Ford Mustang Complaints (1995)

616 consumer complaints on file.

#735785November 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED ON MY 1995 FORD MUSTANG. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 1995 FORD MUSTANGS. I HAVE ALSO FOUND REPORTS OF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735194October 26, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
SINCE ABOUT 95,000 MILES THE ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AT SPEEDS FROM 20-70MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873681October 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGIN EHEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO HEATUP. WAS TOLD BY SUPERVISOR THAT VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. FORD ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED .PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872827October 12, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
DUE TO DEFECTIVE TFI MODULE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872830October 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65-70 MPH VEHICLE STALLS AND CUTS OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL POWER. ALSO, AFTER ALLOWING VEHICLE TO COOL DOWN IT WILL RESTART. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEAE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872288October 4, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. COOPER TIRE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871857September 29, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AT 20MPH. WOULD INCREASE SHAKING WHEN SPEED WAS INCREASED. WOULD OVER COMPENSATE WITH STEERING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. HAVE WEAR & TEAR ON RACK & PINION DUE TO THE VIBRATIONS. HAD THE RACK & PINON CHANGED TWICE. ALIGNMENT FAILED 30 DAYS AFTER RACK & PINON. THE WHEEL BALANCE WENT OUT. TIRES WERE EXCESSIVELY ON EDGES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732565September 26, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
FIRST FAILURE OF HEATER COIL OCCURRED CA 8/98. SECOND HEATER COIL FAILURE 8/99. THIRD FAILIURE 9/26/2000. IN ALL CASES PASSENGERS BECAME NAUSEATED WITH HEADACHES AS A RESULT OF THE EMMISION OF GLYCOL INOT THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. IN ALL CASES THE FAILURE LEAKED COOLANT ONTO ELECTRICAL HARNASSES IN THE DASHBOARD LEADING TO ARCING WITH A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO PASSENGERS. FORD DEALER THAT PERFOMED THE REPAIR HAD A STANDARD WARRANTY ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE FALLS JUST OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY. THE COIL FAILURE IS A PIIN HOLE WHICH APPEARS TO FROM AS A RESULT OF CORROSION ERROSION BY THE COOLANT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870929September 19, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
REAR TAIL LIGHTS ARE INOPERABLE. WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES AND ATTEMTPING TO STOP, REAR TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE, THERE IS NO WARNING/ NO INDICATION THAT VEHICLE IS BEING STOPPED OR SLOWED DOWN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALR HAS REPLACED 4-5 TAIL LIGHT SWITCHES, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731712September 17, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONNECTING ROD FAILURE DUE TO HEAD GASKET PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731653September 16, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR MY BLOWN HEAD GASKET I TALKED TO FORD AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT DOWN AND I DID SO I TOWED IT TO FORD AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T FIX THE GASJET FOR FREE BECAUSE IT JUST REACHED 100 THOUSAND MILES AND I HAD TO TOW MY CAR BACK HOME BUT THEY SHOWED NO CONCERN AND TOLD ME TO GET MY CAR OUT BECAUSE IT IS BLOCKING THIER WAY I FELT MISTREATED AND IGNORD SO I GOT IT FIXED AT ANOTHER SHOP AND THEY FIXED IT FOR $1300 AND I NEVER HEARD OF ANY RECALL UNTIL I SAW IT ON MUSTANGWORLD.COM SORRY FOR IF THIS IS NOT CONCERNING YOU I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO TO COMPAIN TO THANKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870299September 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH CAR . IT CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WOULD NOT START FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS AN ENGINE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731034September 11, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BAUGHT CAR IN AUGUST OF 2000, DROVE IT ONE WEEK AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR VARIOUS ITEMS FIXED; IE; OVERHEATED TWICE THEN BLEW HEADGASKET, DRIVERS REAR ROTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, RECALL ON HOOD WHICH WAS SEPARATING, MAJOR FUEL LEAK, FUEL HOSE BY FUEL TANK, WATER LEAK FROM TIMING COVER GASKET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730891September 9, 2000
