1995 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE WHITE SMOKE AND FLUID COMING OUT OF EXHAUST. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND TECHNICIAN STATED THAT HEAD GASKET NEEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, AND THERE WAS COOLANT ALL OVER THE ENGINE. DEALER REPLACED THERMOSTAT, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT FORD RECALLED THE VEHICLE AS THE ENGINE COOLING FAN COULD OVER HEATE AND CAUSE A FIRE, CAMPAIGN#01I011000, THE FAN WAS INSPECTED AND A CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS INSTALLED, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TURNED OFF THIS FAN ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO FORWARD MOTION, THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL FORD WITH SOME MINOR FIRE. CONSUMER TRADED IN THE VEHICLE WITH DIFFERENT PROBLEMS LIKE VIBRATION AND ENGINE NOISE. *YD

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS WITH INSERTING KEY INTO IGNITION SWITCH, AT TIMES THE KEY IS HARD TO GET OUT AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL NOT LINE UP TO INSERT KEY, CONSUMER STATES THAT ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE STARTED BY ITSELF. *TT

PRIOR TO RECALL 01S30, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED WITH SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE HOOD. ALSO, AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR THE VEHICLE SERIOUSLY OVERHEATED AGAIN. THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING THE MANUFACTURER TO REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE TWO REPAIRS. *YH

THE HEAD GASKET TO THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND SMELLED SMOKE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED, DEALER REPLACED ENGINE FAN AND WIRES AND NOW WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHAKES, SKIPS AND STALLS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECREASE IN SPEED ALTHOUGH BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT APPLIED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, INFORMED CONSUMER HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM HAS EXISTED ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE THE FIRST SUMMER I HAVE OWNED IT. WHEN I PLACE THE GEAR SELECTOR IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE CAR SURGES, THE RPM DROPS AND FLUCTUATES, AND THE VEHICLE EITHER TURNS OFF OR SETTLES DOWN. AT TIMES WHEN I'M AT A STOP SIGN, I PRESS THE GAS TO GO AND THE CAR HESITATES AND EITHER STOPS OR SURGES FORWARD SO I HAVE TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND KEEP PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL SO THE CAR WON'T STALL ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN CORRECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND HAVE SPOKEN TO THE SERVICE MANAGER NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. WHEN I TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE, I AM ALWAYS TOLD THE CAR WAS HOOKED UP TO THE COMPUTER AND THAT THE COMPUTER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THEY'VE REPLACED PARTS ON THE VEHILCE BUT IT CONTINUES TO RESPOND THE SAME WAY. THESE PROBLEMS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE WORSE IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE WEATHER IS HOT AND HUMID AND HAS NEVER BEEN CORRECTED. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH THIS MATTER. I KNOW IF I CONTINUE TO TAKE THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP CHARGING ME FOR JUST HOOKING IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND FINDING NOTHING WRONG WITH IT WHEN IN REALITY THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 7 YEARS NOW AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH NOTICED A THICK WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DRIVER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD, AND THEY STATED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; THEN, VEHICLE START OVERHEATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT ENGINE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER COULD NOT FIX IT, INSTEAD WANTED TO REPLACE IT. *AK THE TIMING CHAIN COVER HAD A LEAK. THE VEHICLE'S ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING AND OVERHEATING AFTER REPAIR BECAUSE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS NOT REPLACED. *YH