1991 Ford Probe

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/27/1995· SEAT BELTS

  # EA94-032 THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING . TT CONSUMER STATES ON OCCASION, THE BELT WOULD RETRACT SO TIGHTLY THAT IT WOULD SQUEEZE HIM ACROSS THE CHEST AND NECK. *SLC

• 12/24/1996· SEAT BELTS

  MOTOR FOR THE SEAT BELTS JAM AND CAUSE THE BELTS TO LOCK AND JAM THE RAILS.

• 12/20/1995· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVERS MOTORBELT RETRACTOR FAILS TO RETRACT SEATBELT, RENDERING SEATBELT USELESS. *DSH

• 12/19/1997· SEAT BELTS

  RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#96V172002) IN THE MAIL. CALLED DEALER & SET UP APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED HAD NO PARTS. ORIGINAL OWNER HAD NOTICE. 2ND OWNER BEEN CALLING SINCE JULY. PARTS ON BACK ORDER. *AK

• 12/15/1997· SEAT BELTS

  RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE OCT 96, DEALER WAS SUPPOSE TO LET CONSUMER KNOW WHEN PARTS WERE IN. CONSUMER ATTEMPTED 4 TIMES, EVEN TRIED DIFFERENT DEALERS, STILL NO PARTS AVAILABLE. ON NOV 10,97, STILL HAD NO PARTS. DEALER SAID PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH OF 98. *AK

• 12/15/1995· SEAT BELTS

  SHOULDER BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE FAILED THE RETRACTOR 91S235. TT

• 12/13/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE FINS ON THE WATER PUMP HAVE CORRODED BEYOND USE. POOR MANUFACTURING OF WATER PUMP TO ALLOW A NON-ALUMINUM METAL TO BE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH A CORROSIVE ENGINE COOLANT. *AK

• 12/12/1996· POWER TRAIN

  THREE BOLTS CAME OUT OF TRANSMISSION, THERE WAS VIBRATION AND THEN STALLING WHILE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE IDENTIFY THE AREA OF TRSNSMISSION. *AK

• 12/12/1996· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT ON LONGER FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, PASSENGER BELT STICKS, KNOW NO LONGER WORKS, REPLACE DRIVER BELT, TO NO AVAIL.

• 12/11/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HARNESS MODIFICATION/REPAIR KIT NOTICE SENT BY FORD MOTOR, HOWEVER PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER THEREFORE VEHICLE CANNOT BE FIXED.

• 12/11/1996· SEAT BELTS

  MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS INOPERATIVE.

• 12/10/1996· VISIBILITY

  WHEN USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER, THEY CUT OFF, STOP HALF WAY AND DO NOT GO BACK INTO ORIGINAL POSITION. *AK WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD.*JB

• 12/08/1997· SEAT BELTS

  SHOULDER SEAT BELTS FAILED UNABLE TO GET REPLACEMENT PARTS.

• 12/06/1996· SEAT BELTS

  OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE SEAT BELTS BECAUSE THE SEAT BELTS WERE NOT BROKEN. RECALL#96V172000. *AK

• 12/04/1998· SEAT BELTS

  RECALL 96S99; VEHICLE RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED AND REPAIR WORK WAS DONE ON SHOULDER BELTS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED THE CASE IS CLOSED.*AK

• 12/04/1997· SEAT BELTS

  RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#96V172002) 1 -YEAR AGO. TOOK VEHICLE ON APPOINTED DATE. AFTER ARRIVING & WORK WAS STARTED, WAS INFORMED NEEDED SPECIAL PART FOR VEHICLE & WILL ORDER. AS OF THIS DATE, NO PART OR PHONE CALL. *AK

• 12/01/1995· SEAT BELTS

  LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT ON DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SIDE, EA94-032 ACTIVE. TT

• 11/27/2000· SEAT BELTS

  RECALL 96S48/96S99 "PASSIVE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY" REPAIRED AT DEALER SYSTEM FAILED NEEDS REPAIR DEALER AND MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO COMPLY. *AK

• 11/27/1995· POWER TRAIN

  PURCHASE CAR USED AT 59,000 MILES TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TT TRANSMISSION WAS EXPERIENCING HARD SHIFTING, CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO INSPECT TRANSMISISON, HOWEVER DEALER ALWAYS SAID THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS, DEALER STATED LATER AFTER WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED THAT A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER, PUMP, AND OTHER VARIOUS TRANSMISSION PARTS WERE NEEDED. SPEEDOMETER CABLE FAILED, REPAIR OF THE CABLE LESSENED THE SHIFTING PROBLEMS, HOWEVER TRANSMISSION STILL DID NOT FEEL CORRECT. *SLC

