1986 Ford Thunderbird defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1986 Ford Thunderbird. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• SEATBACK FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA86010 · opened Mar 26, 1986 · closed Jul 28, 1989 · led to recall 86V082000

  Summary of information from manufacturer:ford believes that the al-leged defect only occurs in a small number of the subject vehicles andrecalled about 195,732 1984 tempo/topaz vehicles in june 1986.analysis: vehicles potentially involved include tempo/topaz, escort/lynx/exp, mustang/capri, ltd/marquis, and thunderbird…