1995 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

NHTSA RECAL# 14673-01-011-000: CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE REACHES HIGH TEMPERATURE, PROBLEM IS DUE TO FAULTY ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM BACK OFF VEHICLE ,HAD TOWED THEY SAD THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN.VEHICLE IS PART OFF RECALL,BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT VEHICLE IS OVER 100,000 NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL.PROBLEM HAPPEN TWICE. MR

MONDAY AUGUST 12 2002 I TOOK MY MUSTANG TO RIVERSIDE FORD BECAUSE OF A FAILED HEATER CORE VALVE. WHEN I GOT TO THE SERVICE DEPT. I NOTICED THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAD COME ON. ASKED THEM TO FIX AIRBAG LIGHT AND TO LET ME KNOW IF IT WAS INDEED THE HEATER CORE VALVE THAT HAD BUSTED.THAT AFTERNOON I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THE VALVE.I TOLD THEM TO REPAIR AIRBAG LIGHT ONLY. PICKED UP CAR NEXT DAY,PAID THE BILL AND GOT IN CAR.AIRBAG LIGHT WAS STILL ON.IQUESTIONED SERVICE WRITTER AND HE TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIND A CODE WHEN THEY HOOKED UP THE COMPUTER SO THEY REPLACED A FUSE.HAD A FEW MORE WORDS WITH HIM AND HE SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT FIXED BUT YET I HAD TO PAY BILL. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ARGUE TOLD HIM I WOULD RETURN.TWO WEEKS LATER I RETURNED WITH 2 BLOWN AIRBAGS.MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON AUGUST 26. SHE STOPPED AT A REDLIGHT AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG EXPLODED,PULLED IN A PARKING LOT AND GOT OUT OF CAR WHEN PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG EXPLODED.SHE CALLED ME CRYING AND SCARED TO DEATH OVER WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED. NO WRECK, NO COLLISION WITH ANY OBJECT AIRBGS EXPLODED FOR NO REASON.ANY WAY DEALERSHIP WANTED ME TO PAY FOR 2HOURS OF LABOR SO THEY COULD DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. TOLD THEM THEY WERE CRAZY IF THEY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PAY.SINCE THEY DAY IHAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOME ENGINEERS FROM FORD TO COME DOWN AND HAVE A LOOK AND DECIDE WHAT TO DO.WELL THEY DID TODAY AND SAID THEY WERE DENYING CLAIM DUE TO AGE AND MILES ON VEHICLE.I HAVE ASKED FOR NOTHING OTHER THAN MY VEHICLE TO BE FIXED BUT IT SEEMS IT IS GOING NO WHERE.OH BY THE WAY WHEN I ASKED WHAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN I GET THE SAME RESPONSE,WE DO NOT KNOW.

WHILE DRIVING WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM TAIL PIPE, HAD VEHICLE TOWED. HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN OUT. *AK

ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM EXHAUST AFTER ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. COOLING FAN MOTOR FAILED. CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTICES FROM MANUFACTURER REGARDING ADDITIONAL WARRANTY COVERAGE UNDER SERVICE PROGRAM NUMBER 00M10, COVERED POTENTIAL ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURES. *YH .*AK

SECONDARY OWNER STATES HEAD GASKET BLEW. THERE IS A RECALL RELATING TO HEAD GASKET. HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE CLAIM WAS SUBMITTED TOO LATE. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT STATING THAT CLAIM WAS SUBMITTED WITHIN TIME SPECIFIED. *TT

RECALL 01V390000; DEALER MULLINAX FORD EAST IN WICKLIFFE, OH. PHONE# 440/585-8000 REFUSED TO REPLACE FAN MOTOR WITHOUT CHARGE TO CONSUMER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON A SIDE STREET DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE ON LEFTSIDE. BOLTS AND ANCHOR ARE STILL IN TACK WITH THE SEAT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

01 V 390 000/ENGINE COOLING FAN: COOLING FAN STOPPED OPERATING WHILE DRIVING.THIS CAUSED ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION, (O1I011000) BUT WAS ALREADY EXPERIENCING OVERHEATING PROBLEMS, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND STATED THE FAN MOTOR WAS FINE, HOWEVER CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO CHANGED THE FAN MOTOR AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT OVERHEATED SINCE, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT AND WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEIR CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE FAN MOTOR WAS OK, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO WAY THEY COULD HADE PRODUCED THE SAME CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE FAN DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, THE FAN STARTED OUT OK, BUT WOULD WIND DOWN TO ALMOST STALLING ON DAYS OF HIGH HEAT, AS LONG AS THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING, THE TEMPERATURE WOULD STABILIZE, BUT AS SOON AS CONSUMER GOT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC OR STOPPED, THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AGAIN AFTER BEING TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO REIMBURSEMENT.*JB