2004 Ford Thunderbird problems, complaints & recalls

2021-09-27 · Engine · 40,526 mi

“the contact owns a 2004 ford thunderbird. the contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact approached a stop sign and the vehicle stopped as needed; however, after the contact depressed on the accelerator pedal, the vehicle began to misfire and shuddered for several minutes. the contact took the vehicle to the local dealer who …”

2020-10-14 · Vehicle Speed Control · 10,000 mi

“have replaced via ford dealer throttle control sensor twice. first repair 2007. second repair 2014, and now in 2020. i am facing same problem again. obviously the control system is defective. the problem triggers vehicle limp mode while driving and in park.…”

2020-08-26 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 89,000 mi

“tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford thunderbird. the contact stated that while inside the vehicle, an abnormal odor appeared as the check engine warning light illuminated. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who changed the oil and noticed fuel leaking from the fuel tank. the contact mentioned that the failure was currently still being ex…”

2017-05-04 · Engine

“2004 ford thunderbird. consumer writes in regards to defective ignition coils causes engine to mis-fire, dealership replaced defective coils under extended one-time warranty repair. consumer states engine mis-fire still exists. *smd the consumer stated the engine misfired due to defective ignition coils. two coils were replaced under warran…”

2017-01-20 · Engine · 33,130 mi

“vehicle unexpectedly lost power upon mild acceleration on a city street and developed a rough, skipping and hesitant idle upon warm up. we immediately brought the car in for evaluation at the sarat ford dealership in agawam, ma. they diagnosed the dreaded thunderbird coil on plug failure in this vehicle at only 33,165 total miles. being that thi…”

2016-06-08 · Vehicle Speed Control · 2,000 mi

“on three occasions auto accelerated on its own. tried to break to no avail. kept going faster. shifted to neutral, engine kept racing. was very difficult to stop vehicle. went to dealer. they could not find the cause. .one event in a parking lot, one on the interstate and the other when approaching an intersection on a city street auto has only 10,…”

2015-10-18 · Power Train · 35,000 mi · 💥 crash

“driving on a highway at 50mph coming to a town and a red light i removed my foot from the gas pedal and applied the brakes the car did not slow i applied more pressure on the brakes the car slowed some but the engine kept reving the transmission was not down shifting the car was not stopping i grabbed the shift lever and switched gears but to late …”

2015-04-23 · Power Train · 60,000 mi

“tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford thunderbird. the contact stated that the key was extremely difficult to turn over to start the vehicle. in addition, the vehicle stalled on numerous occasions without warning. the vehicle was taken to the dealer several times and they replaced the filter, the rear module, the vapor management valve, the vent solenoi…”

2014-10-28 · Vehicle Speed Control · 83,000 mi

“as i was parking my car, it suddenly accelerated at a very high rate of speed. i was parking by a wooded area, and was propelled about 2 car lengths into the bushes in the woods (barely missing a tree) before i was able to stop the car. not certain if the car stopped because of my braking, or because the thick bushes would not permit the car to t…”

2014-09-12 · Engine · 34,200 mi

“tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford thunderbird. the contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 mph, there was an abnormal noise coming from the vehicle. the contact also stated that the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning light illuminated. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition coils were misfi…”