1987 FORD BRONCO II

3 recalls, 43 complaints - 18 TSBs

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

Defect Description

SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.

Consequence

COUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.

Remedy

INSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.

3,600,000 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

Defect Description

STICKERS CONCERNING HANDLING AND MANEUVERABILITY WHICH ARE AFFIXED TO DRIVERS SUN VISOR SLEEVES DO NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR PERMANENT ADHESION.

Consequence

VEHICLES DO NOT MEET FORMATS SPECIFIED BY PARTS 573 AND579 OF 49CFR.

Remedy

OWNERS WILL BE MAILED NEW SUN VISOR SLEEVES WITH ALL APPLICABLE DECAL INFORMATION PERMANENTLY AFFIXED.

17,420 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS

Defect Description

ALUMINUM WHEELS MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WITH IMPROPER LUG NUTS.

Consequence

WHEEL COULD BECOME LOOSE OR EVEN SEPARATE FROM THE HUBAND AXLE ASSEMBLY WHILE THE VEHICE IS IN MOTION.

Remedy

CHANGE TAPERED STYLE LUG NUTS TO SHORT SHANK STYLE LUG NUTS.

84 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: AVIATOR VAN CONVERSIONS

Complaint Statistics

43 total complaints 5 crashes 15 fires 7 injuries 1 deaths

Top Reported Components

Component	Complaints
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	6
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY	4
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM	3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION	3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING	3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD	3
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS	2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	2
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	2

Incident date: Jan 1, 2001

BOUGHT THE BRONCO AND STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT, IT STARTED SPUTTING LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS WHEN IT WAS FULL(I JUST PUT A FULL TANK IN IT WHEN I PICKED IT UP AT A FRIENDS. *JB

Fire 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 1, 2001

BOUGHT THE BRONCO AND STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT, IT STARTED SPUTTING LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS WHEN IT WAS FULL(I JUST PUT A FULL TANK IN IT WHEN I PICKED IT UP AT A FRIENDS. *JB

Fire 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 1, 2001

MY FORD BRONCO II, 1987, WENT UP IN FLAMES. IT WAS LEAKING GAS, THE SMELL WAS REALLY STRONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A BURST OF FLAMES. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT . *JB

Fire 1 injured

THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE COIL, IGNITION SWITCH, BATTERY, EXHAUST SYSTEM AND ALSO A TUNE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, IT WAS DETERMINED A WIRE WAS NOT GROUNDED CORRECTLY. *TS *JB

Fire

Incident date: Mar 10, 2003

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 55 MPH A CLOUD OF SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. WHEN PULLED OVER AND HOOD LIFTED I NOTICED A FIRE ON DRIVER SIDE OF ENGINES. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPAIRS WERE GOING TO COST $2000 AND UP NOT CONSIDERING THE BLOCK THAT HAD ... Read more

Fire

Incident date: Aug 24, 2002

BRONCO WAS DRIVEN ABOUT 1/4 MILE FORM HOME AND THE MOTOR DIED, AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BUSTED INTO FLAMES.*AK

Fire

Incident date: Aug 24, 2002

BRONCO WAS DRIVEN ABOUT 1/4 MILE FORM HOME AND THE MOTOR DIED, AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BUSTED INTO FLAMES.*AK

Fire

Incident date: Aug 22, 2002

VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHILE IN PARK WHEN FIRST STARTING OUT, NARROWLY MISSING A PERSON, AND HITTING A BRICK WALL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Sep 5, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AFTER THE ENGINE GETS HOT THE ENGINE STALLS AT APROX. 30 TO 40 MPH. AFTER THE ENGINE COOLS THE CAR WILL RESTART AND RUN UNTIL IT GETS HOT AGAIN AND STALLS. THE DEALER SAID THEY CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM IN ANY SYSTEM .*AK

IGNITION MODULE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. HAD MODULE REPLACED 3 TIMES. COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Incident date: Sep 5, 2000

Incident date: Jul 11, 2000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE OF LIQUID COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF MY VEHICLE. UPON INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE I FOUND THAT ONE OF THE PLASTIC FUEL LINES WHICH RUNS FROM THE FUEL FILTER TO THE GAS TANK HAD A LARGE HOLE IN IT. THE AMOUNT OF GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THIS H... Read more

Incident date: Oct 23, 1999

WHILE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE FUEL SPILLED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

Fire

WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 40-50 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD LEFT FRONT ENGINE AREA, MELTING THE FUEL LINE/ BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, COULD NOT QUITE DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, STATED MECHANICAL FAILURE... Read more

Fire

Incident date: Aug 23, 1991

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAUSED TO FROZEN THROTTLE BODY LINKAGE AFTER REPAIRED VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SAME SYMPTONS HOWEVER NO REPAIR WORK DONE.

