28 of the 1,649 complaints filed about the Ford Tempo are about the suspension — 2% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1992.
28
Complaints
2%
Share of all complaints
2
Crashes
0
Fires
SUSPENSION
MY 1985 FORD TEMPO GL HAS 3 RECALLS AND FORD SAYS IT DOESN'T. VIN# [XXX] 1.ECU DEFECTIVE THROTTLE REMAINS PARTIALLY OPENED OEM # 85V134000, 2.BACK TIRE REAR CONTROL ARM SPINDLE BOLT OEM # 85V086000, 3.FUEL PUMP OEM # 07E064000.WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?
NHTSA complaint #10381366 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
1992 TEMPO RIGHT CALIPER, BATTERY CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR NEEDED A COVER. SPRINGS AND STRUTS ALSO NEEDED REPLACING. *TS
NHTSA complaint #10154136 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
WHILE DRIVING EASTBOUND ON ROUTE 20 NEAR OBERLIN, OHIO I HIT A POTHOLE WHICH WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO MAKE MY CAR SWERVE. THE POTHOLE WAS UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE A CAR WAS DRIVING PAST ME IN THE OTHER LANE AND AT THAT POINT. NO MATTER HOW FAR I WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE RIGHT (NEAR THE WHITE LINE) TO AVOID IT, I WOULD HAVE STILL HIT IT. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND THE VEHICLE PASSING ME WHEN I HIT THE POTHOLE OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I GOT HOME I NOTICED SOME DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THE CAR WAS DRIVING BUT PAYED NOT ATTENTION BECAUSE IT WAS NOT NOTICEABLE ENOUGH TO TAKE ANY ACTION. ON THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY MAY 12, 2005 I NOTICED MY TIRE WAS SET BACK ALL THE WAY AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL AND THERE WAS NOW A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AND THE WAY IT SOUNDED. I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE SHOP AND THEY SAID THE SWAY BAR WAS BROKEN, THE TIRE WAS SET BACK AND FROM HITTING THE POTHOLE THE TIRE OF THE RIM HAD BEEN BENT.
NHTSA complaint #10125192 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
BECAUSE OF AN EXTREMELY POOR DESIGN THE R. R. CONTROL ARM RUSTS THROUGH TOTALLY ON THE 1994 FORD TEMPO. I BELIEVE THIS IS CAUSED BY A POORLY PLACED EXHAUST RELEASE PERFORATION, DESIGNED INTO THE MUFFLER BY THE MANUFACTURER. MY CONTROL ARM FAILED AT 15 MPH. I WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANICS THAT FIXED IT ($300 PLUS LATER) THAT A FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC FOR ANYONE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD MONTHS AGO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THEY DENIED IT WAS ONE.
NHTSA complaint #10062745 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. THE TIRES WERE BALANCED YET THE VIBRATION STILL OCCURRED. *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10018053 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE THERE WAS A BAD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THAT NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
NHTSA complaint #8011124 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
HEARING A THUMP IN THE REAR BUT WAS NOT AWARE WHERE NOISE COULD HAVE BEEN. VEHICLE WAS GOING 25MPH AND FELT LIKE HAD NO STABILITY CONTROL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK WHILE TRYING TO AVOID ACCIDENT CONSUMER HIT BRAKES AND STABILIZER LINK FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #8009143 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #759582 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED, THE PART WHICH CAME OFF OF SUSPENSION IS NEAR THE EXHAUST AND IS CAUSING RUST ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS NO RUST.
NHTSA complaint #560976 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
LEFT REAR TRAILING ARM FAILED BECAUSE OF CORROSION--DUE TO EXHAUST CONDENSATE FROM MUFFLER BLEED.
NHTSA complaint #743254 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
RIGHT SIDE OF WHEEL IS UNSTABLE DUE TO AUTO ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #733573 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
CONSUMER REPORTED A CORRODED AND HALF WAY RUSTED REAR CONTORL ARM. DEALER MFR. NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNLESS COST GOED TO CONSUMER. CAN NHTSA LOOK INTO THIS MATTER.
NHTSA complaint #845481 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
WHILE HAVING PFE SENSOR REPLACED, IT WAS NOTED THAT REAR CONTROL ARM AND LEFT REAR CORNER OF GAS TANK "BADLY RUSTED". MECHANIC BELIEVES IN PART DUE TO ACIDIC WATER COMING FROM DRAIN HOLE OF MUFFLER. RUSTING IS SO BAD REAR CONTROL ARM LOOKS CHARRED. MECHANIC ALSO NOTED HE HAD "NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS". HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO DO NO LONG DISTANCE DRIVING, THAT RISK OF FIRE IS GREAT AND IF CONTROL ARM RUSTS FURTHER, RISK OF BREAKING AWAY FROM WHEEL COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #707915 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND STARTING IT UP, THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS AND WHEN CONSUMER IS TURNING VEHICLE OFF.
NHTSA complaint #835716 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CAN HEAR A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER HAS TO KEEP FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND ACCELEATOR IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE NOT TO CUT OFF. ALSO, VEHICLE IS STALLING AND CUTTING OFF WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING.
NHTSA complaint #833811 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
LOWER BALL JOINTS/LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH SIDES, AND INNER TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #781130 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
LOWER BALL JOINTS/LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH SIDES, AND INNER TIE ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #781130 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
SEATBELT (ALL) MOTOR DOESN'T RUN AND BACKSEAT STICK, POWER LOCKS ONLY WORK WHEN IT WARM, DRIVERS SIDE DOOR DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. CAMSHAFT PULLEY WAS RECALLED AND SUPPOSEDLY FIXED, JUST AFTER WARRANTY RAN OUT IT BROKE AGAIN. BRAKES GO OUT EVER SIX MONTH, REPLACED WATERPUMP TWICE, IDLE PULLEY, FAN MOTOR AND THE LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS, STARTER, ALTERNATOR, BATTERY TWICE, ENTIRE MUFFLER SYSTEM 3 TIMES, BAR THAT GOES ACROSS THE FRONT BY THE WHEELS, BLOWER MOTOR CHRIPS AND SQUEEKS AT LOW BLOWING SPEEDS, REPLACE MUFFLER HEAT SHIELDS AND THERE STILL IS CLANGING NOISE IN THE FRONT CRANKSHAFT, ALSO REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS, SHOULD HAVE KEPT THE BEATER IT WAS MUCH CHEAPER.
NHTSA complaint #541772 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER
SHOCKS FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #525458 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
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.
NHTSA complaint #818924 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.