1998 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED ON THREE OCCASIONS. BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. VEHICLE AT DEALER SHOP FOR REPLACING BOTH SEAT BELTS AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FORD MOTOR CO. DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS TO BE A PROBLEM, AND STATED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR THEIR CONSUMERS AT THIS TIME, WHEN THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH OTHER VEHICLES (EXPLORER). NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO A WOOD FENCE AT 30MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS MADE OF PLASTIC, THIS LEAD TO IT CRACKING AND ANTI-FREEZE COMING OUT. COULD NOT SEE WHILE DRIVING.*AK

SEATBELTS FAILED TO LOCK UP DURING A FRONT END COLLISION. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS CRACKED IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE ON THE EXACT SAME PART THAT HAD RECALLS THE TWO PREVIOUS YEARS. RECALL NUMBER 97M91. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID MY VIN ISN'T COVERED. OBVIOUSLY, WHATEVER THEY DID TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM DIDN'T WORK. THERE ARE ALSO SELECT VIN'S THAT ARE COVERED FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM IN MY YEAR CAR. WHY WOULD THEY ONLY REPLACE CERTAIN MANIFOLDS? THEY COULD HAVE HAD LEFT OVER INTAKES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS FAULTY BATCH THAT THEY INSTALLED ON VARIOUS CARS FROM MY YEAR, AND THINK THEY WILL GET AWAY WITH NOT REPLACING IT BECAUSE MY VIN ISN'T SHOWING UP AS MADE IN FACTORY "X" WHICH HAD FAULTY PARTS MADE FROM A BAD CASTING. CURIOUSLY, THE INTAKES FROM THE TWO PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE A 7 YEAR NO-QUESTIONS-ASKED REPLACMENT PROGRAM GOING ON FOR THE SAME CAR, SAME MODEL, SAME ENGINE. WHAT DID FORD DO TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM FOR MY YEAR CAR? MY GUESS IS NOTHING. ALSO, THE WAY WE FOUND THE CRACK INITIALLY WAS BY A SUGGESTION FROM A FORD PARTS/SERVICE TECH WHO SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME TO "CHECK THE INTAKE FOR A CRACK UNDER THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING". ISN'T THAT A LITTLE TOO COINCIDENTAL????*AK

WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON THEY COULD GO OFF AT ANYTIME WITHOUT WARNING. TO TURN THEM BACK ON I EITHER HAVE TO PULL BACK ON THE "MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH" OR TURN ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT TURN SIGNAL. EVEN AFTER DOING THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OFF AT ANYTIME AND AS MANY TIMES. THE FORD SERVICE REP AND THE CSAA REP INDICATED IT COULD BE A FAULTY "MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH". I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE RECENTLY FROM A PERSONAL FRIEND WHO IS THE ORIGINAL OWNER. ALSO I HAD A 1994 FORD MUSTANG WHICH HAD THE FAULTY "MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH" REPLACED BECAUSE THE WASHER FLUID WAS NOT SPRAYING WHEN IT WAS TURNED ON. IT'S JUST TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE TO HAVE FAULTY "MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH" REPLACED. THERE SHOULD BE MORE RESEARCH DONE ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE "SWITCH" TO CONFIRM THAT A "RECALL" IS IN ORDER. THANK YOU.*AK

CAR CONTINUALLY OVERHEATED, BROUGHT IN SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALER AND NEVER COMPLETELY FIXED. THEN IT COMPLETELY BLEW THE ENGINE DUE TO THE HEAD GASKETS FAILING.*AK

EAGLE ZR 45, SIZE 245 45 ZR17,DOT M68RF62R267, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, FORD, MUSTANG . WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A LARGE BUBBLE ON FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED. *AK THE SLIGHT WVINGS AROUND THE TIRE WAS NOTICED, ONE SHOWS SOME SMALL CRACKS DEVELOPING AND THE TIRE POPPED WHILE PARKED. *YD

WHILE CONSUMER WAS WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT DRIVERS SIDE SEATBACK COLLASPED.*AK *YD