Ford Tempo stalling problems

Filed Sep 15, 2009 · Electrical · 95,000 miles · OR

Tl*the contact owns a 1993 ford tempo. While driving approximately 35 to 40 MPH on normal road conditions; the vehicle stalled without warning. The engine restarted and resumed operation; however, it stalled on three times. The vehicle was inspected by a certified mechanic. The failure was contributed to the ignition module which has not been repaired. The contact had concerns of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 95,000 and the current mileage was 96,000.

Filed Mar 5, 2008 · Engine · 99,900 miles · AZ

Tl*the contact owns a 1994 ford tempo. While driving 35 MPH, the engine stalled and the service engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle restarted after ten minutes. The vehicle has not been inspected by a dealer. The failure mileage was 99,900 and current mileage was 100,000.

Filed Oct 23, 2007 · Engine · IN

1991 ford tempo started smoking and then debris flew off and hit the vehicle behind her. *kb the consumer stated the vehicle stalled as she attempted to pull over to the side of the road. The consumer exited the vehicle and looked under it and discovered oil was leaking and piece of from the vehicle was missing. (ohio traffic crash report)

Filed Oct 24, 2004 · Fuel system · 78,000 miles · CA

Intermitently random stalling. Car will not start for a few minutes. Then, everything seems okay, and car runs fine. Consumer isoalted problem to fuel pump relay inside "constant control" relay box. Replacing this module completely corrected problem. You can isolate this problem by putting a volt-meter on input and output of relay. Then, when problem occurs, the input will be high (12v), but there will be no output from relay, proving bad relay. I have kept this module if wanted for testing/inspection. Consumers having stalling problem can contact me at [email protected] (remove "nospam.)

Filed Apr 6, 2004 · Engine · 82,895 miles · MN

I have had multiple problems with the vehicle stalling. At a stop, the vehicle's idle speed varies and starts to shake and will stall if I don't put the car in neutral. Sometimes it has stalled even after putting it in neutral. I have recently had a tune-up and my gas filter replaced, with no results.

Filed Jun 30, 2003 · Engine · CA

Consumer states that the vehicle stalls intermittently while driving.

Filed Mar 8, 2003 · Body, Engine · 55 miles · MN

1.) rough idle, and oil light intermittently comes on when idling and only goes off when accelerating, but often stalls out, and doesn't want to re-start. (had oil changed twice to get excess gas out of it from trying to start it.) had to tow car three times. Paid $1,000 to try to get it fixed, but on the way home it did the same thing. 2.) cooling fan quit working and car overheated and I paid to have the radiator replaced, as petcock was leaking. Mechanic didn't notice that fan wasn't working, so it overheated on the way home with a new radiator. I figured that out. Once the fan was replaced with a working fan, no more overheating. After-market radiator was bigger than the original, causing the at fluid line to get sawed off by the pulley 3 times, before someone just plugged the line and installed a separate at fluid "mini radiator type" cooler. 3.) transmission drags; car has just over 70,000 miles on it. Has repeatable problem when starting out and shifting from first to second gear, usually jerking forward when it shifts. Putting car into drive after starting it usually ends up in the car stalling, and the idle is different when it's in gear than when in park or neutral. 4.) I received a notice about a class action settlement regarding a defective tfi module, but every mechanic I spoke with said that wasn't the problem, but the notice said that a bad tfi module wouldn't necessarily always make the car stall when it's going bad, just sometimes. Stalled in rush hour once. 5.) the driver side automatic seatbelt quit working, which caused the plastic guide for the belt to break, and when I went to ford to try to get the part, they couldn't figure out which one it was, and said that they weren't planning to have the parts available after 2002 anyway. Often, I about got strangled, as did others who rode in my tempo, when we opened the door to get out of the car. 6.)from the car overheating, the finish on the hood is peeling and cracking.

Filed Apr 23, 2002 · Engine · OH

Vehicle stalls intermittently while driving. Dealer and manufacturer were not notified. Feel free to provide any further information.

Filed Apr 21, 2002 · Electrical · MD

I have just become aware that the problem I am having with my vehicle stalling is due to a tfi module that ford is aware there is a problem with. I have stalled many times in traffic and there have been many times I've almost been hit as a result of this. I drive with a toddler in the car and have been fortunate that we have avoided injury thus far. This is a known problem and someone needs to make ford take responsibility for this problem before another life is lost.

Filed Mar 5, 2002 · Electrical, Engine · NE · crash · 1 injury

While driving 40mph and without warning, engine stalled, consumer applied brakes and vehicle did not stop resulting in a collision, which totaled vehicle. Prior to the accident vehicle shut off 4 times, dealer replaced battery, alternator, plugs/wires, and starter but this did not correct the problem.