1995 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK

9/17/99 HAD TO HAVE VEHICAL TOWED OFF HWY. BECAUSE OF FEAR OF BURNING UP ENGINE. WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED AND RADIATOR WAS SEALED AT A OST OF $272.19. FOR THE NEXT 3/4 OF A MONTH I RAN THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A THERMOSTAT ON HOT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T IMAGINE THE MOTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS FEW MILEAGE ON IT. HOWEVER, ON 10/17/99 IT AGAIN BECAME VERY HOT AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. I HAD THE VIN # SEARCHED AND IT DID NOT REGISTER AS A PROBLEM ENGINE, GO FIGURE! I HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS SEND ME ARTICLES AS TO THE FACT THAT FORD KNEW THERE WAS SOMTHING WRONG WITH THESE 6CYLINDER ENGINE GASKETS NEEDING REPLACED, HOWEVER THE MUSTANGS WERE NOT CITED AS PROBLEM HEAD GASKETS. THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS MOSTLY THE AEROSTARS, CONTOURS,ETC. ISN'T THAT CONVEINANT? SO I KEPT THE HEAD GASKET TO SHOW YOU THE PROBLEM, AND I'LL BET IT WILL LOOK JUST LIKE THE FAILED HEAD GASKETS ON THESE OTHE RECALLED VEHICALS,IE.AEROSTARS, SABLES, ETC. AS I HAVE NOT THE EXTRA MEANS TO AFFORD THIS KIND OF COST, I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING REIMBURSED $929.99 SPENT ON REPARING MY FORD MUSTANG. I HAVE BOUGHT MANY FORDS AND HAD WAY MORE MILES ON THEM AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A HEAD GASKET. I'LL BE ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKS, CANDACE

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION, AND WAS INFORMED OF A POSSIBLE BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET OR A CRACK IN ENGINE BLOCK. THIS IS A 3.8L ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WOULD DIE OUT FOR NO REASON. THERE WOULD BE NO WARNING PRIOR TO STALLING. THIS HAPPENED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. VEHICLE WOULD RESTART SOMETIMES. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC LOOK AT IT. *AK

HEATER BLOWING COOL AIR. MECHANIC REPLACED RADIATOR CAP. CAR OVERHEATED--REPLACED THERMOSTAT. CAR STILL OVERHEATING--REPLACED RADIATOR. STILL OVERHEATING--REPLACED THERMOSTAT AGAIN. STILL OVERHEATING--DEALER SAYS IT IS A CRACKED HEAD GASKET! ALL OF THIS HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT TEN DAYS. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN EPIDEMIC AMONG FORD 3.8L ENGINES. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. *AK

FORD HAS SAID THAT ONLY THE 3.5 'S HAVE PROBLEMS NO MUSTANGS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, AT FIRST THE SER. MANAGER SIAD THESE THING JUST WEAR OUT SORRY BUT I HAVE COMPLAINED SO MUCH THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO CUT ME A DEAL ON THE COST THEY HAVENT DECIDED THE PRICE YET, THEY HAVE HAD MY CARE SINCE 28TH OF DEC. (ITS NOW JAN. 16TH) AND IM NOT SURE WHEN ILL GET IT BACK. NO SAFETY DEFECT (S) LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

I WROTE TO MR. JAC NASSER PERSONALLY USING CERTIFIED MAIL AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CONTACTED BY A MR. LANCE TANG. I WAS TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD EVEN THOUGH THE REPAIR COST $3316.88. I MUST SAY I THOUGHT THIS WAS QUITE A TRAVESTY WHEN FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAVE THIS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH SIMILAR ENGINES IN OTHER VEHICLES. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND HEAT NOT WORKING. NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK HOME WHEN THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. TOOK IT TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THERMOSTAT, CHANGED COOLANT AND OIL. NEXT DAY CAR STILL OVERHEATED AND NO HEAT. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO DID SAME AS MECHANIC WITH SAME RESULT. THEY CHECKED THE WATER PUMP, NOTICED WHITE SUBSTANCE IN RADIATOR. THEY RECOMMENDED AND REPLACED RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD HEAD GASKET IS OK AT THIS TIME. THEY RELEASED THE CAR TO ME. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A WEEK, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND HEAT VERY SPORADIC. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATE I NEED NEW HEAD GASKETS. THEY WILL NOT REFUND MONEY FOR RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR, AND THEY STATED THEY WILL NOT REFUND MONEY FOR RADIATOR OR PAY FOR HEAD GASKETS.*AK

OVERHEATING ENGINE....REPLACED EVERYTHING...NOW SAYS BLOWN HEADGASKET??? I SEE TONS OF THESE!! NEED HELP!!!

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON WAY TO WORK CAR WAS TOWED TO MANTECA FORD AND HEADS TORN DOWN, HEAD GASKET AND ADDITIONAL WORK ESTIMATED AT $2200, REFUSED WORK AT THAT TIME, HAD CAR REPAIRED AT LATER DATE, TOTAL COST $900. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION/ OVERDRIVE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, CAR TAKEN TO GARAGE 10 COMPONENTS REPAIRED OR REPLACED, TOTAL COST $1583.77. CAR HAS ONLY 82,000 MILES ON ODOMETER AND IS NOT RACED OR USED IN A HAPHAZARD MANNER, IT IS MAIN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK (ROUND TRIP 1.5 MI) AND AS TRAVEL CAR FOR VACATION, HAS NEVER TOWED ANOTHER VEHICLE NOR BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS. BELIEVE HEAD GASKET FAILURE PRECIPITATED BY ELECTRIC COOLING FAN FAILURE 3 MOS. PRIOR. FAN REPLACED AT PERSONAL COST, NO PROBLEMS. *AK