1991 Ford Tempo electrical system problems
27 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 1991 Ford Tempo, which is 19% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 19% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 4 fires.
What owners wrote
Owner got into vehicle, which was parked at work, started vehicle, pulled out of parking space about 2 ft., noticed flames coming from under the hood, owner put out flames, fire dept arrived but flames was already out
Traveling at a speed of 60 MPH the car began to slow down rapidly the windshieldwipers began slowing down and the car was losing power a new alternator was installed a week prior when I popped the hood there was a smell of burning wires and the wires coming from the car to the alternator were completely melted, and there was no connection to the alternator.