Ford Probe: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the Ford Probe, model years 1984 to 1999. NHTSA has 1,193 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 11 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 15 May 2019. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Ford Probe: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
1999 Ford Probe NHTSA page	0	1	1%
1997 Ford Probe	1	27	25%	5,700
1996 Ford Probe	1	52	48%	2,740
1995 Ford Probe	0	86	79%
1994 Ford Probe	1	166	153%	217
1993 Ford Probe	1	205	189%	3,700
1992 Ford Probe	2	79	73%	448,000
1991 Ford Probe	3	177	163%	455,700
1990 Ford Probe	3	323	298%	450,900
1989 Ford Probe	0	76	70%
1984 Ford Probe NHTSA page	0	1	1%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

1,482 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Ford Probe: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Seat Belts	372.5	552
Engine and Engine Cooling	97.2	144
Electrical System	86.4	128
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	81.6	121
Power Train	79.6	118
Air Bags	36.4	54
Steering	33.7	50
Visibility	33.1	49
Structure	25	37
Vehicle Speed Control	20.2	30

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Ford Probe, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1996, with 3 campaigns.

Complaints about the Ford Probe, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 279 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Explorer142 campaigns
F-150169 campaigns
Taurus69 campaigns
Focus36 campaigns
Windstar33 campaigns
Escape95 campaigns
Fusion46 campaigns
Ranger102 campaigns
Mustang105 campaigns
Edge43 campaigns
Expedition77 campaigns
Escort35 campaigns
F-25054 campaigns
Freestyle2 campaigns
Contour22 campaigns
F-250 SD68 campaigns
Crown Victoria47 campaigns
F-35050 campaigns
Freestar5 campaigns
Thunderbird50 campaigns
Aerostar23 campaigns
Fiesta15 campaigns
F-350 SD78 campaigns
Tempo11 campaigns
Escape Hybrid2 campaigns
Excursion11 campaigns
Five Hundred3 campaigns
E-350101 campaigns
E-15048 campaigns
Flex14 campaigns
Econoline58 campaigns
Fusion Hybrid2 campaigns
F15046 campaigns
Explorer Sport5 campaigns
Mustang GT1 campaign
Explorer Sport Trac7 campaigns
Bronco83 campaigns
F Super Duty12 campaigns
F-550 SD71 campaigns
F-450 SD87 campaigns
F25073 campaigns
E-45050 campaigns
Ford23 campaigns
F Series10 campaigns
Ford Truck8 campaigns
E-25073 campaigns
Bronco II10 campaigns
Aspire2 campaigns
5001 campaign
Transit Connect31 campaigns
Festiva2 campaigns
Club Wagon24 campaigns
Focus Electric4 campaigns
Taurus X1 campaign
Transit65 campaigns
F35062 campaigns
Mustang Convertible0 campaigns
CVPI3 campaigns
C-Max12 campaigns
Taurus SHO2 campaigns

Ford: all 201 model lines

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Ford Probe: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/probe/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Ford Probe model years have the most recall campaigns?: 1991 with 3, 1990 with 3, 1992 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Ford Probe model year has the most complaints?: The 1990 model year, with 323 of the 1,193 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Ford Probe name?: Seat Belts: 372.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 97.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 86.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Ford Probe?: 10 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.