Ford Mustang Complaints (1994)

372 consumer complaints on file.

#782835August 12, 1999
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SQUEAKS AT LOW SPEEDS, DEALER CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#782836August 12, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
TIE ROD ENDS SQUEAK WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS, FIRST TIME FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, DEALERSHIP TOLD TO THE CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 94 MUSTANGS. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#782837August 12, 1999
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW GLASS COME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE RETAINER, CONSUMER TOOK TO FORD TO FIX TWO TIMES, NOW THE GLASS IS STARTING TO SLIP WHENEVER YOU PUT THE WINDOW UP OR DOWN. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#782838August 12, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE MAKES GROWLING NOISE FROM THE REAR END, DURING ACCELERATION OR TURNING A CORNER, DEALER FIXED FOR THE FIRST TIME, PROBLEM STARTED OCCURRING AGAIN. * ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#782839August 12, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR FAILED. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843850July 30, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING OIL. TOOK TO DEALER & THE MECHANIC CHECKED THE PISTONS FOR CRACKS. NONE WAS FOUND. WOULD BE REPAIRING THE HEAD GASKETS & VEHICLE NOT UNDER RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843612July 28, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH, CAR STARTED SMOKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708885July 21, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I BLEW A HEADGASKET AND I HEAR THIS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8LITER ENGINE IN THE 1994 FORD MUSTANGS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707686June 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
DRIVING ON PARKWAY,NO WARNING, ENGINE SEIZED, TOOK TO MECHANIC STATED INTERNAL PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#707439June 10, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE HAD THIS TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY FORD 2 TIMES SO FAR AND THIS SAME PROBLEN KEEPS OCCURRING, AND IT SHUDDERS ON ACCELERATION AND WHILE OVERDRIVE IS ENGAGED IT WILL UPSHIFT AND DOWN SHIFT IN BETWEEN 3 AND 4 GEAR DOES REALLY NOT MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ..... SHOULD THE MANUFACTURER BE HELD REPOSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM AS TO MAKE IT A RECALL ??? THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED BETWEEN 23,000 MILES AND THEN AGAIN AROUND 35,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707372June 9, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHENEVER THE STEERING WHEELIS TURNED IT MAKES A LOUD SCREECHING GRINDING NOISE, AND IT HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORST WITH TIME.A FORD DEALER TOLD ME THE UPPER STEERING ROD ARMS WERE BAD . THIS IS UNBELIEVEABLE AS THE CAR ONLY HAD I3000 MILES ON IT ,THE DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT HE COULDNT GREASE THE PART BECAUSE IT WAS A SEALED UNIT AND CAME FROM THE MANUFACTURER GREASED .WELL MY CONTENTION IS THAT IF THIS PART COMES FROM THE MANUFACTURER GREASED AND SEALED THE ONE I GOT IS A FAULTY PRODUCT BECAUSE UPPER STEERING ROD ARMS SHOULD NEVER GO BAD AFTER ONLY 13000 MILES OF OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. I TRIED TO GET SOMEONE AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO TALK WITH ME ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT ALL I GOT WAS A RUN AROUND FROM THE DEALER TO THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY .NO ONE WOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.I WOULD LIKE TO ADD HERE THAT THERE IS A SAFETY PROBLEM HERE WITH SEVERE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRING BECAUSE THE STEERING MAL FUNCTIONS BECAUSE OF THE UPPER STEERING ROD ARMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837299April 30, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL IMPACT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836900April 20, 1999
POWER TRAIN
THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL #95V138000 IN THE NHTSA DATA BASE, THE ODOMETER READS MILES, BUT IT IS REGEISTERED IN KILOMETERS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705832April 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING AND ENGINE FROZE UP. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. HEAD GASKETS BLEW; ENGINE FAILED. NEED TO REPLACE ENGINE. NO ADVANCE WARNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836560April 6, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING DUE TO ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWING OUT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER NOTICED ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWOUT. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY WAITING TO BE REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544721March 31, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO THE USE OF ALUMINUM HEAD WITH CAST IRON BLOCK (MATERIAL).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704537March 16, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE SERVICE CENTER WHERE MY VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED SAID THAT THE BLOWN HEAD IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 3.8L ENGINE.THEY SAID THEY FEEL THIS IS CAUSED BECAUSE THE HEADS ARE ALUMINUM AND THE BLOCK IS CAST IORN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704222March 9, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO SEPARATE PROBLEMS WITH MY FORD MUSTANG GT. BOTH PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN "REPAIRED" WHILE THE VEHILCE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT THE ACTIONS TAKEN WERE ONLY SUFFICIENT TO CARRY THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE LARGEST PROBLEM THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED HAS BEEN WITH MY ANTILOCK BRAKES. ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN THE SHOP AT FORD DEALERS FOR REPAIRS TO MY ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE TYPICAL PROGNOSIS WAS THAT A SENSOR NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. IRONICALLY, ONCE THE VEHCILE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, DUE TO AGE, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE REQUIRED A NEW MODULE COSTING APPROXIMATELY $1,200. I PLEADED MY CASE WITH FORD ON THIS EXPENSE AND THEY AGREED TO PICK UP THE COST OF THE REPAIR. NO LATER THAN 4 MONTHS HAD PASSED AND THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED. I PROCRASTINATED SOME FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO HAVING THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS TO THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THIS TIME THE PROBLEM WAS DIFFERENT AND WOULD COST $1,100. AGAIN I PLEADED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704002March 3, 1999
SEATS
ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SEAT. THE FRAME MEMBER THAT ATTACHES THE SEAT ITSELF TO THE SLIDING TRACK HAS BROKEN INTO. THIS CAUSED THE SEAT TO TILT BACKWARD WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS SHOWN THE PROBLEM AND BASICALLY SAID TOUGH LUCK, WITHOUT EXTENDED WARRENTY NOTHING COULD BE DONE BY DEALER. HE SAID THAT THE ASSEMBLY THAT WAS BROKEN WOULD COST SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPLACE. I FEEL THAT THIS BRACKET BROKE AS A DESIGN DEFECT. IT APPEARS TO BE A CAST TYPE OF METAL THAT IS WELDED TO BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME. IT BROKE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHER MUSTANGS, BUT FEEL IT IS VERY UNSAFE. WE ARE HAVING TO DRIVE THIS CAR PRESENTLY WITH THE SEAT LOWERED TO IS LOWEST POSITION AND A BLOCK OF WOOD UNDER THE FRAME, UNTIL I CAN FIND A REPLACEMENT SEAT AT A LOCAL JUNK YARD, SINCE THE DEALER WILL NOT HELP. IF I CAN PROVIDE ANY HELP, PLEASE CALL. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL. THANKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702760January 30, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION SINCE 6/95. DEALERSHIPS AND OTHER REPAIRS SERVICES SEEM UNABLE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. VEHICLE CANNOT MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT, WHICH CAUSES EXCESSIVE ROTOR/BRAKE DAMAGE AND TIRE/WHEEL WEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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