1994 Ford Thunderbird LX from North America - Comments

A small bolt in the rear suspension linkage was worn, and made a small noise when turning. I replaced it with a similar bolt from Lowe's for about $1. That's it.

The downside to this car is the headlamp plastic shell can get cloudy over time and reduce light output.

The upsides to this car:

Motor. Runs strong, and runs forever. I have seen several over 200,000 mile and even a few over 400,000 miles (Crown Vic taxis). Very quiet with modern spark control versus older cap and rotor.)

Transmission. Shifts for the older crowd, but basically bulletproof. The 1-2 accumulator spring can break in these. As long as that cheap part is fixed promptly, the rest of the transmission will live forever.

Suspension. Modern independent rear provides a very smooth ride on the highway while soaking up bumps with ease. This is the only car I have owned that has no rattles or squeaks when going over rough pavement. To me this is a highway car.

Interior. Seats are very comfortable, even for 5+ hours. Controls and dash layout are in just the right places. Air conditioning blows ice cold, even I have to back off the a/c a little sometimes. Heat will bake you right out of the car if you let it. I love the variable fan speed.

My 1994 thunderbird lx has a small noise in the rear end during turning maneuvers. What bolt did you replace to quite yours rear end down?

dlldchambers@earthlink.net.

I have a 1995 T-Bird LX with a 4.6L V8. I now have about 205,000 miles on it and it runs great. the only recent issue I have with it is the heater core that is going out, its making my windsheld fog and coolant is leaking on the passenger floor board. I thought I needed a new catylic converter because it was raddling ang my engine light came on, and I was lucky to find out that it was all due to a loose senisor mounted on the rear converter. The shop I took it to just tighten it up, and it stoped the raddling sound not to mention my engine light went off, and he didn't even charge me for it. Another suprising thing was that he told me that my car was really like a 1996 because of the production date. it turns out I have three converters and a OBD 2 set up which was put on all cars from 1996 and up. my car was one of the late production models of 1995 so I got the 1996 models set up. other than that the car is great and never anything major hapeens to it.