• 11/26/1996· SEAT BELTS

  OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. RECALL#96V172000. *AK

• 11/26/1996· SEAT BELTS

  PARTS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL DEC. 15TH, AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS NOT RETRACTING ALL THE WAY, A GREASY CORD COMES OUT OF THE RETRACTOR WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED. *AK

• 11/22/2006· SEAT BELTS

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING A VEHICLE, IT WAS NOTICED THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT AND WAS JAMMED IN THE RAIL RENDERING THE BELT INOPERATIVE. THE CONTACT CHECKED FOR RECALLS ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND THE NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN # 96V172001 COVERED THE DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE CONTACT WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE DESCRIPTION IN THE RECALL MATCHED EXACTLY THE PROBLEMS, THE VEHICLE'S SEAT BELT HAD.

• 11/22/1996· SEAT BELTS

  THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK, RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE . HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS. NOW THEY ARE SAYING AGAIN THAT FORD DOES NOT HAVE THE PART. 96V172000. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT IS NOT OPERATIONAL, CONSUMER STATES SHE KEEPS BEING TOLD PART IS NOT IN.*JB

• 11/21/1996· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S PASSIVE RESTRAINT SHOULDER BELT HARNESS IS INOPERATIVE, WON'T MOVE EITHER WAY. *AK

• 11/20/1997· SEAT BELTS

  CONSUMER RECEIVED FIRST NOTICE IN DEC, ANOTHER NOTICE IN JULY. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER TO GET REPAIRED IN SEPT. DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS. DEALER SAID WILL CALL CONSUMER WHEN PARTS WERE IN, RECEIVED NO ANSWER. CONSUMER CALLED AGAIN IN NOV, DEALER CLAIMED STILL HAS NO PARTS TO FIX RECALL{PERNEL FORD 870-236-8546). *AK

• 11/19/2001· POWER TRAIN

  HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR FORD PROBES. THIS ONE HAS BLOWN APART TWICE, LEAVING LARGE HOLES IN THE CASING. WHY ISN'T FORD STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT? BOTH TIMES THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 11/19/1996· SEAT BELTS

  THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

• 11/17/1998· SEAT BELTS

  THE SEAT BELTS BECOME JAMMED WHEN DOOR OPENED. MOTOR IS STILL RUNNING, BUT SEAT BELTS DO NOT MOVE TO LET EITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER OUT. BELTS DO NOT RELEASE FROM AUTOMATIC RAIL TRACT. AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/13/1996· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING AND PASSENGER'S SIDE STUCK AND THEN WORKED, RECEIVED RECALL LETTER # 96V172000 . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 11/13/1996· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD, THEY DO NOT GO ALL THE WAY BACK AND FORTH. *AK

• 11/13/1996· VISIBILITYFire

  CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE, SMOKE CAME FROM PANEL OF THE POWER WINDOW ON PASSENGER'S SIDE, WIRING IN THE PANEL BURNED, CAUSING THE WINDOWS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK

• 11/13/1995· SEAT BELTS

  PASSIVE RESTRAINT CABLE POPPED OUT RESULTING NO SEAT BELT ACTIVATION. BILL ALEXANDER FORD IN AZ NOT INTERESTED DUE TO OUT OF WARRANTY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.

• 11/09/1999· VISIBILITY

  REAR WINDOW - THE SEAL ALLOWS WATER TO LEAK INTO THE TRUNK AREA AND SETTLE AROUND THE SPARE TIRE AREA.THIS PROBLEM IS ESPECIALLY EVIDENT AFTER GOING THROUGH A CAR WASH OR HEAVY RAINSTORM. THE WATER HAS CAUSED THE SPARE TIRE COVERING TO WARP AND HAVE A "MOLDY" SMELL AND HAS CAUSED CONDENSATION TO SETTLE IN THE TAIL LIGHTS. ALSO, SINCE THE AREA IS DAMP MOST OF THE TIME , THERE IS MUCH INTERIOR FOGGING. THE EXTERIOR PAINT HAS FADED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND THE CLEAR COAT ON THE HOOD HAS STARTED PEELING. THE RED PAINT ON THE ROOF, SIDE PANELS, AND BACK OF CAR HAS FADED AND HAS A HAZY LOOK TO IT. THERE IS A WHITE FINISH ON THESE AREAS. THE CLEAR COAT ON THE HOOD HAS STARTED PEELING AND HAS LEFT FADED SPOTS. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY PROBES HAVE SIMILAR PAINT PROBLEMS IN THE EXACT SAME AREAS.

