1993 Ford Tempo Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Fan motor over heats, makes a sound like something electrical is shorting out and smokes. Has completely stopped working. We have have to replace the fuel injections sytem and the battery. The car shocks you eveytime you touch it. It feels like it is skipping gears when you turn also. We are constantly replacing something on it and it has become a real pain.”

“The motor and/or transmission mounts on the described vehicle have failed three(3) times, the first as noted, occurred after only 18,000 miles and at the time the car had just passed the 36 month new car warranty. Wade Ford in smyrna ,ga replaced the mounts the first time at no labor charge...only parts because the date was so close to the warranty expiration. Since then, the mounts have failed two more times. I would like to know if any other car owners of this make/model have had this problem?”

“While driving in traffic the rear transmission mount fell off causing vehicle to lose power steering & went right into park. Took vehicle to dealer and they replaced it with a m6056 after market sealed- power mount.”

“Speed odometer keeps going out. This happens at 45 miles per hour. Needle jumps and kind of sticks in place. Consumer stated this was fourth speed odometer replace in 125,000 miles.”

“Transmission mount has sheared 4 times since 85,000 miles each time resulting only in an annoying thunk going into reverse except this time when it sheared at bottom it allowed the transaxle to fall down 6 inches, forcing park while accelerating, jamming the crank pulley and ripping out the left half shaft. I am appalled that Ford would not think of a catch plate to fit under the mount area forward and or a safety wire around the mount's two studs to disallow falling to the street level which it did at 5mph accelerating to a intersection. …”