Ford Mustang Complaints (1995)

616 consumer complaints on file.

#717303January 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND HEAT NOT WORKING. NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK HOME WHEN THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. TOOK IT TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THERMOSTAT, CHANGED COOLANT AND OIL. NEXT DAY CAR STILL OVERHEATED AND NO HEAT. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO DID SAME AS MECHANIC WITH SAME RESULT. THEY CHECKED THE WATER PUMP, NOTICED WHITE SUBSTANCE IN RADIATOR. THEY RECOMMENDED AND REPLACED RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD HEAD GASKET IS OK AT THIS TIME. THEY RELEASED THE CAR TO ME. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A WEEK, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND HEAT VERY SPORADIC. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATE I NEED NEW HEAD GASKETS. THEY WILL NOT REFUND MONEY FOR RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR, AND THEY STATED THEY WILL NOT REFUND MONEY FOR RADIATOR OR PAY FOR HEAD GASKETS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716946January 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OVERHEATING ENGINE....REPLACED EVERYTHING...NOW SAYS BLOWN HEADGASKET??? I SEE TONS OF THESE!! NEED HELP!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716731January 1, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON WAY TO WORK CAR WAS TOWED TO MANTECA FORD AND HEADS TORN DOWN, HEAD GASKET AND ADDITIONAL WORK ESTIMATED AT $2200, REFUSED WORK AT THAT TIME, HAD CAR REPAIRED AT LATER DATE, TOTAL COST $900. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION/ OVERDRIVE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, CAR TAKEN TO GARAGE 10 COMPONENTS REPAIRED OR REPLACED, TOTAL COST $1583.77. CAR HAS ONLY 82,000 MILES ON ODOMETER AND IS NOT RACED OR USED IN A HAPHAZARD MANNER, IT IS MAIN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK (ROUND TRIP 1.5 MI) AND AS TRAVEL CAR FOR VACATION, HAS NEVER TOWED ANOTHER VEHICLE NOR BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS. BELIEVE HEAD GASKET FAILURE PRECIPITATED BY ELECTRIC COOLING FAN FAILURE 3 MOS. PRIOR. FAN REPLACED AT PERSONAL COST, NO PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716668December 30, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I WONDER WHY FORD HASN'T RECALLED THE MUSTANG ALONG WITH THE OTHER CARS WITH THIS ENGINE? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716240December 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
THE CAR OVERHEATED AND HAD NO HEAT INSIDE ON A DRIVE HOME FROM OUR PARENTS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN, THE FIRST TIME, THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A FAULTY THERMOSTAT. IT WAS REPLACED, AND ON THE WAY HOME, WITH NO HEAT INSIDE AGAIN, THE CAR OVERHEATED. THE SECOND TIME IT WAS TAKEN IN THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. SO I DROVE HOME ONCE MORE IN THE COLD CAR THINKING IT WAS OK, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO HEAT AND THE CAR ONCE AGAIN OVERHEATED. ON THE CARS THIRD VISIT I WAS INFORMED THE HEAD GASKETS BLEW. NO PROBLEM, ONLY A WEEK HAS PASSED WITHOUT MY CAR IT'S ONLY $1200.00 TO FIX... ALSO I FOUND OUT THAT THE TAURUS AND WINDSTAR WERE RECALLED FOR FAULTY HEAD GASKETS. HEY, DON'T THOSE CARS HAVE THE SAME ENGINE? MADE IN THE SAME TWO PLANTS? SOUNDS FUNNY TO ME..... ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER IS APPRECIATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716104December 15, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
COOLANT WAS LEAKING OUT DUE TO GASKET FAILURE ON TIMING CASE COVER. THIS CAR HAS LOW MILEAGE BUT IS DRIVEN REGULALRY, NEVER SITTING MORE THAN 2 DAYS AT A TIME. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT MADE COMMENT THAT IF CAR ISN'T DRIVEN A LOT, THIS HAPPENS. I DISAGREED, AS IT IS DRIVEN PROBABLY AT LEAST 4-5 TIMES A WEEK, ON SHORT TRIPS MOSTLY. THEY CHARGED ME 505.26 INCLUDING TAX TO FIX THIS. THERE IS NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEAKING. I FEEL LIKE FORD OWES ME SOMETHING ON THIS. I CALLED A FORD CONSUMER NUMBER I FOUND ON THE INTERNET AND ALL THE GUY DID WAS LISTEN IN SILENCE WHILE I MADE MY 2-3 MINUTE COMPLAINT, THEN ASKED ME 'IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?'. HE DIDN'T EVEN OFFER TO CONNECT ME WITH ANYONE WHO COULD INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT 'WE SUPPORT OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENTS DIAGNOSIS'. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I AM VERY UPSET WITH FORD. THIS IS VERY POOR QUALITY..THE CAR ISN'T EVEN 5 YEARS OLD AND HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE. I WILL TRY TO CONTACT SOMEONE AT FORD ABOUT THIS, BUT WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715880December 10, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKETS BLEW AFTER ENGINE OVERHEATING WITH NO WARNING FROM TEMP. GAUGE. DEALERSHIP WANTED TO FIX HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND FAILD TO NOTICE RING DAMAGE WHICH LEAD TO LOW COMPRESSION AFTER ASSEMBLY OF ENGINE. DEALERSHIP TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAILURE TO NOTICE RING DAMAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715815December 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THIS PROBLEM SEEMS PRETTY FREQUENT WITH THIS ENGINE; I COUNTED 27 OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED ON THE INTERNE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715604December 3, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
