2000 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

2 OF 4 APPEAR TO BE CROSS BELTED. NO FAILUR AT THIS TIME BUT DO NOT KNOW OF A LOCAL DEALER TO ADJUST THE PROBLEM. BRAND ON TIRES IS "ROAD KING" MODEL "PREMIUM GT" SIZE "P205X65 R15 926 M&S". UNABLE TO FINISH YOUR QUESTIONS AS I DO NOT KNOW WHO THE MANUFACTURER IS.ENTERED FIRESTONE TO GET THROUGH FIELDS.

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2000 FORD MUSTANG GT. CONSUMER STATES THAT SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2004 HE HAS HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION. THIS WILL MAKE THREE TIMES. ALL THE PARTS ARE REMANUFACTURED. *TT

I WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT WHERE I LOST CONTROL AND JUMPED A CURB. MY CAR WAS A 2000 V6 MUSTANG COUPE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN THE CAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE CURB. BUT I WAS THEN AIRBORN IN THE CAR FOR ABOUT 12 FEET AND BY THE TIME MY CAR HIT THE GROUND MY AIR BAGS HAD DEFLATED, CAUSING MY PASSENGER TO HIT HER HEAD ON THE DASHBOARD. SHE HAD HER SEATBELT ON, AND BE KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. ALSO... WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THEY CAME OUT WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT KNOCKED MY HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING ME TO NOT BE ABLE TO STEER THE CAR .SCARED THAT IF THE TIRES WEREN'T STRAIGHT WHEN WE WOULD TOUCH DOWN THAT WE WOULD FLIP. THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED 2 DAYS AGO WHEN MY FRIEND WRECKED HIS 20'01 GT. HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CLIPPED A TELEPHONE POLL DOING ABOUT 50MPH. HE THEN JUMPED A DITCH... WENT AIRBORN... AND WRAPPED HIS CAR AROUND A TREE. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED,BUT HAD DEFLATED BY THE TIME HE HAD ANY REAL CONTACT. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHEN HE CLIPPED THE TELEPHONE POLL... BUT WHEN HE NEEDED IT MOST IT HAD ALREADY DEFLATED... CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN HAVING HIS HEAD GO THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. AIRBAGS DO NOT NEED TO DEFLATE SO QUICKLY. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. THANK YOU!*AK

FAILURE JUST HAPPENED. FAILURE OF THE "MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH" ON OUR 2000 MUSTANG CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS, WIPERS, AND SPEED CONTROL. HAD PROBLEM LOOKED AT BY SEVERAL MECHANICS. THEY REPLACED FUSES, WHICH REMEDIED THE SITUATION FOR 24 HOURS. THEN THE FUSES WOULD BLOW, AND THE SYSTEMS WOULD FAIL. CHEVROLET DEALER DISCOVERED THAT LEAVING THE HAZARD SWITCH IN THE "ON" POSITION WOULD ALLOW THESE SYSTEMS TO FUNCTION NORMALLY, BUT DISABLED THE HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS. UPON CALLING THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND SPEAKING WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM, AND HE SAID IT WAS THE "MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH", AND THAT THEY HAD REPLACED "A FEW". I HAVE NOT HAD THE REPAIR DONE YET, BUT INTEND TO IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. MEANWHILE, MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THE CAR WITH THE HAZARD SWITCH IN THE "ON" POSITION IN ORDER TO HAVE BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, WIPERS, AND HER SPEED CONTROL OPERABLE. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE!*AK

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT FROM THE RETRACTOR. ANY ONE RIDING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT IS LEFT UNRESTRAINED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NM *NM

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. HOWEVER, NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME.*AK

LENS COVERS FOR HEADLIGHTS ARE FOGGY AND PITTED SO BAD THE BULB ISN'T EVEN VISIBLE MAKING NIGHTTIME DRIVING DIFFICULT. WE WORK WITH SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN AS THEIR FORD POLICE CARS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY DURING NIGHT PATROL DUTY, OFTEN CHOOSING NOT ENGAGING IN CRIMINAL CHASES OVER PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. THE EXPENSE TO REPLACE THESE COVERS AVERAGES OVER $200 PER LENS COVER AND IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE. *JB

IF THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE MOVING IT WILL LOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD SPLIT WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT ALL THE COOLANT AND WATER LEAKED FROM THE ENGINE. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE TURNING ON THE HEAT DEFOGGER IT FAILED TO COME ON. THE VENTS WOULD BLOW OUT COLD AIR. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO SEE PROPERLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE DRIVE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE DEFOGGER. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPEN MORE THAN ONCE AND HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB