general problems of the 1997 Ford Thunderbird

Two problems related to suspension have been reported for the 1997 Ford Thunderbird. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Suspension problem

Failure Date: 10/10/1999

Steering shudders, dealer and Ford engineer can't fix after 7 attempts. Ford should be slapped for this. They have stopped trying to fix it and will not refund my money for this piece of ignorantly designed junk.

2 Suspension problem

Failure Date: 10/01/1999

Unsafe unintended acceleration on more than one occasion/steering shakes consistantly.




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