Ford Mustang Complaints (1996)

286 consumer complaints on file.

#10109118January 27, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106452January 17, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I HAVE 96 MUSTANG GT, AT 21000 MILES INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED IN THE REAR , FORD REPLACED FOR FREE, NOW AT 79000K THE INTAKE HAS CRACKED AGAIN IN THE FRONT , THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS A SILENT RECALL, BEFORE I GO BACK TO FORD, AGAIN DOES FORD HAVE TO FIX IT OR DO I? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106482January 17, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED; I HAD TO PAY 589.17 FOR A NEW ONE AND 225.00 LABOR CHARGES; I WOULD LIKE A REFUND. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103293December 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. ANTIFREEZE STARTED TO POUR OUT OF THE MUFFLER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100589November 27, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD STARTED LEAKING COOLANT, RESULTING IN THE WINDSHIELD TO INSTANTLY BECOME FOGGED AND UNABLE TO SEE THE ROAD. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY FORD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM OF MY VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097074October 18, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE DRIVER OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090572September 7, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
THE DRIVER SEAT TRACK IN MY 1996 MUSTANG GT CONVERTIBLE BROKE AT THE WELDS ON THE LEFT SIDE RESULTING IN THE SEAT LEANING AS I GO AROUND TURNS WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL. THE SEAT TRACK PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE SEAT IS A POWER SEAT. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UPTO FAILURE. AS I WAS GOING AROUND A TURN AT 20 MPH THE BOTH SNAPPED. I WEIGH 215 LBS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086160August 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
(1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE: NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. 2) FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 1996 FORD MUSTANG GT SOHC V8 ENGINE (85,000MILES). ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED OUT RENDERING CAR UNDRIVEABLE, AND ME STRANDED. (3) WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE; I.E, PARTS REPAIRED OR REPLACED: FRAMINGHAM FORD DEALER REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART AT A CHARGE OF $1150. THE WORK WAS DONE IN A SLOPPY FASHION WHERE UPON RECEIVING THE CAR, THERE WERE WASHERS AND NUTS MISSING FROM SOME PARTS OF THE REASSEMBLED ENGINE (WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN ADRESSED). THE CRACKED MANIFOLD WAS NOT FIXED UNDER WARRANTY OR THE 97M91 RECALL AS IT HAD RUN OUT LAST YEAR. THERE WAS NO RECALL NOTICE SENT PRIOR TO IT RUNNING OUT. BEING A KNOWN PROBLEM, FORD NEEDS TO REPLACE THE PART AT THEIR EXPENSE, NOT AT A PROFIT FOR THEMSELVES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081362July 6, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER RETRCTORS DETERIORATED. THE BELTS WERE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID THERE WAS A GREAT RISK INVOLVED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT BELTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081364July 6, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH DRIVE R AND PASSENGER RETRACTORS DETERIORATED. THE BELTS WERE INOPERABLE WHEN IN USE. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID THAT THERE WAS A GREAT RISK INVOLVED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT BELTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080277July 1, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW. THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY ANTIFREEZE LEAKING FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. SMOKE STARTED TO ACCUMULATE INSIDE THE VEHICLE FROM THE A/C VENTS. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075324June 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OUR FAMILY HAS THREE 1996 MUSTANGS, ONE WITH A MANUAL AND TWO WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. WE HAVE HAD ALL THREE OF THEM BLOW THE HEAD GASKET ON THEM, ONE AT A YEAR, ONE AT THREE YEARS, AND ONE AT FOUR YEARS. NOW, I HAVE FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT FORD OFFERED A FREE REPLACEMENT ON THE GASKETS, FOR AN EXTENDED 7 YEARS, AND WOULD LIKE TO WARN OTHERS THAT THEY ARE VERY LIKELY TO GO OUT, AND TO LET THEM KNOW TO "REMIND" THE FORD DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I PAID TO REPLACE THREE OF THEM, AND FEEL THAT THE FORD DEALER SHOULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEREFORE NOT CHARGED ME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073118May 25, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, PARKING BRAKE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
