAT JAMS DUE TO FLOOR FLEXING. THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER NHTSA ITEMS NO. SB017182, SB019336, SB019393, SB019395, SB019879, WHICH CALLED FOR FLOOR REINFORCEMENT. NO NOTIFICATION WAS PROVIDED TO OWNER. DEALER AT THE TIME OF THE SB'S WAS SALINAS VALLEY FORD, SALINAS, CA. NO RECALL NOTICE IN...

MY TRUCK STALLED ON THE FREEWAY TWICE.ONCE ON THE BAY BRIDGE,THE OTHER TIME ON I280.BOTH TIMES MY TRUCK WAS RUNNING FINE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD JUST SHUT STALL.THE TIME ON THE BRIDGE WAS VERY TERRIFYING,IF TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY THERE DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION.I HOPE SOMEBODY DOESN'T ...

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PEOO 020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 57MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. SHE PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF SHOULDER. FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. DID DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. TIRE IS FIRESTONE FIREHAWK #SS10 P215/70R15. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SHE ALSO CONTACTED FIRESTONE. *AK

TIRES WERE ANALYZED BY FIRESTONE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED. NOT UNDER RECALL OR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. TIRES WERE PRODUCED AT THE DECATUR, IL FACILITY WERE A MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEM TIRES WERE PRODUCED. THEY ARE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE COMPANY WHO PRODUCED THEM. ...

I NOTICED ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE TIRE BLEWOUT THAT WHILE WE WERE IDDLING THROUGH THE LOCAL WALMART PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE ROCKED BACK AND FORTH. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND I NOTICED A BLISTER ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE IN THE TREAD SECTION. I CHECKED THE OTHER TIRES A...

CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH AND LEFT REAR TIRE BEGAN TO PEEL OFF AND BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE BELT. *AK

IN THE SUMMER OF 1998 (JULY-AUGUST) I HAD THREE TIRE FAILURES. THE FIRST TIRE LOCATED ON THE RIGHT REAR FAILED TRAVELING 65 MILES PER HOUR ON I-75. THE TREAD SEPARATED LEAVING THE CORE INFLATED. I LOST TRACTION ON THE WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO CONTROL AS IT WHEN OFF THE ROAD. I WAS ABL...

MY PAINT IS PEELING AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS CONCERN FOR MY TRUCK IN WHICH I WAS NEVER INFORMED NOR SENT ANY PAPERWORK- ALSO I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT OTHERS HAVE FILED LAW SUITS DUE TO THIS AND ONE AND HAVE GOTTEN THEIR VEHICLES RE-PAINTED- IF I HAD BEEN NOTIFIED I WOULD HAVE BROU...

HEADLAMP SWITCH IS THE SAME AS ON T-BIRDS, STILL NO RECALL, LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF. STEERING BOX LOCKED UP, NO LEAKS, FLOOR PAN BROKEN, NOT COVERED DUE TO THE FACT OF NOT HAVING CAPTAINS CHAIRS. SHOULD HAVE TO DO WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE FLOOR NOT THE SEAT APPLIED TO THE FLOOR, VERY...

HEADLAMP SWITCH IS THE SAME AS ON T-BIRDS, STILL NO RECALL, LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF. STEERING BOX LOCKED UP, NO LEAKS, FLOOR PAN BROKEN, NOT COVERED DUE TO THE FACT OF NOT HAVING CAPTAINS CHAIRS. SHOULD HAVE TO DO WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE FLOOR NOT THE SEAT APPLIED TO THE FLOOR, VERY...

HEADLAMP SWITCH IS THE SAME AS ON T-BIRDS, STILL NO RECALL, LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF. STEERING BOX LOCKED UP, NO LEAKS, FLOOR PAN BROKEN, NOT COVERED DUE TO THE FACT OF NOT HAVING CAPTAINS CHAIRS. SHOULD HAVE TO DO WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE FLOOR NOT THE SEAT APPLIED TO THE FLOOR, VERY...

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME IN HOT CLIMATES, IT STALLS OUT AND DIES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *JB

THIS VEHICLED HAS A RECALL ON THE FLOORBOARD, WHICH HAS STRESS CRACKS IN IT. HOWEVER WHEN I CHECKED THIS IT COMES BACK SALVAGED WITH JUNK TITLE WHICH VOIDS THE RECALL! NOW WHAT ?

