Water pump (2x, first time when it was a year and a half old), fuel pump alternator, engine seals (entire engine taken apart and resealed).
Total cost of repairs in 1st five years $3,000. NOTHING was covered by the manufacturers warranty, the reseal would have been covered by the 3rd party extended warranty but the 3rd party went bankrupt right before this work was done.
I know water pumps wear out but I have NEVER had one wear out on a new car in 18 months. This car was garbage from the get go. I learned my lesson. Henry Ford would be ashamed of this piece of sCrap.
I own a 1986 Ford Tempo Sport and am very pleased with it. I have owned it since it was new. I had a couple of minor problems with it that were covered by Ford. I currently have 210,000 miles on the car and other than normal wear items (shocks, tires, brakes) it has been a great car. Especially since I only paid $9600 for it out the showroom door.
If Henry Ford were still around, or at least his son Edsel, the car would not have been crap. If you hate the Ford version, Buy the revised Mercury Topaz. They came out a year after the Tempo, so most of the bugs were usually fixed.
No, the Tempo and Topaz both came out in Spring 1983 as early release 1984 models.
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