1993 Ford Tempo

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

• 12/30/1996· SEAT BELTS

  MOTORIZED SEAT BELT JAMMED 3 TIMES.

• 12/27/1994· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  BRAKE PEDAL TOO SMALL AND TOO HIGH, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SKD

• 12/24/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

• 12/23/1997· SUSPENSION

  THE LEFT REAR TRAILING ARM SNAPPED INTO AND THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL; MANAGED TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK

• 12/22/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THE THROTTLE STICKS ON OCCASIONS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RACE. MJS

• 12/20/1996· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  GAS PEDAL STICKS.

• 12/14/1998· SEAT BELTS

  AUTOMATIC SHOULDER STRAPS WHICH RUN AN A BATTERY ARE OFF TRACK CONTINUOUSLY, REPAIRS MADE ONCE, PAST WARRANTY, DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED ANY REPAIRS ARE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/10/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  SIMPLY: AFTER DRIVING CAR FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE CAR STARTS SMELLING LIKE GAS. I HAVE BATTLED WITH FORD TO FIX PROBLEM, AND THERE IS NO REPAIR PROCEDURE ACCORDING TO FORD. THEY ALSO SAY THERE IS NO HEALTH HAZARD IN SMELLING THE FUMES (I THINK DIFFERENTLY) I HOPE YOU CAN HELP US OUT WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD NO SATISFACTION FROM FORD...JUST THE RUNAROUND. AND ALSO MANY OTHER TEMPO OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *AK

• 12/03/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  GAS PEDAL ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN AND STICKS, RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCELERATING OUT OF CONTROL.

• 12/03/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  GAS PEDAL ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN/STICKS. *AK

• 11/26/1996· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, ALSO MAKES A NOISE AND GETS CAUGHT IN THE GUIDE LOOP. *AK

• 11/24/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER DROVE TO A NEAR-BY MECHANIC, WHO DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CABLES. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE WORN, THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT AND THE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ALSO INOPERABLE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE INFORMED OF THE PROBLEMS. *JB

• 11/24/1999· AIR BAGS

  WHILE TRAVLING THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY FLASHING ON AND OFF. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD CHARGE 75 DOLLARS JUST TO LOOK AT IT. CONSUMER FELT THAT AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 11/22/2000· SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURE

  HARNESS STRAPS AND TWO BACK POWER LOCKS ARE DEFECTIVE. HARNESS STRAP WILL STRAP ON CORRECTLY, AND TWO BACK DOORS WON'T EVEN OPEN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO REMEDY SITUATION.*AK

• 11/20/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE SHOES AND ROTORS FAILED. *ET

• 11/20/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,TIRES

  CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON. CONSUMER CONTINUOUSLY HAS TO REPLACE BRAKES. ALSO VEHICLE HYDROPLANES AT SLIGHTEST ACCELERATION WHEN THE ROADS ARE WET.

• 11/17/1994· SEAT BELTS

  REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES DO NOT UNBUCKLE.

• 11/14/2002· SEAT BELTS

  CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE SEAT BELT IS FROZEN IN THE TRACKS AND THE CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO ADJUST THE SEAT BELT. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

• 11/14/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,STRUCTURE

  THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD THE GAS TANK UP ARE CORRODED , ALSO THE TANK IS LEAKING. *AK CONSUMER STATES GAS TANK HAS RUSTED, THE HINGES ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WERE ALSO FOUND TO BE RUSTED, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND CONSUMER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS, CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM DELARSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THE REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE FREE OF CHARGE.*JB

• 11/13/2000· SEAT BELTS

  MOTORBELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS HUNG UP AT THE TOP OF THE DOOR. *SLC

• 11/13/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CRANKSHAFT REPLACED DUE TO RATTLING NOISE.

• 11/12/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MAIN BEARING ON THE HIGHWAY, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE.

• 11/09/1995· SEAT BELTS

  THE REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE BUCKLE. TT CONSUMER'S COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE FRONT SEAT BELTS THAT GO ACROSS SHOULDERS THEY WILL NOT RELEASE.*JB

• 11/09/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE ENGINE, ENGINE STALLS. TT

• 11/09/1994· STEERING

  STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHEN MAKING TURNS. *SD

• 11/06/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH CRANKSHAKT: PULLEY MAKING NOISES WHENEVER VEHICLE IS MOVING SLOW. DEALER/MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 11/06/1996· SEAT BELTS

  AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS STUCK ON TRACK.

