Ford Mustang Complaints (1996)

286 consumer complaints on file.

#10056973February 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY WIFE BOUGHT A USED 1996 FORD MUSTANG V-6 TWO YEARS AGO STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. RECENTLY, THE CAR BEGAN LEAKING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA (HUB CITY FORD) TOLD US THAT THE LEAK WAS FROM THE TIMING CHAIN COVER AND THE MANIFOLD COVER. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED UNDER A RECALL AT 30,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, WASN'T REALLY FIXED AND WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THIS $600 SERVICE DONE EVERY 30,000 MILES AND THAT FORD HAD NO PLANS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE FURTHER. OBVIOUSLY, THE RECALL WAS COMPLETELY BOGUS, AS THE "FIX" WAS MERELY TEMPORARY. ANY AUTO MANUFACTURER THAT INTENTIONALLY IS AWARE THAT IT'S RECALL EFFORTS FAILED IS COMPLETELY MISGUIDED. IT IS LUDICROUS THAT A MAJOR $600 SERVICE EVERY 30,000 MILES OR LESS BE ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.*AK
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#10054737January 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD NOT COVERED BY FORD,CAR HAS 38000 MILES. *LA
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#10068843January 15, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON MY 1996 FORD MUSTANG THE PAINT ON MY FRONT FENDER, DRIVERS DOOR, TRUNK LID AND ROOF HAD STARTED PEELING AWAY FROM THE PRIMER BROUGHT IT TO A FORD DEALER AND HE SAID THE SAME THING THERE IS A PROBLUM WITH THE PAINT AND FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT
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0
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#10052815January 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
YES I HAVE A 1996 MUSTANG AND MY INTAKE HAD CRACKED FOR THE THIRD TIME AND FORD IS NOT FIX IT THIS TIME TELLING ME THAT ITS OUT OF WARRANTY SO HOW CAN THEY KEEP PUTTING INTAKES ON IF THEY GO BACK THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTAKES FOR THE 1996 MUSTANG GT THEY SAY THERE IS A GENERAL RECALL BUT NOT A SAFTY RECALL SO U TELLING ME THEY RECONIZE THERE IS SOME THING WRONG WITH THERE INTAKES SO WHY SOULD THE RECALL RUN OUT I MEAN COME ON I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 1999 AND HAD 46000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND NOW ITS 2004 AND 82000 MILES AND 3 INTAKES HAVE CRACKED I 4 YEARS SOME THING ITS VERY WRONG AND FORD NEED TO BE PAYING FOR THIS IM TIRED OF HAVEN THIS GO OUT AND SOME ONE NEED TO STEP UP AND PAY FOR FORDS MISTAKE ON THIS INTAKE NOW IM NOT GANNA GIVE UP FORD WILL PAY FOR MINE WHEN I GET DONE I PROMISE THAT I MEAN I HAVE BEEN LOOKN FOR 5 DAYS NOW AND I HAVE OVER 100 PEOPLE THAT I HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS FOR THIS INTAKE NOW COME ON FORD U THINK SOME THING IS WRONG WITH THAT AND U SEE WHY PEOPLE DONT LIKE FORD ANY MORE CUZ U DONT STAND BHIND UR PARTS AND U LEAVE CUSTOMERS OUT IN THE COLD HEY IF ITS UR FAULT STAND UP AND ADMIT IT DONT DENY IT CUZ EVERY ONE KNOWS THAT THIS INTAKE PROBLEM IS FORD FAULT. *AK
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051223December 29, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY 1996 FORD MUSTANG HEAD GASTKETS HAVE GONE OUT. MY CAR HAS 87000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HEARD THAT MANY 95 MUSTANGS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I BOUGHT MY CAR A YEAR AGO AND I BELEIVE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT COMPLETLY FIXED IN THE NEWER MODELS. I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE MY CAR IS A 96 IT WAS NOT COVERED BY FORD, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE NEW MODELS HAVE BEEN FIXED AND THAT THE HEAD GASTKET FAILURE WAS DUE TO MY "EXCESIVE WEAR" ON MY CAR.*AK
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10045767November 8, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
RE: SELECTIVE RECALL 97M91 FOR CRACKS IN INTAKE MANIFOLDS FOR: 1996-98 FORD CROWN VICTORIA THUNDERBIRD, COUGAR, AND MUSTANG.ITS SO UNFAIR THAT MANIFOLDS CRACKED AFTER DATE OF OWNER NOTIFICATION (MARCH, 1999) I AM A SUBSEQUENT OWNER; HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING UNTIL TODAY. *AK
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#10039494September 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON MY INTAKE ON MY FORD MUSTANG 96, THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF. I RECENTLY HAD MY CAR SERVICED AND THEY FOUND A PROBLEM WITH MY INTAKE MY INFORMED ME THAT IT HAD BEEN RECALLED. NOW IT IS AT THE DEALER AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE RECALL EXPRIED 2 MONTHS AGO. HOW CAN A MANUFACTURE DEFECT THAT THEY RECALLED EXPIRE TO LEAVE ME HANGING. THIS ISNT RIGHT AND ISNT FAIR. A RECALL IS A RECALL, IT SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO EXPIRE.