BRAKE LINES RUST OUT AND CAUSE BRAKE FAILURE!

FUEL LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING FUEL TO RUN ON THE FLOOR IN A GARAGE. FIRE POTENTAL

FUEL LINES RUSTED OUT CAUSING FUEL TO RUN ON THE FLOOR IN A GARAGE. FIRE POTENTAL

PAINT IS PEELING FROM FRONT END AND IS RUSTING IN SOME SPOTS.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ALTERNATOR HARNESS. WHEN STARTED VEHICLE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. WHEN THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM AND AT APPROXIMATELY 3:06 AM CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY NEIGHBOR OF VEHICLE BEING ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. NINE DAYS LATER, CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S. RECALL NOTICE # 95S-28 / NHTSA RECALL # 96V- 071, IGN...

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE SHIFTS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

FRONT BUCKET SEATS MOUNTING STRUCTURE IS FAILING AND SEAT IS FALLING THROUGH BOTTOM OF VEHICLE.

RADIUS ARM BRACKET HAS CORRODED PREMATURELY.

LUGS:NUTS ARE ALL LOOSE ON WHEELS.

THERE WAS A RECALL LISTED ON THE IGNITION SWITCH 97V-071. BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS TRUCK COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE RECALL. THE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE THAT WAS CAUSE BY THE ENGINE OVERHEATING. *AK

WIRING HARNESS HAS OVERHEATED AND BURNED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING ALTERNATOR AND OTHER COMPONENTS TO BURN AND MELT AS WELL.

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#96V071000) IN THE MAIL. HAD CALLED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT & TOOK VEHICLE IN. DEALER DID NOT REPAIR VEHICLE AT ALL. NOT SATISFIED. *AK

VEHICLE ROLLED OVER IN COLLISION.

REAR VIEW MIRRORS DO NOT REMAIN STABLE WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH OR MORE.

VEHICLE'S LEGS TO SEAT TRACKS GETS STRESS CRACKS AND SEAT COMES LOOSE FROM FLOOR. *AK

GAS TANK RUSTED OUT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE HARNESS TO THE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT FIRE. THIS PART WAS ON RECALL. *AK

FUEL TANK RUSTED, CAUSING GAS LEAK.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED.

EQUIPMENT: FAILURE OF JACK ASSEMBLY, WHEN VEHICLE WAS LIFTED THE JACK WOULD NOT HOLD/CRACKED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FALL. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE 10 MIN LATER VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. OWNER NOTES THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *AK

EQUIPMENT: JACK FAILURE, VEHICLE WAS LIFTED AND THE JACK CRACKED CAUSING VEHICLE TO FALL. *AK

AFTER HAVING IGNITION SWTICH REPLACED UNDER RECALL # 95S28, ACCESSORY FUNCTION DOES NOT OPERATE. DEALER CANNOT MAKE SWTICH FUNCTION. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK

HORN RELAY SWITCH DEFECTIVE PRIOR TO RECALL.

PISTON SIZE INCORRECT.

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN.*AK

FUEL TANK LEAKS.

FUEL TANK LEAKS.

FUEL PUMP LEAKS.

DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AND REAR HATCH BACK WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN. WINDOWS ARE POWER LOCK WINDOWS. *AK

BATTERIES CONTINUALLY LEAK ACID, CAUSING CORROSION DAMAGE TO EMISSIONS EVAPORATOR CANISTER, WIRES, STARTER SOLENOID, BATTERY CABLES AND BOTTOM OF RADIATOR.

BATTERIES CONTINUALLY LEAK ACID, CAUSING CORROSION DAMAGE TO EMISSIONS EVAPORATOR CANISTER, WIRES, STARTER SOLENOID, BATTERY CABLES AND BOTTOM OF RADIATOR.

BATTERIES CONTINUALLY LEAK ACID, CAUSING CORROSION DAMAGE TO EMISSIONS EVAPORATOR CANISTER, WIRES, STARTER SOLENOID, BATTERY CABLES AND BOTTOM OF RADIATOR.

