1995 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

1195 FORD MUSTANG-HEAD GASKETS CRACKED AT 35,000 MILES--COMMON PROBLEM WITH OTHER MUSTANGS OF SAME AND OTHER YEARS.*AK

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE WHICH WAS RECALLED BY FORD DUE TO AKNOWLEGDED PROBLEM. REPAIR SERVICE WAS DONE BY FORD WITH SUPPOSE CORRECTED GASKET. NOW THE SAME PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED, AND FORD WILL OFFER NO ASSISTANCE IN CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. FORD IS RECOMMENDING A COMPLEAT ENGINE REPLACEMENT AT MY OWN EXPENCE.*AK

IN JULY 2002, MY MUSTANG STARTED OVERHEATING AND I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, (RECALL # 01S30), I TOOK MY CAR TO FORD AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD CHECK IT FOR MORE DAMAGE. I GOT MY CAR BACK AND IT STILL OVERHEATED, SO L CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK IN AND THEY WOULD CHECK TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.. SO I REPLACED THE HEAD GASKETS AND IT STILL GOT HOT, SO I HAD THE FAN MOTOR CHECKED AND THAT IS WHAT WAS WRONG, SO REPLACED, AND THE CAR RAN FINE UNTIL APRIL 2003, SO I STARTED REPLACING COOLING SYSTEM PARTS UNTIL, THE HEAD GASKETS BLEW AGAIN, SO I REPLACED FOR A SECOND TIME AND RELIZED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER AGAIN.. I AGAIN HAD TO REPLACE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE FAN MOTOR.. I ALSO CALLED FORD AGAIN AND GOT THAT THE PART WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME.. I NOW HAVE BLOWN HEAD GASKETS FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A YEAR.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE WALKING OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE CAN STRONGLY SMELL A GASOLINE ODOR. THE SEAL BETWEEN FUEL FILLER NECK AND FUEL TANK JUNCTION DETERIORATED AND CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK ONTO THE GROUND WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE. *AK *CB *NLM

CONSUMER STATES COOLANT SYSTEM CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER REPAIRED/ REPLACED FAN AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED AGAIN AND CAUSED OTHER PROBLEMS. *AK

THE ENGINE COOLING FAN HAS FAILED TO OPERATE DUE TO THE POSSIBLE SIEZING OF THE FAN BEARING. THE FAN HARNESS AS A RESULT HAS MELTED AND RESULTED IN A VERY LARGE DRAIN ON THE VEHICLE BATTERY LEADING TO NO ELECTRICAL POWER AND THE VEHICLE STALLING WHEN THE VEHICLE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE NORMAL. A SIMILAR RECALL HAS BEEN FILED FOR FORD VEHICLES WITH A FORD RECALL OF FORD RECALL # 01S30OR NHTSA RECALL NO 01V390000. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED ON THE RECALL ACCORDING TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE AND DESERVES SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FOR A RECALL REPAIR.*AK

CLOCK SPRING HAD FAILED, CAUSING THE HORN TO BE INOPERATIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

TRAVELING AT 30 MPH HIT CAR THAT WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG BROKE TWO FINGERS (PINKY AND RING), (THE PINKY FINGER IS BROKEN IN MULTIPLE PLACES) WRIST, BROKEN LIP, BURN TO THE FACE OF PASSENGER, ABRASION TO ARM AND CHEST. THE DRIVER AIRBAG ASIDE FROM INFLATING/EXPLODING, BROKE INUNDATING THE CAR WITH BLUE SMOG THAT ALMOST CHOCKED ME. ASIDE FROM THAT NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME. *NLM

THE DRIVER WAS HIT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT WAS TRAVELING AT LEASE 45 MPH. NONE OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.

I RECENTLY JUST HAD A RECALL DONE ON MY CAR. RECALL - COOLING FAN MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER INSTALLATION ON MY 1995 FORD MUSTANG TUESDAY 5/6/03. I PICKED MY CAR UP THAT WEDNESDAY 5/7/03 AND NOW MY CAR IS OVERHEATING. I AM GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT AR PREMIER FORD IN GRAND BLANC MICHIGAN CAUSE THEIR TRYING TO TELL ME THAT WHAT OCCURRED WAS NOT LIKELY. THEY SAID THE RECALL COULDN'T HAVE CAUSED THIS BUT I BEG TO DIFFER. I NOTICED IT INSTANTLY LIKE THE DAY I DROVE IT, AND IT STARTED TO OVERHEAT. I AM A TECHNICIAN AND I WORK ON INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTERS I KNOW FOR A FACT MY CAR WAS NEVER OVERHEATING BEFORE I TOOK IT THERE. I WAS NOT HAVING THIS PROBLEM BEFORE MY CAR WAS TAKEN IN. I SET AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE IT IN TUESDAY 5/13/03 TO FIND OUT WHAT DAMAGE OCCURRED, THE SERVICE MANAGER IS TRYING TO CONVINCE ME IT MAY BE MY THERMOSTAT WHICH MAY BE STUCK OPEN. I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO PEOPLE AFTER THIS PARTICULAR RECALL WAS DONE. SEVERAL THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET. I REALLY LIKE MY CAR AND I HAVE BEEN OVERLY SATISFIED WITH THIS UP TO THIS POINT OF THE RECALL. I CALLED MYSELF DOING THE SMART THING BY FINALLY GETTING THIS TAKEN CARE OF NOW IT LOOKS LIKE FORD IS TRYING TO TAKE ME FOR A RIDE. A RIDE THAT I DO NOT WANT TO GO ON. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS LIKE THIS UNTIL I GOT THAT RECALL DONE I AM REFERRING TO: RECALL# TSB NUMBER ISSUE DATE TSB TITLE 01S30 DEC 01 RECALL - COOLING FAN MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER INSTALLATION I GOT THIS RECALL DONE AT PREMIER FORD IN GRAND BLANC MICHIGAN. (810)695-3000. PLEASE ADVISE OR I MAY HAVE TO SEEK LEGAL ADVISE. CAUSE I AM CONVINCED AFTER READING ABOUT SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET FOLLOWING THIS RECALL. BECAUSE IT OCCURS INSTANTLY. MY VEHICLE OVERHEATED THE DAY RECALL WAS DONE. *JB