2.8

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
52,257 miles

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1997 Ford Thunderbird body / paint problems

body / paint problem

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1997 Ford Thunderbird Owner Comments

problem #3

Oct 012012

Thunderbird 8-cyl

  • 101,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I smell gas when driving at high speed of 60 and above on freeway mostly. Once in a while I can smell it when driving at lower speeds of 25 -30mph. I used to think that I had spilled gas on the outside of car when it first started happening, but now a year later, I still smell gas and I do smoke in my car, but when I smell the gas, I will put the cigarette out. Is there some kind of recall on this problem, that can repair it. I have put $4000 into restoring the car and I and putting another $800 into it next week, November 2013, to replace all of the belts around the engine. I have already rebuilt the transmission for $1800 at aamco, and put a $2200 paint job on it, before I knew of the gas smell. I have also replaced alternator and battery. Am I fighting a losing battle with this car?

- Long Beach, CA, USA

problem #2

Jul 032011

Thunderbird 8-cyl

  • 55,770 miles
The plastic intake manifold on my 1997 Ford Thunderbird cracked spilling out all my coolant and causing my engine to overheat, this is a design flaw that should be coverd by Ford Motor Company, this happend while driving down gratiot ave. In roseville mi at 40 miles per hour with no previous warning, this failure happend 7/3/2011 Saturday over the forth of July weekend, where I couldn't get it to a open Ford dealership, now I connot use my vehical for work Monday 7/4/2011. Will this repair be coverd by Ford Motor Company?

- Roseville, MI, USA

problem #1

Aug 111997

Thunderbird

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Water leaking into passenger side floor due to plug around wiring harness not in place.

- Altoona, PA, USA

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