1996 FORD MUSTANG GT Complaints

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

YES I HAVE A 1996 MUSTANG AND MY INTAKE HAD CRACKED FOR THE THIRD TIME AND FORD IS NOT FIX IT THIS TIME TELLING ME THAT ITS OUT OF WARRANTY SO HOW CAN THEY KEEP PUTTING INTAKES ON IF THEY GO BACK THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTAKES FOR THE 1996 MUSTANG GT THEY SAY THERE IS A GENERAL RECALL BUT NOT A SAFTY RECALL SO U TELLING ME THEY RECONIZE THERE IS SOME THING WRONG WITH THERE INTAKES SO WHY SOULD THE RECALL RUN OUT I MEAN COME ON I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 1999 AND HAD 46000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND NOW ITS 2004 AND 82000 MILES AND 3 INTAKES HAVE CRACKED I 4 YEARS SOME THING ITS VERY WRONG AND FORD NEED TO BE PAYING FOR THIS IM TIRED OF HAVEN THIS GO OUT AND SOME ONE NEED TO STEP UP AND PAY FOR FORDS MISTAKE ON THIS INTAKE NOW IM NOT GANNA GIVE UP FORD WILL PAY FOR MINE WHEN I GET DONE I PROMISE THAT I MEAN I HAVE BEEN LOOKN FOR 5 DAYS NOW AND I HAVE OVER 100 PEOPLE THAT I HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS FOR THIS INTAKE NOW COME ON FORD U THINK SOME THING IS WRONG WITH THAT AND U SEE WHY PEOPLE DONT LIKE FORD ANY MORE CUZ U DONT STAND BHIND UR PARTS AND U LEAVE CUSTOMERS OUT IN THE COLD HEY IF ITS UR FAULT STAND UP AND ADMIT IT DONT DENY IT CUZ EVERY ONE KNOWS THAT THIS INTAKE PROBLEM IS FORD FAULT. *AK

RE: SELECTIVE RECALL 97M91 FOR CRACKS IN INTAKE MANIFOLDS FOR: 1996-98 FORD CROWN VICTORIA THUNDERBIRD, COUGAR, AND MUSTANG.ITS SO UNFAIR THAT MANIFOLDS CRACKED AFTER DATE OF OWNER NOTIFICATION (MARCH, 1999) I AM A SUBSEQUENT OWNER; HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING UNTIL TODAY. *AK

THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON MY INTAKE ON MY FORD MUSTANG 96, THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF. I RECENTLY HAD MY CAR SERVICED AND THEY FOUND A PROBLEM WITH MY INTAKE MY INFORMED ME THAT IT HAD BEEN RECALLED. NOW IT IS AT THE DEALER AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE RECALL EXPRIED 2 MONTHS AGO. HOW CAN A MANUFACTURE DEFECT THAT THEY RECALLED EXPIRE TO LEAVE ME HANGING. THIS ISNT RIGHT AND ISNT FAIR. A RECALL IS A RECALL, IT SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO EXPIRE.

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE, MIXING WITH OIL, AND RESULTED IN ENGINE DAMAGE. DEALER REPLACED MANIFOLD, THERMOSTAT, HOSES, ETC.*AK CONSUMER WASN'T SURE OF ALL THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED. MECHANIC STATED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT MAY SHUT OFF CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. CONSUMER FELT THE MECHANIC SHOULD'VE REPLACED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WHEN THEY DID THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *PH *JB

SEAT BELTS ARE LOOSE, TANGLED, AND DON'T WORK PROPERLY, WILL NOT PULL OUT AT TIMES. * JB

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD, PULLED OVER, OPENED HOOD, AND SAW FIRE. FIRE PUT OUT BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED COOLING FAN CAUSED FIRE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HEARD METAL CLANKING SOUND, STOPPED AND NOTICED REAR SWAYBAR WAS BROKEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE. *AK