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0
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0
#10036996September 1, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEATBELTS DON'T RETRACT. *AK
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10024879August 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE, MIXING WITH OIL, AND RESULTED IN ENGINE DAMAGE. DEALER REPLACED MANIFOLD, THERMOSTAT, HOSES, ETC.*AK CONSUMER WASN'T SURE OF ALL THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED. MECHANIC STATED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT MAY SHUT OFF CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. CONSUMER FELT THE MECHANIC SHOULD'VE REPLACED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WHEN THEY DID THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *PH *JB
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032188August 5, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018934May 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY CAR'S COOLING SYSTEM WAS DRAINING FLUIDS, AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET CHECKED OUT, THEY TOLD ME THE HEAD GASKETS AS WELL AS THE FRONT TIMING COVER GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT COST ME $2500 FOR THE REPAIRS NECESSARY. THERE ARE ABOUT 12 OR 13 COMPLAINTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE FOR THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR (1996 FORD MUSTANG), BUT SINCE THIS ENGINE WAS INSTALLED ON OTHER MODELS AND YEARS, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018828May 17, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELTS ARE LOOSE, TANGLED, AND DON'T WORK PROPERLY, WILL NOT PULL OUT AT TIMES. * JB
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018709May 14, 2003
SEAT BELTS
THE PASSENGER AND REAR SEAT BELTS BECAME JAMMED AND WILL NOT STRETCH TO BUCKLE INTO IT'S LATCH. I HAD THE CAR A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE BELTS WERE INOPERABLE. THESE SEAT BELTS WERE ONLY USED OCCASIONALLY BEFORE THEY BECAME INOPERABLE. *NLM
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No
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0
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0
#10017408April 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE ENGINE CRACKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10014843April 10, 2003
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED AND HIT OTHER VEHICLES, AS THIS HAPPENED, THE SEAT BACK BROKE AND THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAD CAME LOOSE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AND THE FUEL SAFETY SWITCH DID NOT TURN OFF. SCC *NLM
Crash:
Yes
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No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10014160April 9, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BLOWN HEAD GASKET DESTROYED ENGINE DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS INSTALLED AT THE MANUFACTURER. *JB
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007864February 20, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
ENGINE FRONT COVER GASKET ISSUES. MY 1996 V6-3.8L WITH APPROXIMATELY 57,000 MILES REQUIRED A NEW FRONT GASKET COVER. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE OWNERS OF 1994-1995 MODELS HAD AND FILED SUIT AGAINST FORD FOR AND WON.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004976January 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VECHICLE OVERHEATS RESULTING IN THE COVERGASKET FAILING, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS NOT NOTICEABLE RIGHT AWAY AS HAD OIL CHAGE THE WEEK BEFORE AND THE MECHANIC DID NOT NOTICE ANY PROBLEMS. THIS HAS CAUSED US TO REPLACE ALL THE GASKETS COSTING US $600.00 THEN WHEN DROVE ONE DAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN MAKING GURGLING NOISE AND THE TEMPERTURE GAUGE WENT HOT AND NOW THE WHOLE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS THE OVERHEATING HAD CAUSED MORE PROBLEMS THAN WE FIRST THOUGHT. WE FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS FORD PRODUCT AND WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED.
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000279December 19, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR
1996 FORD MUSTANG GT CONVT. ---REAR SWAY BAR BROKEN AT ATACH POINT ON RIGHT SIDE JUST AHEAD OF REAR AXLE. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN COLLISION, SNOW WHERE SALT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED CORROSION, DOESN'T HAVE ANY NOTICABLE CORROSION, AND SWAY BAR HAS NEVER COLLIDED WITH ANY ROAD HAZZARDS...IT JUST SNAPPED.
Crash:
No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023737December 4, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES HER AUTO IS RUNNING HOT, AND SHE HAS TAKEN THE AUTO TO 4 MECHANICS AND EACH HAS SAID THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN ON RECALL. SHE ALSO STATES THAT HER AIR CONDITION AND DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK. SHE ALSO SAID SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE 95 AND 96 HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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