2002 ford mustang gt (4.6l v8) blew out # 2 spark plug after 80,000 miles. The dealership put in a helicoil to replace the stripped threads caused from the blow out and replaced the other spark plugs and boots. I was told that ford does not warrant the helicoil repair and the only way to get a repair that ford would back would be to replace the head. Replacing the head was a ridiculously expensive option. After researching the problem, I found that there have been numerous complaints about this problem. The fact that this problem has been known to cause a fire and burn a vehicle to the axels in 12 min and no one has done anything about it is absurd. Ford needs to recall and replace the heads with no cost to the consumer.
2002 Ford Mustang GT engine complaints
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I own a 2002 ford mustang gt. I bought this car brand new from the dealer, I have never had any mechanical problems with the engine ever. Car mileage :85,138 while driving my car in town,a loud bang came from the engine, followed by a popping noise and seamed to be a loud leak. Had the car towed to a garage and the mechanics informed me the #3 spark plug blew out. He informed me that this kind of thing has been happening to fords.had to get the ignition coil replaced, new spark plugs, and heli coiled the #3 spark plug thread. Final bill $694.00 now I am wondering how soon before the other spark plugs decide to blow out.I read on the net that this has happened to many other ford vehicles, not just mustangs. Ford needs to fix this problem as soon as possible.
Car will bog/ have little power on acceleration then you will feel the car pick up and go. Also, when accelerating from into a turn car will bog down then pick back up. If gas is pressed quickly the car will bog then pick up. Mass air sensor replaced in 2003 but problem still happening.
I was traveling home from work on june 30, 2006, in my 2002 ford mustang gt during a heavy rain storm. Upon turning into a subdivision near my house I went through some water in the street that was higher than usual, but not high enough to stall my car's engine or to spray up over the wheel wells. Shortly after that, the steering and brakes of my car quit working. I opened the hood and saw that the drive belt was missing. The next day I had my car towed and the person towing the car indicated that this type of failure happened frequently. According to this person, the drive belt hydroplanes when substantially wet and comes off the pulleys. I had the dealership fix the car and was astounded to find out that ford knows of this problem and has not notified the owners. On the invoice for the repair it is stated that the tensioner on the engine needs to be updated to a tensioner with a rail. I was also astounded to find out that my extended warranty didn't cover the work ($186.32). If this kind of failure can occur at speeds in excess of 40 MPH, I believe that an accident could happen.
We took the ford mustang gt2002 to metro ford in tueplo, mississippi due to knocking. According to the service manager the entire motor was out need to be replace. We have not had any motor problems at any times. We provided the service manager documents we had regular oil/filter to prevent incidents of this nature. We had work completed or not completed in december 2005 due to previous work completed by metro ford in tupelo, mississippi the motor is out. They want us to pay for a new motor. After filing a complaint march 10, 2005 the service manger with metro ford had a officer go to my son job on march 17, 2005 to escort him back to metro in the loaner. That was harassment, embarrassment and violated law governing employment harassment.
Coming out of a red light, I heard the sound of compressed air being blown out. I immediately parked in a local store parking lot and got towed to a local pep-boys. Pep-boys indicated that one of my spark plugs had blown out and that the threading on the head was damaged. However, they indicated that they did not do that type of repair and recommended that I take it to a ford dealer. The first time I contacted ford was when I towed my car to the dealer for repair. After performing an inspection, they indicated that the one of my spark plugs had blown out and that the threading on the head was damaged. Ford indicated that there were two methods of fixing the problem: 1.) I could replace the engine head (and associated hardware) on the side that blew out. This option was estimated at approximately $3200.00. This option however only included 1 yr. Warranty on the side that would be replaced. In addition, ford would not guarantee that the same problem couldn't occur on the other side of the engine or to another spark plug. 2.) the other option ford recommended was to replace the entire engine. This option would cost approx. $4565.00. This option included 3-yr or 36,000 miles of warranty on the engine. This is the option that I chose. Prior to taking the car out of the dealer, I asked the service techinitian if there was anything that I could do to prevent this from happening again. He indicated that there was nothing that I could do. Furthermore, he indicated that they had seen this problem before. He explained that they had seen these types of failures on ford trucks like the f-150 and specially the f-250.
I was driving and all of sudden the car lost all power which I could not turn or brake and I almost hit the pillar of a bridge. Took it to ford and said they did not find any problems. The transmission has been rebuilt because of grinding in transmission. It was built 10,000 miles ago, it started doing it again. Also I have talked to other mustang owners having the same problem where the camshaft position sensor codes are being thrown from the computer. Nobody has figured it out yet. I took the car to ford, they told me they couldn't find what was wrong with the car...they would have to take it apart. Didn't do that because I couldn't afford it. I don't understand, the car only had 49,000 miles on it, I expect the car not to give me this much trouble.
Consumer called complaining about having electrical problems. While driving vehicle completely shutdown ,leaving the consumer with no steering power or brake power to handle the car.dealer was contacted, and has asked the consumer to take the vehicle into the shop to be seen.
While braking the vehicles engine died. When this occurred the consumer was not aware that the engine had died until he attempted to press the accelerator.
After stopping at a red light during a rain storm. I attempted to pull out after the light turned green the motor died. I started the car right back up. The next day my belt started squeaking. I have an appointment for service. Also, during the first 10 days of buying the car the throw out bearing had to be replaced.
Consumer states engine stalls without warning while driving resulting in loss of steering and brake functions. Dealer unable to determine cause. Ph
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