I HAVE A 1996 FORD MUSTANG LX. I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AT NIGHT AND I HAD IT ON CRUISE CONTROL AND IT BLEW UP.I TOOK CARE OF MY CAR AND CHECKED THE ENGINE AND THE ANTIFREEZE BEFORE I LEAVE MY HOUSE.I GAVE MY CAR A 15 MINUTE WARM UP PERIOD BEFORE I LEAVE MY HOUSE.THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND BLEW UP DUE TO FAULTY ENGINE GASKET. I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE STARTER,THE WATER PUMP(2X), RADIATOR, AND PISTONS BECAUSE OF THAT. I AM VERY MAD AT FORD AND I TOLD THEM SO IN DEARBORN MI. I WILL NOT BUY A FORD IN THE FUTURE AND I TELL EVERYONE THAT ASKS ME ABOUT MY BAD EXPERIENCE W/ THIS CAR AND I TELL THEM TO NOT BUY FORD CARS OR TRUCKS. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068057April 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD IN THERMOSTAT HOUSING. CAUSING TEMP TO RAISE SIGNIFICANTLY. FORD DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A GENERAL RECALL, NOT MANDATORY. HOW WHERE WE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS? CAR IS 1996, 89000 MILES, OUT OF WARRANTY COVERED BY 'GENERAL RECALL' THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067820April 26, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DEAR FORD MOTOR COMPANY, WILL YOU PLEASE ASSIST IN GETTING MY CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD FIXED? I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE ONCE WAS A RECALL ON THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLDS BUT I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NOW I FIND MYSELF IN THE POSITION OF NEEDING MINE REPLACED AS IT IS CRACKED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FUTURE ASSISTANCE, AS I KNOW YOU WISH TO KEEP YOUR CONSUMERS HAPPY AND LOYAL AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU WANT TO PROVIDE THE CONSUMERS WITH PRODUCTS THAT WORK WITHOUT MANUFACTURES DEFECTS SO THAT WE MAY TRANSPORT YOUR FUTURE CAR BUYERS SAFELY. SINCERELY, J. HERNDON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061694April 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. IT JUST DIDN'T STAND UP TO THE HEAT THAT WAS CREATED WHEN IN USE. CONSUMER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THIS RESOLVED. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065849April 9, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
FORD MUSTANG GT 4.6L INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND FORD WILL NOT REPLACE/REPAIR. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061957March 11, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I PURCHASED A 96 MUSTANG GT 4.6, IN 1998 AND IN 2001 THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED SO I DID SOME RESEARCH INTO THIS PROBLEM AND IT TURNS OUT 90% OF ALL 96 AND 97 MUSTANGS WITH THE JUNK PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. I CALL MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND IT COSTS 904.00 THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS. WHY WAS THERE NEVER A RECALL AND WHY DO YOU CHARGE SUCH AN UN COMPREHENDABLE AMMOUNT OF MONEY TO REPLACE IT???? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061831March 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2 YEARS AFTER COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT, MY MUSTANG HAS BLOWN ANOTHER HEAD GASKET! I HAD TO HAVE MY 96 FORD MUSTANG ENGINE (V6) REPLACED BECAUSE OF A BAD HEAD GASKET, AND AFTER REPLACING THE ENGINE, WHICH COST ME $3000.00 AT THE TIME, TWO YEARS LATER AM NOW LOOKING AT REPLACING ANOTHER HEAD GASKET, IN A NEWER ENGINE, AND LOOKING AT ANOTHER $2000 IN REPAIRS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO COVER OTHER MODELS OF FORD VEHICLES BESIDE 94-95. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059841February 26, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START VEHICLE. DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO AN INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK VEHICLE ORIGINALLY LOST POWER AT 55 MPH, VEHICLE DIDN'T RESTART. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND FOUND THAT ONE VALVE WAS LEAKING AND HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. VEHICLE HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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