1995 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. COOPER TIRE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AT 20MPH. WOULD INCREASE SHAKING WHEN SPEED WAS INCREASED. WOULD OVER COMPENSATE WITH STEERING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. HAVE WEAR & TEAR ON RACK & PINION DUE TO THE VIBRATIONS. HAD THE RACK & PINON CHANGED TWICE. ALIGNMENT FAILED 30 DAYS AFTER RACK & PINON. THE WHEEL BALANCE WENT OUT. TIRES WERE EXCESSIVELY ON EDGES. *AK

FIRST FAILURE OF HEATER COIL OCCURRED CA 8/98. SECOND HEATER COIL FAILURE 8/99. THIRD FAILIURE 9/26/2000. IN ALL CASES PASSENGERS BECAME NAUSEATED WITH HEADACHES AS A RESULT OF THE EMMISION OF GLYCOL INOT THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. IN ALL CASES THE FAILURE LEAKED COOLANT ONTO ELECTRICAL HARNASSES IN THE DASHBOARD LEADING TO ARCING WITH A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO PASSENGERS. FORD DEALER THAT PERFOMED THE REPAIR HAD A STANDARD WARRANTY ALTHOUGH THE FAILURE FALLS JUST OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY. THE COIL FAILURE IS A PIIN HOLE WHICH APPEARS TO FROM AS A RESULT OF CORROSION ERROSION BY THE COOLANT.

REAR TAIL LIGHTS ARE INOPERABLE. WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES AND ATTEMTPING TO STOP, REAR TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE, THERE IS NO WARNING/ NO INDICATION THAT VEHICLE IS BEING STOPPED OR SLOWED DOWN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALR HAS REPLACED 4-5 TAIL LIGHT SWITCHES, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR MY BLOWN HEAD GASKET I TALKED TO FORD AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT DOWN AND I DID SO I TOWED IT TO FORD AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T FIX THE GASJET FOR FREE BECAUSE IT JUST REACHED 100 THOUSAND MILES AND I HAD TO TOW MY CAR BACK HOME BUT THEY SHOWED NO CONCERN AND TOLD ME TO GET MY CAR OUT BECAUSE IT IS BLOCKING THIER WAY I FELT MISTREATED AND IGNORD SO I GOT IT FIXED AT ANOTHER SHOP AND THEY FIXED IT FOR $1300 AND I NEVER HEARD OF ANY RECALL UNTIL I SAW IT ON MUSTANGWORLD.COM SORRY FOR IF THIS IS NOT CONCERNING YOU I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO TO COMPAIN TO THANKS.

CONSUMER STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH CAR . IT CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WOULD NOT START FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS AN ENGINE PROBLEM. *AK

BAUGHT CAR IN AUGUST OF 2000, DROVE IT ONE WEEK AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR VARIOUS ITEMS FIXED; IE; OVERHEATED TWICE THEN BLEW HEADGASKET, DRIVERS REAR ROTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, RECALL ON HOOD WHICH WAS SEPARATING, MAJOR FUEL LEAK, FUEL HOSE BY FUEL TANK, WATER LEAK FROM TIMING COVER GASKET

ON 9/12/95 WHILE DRIVING A RENTED HERTZ VEHICLE, A 1995 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FORD VEHICLE WE WERE DRIVING MADE A POPPING SOUND AND SUDDENDLY WITHOUT NOTICE THE CAR SWERVED OUT OF CONTROL INTO A DITCH. WE HIT A LIGHT POLE AND SEVERLY DAMAGED PROPERTY. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND MY HUSBAND WAS HURT. I WAS IN SHOCK BUT WAS NEVER PREPARED FOR THE AFTERMATH. NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR THAT THE TIRE BLEW APART. THEY CLAIMED THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO SPEED AND IT LOST CONTROL. THE REAR TIRE MUST OF BLOWN AFTER THE IMPACT. I FOUGHT WITH HERTZ FOR DAMAGES AND RENTAL COSTS BUT IN THE END I HAD TO PAY. THEY CLAIMED THEY INVESTIGATED THE MATTER AND FOUND NO FAULTY TIRES. HOWEVER TO THIS DAY I SWEAR THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO FAULTY TIRES. SINCE THE RECALL I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF THIS AND WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER PURSUE THE MATTER. I HAVE ALL TYPES OF SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTATION ATTACHED WHICH MAY HELP YOU FOLLOW THROUGH.I AM GRATEFUL THAT THERE WERE NO FATALITIE

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED TEMERATURE. GAUGE RUNNING HIGH. DEALER INDICATED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THIS REPORTS A FAILURE WHICH OCCURRED VERY EARLY IN THE CAR OWNERSHIP, BUT WHICH ONLY RECENTLY CAME TO LIGHT. IT IS A REPORT OF A DEFECTIVE SWAY BAR WHICH APPARENTLY FRACTURED DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP CAUSING IMPROPER HANDLING AND CONTROL, ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF THE VEHICLE DURING THE ENSUING YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. THE OWNER DID NOT REALIZE THE SOURCE OF THIS IMPROPER PERFORMANCE UNTIL SOME TIME LATER WHEN THE FRACTURED SWAY BAR BROKE OFF ON ONE SIDE CAUSING A NOW NOTICEABLE RATTLING NOISE. HOWEVER, THIS NOISE ONLY OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH AND BUMPY ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD VISUALLY INSPECTED THE BREAK UPON REPLACEMENT OF THE SWAY BAR THAT A FRACTURE-BRAKING SEQUENCE OVER TIME WAS EVIDENT DUE TO RUST IN ONLY A PORTION OF THE BREAK. THE MOST STARTLING DISCOVERY WAS THE EVIDENCE OF METAL CRYSTALIZATION IN AND AROUND THE SITE OF THE BREAK. THUS, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THIS WAS A MOLDED HOLE RATHER THAN A MACHINED OR DRILLED HOLE. IN ASSESSING THIS INCIDENT THE MANAGER VERBALLY CONFIRMED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE IMPROPER VEHICLE HANDLING AND POOR PERFORMANCE, ALONG WITH THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION EXPERIENCED BY THE OWNER SOON AFTER PURCHASE. THE MANAGER ALSO AGREED THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS THIS LOSS OF THE SWAY BAR STRENGTHENING OF THE VEHICLE FRAME MIGHT RESULT IN COMPLETE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. HE URGED ME TO REPORT IT TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HE PROVIDED ME WITH THE APPROPRIATE PHONE NUMBER. I DID VERBALLY REPORT THIS INCIDENT AND ASKED THAT THE INFORMATION BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF OTHER SIMILARLY-EQUIPPED FORD CONVERTIBLES OWNERS FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION OF THE SWAY BAR INSTALLATION IN THEIR OWN VEHICLE. ALSO, I ASKED THAT THE SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND POOR HANDLING (UNSTABLE SWAYING) BE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION AS A CLUE TO POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF THE SWAY BAR SINCE BOTH OF THESE SYMPTOMS HAD COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED AFTER BAR REPLACEMENT.