1988 FORD LTD User Comment / Complaint

Car nice to look at but starting to smell like a lemon. no safety defect mentioned in summary.  view

Car nice to look at but starting to smell like a lemon. no safety defect mentioned in summary.  view

Vehicle was taken to local gm dealer for its first front end alignment after purchase. service check by dealer found left and right lower a frames and the stablizer links plus both front tires had to be replaced before an alignment could be done. est cost $350. upon investigation when speaking with maintenance personnel i discovered that this is a high failure item. the personel informed me that they replaced these control arms all the time. they know it is a very poor design and causes problems with customers. the service manager informed that there has not been a recall as to date concerning this item. the service manager said he can replace just the bushing , but that would not last but a short time and that i would be back again. i have examined the car myself and i am not impressed with the design of this control arm. i do agree with the service manager that it is a poorly designed control arm and should be recalled for proper redesign and repair.  view

I bought my chevrolet malibu used and have had it about 2 months. days after the 36,000 mile warranty runs out i have major brake problems. replaced front brakes, pads, right rotor and right caliper. every mechanic i've seen is amazed that a car a year old needs a new caliper. called the dealer and they told me they couldn't do anything about it. also had problem with front end rattling noise like the front end is loose or something; dealer did put new control arms on, but noise still persists.  view

Noisy abs; did we and do we have working abs? no help from ford. don davis ford invoice 202541 12/15/97, middlekauff inv. 404267 12/18/97 & 436463 2/2/99, five star inv. c05234 6/2/98 pd for brake fluid flushing with brake job (5star ruined caliper too), karl klement inv. 36021 8/19/98. my husband & i flushed the brakes - looked like dirty motor oil. 3 second whee became a chirp, pd. utter ford inv. c02461 5/19/99 to bleed abs control unit - whee is gone but does our abs work? it's never engaged and don't know if it will. we are also now working with an independent garage to solve our summer stalling out problem.  view

The windshield wipers on my truck will work intermittently and then quit functionin until the truck is turned off for awhile. it has become an extreme hazardous for my family and i to drive in the rain. i own and/or operate two additional gm vehicle that had a safety recall on the windshield wiper motor control board. since i and my stepson bought this truck used, i contacted chevrolet to see if a safety recall had been issued for my 1994 truck. by the described malfunction in the recall it seemed that my 1994 truck had a defective part. i called chevrolet's 1-800 consumer satisfaction number. basically, after many calls and arguments the women i spoke with said that "the recall did apply to the part in my truck, but chevrolet would not pay for the repairs due to the age and mileage of the truck". however, they did say that "there is an open campaign on the brake light switch". i asked them how could the age and milege of the truck eliminate the windshield wiper recall and not the brake light switch recall. they could not answer this. my complaint is that, the two other vehicles that operate that had wiper recalls are not experiencing any problems with the wipers and have been fixed, the one truck that i am experiencing problems with the wipers, chevy will not fix. i have tired numerous time to get through on the telephone and left voice mail messages to return my call at nhtsa and have not gotten a response. your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.  view

Driver side rear disc brakes, due to engineering design,(calipers on front of rotor) will not clean debris (mud,sand, gravel) from surface of rotor, this has resulted in two rotors being grounded into cooling web. can result in shoes locking rotor and causing major accident. we also have a 1999 ford f550 with the same problem , resulting in 3 rotor changes. we operate commercially in sand, mud (offroad).  view

Driver side rear disc brakes, due to engineering design,(calipers on front of rotor) will not clean debris (mud,sand, gravel) from surface of rotor, this has resulted in two rotors being grounded into cooling web. can result in shoes locking rotor and causing major accident. we also have a 1999 ford f550 with the same problem , resulting in 3 rotor changes. we operate commercially in sand, mud (offroad).  view

Also problem with throttle body. all failures happened after 9800 miles. was told at 30,000 mile checkup that everything was ok, but obviously it wasn't.  view

Also problem with throttle body. all failures happened after 9800 miles. was told at 30,000 mile checkup that everything was ok, but obviously it wasn't.  view