1990 FORD TEMPO Electrical Systemignition Problems

CAR HAS REPEATABLE PROBLEM OF NOT STARTING...HAVE HAD IT TOWED, DUE TO THIS, NUMEROUS TIMES, SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO GET IT FIXED, ETC. ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT IT HAS TWO IGNITION DEFECTS...POTENTIALLY... SINCE THE CAR WAS NOT NEW WHEN I BOUGHT IT 3 YEARS AGO, I HAVE NO RECOURSE BUT TO BEAR THE COST OF REPAIRS MYSELF. I AM OUTRAGED THAT FORD GOT AWAY WITH NOT RECALLING THESE VEHICLES!!!

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REPLACED SEATBELT AND THEY DO THE SAME THING LOCK IN THE BUCKLE POSITION WHEN WIFE PUT IN DITCH SHE HAD TO SQUEZE TO GET OUTEVEN WHEN OPEN DOOR WOULD NOT RELEASE THE HEATER CONTROL HAS BEEN BURNT 3 TIMES AND CURRENTLY IS BURNT AGAIN THEN THE IGNITION HAS BEEN REPLACED UNDER A RECALL AND THAT DINGS NOW WHEN THE KEY ISN'T EVEN IN IT NICE RECALL I WENT TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE SEATBELTS THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ABOUT 300.00 PER DOOR TO FIX MY WIFE WAS QUITE UPSET ABOUT IT WROTE FORD MOTOR A LETTER THEY NEVER ECNOLLEDGE IT. SHE WON'T EVEN LET ME REPLACE THE ENGINE IN IT CAUSE SHE SAYS SHE WILL NOT DRIVE THAT CAR THAT COULD GO UP IN FLAMES OR DOESN'T HAVE SEATBELT THAT WORK CAUSE FORD DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WORKS PROPER SHE FEELS THE FORD COMPANY HAS...

96 V 071 000/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IGNITION: VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OR WHILE PULLING OFF FROM A STOP POSITION. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL. BUT, DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL. *AK *SLC

I HAD TO HAVE MY IGNITION MODUAL REPLACED BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD STALL ON ME WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I READ IN THE PAPER TODAY THAT FORD IS FIGHTING THE RECALL ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I HAVE E-MAILED FORD IN HOPES OF RECTIFING THIS SITUATION, BUT THOUGHT I WOULD ALSO CONTACT YOU FOR HELP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.*AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN CONSUMER CAME TO STOP AND VEHICLE STALLED RESULTING IN BEING HIT ON LEFT REAR DOOR AND VEHICLE SPUN AROUND. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC REAR AXLE WAS BENT DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT. CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, APPRXIMATELY $1300. VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING FOR THE LAST 30000 MILES. *AK THE CONSUMER SAYS THE ESTIMATE FOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE IS MUCH MORE. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS LEMON AND HAD CHANGED HANDS FIVE TIMES. *YH

THIS VEHICLE HAS A STALLING PROBLEM WHEN COMING TO A STOP SIGN OR INTERSECTION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE CONSUMER SAYS THAT IGNITION SYSTEM WAS REPLACED AND THERE IS NO MORE STALLING PROBLEM. *YH

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, AND WAS SIDE CRASHED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE UPCOMING TRAFFIC. CURRENTLY, PROBLEM WAS COMING BACK. 2 TRANSMISSIONS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE. VEHICLE EXPERIENCING AN OIL LEAK. *AK *SLC

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VEH. STOPS UNEXPECTEDLY ("CALIFORNIA RECALL PROBLEM" SYMPTOMS) WHILE CLIMBING IN MOUNTAINS AND UNDER WARM CONDITIONS. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, VEH. WILL RUN AGAIN BUT THEN REPEATS THE STOPPING PROBLEM. ENGINE STOPS AND POWER-ASSISTED BRAKING/STEERING IS LOST IN HIGHWAY DRIVING. *AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WHICH COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT.CONSUMER HAD IGNITON IDLE SENSOR REPLACED EVERY YEAR .*AK

STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. ONCE ON EXPRESSWAY, MOST ON 4 LANE 55 MPH ROADS. MANY SITUATIONS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. AFTER SITTING AT ROADSIDE FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS IT WOULD START RIGHT UP. TRIED A NUMBER OF REMEDIES BEFORE HEARING OF THE POSSIBLE RECALL IN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS A USED FUNCTIONAL CAR SO WE DID ALL OF THE DO IT YOURSELF REMEDIES LIKE DRY GAS, NEW STARTER, ETC. ALL OF THE SITUATIONS IN THE ARTICLES ABOUT THE RECALLS DESCRIBED MY INSTANCES TO A T.*AK

THERE WERE SAFETY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE THAT WERE FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. HOW DO I FIND OUT IF THIS RECALL WAS EVER DONE AND THE SWITCH REPLACED? *AK

CAR CONTANTLY STALLS, HAVE HAD SERVICE 3 TIMES TO CORRECT, NOTHING WORKS, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG.

NO PARTS, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, THE DEALER SAID THAT HE WOULD CALL OR SEND A LETTER WHEN THE PARTS ARE IN AND IT HAS BEEN A MONTH AND STILL NO PARTS. PLEASE EXPLAIN IN DETAIL *AK

THE VEHICLE QUITS WHILE DRIVING. IT WILL NOT RUN AGAIN UNLESS YOU LET IT SIT. HAPPENS WHEN ITS HOT OUTSIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, LOW TO HIGH SPEEDS, ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, NO PRIOR WARNING. TT

IGNITION WIRES CORRODED AT COIL CONNECTION, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM STARTING. *SKD