Vehicle profile
1985 Ford Thunderbird
Base · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 150 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 2.3L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 3-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
- Doors
- 2
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- Most-affected system
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1985 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
85V025000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDERBRAKE MASTER CYLINDERS MAY HAVE IMPROPERLY ANODIZED INTERNAL SURFACES CAUSING ACCELERATED WEAR OF A PISTON SEAL. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: ONE PORTION OF THE SPLIT BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD BECOME INEFFECTIVE RESULTING IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DRIVER WOULD BE WARNED BY INCREASED PEDAL TRAVEL AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT.
Remedy: MASTER CYLINDERS BUILT ON JANUARY 9, 1985 WILL BE REPLACED.
11/03/1985
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"year": 1985,
"make": "Ford",
"model": "Thunderbird",
"trim": "Thunderbird",
"submodel": "Base",
"horsepower": 150,
"cylinders": 4,
"displacement_l": 2.3,
"transmission": "Automatic 3-spd",
"drive_type": "RWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Compact Cars",
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"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 1
}Compare
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