2000 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

ON 8/27/2001 I TOOK OUR CAR TO OUR FORD DEALER DUE TO IT FEELING LIT IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS EVEN THOUGHT IT HAD GAS. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ON 09/02/2001 WHILE DRIVING TO CALIFORNIA WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. DUE TO IT BEING A HOLIDAY WEEKEND IT COULD NOT BE LOOKED AT UNTIL 09/04/2001. FUTURE FORD OF ROSEVILLE CALIF. HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK SENDER, CLUSTER ASY. SNDR & PUMP ASY. AND FILTER ASY. ON OUR WAY HOME FROM A TRIP TO CA. ON 05/30/02 WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN, THIS TIME WHILE ON HWY 50 IN UTAH. THE CAR BUCKED AND ACTED LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS. IT STALLED RESULTING IN NO POWER FOR STEERING OR BRAKING. WHILE TRYING TO STEER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A CURVE, IT WENT ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ONCOMING CARS, ALMOST RESULTING IN A ACCIDENT. *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****762652

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK AND IT WILL NOT UNLOCK, PASSENGER IS STUCK INSIDE OF SEAT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *MJ

THE PROBLEM IS THE ENGINE STALLS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM OR COLD. IT ALSO HAPPENS AFTER THE CLUTCH HAS BEEN DISENGAGED AFTER BEING AT SPEED AND THE RPMS ARE DECREASING TO THE PROGRAMMED IDLE RPM. HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF STOPPING AT THE IDLING RPM, THE ENGINE RPM DIPS TO LOW AND THE ENGINE STALLS. I LOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHICH CAUSE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THIS HAPPENS MORE OFTEN IF I AM GOING AROUND A TURN OR TURNING ON THE AC (BOTH ITEMS REQUIRE MORE POWER FROM THE ENGINE)WHILE DISENGAGING THE CLUTCH. IN TOTAL, THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES DURING THE 30500 MILES. *TS *JB ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS****761876

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THROTTLE GOT STUCK AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO STOP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKI

WHEN CLUTCH DISENGAGES RPMS DROP TOO LOW AND VEHICLE STALLS. LOSES ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. DEALER CAN NOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. *AK CONSUMER ADDS ENGINE STALLS EASIER IF A/C IS ON, AND/OR WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER REPLACED POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND MASS AIR FLOW, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. ALSO CONSUMER IS A HEARING METALLIC TICKING NOISE ON COLD ENGINE. AIR BLADDER DEFLATES AFTER 1/2 HOUR. DEALER REPLACED SEAT AIR BLADDER. DRIVERS SIDE FRONT AND BACK WINDOW WILL NOT SEAL AFTER ROLLING UP AT TIMES. *TT

FTER STARTING VEHICLE RPMS GO UP AND DOWN. THEN , WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE IT LAUNCHES BACKWARD VERY FAST. DRIVER HAS TO SLAM ON BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OR VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN.*JB

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE CALIPER MOUNT AND CALIPER PIN RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP, THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO GREASE THE CALIPER PIN AND MOUNT WHEN VEHICLE WAS FIRST BUILT.*JB

MY CAR IS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD AND I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE IT HAS MORE THAN 36,000 MILES ON IT. THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY IT. I THINK THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO LAST LONGER THAN 2 YEARS. HAS ANYONE ELSE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM?*JB

GOODYEAR, EAGLE, P205/65R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD MUSTANG WITH 13900 MILES. SIDEWALL BLEWOUT ON PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE AT 70 MPH.*AK CONSUMER ADDS HE HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING VEHICLE. FORD DEALER STATED THAT BUMBER TO BUMPER WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE TIRES. GOODYEAR WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *TT