1992 Ford Tempo Electrical system Problems

“Smoking like a cigarette from the steering column Ford dealer in athens,ohio said my car had no recall I am afaid it will catch on fire like my brothers 1985 Ford Tempo they never got a thing for there car. It went up in flames in a minute. I want Ford to fix mine. Tell me how?”

“While driving my car from burdines hialeah parking lot, the steering wheel started smoking and I pulled into the first parking spot that I saw. I turned the car off, but the smoke continued to increase and finally the steering wheel caught on fire. The security guard in the parking lot used a fire extinguisher to kill the fire and the hialeah fire depart. Was also called and came in. When I called my mechanic regarding this issue, he told me it was weird, because he never heard of a steering wheel catching fire. I had the car towed at the mechanic. …”

“Nhtsa recall 96 v 071 000/imanufacturer's recall 95s28 concerning igturn signal and the headlights would work intermittently when start key chime would continue to go off even after removing the key. Consumer had to tap steering column to deactivate the chime. Dealer notified,and informed that this vehicle was not part of the recall due to VIN. Manufacturer stated that 1992 Tempo was not involved. Feel free to provide any further information.”

“The car has recently began to stall after stopping at lights and intersections, it usually stalls immediately after hitting the gas, pushing me into the middle of an intersection. After repeated attempts the car will usually restart within a couple of minutes. As far as the seat belts, after purchasing the car the driver side automatic seat belt stopped working it is now stuck in one position and will not move.”

“E83z-19980-a control assy. & 10 pin electrical connector e83b-14a468-b....seems the chip inside the control panel fails, causing the connector block and the control panel to overheat, therefore melting both, especially around 12 awg (power wires) brn/org in particular. Don't know whether high setting should be avoided to prevent furthur electrical fires...but I feel this problem should be investigated.”