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1990 Ford Thunderbird cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 17 complaints for the 1990 Ford Thunderbird, 9% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
17 10% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Auto-trans: while coming out of garage with foot on brakes to shift from park to drive engine accelerated to high speed;hit two parked cars;no warning. Tt

April 1995 CrashInjury

Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 30 MPH on dry flat road conditions, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The brakes were applied and kept the vehicle from further accelerating. The vehicle pulled over without incident. The contact let the vehicle cool down for an hour, and then drove to the residence. The contact noticed a NHTSA recall#96v071000 regarding electrical system: ignition on the NHTSA website.

Reported at 155,000 miles, October 2006

Other problems reported for the 1990 Ford Thunderbird

Cruise control problems in other years

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