Good looking, but still unreliable crap
Cuts out constantly, frighteningly expensive to fix.
Now won't start at all, possible starter problem.
Great looking car. Not much point looking good if it won't go!
As the cutting out problem is a design fault, Ford should fix it free of charge. Don't buy this car unless you have more money than sense.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 29th August, 2001
Can be good, can be bad, take care when buying
Front pads replaced twice, rear pads once.
Complete new exhaust, minus cat.
New battery.
Oil leak from the gearbox that won't go away.
Goes through front tyres very quickly.
Fuel cutoff switch activated leaving me stranded in middle of the motorway, not good. Switch replaced.
Overall quite impressed, biggest asset of the car is, strangely enough, the large boot. When you have two children under 3 a large boot is essential.
Generally the car has performed well, bags of grip and reasonable but not storming performance, you would expect that with 2.5 litres, 24 valves and over 160hp, it would go a little quicker, very smooth though. Fuel economy could be better, average around 29-30mpg (how does my friends 2.5 Vectra do 36mpg?).
Interior has stood up well to the kids and still provides a quiet journey with virtually no rattles or strange noises.
Ford dealers are very disappointing, but Ford Direct are very helpful.
One tip, make sure you are entitled to full no claims bonus before attempting to insure it, and live in a risk free area.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 1st July, 2001
Great car, with some pitfalls. Go for the V6
Stone chipped driving lamp.
New front tyres.
Bugger all else..... fantastic!!!
Seems to be a real hit or miss this car.
Performance and handling are superb from the GT.... Eats most things alive, if well driven.
As a member of the PGT Owners club UK, reliability is a key issue with most 'seasoned' Probe owners, and court cases against Ford (and their bad build quality) are on-going. Distributor failure, immobiliser problems, and rear brake caliper seizure are the more common faults to look out for.
'Ford-arri' looks perhaps a little too American for some Brit tastes, but simply looks great from the rear quarter. Fat tyres, low stance, and a real presence on the roads.
Shame they stopped making it....... and replaced it with the Cougar... never mind.
Buy carefully and enjoy!!!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 29th December, 2000
I deliver pizzas everyday with my 94 Probe GT. It makes my job a lot of fun. The only problems I've had are: That no good distributer (the thing really sucks), two CV joints and front rotors. Other than those minor things except for the distributer, it's been a really good pizza car.
Can you get parts for the distributor on a 94 v6 probe???
99% of the problems with this car are not Fords problem, they are Mazdas. Ford did the body and interior, the rest is Mazda. So don't say it has problems cause it's a Ford!
12th Oct 2001, 13:27
Well OK, I agree with you to some restraints, I have a Ford Probe L reg in white 16v, it also cuts out when driving and wouldn't start for a while. I took it to a tuning specialist, and have a few suggestions that will fix your problem mate at low cost:
1) Change the distributer cap and rotor arm (£29.99 for the cap and £6.99 for the arm).
2) Change the HT leads.
3) Just above the fuses inside the driver's foot well, there is a little blue box. This is your immobiliser - unplug it and spray the connections with anti rust stuff as this corrodes very easily.
Well that's your problem fixed! But now for some real truths about the Probe (before I go on I don't work for Ford), I recently on Sat 6th Oct 2001, was travalling down the middle lane of a 3 lane motorway, when some "idiot" in a small lorry, decided to swerve over into my lane (there was no traffic in front of him, and he was on a mobile!). So to avoid a collision with him (if I had collided with him, I would have killed him as I was doing a steady 80 MPH, and my car would have gone straight through his door and had his legs off), I swerved over into the fast lane, lost control over my car, did a few circles from the fast lane over to the slow lane, hit the crash barrier closest to the slow lane, flipped in the air, hit a service sign, and landed trapped with the driver's side down to the ground. I tell you mate, the Probe has a few problems, but they can be fixed cheap. If it wasn't for my Probe - I wouldn't be here today. I walked away from an accident that should have killed me with 6 stitches in my arm and whiplash. If you wanna see pics of the car now, feel free to e-mail me on chris3.smith@btinternet.com
And to be honest I would have another one, they're one of the finest cars that I have ever bought (all the rest of the Ford range are crap!)