Ford Mustang Complaints (1994)

372 consumer complaints on file.

#10134629August 29, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS DRIVING MY 1994 GT MUSTANG DOWN THE ROAD, AND LUCKILY JUST CLIMBED OFF THE FREE WAY, WHEN BOTH MY DRIVER SIDE & PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN MY FACE, FOR NO REASON AT ALL. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, I CALLED FORD, THEY TOLD ME DUE TO MY CAR NOT BEING UNDER WARRANTY, THE PROBLEM DOES NOT LYE ON THEIR END. I FOUND THAT UNBELIEVABLE CONSIDERING AIRBAGS ARE NOT A SERVICEABLE ITEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10109387March 28, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
ELECTRICAL WIRING BELOW THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAD A SHORT, CAUSING THE SEAT TO CATCH ON FIRE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BY CONSUMER.*AK *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104258December 21, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
SUDDEN FAILURE OF ONE- OF THE TWO MOUNTING STUDS WHICH SECURE THE SERVICE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER UNIT. LOSS OF STUD ALLOWED MASTER CYLINDER TO MOVE WHEN SERVICE BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED - DIMINISHING BRAKING PERFORMANCE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10096166October 21, 2004
SEATS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SUSPENSION:REAR
THE MOUNT UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BROKEN AND IS UNABLE TO BE FIXED WITH A BOLT. THIS OCCURED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWAY. WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE MAKES A LEFT TURN, THE SEAT LEANS TO THE RIGHT. THIS CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD. THE REAR END OF THE CAR ALSO MAKES A SCRUBBING SOUND WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE IN THE CAR. THE SOUND IS MADE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND WHEN ACCELERATING SLOWLY FROM A COMPLETE STOP. I ALSO HAD TO PAY FOR A CRACKED HEAD GASKET IN LATE 2001. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE RECALL ON THE HEAD GASKETS UNTIL THE DAY MY CAR WAS PUT IN THE SHOP. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD MY MILEAGE WAS TOO HIGH FOR THE HEAD GASKET TO BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093014September 22, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ENGINE FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088346August 22, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
FUEL-TANK FILLER-PIPE GASKET HAS APPARENTLY FAILED. PROBLEM HAS GRADUALLY WORSENED OVER TIME. CAN NOT PUMP MORE THAN A FEW GALLONS INTO TANK OR FUEL LEAKS OUT RAPIDLY; FUMES EVEN ENTER CAR. INVESTIGATED PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED FAILED GASKET, WHICH SEEMS AN ODD DESIGN CHOICE IN PLACE OF SIMPLE WELDED PIPE STEM, GIVEN INEVITABLE VIBRATION OF COMPONENTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088250August 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AND CAR STALLED ON AN ACCIDENT PRONE HIGHWAY. V-114. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078984June 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I AM HAVING SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. ALSO WITH THE TRANSMISSION GETTING STUCK IN NEUTRAL. DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND MANY OTHERS AND FORDS UNWILLINGNESS TO FESS UP TO THEIR MISTAKES THEY HAVE LOST BUSINESS FROM ME AND MY FAMILY FOR LIFE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068480May 8, 2004
SUSPENSION:REAR, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
NOISEY REAR END, AND A LOUD BANG WHEN HITTING BUMPS- I HAVENT TAKEN IT ANYWHERE TO BE LOOKED AT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066489April 19, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CAR BEGAN HESITATING...DID NOT WANT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC, WHO SAID IT WAS A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. SEEN HUNDREDS OF STORIES NOW ABOUT FAULTY HEAD GASKETS ON 1994-1995 MODELS WITH 3.8 LITER V-6, YET FORD WAS UNHELPFUL IN PROVIDING ANY INFORMATION...CLAIMED NO SUCH WARRANTEES EXISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065877April 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
