Ford Mustang Complaints (1998)

305 consumer complaints on file.

#876481December 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
EXCESSIVE WEAR OF REAR BRAKE SHOES DUE TO DEFECTIVE CALIPER. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A HEAD GASKET FAILURE DUE TO WATER PUMP BREAKING OFF BRACKET, AND CAUSING A SERPENTINE BELT FAILURE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING WOULD BE DONE DUE TO EXPIRED WARRANTY, AND VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK CONSUMER HAD WATER PUMP CASING AND BILLS ON REQUEST. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737771December 13, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
RAW FUEL SMELL RANDOMLY ENTERS CAB OF CAR. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS 85 OR OR HOTTER. IT BURNS MY EYES AND GETS ME VERY SICK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FORME AND MY FAMILY AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD FOR THIS CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. OR MY CAR CATCH ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737549December 9, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY HUSBAND I PURCHASED A 1998 ROUCH MUSTANG GT. THE CONVERSION KIT INCLUDES SIDE PIPES, COMPUTER CHIP, DIFFERENT SUSPENSION, AND SOME THINGS IM NOT SURE OF. I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH RAW FUEL SMELL COMING INTO CAB OF CAR. IT GET'S VERY BAD. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS 85 DEGREES OR ABOVE. AND ONLY HAPPENS RANDEMLY. ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING MY DAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL, FUEL SMELL CAME INTO CAB. DAUGHTER AND I GAGED. PULLED OVER AND SHUT CAR OFF. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, THEY SAID THEY WERE WAITING FOR NEW FUEL LINE FROM THE ROUSH COMPANY. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROUCH CARS NEEDED DIFFERENT FUEL LINE THEN THAT OF THE MANUFACTURER. THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE GOING TO DAYTONA. IT HAPPENED AGAIN. PULLED INTO DEALERSHIP SHUT CAR OFF WITH WINDOWS DOWN. TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES GONE BY BEFORE GEORGE NAGEL THE SERVICE MANAGER SAT IN IT. HE KEPT CAR DO TO HE SMELL OF FUEL. AND THAT IS AFTER THE CAR SITTING THERE AIRING OUT. HE SMELLED IT COMING FROM THE VENTS. THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT . HAPPENED AGAIN. NOW GOERGE IS SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW IF IT WAS GAS OR EMMISIONS THAT HE SMELLED. MY CAR KNOW SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY, I AM RENTING A CAR. I AM DOING LEMON LAW. I WAS TOLD BY AN ATTORNEY IF I CAN NOT PROVE MY CASE THEY WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE MANUFACURE. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. I AM AFRAID OF THIS CAR. I HAVE OWNED MUSTANGS FOR MANY YEARS NOW. THATS ALL I HAVE OWNED. I LOVE MY CAR. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. BUT MY SAFETY IS AT RISK. PLEASE HELP ME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737560December 9, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
RAW FUEL SMELL ENTERING CAB RANDEMLY WHEN OVER 85 DEGREES. PLEASE HELP DOING LEMON LAW. VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE. WIFE AND CHILD GOT VERY SICK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737575December 9, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THIS WHEN I NOTICED FIRE COMING OUT FROM ABOVE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE THIS CAR WAS MANUFACTURED WITH A FIBERGLASS HOOD WHICH IS VERY FLAMABLE THE HOOD CAUGHT FIRE WHICH CAUGHT THE TOP ON FIRE WHICH FELL INTO THE INTERIOR WHICH CAUGHT FIRE AND RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE IF THIS WAS A WRECK AND I WAS TRAPPED IN THE CAR WHEN THE ENGINE AND HOOD CAUGHT FIRE THIS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF LIFE, FORD SHOULD NOT HAVE INSTALLED A FIBERGLASS HOOD ON A CONVERTABLE ,WHEN I CONTACTED THEM ABOUT THE FIRE THEY WERE VERY COLD AND SEEMED TO NOT CARE THAT A CAR THEY BUILT WITH ONLY 25,000 MILES ON IT BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE ROAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875022November 15, 2000
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS UP, AND BRAKE DIDN'T HOLD AT ALL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL AND HIT A TREE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE PART TO COME IN.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735993November 8, 2000
TIRES
NONE (TIRESIZE: 225/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735925November 7, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
IF I USE THE TURN SIGNALS MY REAR, RIGHT(PASSENGER) BRAKE LIGHT WILL QUIT WORKING. IF I USE IT AGAIN IT SOMETIMES TURNS BACK ON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SOMETIMES THEY DONT WORK WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR, AND HAVE NOT USED MY TURN SIGNALS. ON OCCASIONS WHEN I SWITCH ON MY HIGHBEAMS MY HEADLIGHTS GO OFF ALL TOGETHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735344October 28, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WE TOOK CAR IN TO LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR ROUTINE MILEAGE CHECKUP. THEY HEARD NOISE IN REAR -END. WE HAD THEM TEAR INTO THE REAR END TO SEE WHAT PROBLEM WAS. THEY GAVE US AN ESTIMATE OF $2,000. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 YRS. OLD. WE QUESTIONED HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN. WE WERE TOLD IT DOESN'T USUALLY HAPPEN AT THIS MILEAGE, BEARING WENT OUT AND CAUSED ENTIRE REAR END TO NEED REPLACED. WE DO NOT HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO WE CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CORP. CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL, THEREFORE WE WOULD HAVE TO INCUR ALL COST. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT A CONCERN OF THEIR'S. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING IN OUR GARAGE SINCE THAT TIME. WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE PAYMENTS. WE FEEL IT IS FAULTY WORKMANSHIP. THIS CAR WAS DRIVEN BY MYSELF WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN TO AND FROM WORK/SCHOOL EVERY DAY.(IT HAS NOT BEEN "RAN HARD" ETC.) THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873963October 26, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED ON, IT WOULD MAKE STRANGE HARMONIC RESONANCE NOISE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE & SHAKE. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS RUNNING. NOISE WOULD BUILD UP. PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. VEHICLE COULD BE IDLING & NOISE WOULD ALSO APPEAR. MECHANIC CANNOT SOLVE PROBLEM. ALSO HAS A BAD DRIVE TRAIN & REAR END.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873219October 17, 2000