ENGINE BUILDING UP PRESSURE IN COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE OVERHEATING, NO HEAT IN THE CAR, WE REPLACED THERMOSTAT, STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY, TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE THEY PRESSURE TESTED, LOOKED OK SLIGHT LEAK AROUND TIMING COVER. CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, BOTH SAID POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET BLOWN. WE KNOW ABOUT RECALLS FOR OTHER V-6 FORD ENGINES, (3.8 ALSO?)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715478December 1, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TRAVELING HOME WITH YOUNG CHILD WHEN WHITE SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF EXHAUST - HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THEY STATED THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN AND THE ENGINE WAS RUINED. FORD AGREED TO PAY LESS THAN HALF THE COST OF REPAIRS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH THE 94 - 95 FORD 3.8L ENGINES OWING TO DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET DESIGN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715181November 23, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715027November 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER OR HELP IN ANY WAY TO REPLACE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714940November 18, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING HARD AND THEN THE CLUTCH START MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND START SMELLING. THE RADIATOR HAS BEEN BOILING OVER AND I HAD A RADITOR REPAIR SHOP TO FIX IT THE FIRST TIME BUT IT START GETTING HOT AGAIN, AND I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER AND THEY WORKED ON IT, BUT IT STILL KEPT GETTING HOT SO THEY FLUSHED IT OUT AND CHANGED THE THERMOSTAT WHICH DID HELP IT A LITTLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714839November 15, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER FOLLOWING MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE FOR 3.5 YEARS, WITHOUT ANY SIGNS OF MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES (I.E. ENGINE OVERHEATING, LOSS OF COOLANT, LOSS OF POWER), APPROXIMATELY FEW MINUTES AFTER STARTING CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME ONE DAY, THERE WAS ROUGH IDLING AND WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO MY NEAREST FORD SERVICE CENTER, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR HAD BLOWN A HEAD GASKET. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 3 OTHER MODELS (WINDSTAR, TAURUS, AND SABLE) OF FORD OF THE SAME YEAR (1995) WITH THE 3.8 L ENGINES (RECALL 98-MO1) FOR DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE FORD DEALER THAT FORD MOTOR CO., WILL NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 1995 MUSTANGS. I AM ALOS AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER 1995 FORD MUSTANG OWNERS WITH NHTSA FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE NHTSA EXERCISE IT'S AUTHORITY AND HOLD FORD MOTOR CO. ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT IN THE 1995 MUSTANG AND INCLUDE IT IN RECALL 98-MO1. PLEASE RESPOND ON YOUR PROPOSED ACTION ON THIS COMPLAINT ASAP AS I AM FORCED TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (WHICH MAY EXCEED $2000) BY MY LOCAL FORD SERVICE CENTER. THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850483November 12, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH WITH A/C ON PULLED OFF FREEWAY AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS RUNNING A LITTLE BIT HOTTER THAN NORMAL. NOTICED THAT VEHICLE OVERHEATED. WHEN CONSUMER RETURNED SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714607November 10, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN ON MY MUSTANG PREMATURLY. THE CAR IS NOT EVEN 5 YEARS OLD YET, NOR IS IT PAID FOR YET. I SAW IN A REPORT THAT FORD HAS COVERED THIS PROBLEM FOR OTHER MODELS OF FORDS, BUT WHEN I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP, SHE SAID THAT THEY DO NOT COVER MUSTANGS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852641November 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE MOTOR WENT OUT UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL, AND MAY HAVE RESULTED A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714397November 6, 1999
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION SUSTAINED A CRACKED CASE, SNAPPED INPUT SHAFT, SHATTERED TAILHOUSING, AND CRUSHED CLUSTER GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852206October 29, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS HIT AT ABOUT 40MPH ON THE LEFT FRONT END, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER 'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713925October 27, 1999
SUSPENSION:REAR
REAR SWAY BAR BROKE AT THE BOLT ON LOCATION. TO MY UNDERSTANDING WITH TALKING TO AFTERMARKET REPS. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS VERY COMMON, EVEN THOUGH SVT (FORD SPECIAL VEHICLE TEAM) TOTALLY DENIES THE OCCURANCES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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