SYSTEM: AXLE REAR SHAFT FLANGE/SUSPENSION.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS. INSPECTION OF VEHICLES AND WHERE NECESSARY REPLACE REAR AXLE SHAFTS AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS. ALSO AN IMPROPERLY SEATED ROTOR COULD IN TIME RESULT IN A REDUCTION INTHE CLAMPING FORCES OF THE WHEEL STUDS, POSSIBLY LEADING TO FRACTURED STUDSAND REAR WHEEL SEPARATION. THE INTERFERENCE COULD PREVENT PROPER SEATING OF THEROTOR. ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-80.Ī DESIGN CHANGE TO FACILITATE CHANGEOVER IN REAR AXLE SHAFT FLANGES INADVERTENTLY PRODUCED THE POSSIBILITY FOR INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE FLANGE AND DISC BRAKE ROTOR. NOTE: OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, SHOULD CONTACT FORD AT 1-80. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER AND MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING, SMOKE, AND POSSIBLY FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA OF THE VEHICLE.ĭEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH. Unfortunately, it wasn't.THE IGNITION SWITCH COULD EXPERIENCE AN INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT. It could have been Ford's answer to the Buick GNX. That's too bad, because it could have been a great luxury sports coupe. The Turbo Coupe had all the potential for significant performance, but yet it's just not there. Ford Thunderbird (not for airbags) 1983-88 Rear ADDCO High Grade Steel with Durable Black Powder Coated Finish to resist corrosion. It felt like a car that was built to meet a safe middle ground on a spec sheet so it wouldn't threaten the Mustang. If you got the automatic, that was reduced to 150 horsepower.

Select your specific body style and options below to find replacement speakers, subs, stereos. It also got a standard five-speed manual transmission and a limited-slip differential to improve performance.īut still, the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe only got 190 horsepower. Find car audio products that work with your 1988 Ford Thunderbird. Multi-port fuel injection, a 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, four-wheel disc brakes with ABS, automatic dampening, and automatic headlights. One of the more interesting ones was the Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe.įor the time, it offered some seriously advanced technology.

The Fox-body Mustang gets most of the attention from car enthusiasts these days, but it wasn't the only car Ford built on the Fox platform in the 1980s.

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