SEATS
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE LIKE A POPPY SOUND. BOLT THAT ATTACHED SEAT BROKE, AND THE SEAT POPPED UP, CAUSE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO APPLY BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT HERSELF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#733597October 6, 2000
TIRES
SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ON TURNPIKE. TIRES WERE CHECKED PREVIOUS WEEK BY ANOTHER FORD DEALER DURING OIL CHANGE SERVICE, OK. OTHER TIRES HAVE PERFORMED NORMALLY SINCE INCIDENT. SENT TIRE TO MICHELIN, DENIES CLAIM, SAID WAS PUNCTURED CAUSING RUNFLAT. BLOW-OUT WAS INSIDE TO OUTSIDE. FAILURE IN WORKMANSHIP OR MATERIAL. DAMAGED TIRE, RIM (WHEEL), AND STRUT. (DOT NUMBER: BET4HR1068 TIRESIZE: P22555H16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732884September 29, 2000
TIRES
MY RT. FRONT TIRE BLEW WHILE I WAS TRAVELING. EVEN THOUGH I WAS GOING SLOW, THERE WAS ENOUGH FORCE TO TAKE OUT A PEICE OF MY WHEEL COVER & DENT THE FRONT DOOR. I HAD TO REPLACE IT AT T LITTLE TIRE STORE IN THE TOWN IT HAPPENED IN. I REPLACED ALL THE TIRES AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THE SHOP WORKER SHOWED ME A PLACE ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SEPARATING TOO. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT THAT A BIG-BRAND NAME LIKE FIRESTONE SHOULDN'T DO THAT, SO I REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER BRAND. I REALIZED THAT IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AT A HIGH SPEED, I COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR & I FELT LUCKY. BUT IT WAS COSTLY & I STILL HAVE THE DENT & PEICE IF FENDER IN MY FLOORBOARD. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIRES SO I DO NOT KNOW ANY PARTICULARS ABOUT THEM, BUT THE DEALER SHOULD. I PROBABLY CAN GET THE TOW SERVICE TO ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT IT DID BLOW, HE PUT ON ONE OF THOSE LITTLE TEMPORARY TIRES & SUGGESTED A FEW SHOPS I COULD TRY TO GET A TIRE AT. *AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730290September 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE KNOCKS UNDER LOAD. KNOCK DISAPPEARS AT IDLE AND LOW LOAD. DEALER IS REPLACED ENGINE...ENGINE WAS NOT DISMANTLED TO DETERMINE ACTUAL CAUSE. REPLACEMENT ENGINE INSTALLED ALSO BLEW LAST WEEK (9/1/2000) AND THE DEALER IS ORDERING A SECOND REPLACEMENT. I HAD TO PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH THE FIRST REPLACEMENT AND MAY HAVE TO PAY SOME TYPE OF DEDUCTIBLE WITH THIS SUBSEQUENT REPLACEMENT. LOOKING FOR REPEATED INCIDENTS WITH THE COBRA 4.6 ENGINE. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE DEALER HAS BEEN MORE THAN HELPFUL IN ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT THE ENGINES BEING DELIVERED APPEAR TO BE REMANUFACTURED ENGINES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869362September 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING 30 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. MANY MECHANICS STATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE WEIGHT SHIFTS FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, CAUSING THE ANTI-BRAKE SYSTEM TO BECOME CONFUSED AND LOCK UP THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONSUMER WOULD THEN HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES QUICKLY TO DISENGAGE THE LOCKED STEERING WHEEL, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LABELED AS A LEMON BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD AND FORD CREDIT SERVICE CENTER AND REPRESENTATIVES. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#729700August 31, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 25 MPH DRIVER PROCEEDED TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN WHEN IN THE CURVE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. ENGINE QUIT, DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OVER STEERING OR BRAKES. ACCIDENT OCCURRED STRIKING TWO VEHICLES. 2 CARS DETERMINED TO BE TOTALLED, 3RD CAR BEING EVALUATED FOR LOSS. OUTDOOR TEMPS WERE NOTED TO BE IN HIGH NINETY'S TO LOW 100'S. CAUSE OF ENGINE SHUT DOWN UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, BUT POSSIBLE VAPOR LOCK PROBLEM MAY HAVE EXISTED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729740August 31, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE POPS OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND O/D LIGHT FLASHES ON. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP HAS REPLACED THE CYLNOID THAT CONTROLS THIS 4 TIMES. WORKS FOR AWHILE THEN STARTS AGAIN. CANNOT FIND ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION REBUILD IS NOW THE ONLY REMEDY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867924August 16, 2000
WHEELS:RIM
CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH RIM DESIGN. IT'S SEEMS AS THOUGH RIM DESIGN IS CAUSING A PROBLEM THAT SLOWLY DEFLATES THEM. DEALER DENIES THERE'S A PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728007August 15, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE AT BRANDON FORD FOR THE SAME PROBLEM FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. THEY ARE VERY RUDE AND SHORT AND I FEEL LIKE I WASTED $17000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866140July 27, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AND COMING UP ON TRAFFIC, CONSUMER HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKES TO GET CRUISE CONTROL TO RELEASE. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS UNSAFE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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