1990 Ford Tempo L review from North America

Changed the two rear break lines. It is not funny when you find that you have no more break!

The alternator two times.

The radiator ($25 for an used one).

Two tide roden.

Two ball-joint.

I re-usinated my starter, but still don't give me the power to start up in Cold Quebec's winter at -30 Celsius. My country is not a country it's winter!

The gas pedal is hard to push at low rpm.

The motor is like an earthquake at 800 rpm. Maybe my gas wire is too slack. I must push the pedal gas at stop to prevent over-vibration an attain 1000 rpm at least.

The door are very hard to open even from inside. Need lubrication.

My transmission fluid line is leaking due to a bad between tubing.

Motor stall at winter and the battery is dead.

The red check engine soon light on dashboard is frequently on.

Now even if I changed battery and alternator, the charging circuit still don't give the power to recharge battery. Maybe it's the coil or starter's relay... will see it tomorrow.

It is my first car. The only advantage I see in tempo is that before owning a car, I knew nothing in car and the tempo give me many opportunities too learn myself how work ant how to repair a car because dawn at every 2-3 month something happens!

I find that elements in the hood are too much compacted and it's hard to attain part to repair it if you don't have a pit or a lift.

The advantage is that used piece are very cheap and not hard to find. You can have many used pieces for just $25-35: alternator, radiator, cap distributor.

Nonetheless, my tempo give me many adventures, but I don't recommend it to someones who don't know a good mecano in his family.