1991 Ford Probe problems
NHTSA has received 198 complaints about the 1991 Ford Probe, and 75% of them involve seat belts. After that come wipers, windshield & visibility (7%) and engine (3%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 198 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 75% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 15,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 14 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 15,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Ford Probe with enough data (72 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer was hit in the front and the seat belt retractor failed, consumer hit the steering consumer states she was involved in an auto accident with another vehicle that was making an illegal left hand turn, and pulled out in front of her, which resulted in a front end collision and consumer hit the steering wheel which resulted in a deeply bruised sternum, consumer felt that shoulder belt did not hold her in enough to restrain from the impact, it was a low speed impact, consumer states she does have some…
Consumer was in an accident and the seat belt retractor restraint her but tightened up . 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.
Failure on the driver side seat belt retractor, passive restraint failure, experiencing component malfuction, causing injury to the driver ea94-032a.
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.
Tl*the contact owns a 1991 ford probe. Whenever the contact drove the vehicle at various speeds to include approximately 60 MPH, using the cruise control the vehicle speed increased. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current and failure mileages were 113000.