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1996 Ford Thunderbird lighting problems

15 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 1996 Ford Thunderbird, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
15 5% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

96 ford thunderbird headlight switch shortingsmoking headlights out. Kevin vanoy, astorg ford parkersburg, wv says this is common. He ordered part said mechanic separated wires and ordered parts. Said no more problems drive away. Lights still go out melting wires. Glen dethy carriage ford clarksville, in orders parkersburg to send parts to in, but will charge $100 extra to install, neither dealer would run a hot wire with a cabin swith to let custonmer safely have lights.

Reported at 69,999 miles, April 2004 Injury

Other problems reported for the 1996 Ford Thunderbird

Lighting problems in other years

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Lighting problems across all Ford models