1997 Ford Probe: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1997 Ford Probe. The campaign is 98V206002. NHTSA received the report on 3 Nov 1998. The NHTSA record gives the component Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine. NHTSA has 27 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 98V206002, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the tensioner and replace it if necessary.
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.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 5,700 units in total.
98V206002Received . 5,700 units.
Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. An external spring in the timing belt tensioner can break and get caught in the timing belt.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This condition can result in possible engine stalling.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the tensioner and replace it if necessary.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
27 complaints, 38 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 15 |
| Electrical System | 5 |
| Air Bags | 4 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 3 |
| Power Train | 3 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Suspension | 2 |
| Tires | 2 |
| Visibility | 1 |
| Seat Belts | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 5
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 3
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 14 Sep 2006
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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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.
- NHTSA page of the 1997 Ford ProbeThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1997 Ford Probe: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/probe/1997/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1997 Ford Probe?
- 5,700 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Ford Probe have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the Ford Probe, model years 1984 to 1999. 1 of them names the 1997 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1997 Ford Probe name most often?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 15 of 38 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1997 Ford Probe open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.