• 11/07/1996· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS NOT WORKING . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

• 11/05/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  ABOUT 1/2 BLOCK SMELLED SMOKE AND THREE MINUTES LATER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS ORIGINATED FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASH. *AK VEHICLE WAS PARKED.*JB

• 11/04/1997· SEAT BELTS

  RECALL ON SEAT BELT RESTRAINTS, NO PARTS FOR WORK TO BE COMPLETED.

• 11/01/1996· SEAT BELTS

  AVIS FORD 91V016, DEALERSHIP SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT, HOWEVER, COULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN RECALL WOULD BE PERFORMED. *AK

• 11/01/1996· SUSPENSION

  BUSHING PLATE ON STRUTS RUSTED OUT, CAUSING COIL SPRING TO COME THROUGH THE PLATE.

• 10/28/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  (1) PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (2) LEARNED THE HORN DID NOT WORK (3) PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT HORN, AND REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM FORD AND 3 DEALERS WHERE IT WOULD BE LOCATED. ALL, EXCEPT 1 DEALER, REFUSED TO GIVE US ANY INFORMATION. THE LAST DEALER WAS NOT CERTAIN. FORD'S COMMENT WAS THIS WAS "PRIVATE COMPANY INFORMATION" OR "WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION". SUGGESTED WE CONTACT THEIR PRINTING COMPANY WHO WOULD SELL US SCHEMATICS. PRINTING COMPANY HAD NO IDEA WHICH SET OF SCHEMATICS WE WOULD NEED. VEHICLES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE WORKING HORNS FOR SAFETY REASONS. FORD WANTED TO SELL US $100 WORTH OF SERVICE TO INSTALL A $15 PART.*AK

• 10/28/1996· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED POWER WINDOW TRACK FAILURE, ALLOWING DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW TO FALL INSIDE DOOR. *AK

• 10/28/1996· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN EXPERIENCED REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE, UPON SWITCHING ON , WIPERS WILL FLY OFF REAR WINDOW, MUST GET OUT OF VEHICLE TO PUT BACK IN PLACE, RENDERING THEM INOPERATIVE. *AK

• 10/27/1997· SEAT BELTS

  RECALL 96V172002; DEALER REFUSES TO SERVE RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT A YEAR AGO AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/25/2000· SEAT BELTS

  MOTOR SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SOMETIMES WILL NOT RETRACT, ALWAYS LEAVING BELT HALFWAY WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED. THIS HAD BEEN RAPAIRED BEFORE.*AK SHOULDER HARNESS/SEAT BELT(LAP) WAS REPLACED AS A RESULT OF A RECALL (96V-172) BUT IT STILL MALFUNCTIONS. *YH

• 10/24/1996· SEAT BELTS

  POOR AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT PERFORMANCE, WHEN THE BELT RETRACTS TOWARDS THE BODY, IT PERIODICALLY TENDS TO TIGHTEN UP. *AK

• 10/23/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN AND THEN PARKED, AND WHILE PARKED, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, VIRTUALLY DEMOLISHING THE VEHICLE.

• 10/22/1996· SEAT BELTS

  THE DRIVER SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT TRAVEL FULLY FORWARD ALONG THE ROOF RAIL (RETRACTOR). PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK

• 10/22/1996· SEAT BELTS

  OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE RECALL. RECALL#96V172000. *AK

• 10/18/1996· SEAT BELTSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR RESTRAINT HER BUT TIGHTENED UP .*AK CONSUMER STATES PRIOR TO ACIDENT WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED ON, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE MOTORIZED BELT WOULD OVER TIGHTEN PRESSING THE DRIVER AGAINST THE SEAT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE UNTIL THE DOOR WAS OPEN TO RETRACT THE SHOULDER BELT, DURING THE ACCIDENT CONSUMER'S CHEST AND BREAST AREA WERE SEVERLY BRUISED BY THE SHOULDER BELT.*JB

• 10/15/1997· SEAT BELTS

  RECALL 96V172002. NO PARTS. *AK

• 10/15/1997· SEAT BELTS

  RECALL 96V172002; DEALER REFUSES TO DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE ONE YEAR EARLIER THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR RECALL. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ELECTRIC SEATBELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS STUCK IN ONE POSITION.*JB