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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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1FALP6241RH••••••1994 Ford THUNDERBIRD
This build draws 3.0× more complaints than the average 1994 Ford THUNDERBIRD build (14 vs 5).
14on this build
247on the model
53builds in total
2involved a crash
1injuries
Most reportedPower Train 5Engine And Engine Cooling 5Service Brakes 3Hydraulic 3
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashJul 2000
Consumer's vehicle was a stop light and was approaching another light. Consumer went to apply brakes, and there was a coke bottle that rolled underneath brakes, and vehicle wouldn't stop. Was trying to get attention of other driver, but she was a 16 year old new driver. A…
Service BrakescrashDec 1998
When brakes are just touched, they will continue to go to floor by themselves thereby stopping on a dime, contents and people being thrown forward. We have had ford dealer check and they "think" it may be master cylinder or vacuum problem ,but can't reproduce problem, thereby…
Engine And Engine CoolingApr 2002
Experienced head gasket failure on 8-yr-old car with 45,000 miles (warranty limited to 7yrs or 100,000 mi). Major defect design flaw admitted by ford. Now refuses to cover costs of repair.*ak
Power TrainJul 2001
The transmission of this vehicle has for the last several years and many miles will without warning either downshift from od without any alteration in accelerator pressure or will jump into neutral and the engine RPM will rapidly increase and the vehicle loses all pulling power.…
SuspensionJun 2001
While driving about 40 mph steering and front of vehicle started vibrating. Had to slow down to stop vibration. Please provide more information
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FALP6241RH185756 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.