• 11/04/1999· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC THE REAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT FELL OFF CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING & WENT RIGHT INTO PARK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH A M6056 AFTER MARKET SEALED- POWER MOUNT. *YC

• 11/03/1999· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION MOUNT HAS SHEARED 4 TIMES SINCE 85,000 MILES EACH TIME RESULTING ONLY IN AN ANNOYING THUNK GOING INTO REVERSE EXCEPT THIS TIME WHEN IT SHEARED AT BOTTOM IT ALLOWED THE TRANSAXLE TO FALL DOWN 6 INCHES, FORCING PARK WHILE ACCELERATING, JAMMING THE CRANK PULLEY AND RIPPING OUT THE LEFT HALF SHAFT. I AM APPALLED THAT FORD WOULD NOT THINK OF A CATCH PLATE TO FIT UNDER THE MOUNT AREA FORWARD AND OR A SAFETY WIRE AROUND THE MOUNT'S TWO STUDS TO DISALLOW FALLING TO THE STREET LEVEL WHICH IT DID AT 5MPH ACCELERATING TO A INTERSECTION. THIS IS A KILLER FLAW AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF RIPPING OUT A HALF SHAFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND FORCING PARK MODE AND JAMMING THE CRANK PULLEY SO,AS TO LOSE POWER STEERING AND RPMS. I REALLY WISH THAT FORD WOULD FIX THIS CAR FOR FREE AS IT IS INEXCUSABLE THAT I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION MOUNT TWICE A YEAR USING AFTERMARKET MFR FOR $35 WHEN FORD WANTS $91 FOR SAME AND EVEN THE OEM MOUNT RIPPED AT 85,000 MILES..BUT RIPPED AT THE TOP AREA WHICH WAS BENIGN IN SYMPTOMS. I AM DISGUSTED AT THIS DESIGN...MOUNT IS FITTED AT 75 DEGREES ANGLE AND ENGINE-TRANSAXLE HAS NO SAFETY CATCH PLATE OR SAFETY WIRE. PLEASE NOTE THAT SUDDEN SHEAR-TEAR OF THIS LIQUID FILLED RUBBER MOUNT IS LIFE-THREATENING IN NATURE !!!

• 11/03/1999· POWER TRAIN

  4TH FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION MOUNT...OEM FAILED AT 85,000 MILES CAUSING THUMP IN REVERSE...NO REAL HAZARD...THREE AFTERMARKET MOUNTS ALSO SHEARED AND THE LAST ONE (M6056) SHEARED AT BOTTOM ALLOWING TRANSAXLE TO DROP NEAR TOUCHING THE ROAD SURFACE. I LOST A HALF SHAFT, SET PARK CONDITION AS A RESULT AT 5MPH, DAMAGED LEFT FRONT HALF SHAFT AND WEDGED THE ENGINE DAMPER PULLET TO BODY WALL. THIS WILL COST NEAR $2500 FIX. FORD SHOULD INSTALL A CATCH PLATE UNDER THE MOUNT OR A SAFETY WIRE AROUND THE MOUNT TO PREVENT SUDDEN DROP OF TRANSAXLE FROM REAR WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS IS POTENTIAL KILLER AND FATAL DEFECT. I AM APPALLED AT THE DESIGN OF SUCH MOUNT AND THE SLANT THAT FORD PUTS IT ON (75 DEGREES) WITH NO SAFETY CATCH PLATE UNDER IT. THIS SHOULD BE NOTED TO FORD AND IMMEDIATELY DISSEMINATED!

• 10/31/2005· TIRES

  DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE A LARGE BULGE APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES IN LENGTH AND 3 INCHES WIDE WAS FOUND IN THE TREAD OF THE TIRE NEAR THE SIDEWALL. THE NAME OF THE TIRE IS CORDOVAN NOVA 70 METRIC RADIAL AND IS MADE IN BRAZIL. *NM

• 10/31/1994· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  EXHAUST FUMES ENTER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING/IDLING OR AT TIMES WHEN IGNITION IS TURNED OFF, CAUSING HEADACHES/NAUSEA. *AK

• 10/29/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER ON BEHALF OF DAUGHTER. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FOR CONSUMERS DAUGHTER, WHO STARTED HEARING NOISES. A COUPLE OF REPAIR SHOPS AGREED IT WAS THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY. THIS REPAIR WAS ON RECALL AND WAS REPAIRED SIX YEARS PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS. UPON CHECKING THE VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC, INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE WATER PUMP WAS BAD. AFTER REPAIRING, THE NOISE WAS STILL PRESENT. THE MECHANIC CHANGED THE PULLEY AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. *JG

• 10/29/1998· SEAT BELTS

  AUTOMATIC SEATBELT IS INOPERATIVE ,WILL NOT MOVE, STUCK, CAUSING A LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

• 10/28/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MANUFACTURER SENT THE RECALL NOTICE TO THE WRONG PERSON, CONSUMER WAS DENIED RECALL REPAIR WORK DUE TO DEADLINE OF REPAIR (97V-019). MJS

