1998 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

ERRATIC HANDLING ON FREEWAY , STEERING BECAME UNCONTROLABLE AND SWERVING WHEN PULLING OUT INTO INTERSECTION. *AK

MY HUSBAND AND I TEST DROVE THIS CAR WITH THE TOP DOWN, AND DROVE IT HOME WITH TOP DOWN. THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE DROVE IT WITH THE TOP UP WE COULD HEAR A WHOOSHING SOUND FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. IT WOULD GET WORSE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT FOR NO CHARGE SINCE WE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE CAR EVEN THOUGH IT CAME WITH NO WARRANTY. (OUR MECHANIC HAD CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID IT WAS THE REAR END GOING OUT) THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT THE CAR AND SAID THE ENTIRE REAR END NEEDED REPLACEMENT!! THE AXLES, BEARINGS, ETC. WERE RUINED. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW OF THE SITUATION. THEY TOLD MY HUSBAND IF I WOULD HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR ANOTHER 2 WEEKS THE REAR END WOULD HAVE SEIZED, CAUSING THE CAR TO SUDDENLY STOP, AND PROBABLY CAUSING AND ACCIDENT. SINCE THE CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD HAVE A PROBLEM AS SEVERE AS THIS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IS WAS A POOR DESIGN BY FORD. I AM VERY UPSET AT THE FACT THAT THIS CAR HAD A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICED, AND I AM KICKING MYSELF FOR NOT TEST DRIVING IT WITH THE TOP UP. FURTHERMORE , SINCE IT HAD NO WARRENTY, I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THEY HAVE TOLD ME I ONLY HAVE TO PAY $480.00 EVEN THOUGH THE WORK WILL BE WELL OVER $1000.00. I FEEL THE DEALERSHIP SOLD ME A CAR THAT WAS VERY UNSAFE, AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FOOT ANY OF THE BILL.*AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY DID NT HOLD, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DEALER. MASTER CYLINDER WAS SHOT.*AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT DUE TO A CRACK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. CONTACTED DEALER.*AKI

IN DECEMBER WENT TO START CAR AND HAD TO GET JUMPED. CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND IT DID IT AGAIN. AND THE INTERVALS BETWEEN JUMPS GOT CLOSER, THEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY SO WE GOT A NEW BATTERY AND HAD THE ALTERNATOR TESTED AND IT CAME BACK OAY.. RADIO QUIT WORKING AS DID THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER THE SAME DAY AND THEN ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE THEFT LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN WENT OFF. THEN LAST WEEK THE DASH LIGHTS QUIT WORKING AND REPLACED FUSE, BUT STILL NO LIGHTS AND AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WE PUT IN NEW RADIO 2 WEEKS AGO. WE PUT IT IN SHOP LAST WEEK TO HAVE CHECKED AND THEY TELL ME THAT IT'S THE RADIO THAT HAS BEEN CAUSING PROBLEMS. WELL HOW COULD RADIO YOU JUST INSTALLED CAUSE PROBS BACK IN DECEMBER? THEY HAVE MY GRANDMOTHER BELIEVING THEM. COST HER $269. THEY REPROGRAMED THE COMPUTER AND PUT IN 4 FUSES, BUT DID NOT FIX THE SO CALLED RADIO PROBLEM, AND TOLD HER THAT LUCKY THE RADIO DIDNT MAKE THE CAR EXPLODE AND CATCH FIRE?? SAID THAT THE HOT AND GROUND WERE CROSSED BUT WE HAD THEM TESTED AND THEY WERENT. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE RADIO WAS PULLING 3 TIMES THE POWER THAT IT SHOULD. I THINK THAT THEY DIDNT WANT TO HONOR THE WARRANTY, AND WERE FINDING SOMETHNG TO BLAME IT ON. BECAUSE IF IT WERE THE RADIO, WHY DIDNT THEY FIX THAT INSTEAD OF REPROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER AND REPLACING FUSES??

WHILE PARKED ON DECLINE VEHICLE ROLLED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH PARKING BRAKES STILL ON, HAD PARKING BRAKES DONE ON RECALL IN 2001. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE STATING PARKING BRAKES WERE FINE.*JB

THERE IS A CRACKED ENGINE MANIFOLD, AND WATER IS BEING DUMPED OUT OUT OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER NOTED THAT THE VIN NUMBER DID NOT MATCH.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, TRANSMISSION SHUT DOWN. *AK *YH

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED AND HAS RESULTED IN WATER LEAKING FROM MANIFOLD. CONSUMER HAS MADE ALL NECESSARY REPAIRS TO VEHICLE. *AK *YH

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING WEST ON I-64 NEAR EVANSVILLE, IN WHEN THE TOP HALF OF THE HOOD SEPARATED FROM THE BOTTOM AND FLEW OFF OF THE CAR. BODY SHOP AND INS. SAID THAT IT WAS A DEFECTED HOOD, IT LOOKS AS IF THE FRONT SECTION WAS NEVER SEALED PROPERLY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS IF THE HOOD HAD NOT BLOWN UP AND AWAY FROM THE CAR.*AK