Incident date: Oct 1, 1997

PROBLEM WITH STICK SHIFTER.

Incident date: Oct 1, 1997

FUEL REGULATOR FAILURE CAUSES FUEL TO SPU ENGINE AND OUT THE BACK PIPE, CAUSING FIRE DANGER.

Incident date: Oct 1, 1997

SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF PEOPLE CRACKING THEIR SKULLS ON THE DOOR FRAME WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE. (QCAW)

Incident date: Oct 1, 1997

SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF PARTIAL ROLL OVER AND LOSS OF CONTROL. (QCAW)

WHILE DRIVING THE SEATBELT ANCHOR ATTACHMENT SEPARATED FROM THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

Incident date: Sep 20, 1997

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS STARTED UP, IT WOULD SURGES OUT OF CONTROL; WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY TAKES OFF. WOULD HAVE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. HAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK THE KEY IS OUT OF THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE ROLLS. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Incident date: Oct 24, 1997

ELECTRICAL: DROVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES TO WORK, PARKED THE TRUCK, WENT INTO WORK. 1/2 HOUR LATER RECEIVED A CALL THAT VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED , FIREMAN SAYS SEEMS TO BE ELECTRICAL, ENGINE BURNED COMPLETELY AND FRONT END COMPLETELY MELTED. *AK

Fire

Incident date: Oct 1, 1995

ENGINE FIRE.

Fire

Incident date: Aug 8, 1995

GASOLINE LEAK IN A RUBBER LINE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUEL INJECTION INTAKE PLENUM, CAUSING FIRE.

Fire

Incident date: Nov 25, 1996

HAD TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER BECAUSE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR HAD DETRERIORATED, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Incident date: May 4, 1996

VEHICLE ACCELERATED, VEERED OFF OF ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A TREE, KILLING THE DRIVER. AUTOPSY REPORTS INDICATES THAT DRIVER HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE.

Crash 1 deaths

Incident date: Oct 4, 1996

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED FORCE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE PEDAL STUCK, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAILS. *AK

Incident date: Sep 14, 1996

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING SHE SMELLED SOMETHING LIKE RUBBER BURNING. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE UNDER THE HOOD, FROM THE FIRE WALL TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE THE WIRES WERE BURNED.*AK

Fire

Incident date: Jun 1, 1987

SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH SECURELY, CAUSING IT TO OPEN WITH SLIGHT MOVEMENT OR TUG. *DSH

Incident date: Apr 13, 1996

EXPERIENCED SHORT IN THE HOOD WIRING HARNESS THAT CAUSED A FIRE. *AK

Fire

Incident date: Jun 1, 1989

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *DSH

Incident date: Dec 1, 1995

DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED.

Incident date: Jan 24, 1996

THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT AND THE SEAT BELT DIDN'T CATCH, CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Crash 1 injured

THE THROTTLE IS STICKING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. TT

Incident date: Jan 13, 1996

VEHICLES REAR ABS BRAKING SYSTEM AT 26,000 ON WET ROAD RIGHT REAR WHEEL LOCKED-UP 2 TIMES SPINNING TRUCK OUT OF CONTROL.FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 1, 1995

SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH OR SOMETIMES LET LOOSE WHEN BUCKLED. TT

Incident date: Jul 26, 1995

5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE, MADE A LOUD NOISE AND GEARS FAILED. TT

Incident date: Jan 15, 1995

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME UNATTACHED WHILE DRIVING. *SKD

Incident date: Jun 3, 1995

FIRE ORIGINATED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED THE ACTUAL CAUSE. TT

Fire

Incident date: Feb 24, 1995

WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH DRIVER HIT TREE TO STOP BECAUSE BRAKES FAILED. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 27, 1995

FUEL LINE COUPLING FAILED SPRAY ONTO ENGINE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Technical Service Bulletins, 1987 FORD BRONCO II

18 manufacturer communications from 18 unique bulletins. TSBs describe known problems and recommended fixes from the manufacturer.

Most Affected Components

Component	Bulletins
103000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	5
114000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING	2
103700 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER	2
131000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD	1
160000 STRUCTURE	1
190000 TIRES	1
063000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM	1
110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	1

980000 UNKNOWN OR OTHER

INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHARTS. *SLC

138600 VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HEATER CORE LEAKS. *SLC

103600 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

SUBJECT REGARDING CONTAMINATION FROM PRIOR TRANSMISSION CONCERNS OR EXCESS WEAR MAY BE TRAPPED IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING SYSTEM. *TT