• 10/24/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  INTERMITENTLY RANDOM STALLING. CAR WILL NOT START FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN, EVERYTHING SEEMS OKAY, AND CAR RUNS FINE. CONSUMER ISOALTED PROBLEM TO FUEL PUMP RELAY INSIDE "CONSTANT CONTROL" RELAY BOX. REPLACING THIS MODULE COMPLETELY CORRECTED PROBLEM. YOU CAN ISOLATE THIS PROBLEM BY PUTTING A VOLT-METER ON INPUT AND OUTPUT OF RELAY. THEN, WHEN PROBLEM OCCURS, THE INPUT WILL BE HIGH (12V), BUT THERE WILL BE NO OUTPUT FROM RELAY, PROVING BAD RELAY. I HAVE KEPT THIS MODULE IF WANTED FOR TESTING/INSPECTION. CONSUMERS HAVING STALLING PROBLEM CAN CONTACT ME AT OSPAMCHRIS_LAWSON@YAHOO.COM (REMOVE "NOSPAM.) *AK

• 10/24/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, CONSUMER THINKS ITS A DESIGN FLAW IN DISTRIBUTOR MOUNTED TFI-1V MODULE.*AK CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE MAKE TO CORRECT THE DESIGN FLAW. *YH

• 10/23/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON LONG TRIPS, IT JUST DIED. AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES VEHICLE WOULD START BACK UP AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. DEALERSHIP COULD NEVER DETERMINE WOULD CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

• 10/21/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING, MORE SO DURING THE HOT SEASON, THEN THE COLD SEASON. ALSO, MORE FREQUENT WHEN ENGINE WAS RUNNING LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. BEEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM STILLOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/21/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL PUMP FAILED.

• 10/20/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  GASKETS FAILED.

• 10/19/1998· SEAT BELTS

  THE FRONT SEAT BELST MOTOR FAILS TO OPERATE PROPERLY. CAN HEAR MOTOR RUNNING WHEN DOORS ARE OPEN. BELTS DO NOT MOVE. WHEN IN IGNITION & TURNED, BELT MOTOR STOPS. DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR BELT MOTOR. *AK

• 10/18/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR THE 1994 CARS BUT NOT THE 1993 CARS. A HEAD GASKET ON A CAR SHOULD NOT BE GOING AT 73,000 MILES.

• 10/18/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTERMITTENT STALLING 4 TIMES.

• 10/17/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PADS REPLACED.

• 10/15/1999· SEAT BELTS

  THE RESTRAINT GUIDE RAIL RETRACTORS ARE NON-FUNCTIONAL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/14/1997· SUSPENSION

  SHOCK ABSORBERS FAILED.

• 10/11/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  MY CAR WILL JUST STOPPED ON ME. *AK

• 10/11/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  MY CAR KEEPS STALLING & IT ALSO DOES NOT START WHEN THE ENGINE IS HOT. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THE DEALER CAN NEVER FIND THE PROBLEM. NOW THERE IS A RECALL IN CA ON THE 2 MILLION CARS FROM FORD THAT DOES THE SAME EXACT THING AS MINE DOES. *AK

• 10/11/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  LAST SUMMER I WAS DRIVING MY FORD HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST DIED. I WAS CLOSE TO HOME SO I WAS ABLE TO COAST IT INTO MY DRIVEWAY. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG SO WE TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND HAD IT LOOKED AT. THEY REPLACED MY INERTIA SWITCH. $204.84. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER MY CAR DID THE EXACT SAME THING. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED THEN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME GARAGE AND THEY LOOKED IT OVER AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. I FIGURED OUT THAT IT HAPPENED MOSTLY WHEN I TURNED MY AIR CONDITIONER ON, AND THE ENGINE GOT HOT. SO WE HAVE GONE THE LAST TWO SUMMERS WITHOUT USING MY AIR CONDITIONER FOR VERY LONG. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS WRONG UNTIL I RECENTLY SAW THINGS ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE TFI MODULE IN FORD CARS. WHAT THEY ARE DESCRIBING IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY CAR. IT HAS DIED ON ME THREE TIMES THIS SUMMER. ONCE IT WAS AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION AND I WAS SCARED TO DEATH. I COULDN'T GET IT STARTED FOR ALMOST 20 MINUTES. AND IT CONTINUED TO DIE ALL THE WAY HOME. I HAD TO KEEP PULLING OFF THE ROAD. I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOOK MY INFO BUT HAVE NOT CONTACTED ME YET. I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE MY NAME IN ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST FORD AND ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT I WOULD LIKE FIXED VERY SOON!! THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP. J. CRUZ. *AK