MY 1994 FORD MUSTANG, PURCHASED NEW AND WITH ONLY 39,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, BLEW A HEAD GASKET. THE CAR HAS THE SAME 3.8L V6 AS THE WINDSTAR AND TAURUS VEHICLES THAT I UNDERSTAND HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. WHY NO RECALL ON THE MUSTANG? THIS HAS COST ME $2000.00 SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF THE 'EXTENDED' WARRANTY FORD OFFERED TO ADDRESS THIS VERY PROBLEM. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED AT 39,000 MILES, WELL WITHIN THE 100,000 MILES FORD OFFERED BUT OUTSIDE THE ARBITRARY 7 YEAR LIMIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064477April 3, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
FRONT DRIVERS POWER SEAT CAUGHTV ON FIRE WHEN I ADJUSTED THE SEAT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10070954January 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SEAT BELTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE MAJOR PROBLEM WAS THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE (AFTER 100,000 MILES) WITH THE ENGINE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT ANY TIME REGARDING THIS RECALL. FORD DENIES THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS A RECALL AND THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT THE ENGINE WENT SINCE I DO NOT DO ALL MY REPAIRS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND IF I HAD, I WOULD'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY MAIL OR BY PHONE OF THIS PROBLEM, FORD TOLD ME THAT SINCE THE CAR WENT OVER 100,000 MILES AND WAS THREE MONTHE PAST THE DEADLINE DATE THAT I WAS OUT OF LUCK AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO EXTENSIONS OR EXCEPTIONS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS THAT I DID NOT EXPERIENCE A HEAD GASKET FAILURE DURING THEIR SO CALLED WARRANTY EXTENSION PERIOD AND THAT MY 1994 FORD MUSTANG ONLY FAILED SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXTENSION EXPIRED. A DEFECTIVE PART IS A DEFECTIVE PART FROM THE DAY OF MANUFACTURE TO THE DAY THE CAR IS JUNKED UNLESS THE PART IS REPAIRED OR REPLACED. SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY WAS PUT OUT BY ME BECAUSE OF FORD'S LACK OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. I DESERVED TO HAVE BEEN REIMBURSED BY THE FORD MOTOR CORPORATION BUT IN TURN I RECEIVED NOTHING. I COULD GO ON BUT THIS IS VERY UPSETTING TO ME. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069528January 15, 2004
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS WITH THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET, FORD HAD TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO BECAUSE IT IS OVER THE 7 YEAR LIMIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069036January 15, 2004
AIR BAGS, TIRES, POWER TRAIN, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER DOOR LOCK ON PASS. SIDE INOPERATIVE TIRES IN REAR OF VEHICLE WEAR ON INNER SIDE, HAVE TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO HAVE ALIGNMENT DONE AT DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE FACILITIES. TRANSMISSION HAS INTERMITTENT SHIFT PROBLEMS (SURGES) BETWEEN 3-4 GEARS WHEN CAR IS WARM. AT PRESENT TIME IT IS A CONSTANT ISSUE NOW AND IT IS MY ONLY VEHICLE. AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON MOST OF THE TIME BUT SOMETIMES CYCLES OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052574January 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, TIRES
I PURCHASED A USED VEHICLE FROM CENTURY FORD IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (718 ROCKVILLE PIKE) IN 2002.HEY INDICATED THE MILIEAGE ON THE CAR (94 MUSTANG) WAS 59,120. MY MECHANIC INSPECTED IT LATER AND SUSPECTED THERE WAS A POSSIBLE ROLLBACK OF 20,000.