1990 Ford Falcon EA from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

I have an EA Falcon and it is the best car ever. It has 194000 on the clock and there is nothing wrong with it. I have looked after it for the past 10 years and so it's still going. They will go forever if you look after them.

I think the only problem with EA Falcons is that they were made from thinner sheet metal.

Only prob with mine is that it has a 3 speed auto.

Bad for the wallet.

I owned an EA for 7 years. Had no problems at all. At one time I thought the auto went bad, wouldn't change properly etc. Found out that the earth strap had come off. They do have electronics. Mechanic told me this happens a lot and people not in the know think that it is crook and replace it.

Those that have overheating problems; it isn't a fault of the car if you don't keep up with the proper additives (the green stuff) in the radiator water. It blocks the radiator cores and the motor runs hot.

People complaining about a 20 year old car having problems and they will never buy another one. Do you expect them to stay new forever.?

I have a 1990 EA. It has done 441,000 ks, and apart from the head gasket, it has given no trouble in the past five years.

I love it, it is great fun to drive with a bench seat, and if you don't thrash it, the petrol consumption is not to hard on the pocket. Would have another one any day.

Well "you only buy one Ford". I would only own one Holden, unreliable weak rubbish that cannot handle a hiding. I've owned 3 ED Fairmonts and the only things I have ever needed to be replaced was the ball joints, but at 230,000km that is expected.

I have had 0 electrical and 0 motor issues, nothing like that, but the EB-ED variants are FAR better then the EA. You never buy a "first of the series" model, there WILL be problems, and these are ironed out by the time the later series are released IE EB-ED, I have never had head gasket issues, as I have put in EL-AU hybrid and AU motors in for performance upgrades, and they are an AWESOME motor.

ED Fairmont looks sexy, they are comfortable, well optioned luxury and very easy to make a fast weapon/sleeper.