6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
$180
Average Mileage:
85,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. replace alternator (1 reports)
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problem #1

Aug 202015

Thunderbird LX 4.6L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 85,000 miles

I have owned 3 T-Birds over my short lifetime, killed one, wrecked the other and I love them. But damn do they ever love to burn up alternators. I've replaced at least 5 of them over the 3 cars and about 300,000 miles, but if you know what to do they are a cake walk to replace 3 bolts, 3 wires, 30 mins you're done. Just remember buy a replacement with a lifetime warranty.

- Brandon H., Palm Harbor, FL, US