*AK HE INDICATED THE DIGITS ON THE ODOMETER DID NOT LINE UP PROPERLY, THERE WAS EXTREME WEAR ON THE PEDALS, AND THE SCUFFING AND CRACKS ON THE LEATHER ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT SHOWED WEAR OF MUCH MORE THAN 59,120 MILES, POSSIBLEY 80,000. ALSO, THE DEALER DOES IT'S OWN MARYLAND STATE INSPECTIONS AND PASSED TIRES WHICH WERE APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS OLD. THE SO CALLED MARYLAND STATE INSPECTOR ALSO WORKS FOR THE USED CAR DEPARTMENT. ALTHOUGH HE PASSED THEM (SINCE HE'S REALLY NOT INDEPENDENT OF HIS BOSS ALTHOUGH HE SIGNS AS A MARYLAND STATE INSPECTOR) HE NOTED ON THE INSPECTION SHEET THAT THEY WERE CUPPED AND NOISY. HIS BOSS THE USED CAR MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES WERE NEARLY NEW AND TO BREAK THEM IN. A WITNESS HEARD THE FALSE STATEMENTS. I WAS NOT TOLD WHAT WAS ON THE REPORT--THAT THEY WERE CUPPED AND NOISY--A VIOLATION OF CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS SINCE I WAS NOT GIVEN MATERIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE TIRESAND WAS MIS-LED. A MARYLAND CONSUMER PROTECTION INVESTIGATOR INDICATED THEY WERE OLD AND CUPPED AND RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT SINCE THEY WERE HARDENING AND BEGINNING TO CRACK. I HAVE HAD TWO NEAR MIS-HAPS--ONE WITH MY GRANDSON IN THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE SLIPPERY NATURE OF THE HARDENED TIRES ON WET PAVEMENT. AGAIN I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NEARLY NEW AND TO BREAK THEM IN--WITNESSED STATEMENTS. HE WILL NOT REPLACE THE TIRES AND THE MARYLAND INVESTIGATOR HAS NO ENFORCEMENT POWERS. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE SHADY PRACTICES OF THIS DEALER. HE IS DANGEROUS TO OTHER CONSUMERS AND CAN CHEAT THEM. HE STANDS BEHIND A MARYLAND STATE INSPECTION WHICH IS ACTUALLY DONE AT HIS OWN DEALERSHIP BY HIS OWN MECHANIC. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLLBACK AND THE QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES ?THE CP AGENCY HERE HAS NO POWERES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050841December 20, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAD A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE ENGINE AND HEAD GASKETS WHICH REQUIRED FULL REPLACEMENT AT 75,000 MILES. THE COST TO ME WAS $2500. THIS WAS DUE TO AN ENGINEERING DEFECT BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF WHICH THEY ARE WELL AWARE. FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIX THEM AT COMPANY EXPENSE. I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF THE CAR AND WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED IT IF I HAD KNOWN THE ENGINE LIFE WAS ONLY 75000 MILES TO THE DESIGN. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044287October 20, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATED, CAUSING THE BACKING PLATES TO CUT INTO THE TIRE. AS A RESULT, FRONT END COLLAPSED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041775October 14, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON 1994 FORD MUSTANG 3.8L WITH 50,360 MILES. ALTHOUGH FORD STATED THAT THEY MAILED A LETTER REGARDING OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS FAILURE, I NEVER RECEIVED IT NOR WAS I NOTIFIED BY THE DEALER WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR RECALL WORK. FORD NOW STATES THAT THE PROGRAM EXPIRED ON MY VEHICLE AND I HAVE NO RECOURSE OTHER THAN TO HAVE IT FIXED ON MY OWN. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039379September 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I HAVE A 1994 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE WITH 3.8L V6. DESPITE USING THE BEST MOTOR OIL AND REGULAR SERVICE, THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 78,500 MI. AND THIS CAUSED A RAPID ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, I LEARNED THAT PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE IS SO COMMON TO FORD 3.8L V6S THAT THEY CONDUCTED A VOLUNTARY ENGINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS PROGRAM AND NOW FORD IS TELLING ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN/WILL DO TO DEFRAY THE COST OF MY ENGINE/TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. I FEEL THAT THE ENGINE SHOULD NOT HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE AND THAT THE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ME SO THAT I COULD HAVE TAKEN PART. NOW I HAVE REPLACEMENT COSTS OF $3100.00 FOR THE ENGINE AND $2200.00 FOR THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE ASSIST ME WITH THIS MATTER IF YOU CAN...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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