1996 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

(1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE: NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. 2) FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 1996 FORD MUSTANG GT SOHC V8 ENGINE (85,000MILES). ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED OUT RENDERING CAR UNDRIVEABLE, AND ME STRANDED. (3) WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE; I.E, PARTS REPAIRED OR REPLACED: FRAMINGHAM FORD DEALER REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART AT A CHARGE OF $1150. THE WORK WAS DONE IN A SLOPPY FASHION WHERE UPON RECEIVING THE CAR, THERE WERE WASHERS AND NUTS MISSING FROM SOME PARTS OF THE REASSEMBLED ENGINE (WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN ADRESSED). THE CRACKED MANIFOLD WAS NOT FIXED UNDER WARRANTY OR THE 97M91 RECALL AS IT HAD RUN OUT LAST YEAR. THERE WAS NO RECALL NOTICE SENT PRIOR TO IT RUNNING OUT. BEING A KNOWN PROBLEM, FORD NEEDS TO REPLACE THE PART AT THEIR EXPENSE, NOT AT A PROFIT FOR THEMSELVES.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH DRIVE R AND PASSENGER RETRACTORS DETERIORATED. THE BELTS WERE INOPERABLE WHEN IN USE. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID THAT THERE WAS A GREAT RISK INVOLVED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT BELTS.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER RETRCTORS DETERIORATED. THE BELTS WERE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID THERE WAS A GREAT RISK INVOLVED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT BELTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW. THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY ANTIFREEZE LEAKING FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. SMOKE STARTED TO ACCUMULATE INSIDE THE VEHICLE FROM THE A/C VENTS. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM

OUR FAMILY HAS THREE 1996 MUSTANGS, ONE WITH A MANUAL AND TWO WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. WE HAVE HAD ALL THREE OF THEM BLOW THE HEAD GASKET ON THEM, ONE AT A YEAR, ONE AT THREE YEARS, AND ONE AT FOUR YEARS. NOW, I HAVE FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT FORD OFFERED A FREE REPLACEMENT ON THE GASKETS, FOR AN EXTENDED 7 YEARS, AND WOULD LIKE TO WARN OTHERS THAT THEY ARE VERY LIKELY TO GO OUT, AND TO LET THEM KNOW TO "REMIND" THE FORD DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I PAID TO REPLACE THREE OF THEM, AND FEEL THAT THE FORD DEALER SHOULD HAVE ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEREFORE NOT CHARGED ME. *AK

I HAVE A 1996 FORD MUSTANG LX. I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AT NIGHT AND I HAD IT ON CRUISE CONTROL AND IT BLEW UP.I TOOK CARE OF MY CAR AND CHECKED THE ENGINE AND THE ANTIFREEZE BEFORE I LEAVE MY HOUSE.I GAVE MY CAR A 15 MINUTE WARM UP PERIOD BEFORE I LEAVE MY HOUSE.THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND BLEW UP DUE TO FAULTY ENGINE GASKET. I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE STARTER,THE WATER PUMP(2X), RADIATOR, AND PISTONS BECAUSE OF THAT. I AM VERY MAD AT FORD AND I TOLD THEM SO IN DEARBORN MI. I WILL NOT BUY A FORD IN THE FUTURE AND I TELL EVERYONE THAT ASKS ME ABOUT MY BAD EXPERIENCE W/ THIS CAR AND I TELL THEM TO NOT BUY FORD CARS OR TRUCKS. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS.

CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD IN THERMOSTAT HOUSING. CAUSING TEMP TO RAISE SIGNIFICANTLY. FORD DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A GENERAL RECALL, NOT MANDATORY. HOW WHERE WE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS? CAR IS 1996, 89000 MILES, OUT OF WARRANTY COVERED BY 'GENERAL RECALL' THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!

DEAR FORD MOTOR COMPANY, WILL YOU PLEASE ASSIST IN GETTING MY CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD FIXED? I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE ONCE WAS A RECALL ON THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLDS BUT I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NOW I FIND MYSELF IN THE POSITION OF NEEDING MINE REPLACED AS IT IS CRACKED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FUTURE ASSISTANCE, AS I KNOW YOU WISH TO KEEP YOUR CONSUMERS HAPPY AND LOYAL AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU WANT TO PROVIDE THE CONSUMERS WITH PRODUCTS THAT WORK WITHOUT MANUFACTURES DEFECTS SO THAT WE MAY TRANSPORT YOUR FUTURE CAR BUYERS SAFELY. SINCERELY, J. HERNDON. *AK

CONSUMER WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. IT JUST DIDN'T STAND UP TO THE HEAT THAT WAS CREATED WHEN IN USE. CONSUMER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THIS RESOLVED. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *AK *NM

FORD MUSTANG GT 4.6L INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND FORD WILL NOT REPLACE/REPAIR. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART.*AK