TIRES
ON 9/12/95 WHILE DRIVING A RENTED HERTZ VEHICLE, A 1995 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FORD VEHICLE WE WERE DRIVING MADE A POPPING SOUND AND SUDDENDLY WITHOUT NOTICE THE CAR SWERVED OUT OF CONTROL INTO A DITCH. WE HIT A LIGHT POLE AND SEVERLY DAMAGED PROPERTY. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND MY HUSBAND WAS HURT. I WAS IN SHOCK BUT WAS NEVER PREPARED FOR THE AFTERMATH. NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR THAT THE TIRE BLEW APART. THEY CLAIMED THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO SPEED AND IT LOST CONTROL. THE REAR TIRE MUST OF BLOWN AFTER THE IMPACT. I FOUGHT WITH HERTZ FOR DAMAGES AND RENTAL COSTS BUT IN THE END I HAD TO PAY. THEY CLAIMED THEY INVESTIGATED THE MATTER AND FOUND NO FAULTY TIRES. HOWEVER TO THIS DAY I SWEAR THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO FAULTY TIRES. SINCE THE RECALL I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER PURSUE THE MATTER. I HAVE ALL TYPES OF SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTATION ATTACHED WHICH MAY HELP YOU FOLLOW THROUGH.I AM GRATEFUL THAT THERE WERE NO FATALITIE
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#869912September 7, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED TEMERATURE. GAUGE RUNNING HIGH. DEALER INDICATED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730539September 6, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR
THIS REPORTS A FAILURE WHICH OCCURRED VERY EARLY IN THE CAR OWNERSHIP, BUT WHICH ONLY RECENTLY CAME TO LIGHT. IT IS A REPORT OF A DEFECTIVE SWAY BAR WHICH APPARENTLY FRACTURED DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP CAUSING IMPROPER HANDLING AND CONTROL, ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF THE VEHICLE DURING THE ENSUING YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. THE OWNER DID NOT REALIZE THE SOURCE OF THIS IMPROPER PERFORMANCE UNTIL SOME TIME LATER WHEN THE FRACTURED SWAY BAR BROKE OFF ON ONE SIDE CAUSING A NOW NOTICEABLE RATTLING NOISE. HOWEVER, THIS NOISE ONLY OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH AND BUMPY ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD VISUALLY INSPECTED THE BREAK UPON REPLACEMENT OF THE SWAY BAR THAT A FRACTURE-BRAKING SEQUENCE OVER TIME WAS EVIDENT DUE TO RUST IN ONLY A PORTION OF THE BREAK. THE MOST STARTLING DISCOVERY WAS THE EVIDENCE OF METAL CRYSTALIZATION IN AND AROUND THE SITE OF THE BREAK. THUS, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THIS WAS A MOLDED HOLE RATHER THAN A MACHINED OR DRILLED HOLE. IN ASSESSING THIS INCIDENT THE MANAGER VERBALLY CONFIRMED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE IMPROPER VEHICLE HANDLING AND POOR PERFORMANCE, ALONG WITH THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION EXPERIENCED BY THE OWNER SOON AFTER PURCHASE. THE MANAGER ALSO AGREED THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS THIS LOSS OF THE SWAY BAR STRENGTHENING OF THE VEHICLE FRAME MIGHT RESULT IN COMPLETE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. HE URGED ME TO REPORT IT TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HE PROVIDED ME WITH THE APPROPRIATE PHONE NUMBER. I DID VERBALLY REPORT THIS INCIDENT AND ASKED THAT THE INFORMATION BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF OTHER SIMILARLY-EQUIPPED FORD CONVERTIBLES OWNERS FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION OF THE SWAY BAR INSTALLATION IN THEIR OWN VEHICLE. ALSO, I ASKED THAT THE SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND POOR HANDLING (UNSTABLE SWAYING) BE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION AS A CLUE TO POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF THE SWAY BAR SINCE BOTH OF THESE SYMPTOMS HAD COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED AFTER BAR REPLACEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730375September 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FIRST TIME FALIURE WAS NOTICED ...WAS GOING 65 DOWN THE INTERSTATE WE PROCDED TO PULL OVER CAUSE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A NORMAL EVERYDAY OVERHEAT,SO WE PULLED OFF TO A REST AREA TO LET IT COOL DOWN SO WE COULD THEN ADD SOME WATER IN HOPES THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY ..WE THEN STARTED TO DRIVE AT A SLOWER SPEED CAUSE WHEN WE GOT BACK IN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON .WE THEN GOT HOME AND WHEN WE GOT THERE WHICH IS A APROXIMATE MILES WOULD BE LESS THEN 30 MILES FROM WHERE FIRST CAME IN TO THE PROBLEM ..I THEN ADDED MORE WATER AND SOME ANTIFREZZE IN HOPES THAT WOULD HELP ..THEN I LET THE CAR SET FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AND THROUGH THE NIGHT ..WHEN I WOKE UP TO GO TO WORK I GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND SENN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON I ALSO NOTICED THE TEMP WENT BACK DOWN BUT OF COURSE TIME WOULD SHOW IT WOULD HEAT BACK UP TO A BUBBLING IN LESS THEN 15 MINS TIME FROM WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED ..I THEN TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY INFORMED ME THE LEFT HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED ..AND SINCE THEN IT HAS RAN LIKE A CHARM..THANK YOU SALLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730113September 4, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
SOUNDS LIKE AN ONGOING PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729839September 1, 2000
TIRES
NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY; NO LAWSUIT - WE ARE REPORTING THIS SOLELY FOR YOUR INFO, IN CASE IT'S IN ANY WAY RELEVANT TO YOUR FIRESTONE INVESTIGATION. / AT THE TIME, WE HAD TWO AFFINITY TIRES ON THE REAR, AND TWO OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES ON THE FRONT. THE AFFINITIES WERE NEARING THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE; OUR MECHANIC (A LOCAL FORD DEALER) HAD JUST TOLD US WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM ON OUR NEXT VISIT, BUT DIDN'T NEED TO DO SO AT THIS TIME. THE REASON I BOTHER TO REPORT IS BECAUSE AT THE END OF A 200-MILE DRIVE TO LA, MY WIFE AND I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE FREEWAY. NOTHING UNUSUAL THERE - BUT WHEN I MANAGED TO GET TO A GAS STATION AND WE INSPECTED THE DAMAGE, WE FOUND ONE OF THE AFFINITIES (THE ONE THAT BLEW OUT) SEEMED TO HAVE "EXPLODED": THERE WERE GIANT HOLES IN THE SIDE OF THE TIRE, AND WE COULD SEE THINGS THAT LOOKED LIKE STRINGS ON THE INSIDE WHICH I ASSUME WERE PART OF THE INTERIOR TIRE ASSEMBLY. (I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT TIRE MANUFACTURE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY WERE, BUT THEY LOOKED LIKE BIG PIECES OF STRING.) THE HOLES IN THE SIDE WERE EXTREMELY BIG - THE SIDE OF THE TIRE LOOKED SOMETHING LIKE A TIRE-SIZED BLACK PIECE OF SWISS CHEESE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PIECES OF TIRE THAT USED TO BE WHERE THE BIG HOLES IN THE SIDE ENDED UP. I HAVE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS BEFORE, BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS; SO IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT FIRESTONE ISSUES, THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED LOCALLY TO US, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 1997 OR SO - IF IT WERE IMPORTANT ENOUGH, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DIG OUT THAT INFO WHEN MY WIFE RETURNS IN A FEW DAYS. ANYWAY, WE AREN'T SUING, NO ONE WAS HURT, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING OTHER THAN A BLOWOUT EXCEPT FOR WHAT WE SAW VISUALLY - I'M JUST REPORTING BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW.--MICHAEL( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/60R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729759August 31, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
GASKET FAILURE REQUIRED EXTENSIVE DIAGNOSIS; FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIR BECAUSE DIAGNOSIS FINALLY HAPPENED 65 MILES PAST 60,000 MILE WARRANTY; AFTER RECALL, FORD ONLY REFUNDED $495 FORD COST, NOT RENTAL CAR OR RADIATOR REPLACEMENT COST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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