The 1987 Ford Thunderbird has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 3,600,000 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 73 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the seat belts. Last updated July 5, 2026.
SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.
COUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.
INSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.
“The electric wires on the vehicle melted and burned. *bf *tc”
“While driving vehicle stalled. Consumer states vehicle accelerates by itself and that the gas pedal goes up and down on its own, consumer states this has happened numerous times. *slc”
“While driving vehicle stalled. Consumer states vehicle accelerates by itself and that the gas pedal goes up and down on its own, consumer states this has happened numerous times. *slc”
“Our car kept wanting to die at stoplights and we took it to our mechanic several times to get it fixed, but, they never could quit get it right. At 3:30am on 07/06/2000 I smelled smoke in the house and it woke me up from a sound sleep. I got up to see were the smoke was coming from and it was…”
“All of the incidents that I have reported in this form are related! Our car kept wanting to die at stoplights and we took it to our mechanic several times to get it fixed, but, they never could quite get it right. At 3:30 am. On 07/06/2000, I smelled smoke in the house and it awoke me from a sound…”
“All of the incidents that I have reported in this form are related! Our car kept wanting to die at stoplights and we took it to our mechanic several times to get it fixed, but, they never could quite get it right. At 3:30 am. On 07/06/2000, I smelled smoke in the house and it awoke me from a sound…”
“All of the incidents that I have reported in this form are related! Our car kept wanting to die at stoplights and we took it to our mechanic several times to get it fixed, but, they never could quite get it right. At 3:30 am. On 07/06/2000, I smelled smoke in the house and it awoke me from a sound…”
“Consumer drove car and brakes were not good. When driving at about 50 miles car would shimmy badly. *ak”
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Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1987 Ford Thunderbird as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.