When stopped at a red light A/C went warm, and temperature gauge started climbing. Took vehicle to the dealer. Dealer stated that engine coolant fan went bad, causing the vehicle to overheat. Also, fuses melted into the disribution box. Vehicle could have caught on fire.
1994 Ford Thunderbird electrical complaints
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6 months after purchasing the vehicle, transmission failed, was rebuilt. In 1998 had to have the rotors, pads and calibers replaced. Also, in 1998, head gaskets blew, had to replace. In 1999, pcv and pcp valve replace, oil sensor, dashboard guage module replaced. Now in august of 1999, transmission is slipping again. Needs to be replaced.
Automatic transmission shifts out of overdrive at a speed of approximately 40-60 MPH . Car loses all power and acts like transmission has gone into neutral. When this problem happens you can push sometimes on the accelerator and the transmission seems to feel like it slips and the tach rpms go to almost 6000 RPM before the car will sometimes shift back into drive. Car has had the main computer replaced twice, and the transmission valve body has been replaced at the transmission repair shop per their advice but the problem still persists. .........please try to advise me of a possible solution to the problem. I have a friend that has the same model of car and the same year who is experiencing the sam sort of problem.
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Torque converter replaced at 35,000 miles. Car never ran the same. This car has had all tune ups checks, and service dates kept. Has had 1 driver. Has never been "beat on" . Transmission specialist has had many 1994 ford thunderbirds with problems in 2nd gear in transmission. The gear is gone! It just spins in passing gear. He stated that ford knows and has changed equipment, but not notifying anyone. Also, computor problems.
Premature wear of front brake rotors and pads. Also, replaced 2 alternators/four batteries/burned out brake light socket/wiring/transmission. Also battery gauge jumps all ove rwhen using turn signals or electric windows.
The eec wiring (two harnesses for the transmission) failed. The failure caused the engine and transmission to operate erratically. The dealer states that the failure was due to water and snow splashing up onto the wiring causing a great deal of corrosion. The replacement parts will be the same as the original parts. No other measures are suggested by the manufacturer to avoid this problem in the future. The wiring in question should have been adequately shielded in order to prevent the exposure that caused the corrosion.
Numerous electrical problems.
The car was parked in front of the apartment when the car was on fire. The fire department stated that the fire came from the dash board.
Under the hood engine compartment fire, vehicle had been driven and parked, electrical short. Tt
Transmission failure.
Parked vehicle in parking lot suddenly vehicle caught on fire underneath the hood. Tt
Computer failure, causing rough idling.
While coming down steep incline at speed 0f 65 MPH, lost all power. Tt
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