BATTERIES CONTINUALLY LEAK ACID, CAUSING CORROSION DAMAGE TO EMISSIONS EVAPORATOR CANISTER, WIRES, STARTER SOLENOID, BATTERY CABLES AND BOTTOM OF RADIATOR.

BATTERIES CONTINUALLY LEAK ACID, CAUSING CORROSION DAMAGE TO EMISSIONS EVAPORATOR CANISTER, WIRES, STARTER SOLENOID, BATTERY CABLES AND BOTTOM OF RADIATOR.

BATTERIES CONTINUALLY LEAK ACID, CAUSING CORROSION DAMAGE TO EMISSIONS EVAPORATOR CANISTER, WIRES, STARTER SOLENOID, BATTERY CABLES AND BOTTOM OF RADIATOR.

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT MECHANISM FAILED, RESULTING IN ENTRAPMENT. OWNER USES SCREW DRIVER TO UNLATCH SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. *AK

VIBRATION IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.

ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. *DH

PARKED VEHICLE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, RESULTING IN VEHCLE FIRE. *AK

WATER PUMP REPLACED. *SD

TRANSMISSION STICKS IN GEAR WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. *SD

VALVE COVER GASKETS REPLACED. *SD

ELECTRICAL FIRE. *SD

MANUAL TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. *SD

POWER STEERING LEAKS. *SD

BRAKES REPAIRED. *SD

CLUTCH FAILED. *SD

FLYWHEEL

SPARK PLUGS REPLACED. *SD

BATTERY CABLES REPLACED. *SD

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO AN ELECRICAL FIRE THAT STARTED IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND UNDER THE DASH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WENT TO START THE VEHICLE, FLAME CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RESULTING IN VEHICLE BEING TOTALED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR PERIOD OF TWO DAYS, UNDER THE HOOD BURNED, ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR PERIOD OF TWO DAYS, UNDER THE HOOD BURNED, ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

STEERING LINKAGE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT BRAKES REPAIRED. *SD

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *SD

STEERING WHEEL REPLACED DUE TO NOISE. *SD

ENGINE OIL SEAL REPLACED. *SD

ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCK UP. *SD

XLT FULL SIZE LOW PRESSURE FUEL PUMP LOCATED ON TANK ON TOP SHORTED, CATCHING FIRE, BURNING MELTING WIRING HARNESS AND LINES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

BODY RUSTS ALONG WELDS. *DSH

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE,ON WET OR DRY SURFACE VEHICLE WILL SKID WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TT

DRIVESHAFT REPLACED 7 TIMES. *AW

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE/OVERDRIVE.

REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER.

REPLACED NOISY ENGINE. *AK

FUEL TANK RUSTED OUT, CAUSING GASOLINE TO LEAK ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *SKD

LEFT AND RIGHT OUTER DOOR LOCKS FAILED, PREVENTING DOORS FROM BEING UNLOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE.

ENGINE REEVED AND STARTED TO RACE VEHICLE WAS AIRBORNE AND LANDED ON FORD BRONCO. TT

THE DRIVER SEAT MOUNT BRACKET BROKE SEAT FOLDS BACKWARDS WHEN YOU ACCELERATE. TT

FRONT DRIVER SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. TT

WHEELS LOCK WHEN BRAKES APPLIED WHILE TRAVELLING ON ICE. *TW

INTERMITTENT STALLING DURING WARM WEATHER. *TW

ENGINE OIL SEAL REPLACED, ALSO THUMPING NOISE UNDERNEATH. *SKD

INTERMITTENT STALLING.

STEERING COLUMN REPLACED DUE TO CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL.

FRONT BRAKES REPLACED.

DOT REFERENCE NO 954511. STEEL PLATE NEEDED FOR REPLACEMENT OF SEAT BRACKET UNDER DRIVER SEAT. TT

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AFTER BEING DRIVEN, UNDER THE DASH FIRE CAUSED BY A SHORT IN ALTERNATOR. TT

PROBLEMS WITH STRESS CRACKS OVER THE RAIN GUTTERS ABOVE THE DOOR. TT

STRAP RUSTED THROUGH GAS TANK WHERE STRAP AND PLATE REST ON TANK, RESULTING IN LEAK. TT