Ford Probe

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Ford Sedan 1995-1997

Verify with official recall databases, service records, a mechanic inspection, and local market data before relying on this summary.

At a glance

Vehicle coverage snapshot

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Page roleModel Hub
Make
Ford
Model
Ford Probe
Year range
1995-1997
Generation
Coverage for this page is given by model year rather than a confirmed generation.
Vehicle taxonomy
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What is on the record for the Ford Probe

Owner complaints for this model most often concern:

  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)84 (18.3%)
  • Engine68 (14.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1997.
  • Steering44 (9.6%)

Where a mileage was given (46 reports), it averaged 87,771 miles.

These are counts of records held, not a failure rate: no vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability score can be derived from it.

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Short answer

CarFaultIQ's corrected dataset covers the Ford Probe for 1995-1997. This page is a structured model hub; issue-specific claims remain evidence-gated.

Key takeaways

  • Supported years: 1995-1997 | Source market coverage: US and Canada | Structured catalogue hub only; no unverified fault claims

Ford Probe is represented in CarFaultIQ’s corrected vehicle catalogue for 1995-1997, with source coverage for US and Canada.

This catalogue hub is intended to organize verified model-year and configuration data. Recorded fuel categories: Premium Gasoline, Regular Gasoline. Recorded electrification categories: not yet summarized. Recorded drivetrain categories: FWD.

These fields describe structured dataset coverage only. Reliability, common-problem, recall, complaint, repair-cost and drivability claims should be added only when model-specific evidence has been verified.

Structured vehicle data

These fields are read live from the imported v3.1 vehicle tables. They are configuration coverage, not reliability or safety conclusions.

  • Fuel types: Premium Gasoline, Regular Gasoline
  • Electrification: Gasoline
  • Drivetrain: FWD
  • Total structured variants: 24

1997 structured configurations

MarketTrim/source labelFuelElectrificationDriveTransmission
CanadaPremium GasolineNot specifiedNot specifiedManual 5-speed
CanadaRegular GasolineNot specifiedNot specifiedAutomatic 4-speed
CanadaRegular GasolineNot specifiedNot specifiedManual 5-speed
CanadaPremium GasolineNot specifiedNot specifiedAutomatic 4-speed
USRegular GasolineGasolineFWDManual 5-speed
USPremium GasolineGasolineFWDAutomatic 4-speed
USRegular GasolineGasolineFWDAutomatic 4-speed
USPremium GasolineGasolineFWDManual 5-speed

Official evidence for this model

Coverage below spans the explicitly mapped model years. Records do not apply to every model year or configuration.

US safety recalls

6 distinct official identifiers · US

Campaigns matched to recorded model years. Only an official VIN check can confirm whether an individual vehicle is affected.

  • 06E065000 — model years 1995, 1996, 1997

    CERTAIN AJ MOTORSPORT COMBINATION LAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. COMBINATION LAMPS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

  • 06E026000 — model years 1995, 1996, 1997

    CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE…

  • 05E065000 — model years 1995, 1996, 1997

    CERTAIN SPX FILTRAN FUEL FILTERS WITH A 45-DEGREE ANGLE INLET TUBE, MODEL 800F350-S1, SOLD AS REPLACEMENT FILTERS FOR 1993-1997 FORD PROBE,1993-2001 MAZDA 626 AND MX-6, AND 1983-1994 LOYAL, 3-DOOR COUPE, HATCHBACK, SEDAN, WAGON, BRAT, DL, GL, GL-10, RX, XT, AND XT6 PASSENGER VEHICLES WITH EFI…

Official NHTSA source

Manufacturer communications / TSBs

123 distinct official identifiers · US

Manufacturer service communications are not safety recalls and do not prove that every vehicle has the described condition.

  • 10004027 — model years 1995, 1996, 1997

    REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) - SERVICE TIPS. *TT

  • 10008580 — model years 1995, 1996, 1997

    LAMP-BRAKE-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *MJ

  • 630631 — model years 1995, 1996, 1997

    SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE CD4E TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT HARSH AND DELAYED 1-2/2-3 UPSHIFTS AFTER TRANSAXLE OR TURBINE SHAFT SPEED SENSOR REPLACEMENT, POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 628, 642, 645, 646, 647, 648, P0731, P0732, P0734, P0741 AND P01744. *TT

Official NHTSA source

Canadian recalls

4 distinct official identifiers · CA

Canadian-market records remain separate from US campaigns. Confirm applicability with Transport Canada and the manufacturer.

  • 1999134 — model years 1995, 1996, 1997

    Certain vehicles may not comply with the requirements of CMVSS 1105 - Evaporative Emissions. Fuel vapour may leak from between the fuel cap and the fuel filler pipe. Correction: Filler cap will be replaced with one that incorporates an o-ring that will positively seal the…

  • 1998225 — model years 1997

    On certain vehicles, an external spring in the timing belt auto tensioner may break. The broken spring may get caught in the timing belt, resulting in possible engine stalling. Correction: Vehicles will be inspected and affected tensioners will be replaced.

  • 1995099 — model years 1995

    THE FUEL PUMP WIRING ASSEMBLY MAY CORRODE DUE TO ROAD SALT, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL BRIDGE DEVELOPING BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND THE FUEL GAUGE SENDER TERMINALS. THIS COULD CAUSE THE FUEL SENDER GROUND CIRCUIT TO OVERHEAT THE WIRING AND MELT ITS…

Official Transport Canada source

US owner complaint reports

165 distinct reports · US

Distinct ODI complaint identifiers, deduplicated across component and product rows. Reports are allegations, not confirmed defects, failure rates or reliability scores.

  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: 32 reports
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE: 18 reports
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE: 13 reports

A report can name several components. Do not add component totals together.

Official NHTSA source

Evidence is served from a locally stored official-source snapshot. No external API is called to render this page. These records do not replace inspection or diagnosis. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Used-car checks

No structured used-car checks are verified on this model hub yet.

Recall/safety notes

No hand-written safety notes have been added to this hub. Official recall, bulletin and investigation records held for this vehicle are listed under documented evidence on this page — the absence of a note here does not mean no records exist. Always confirm by VIN.

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