While driving 65mph vehicle was overheating and smoking. Contacted dealer about head gasket program, and dealer stated it was too late.
1995 Ford Mustang engine complaints
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Vehicle was taken in to the dealership to get a recall repairs doneon engine cooling fan. But soon after taking vehicle out of dealer it caught on fire.
While driving consumer heard a loud noise, and then there was smoke coming from engine. When consumer pulled over and got out there was a big puddle of anti freeze on the floor. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do any work on vehicle.
The gauge for the coolant temperature was rising all the way to the red section of the gauge labeled hot. Ford looked at the car and determined that it had a blown head gasket thus resulting in a major expense. I took my car in to be checked at the time of the recall dated may 2000-november 2000. They said it was fine. Ford, knowing that these head gaskets are failing prematurely, refused to give any consideration on the cost of the repair. I find this to be very unprofessional for the company and, unfortunately, very costly for the other hundreds of people who have had to deal with this very same thing!!
While consumer was driving, head gasket blewout. There was no prior warning. Vehicle became inoperable, and there was a puddle of oil on the ground.*ak consumer stated the cooling fan stopped working.
Vehicle was serviced on 15-jan-2002 for recall campaign 01v390000/engine cooling fan bearing. After vehicle was serviced for recall and driven 35 MPH, engine overheated and vehicle stalled. Dealership examined vehicle and determined engine cooling fan has failed and repairs were being made to correct the problem. *ak
While driving had found out that vehicle caught on fire without a prior warning. Dealer was contacted, and they said that fire had started at cooling fan, just like mentioned in recall 01 I 011 000. Please provide more information.
While driving 20 MPH white smoke started coming out of the exhaust system. After turning engine off consumer could not restart vehicle. A dealership has examined vehicle and determined that head gasket failed. It has to be replaced. Please provide any additional information / documentation.
The federal safety agency# 01 v 390 000/manufacturer's recall 01s30 concerning engine cooling fan bearing. Consumer informed dealer delta ford, vicksburg,ms; phone# 601/636-5323 of a problem with cooling fan not working properly. Dealer stated that they only replaced circuit breaker. Asking the federal safety agency to assist in this matter. Feel free to provide any further information.
Why is there no resolve on these issues of the head gaskets or payments after ford say theres nothing they can do?
After constanlyt overheating head gasket had melted. Had to be replaced by dealer with no prior warning. Please provide more information.
While driving engine overheated at all time . Took vehicle to dealer, and they found out that radiator fan had burned, and caused radiator not to operate. Please provide more information.
Vehicle was within recall regarding coolant fan, after repairs vehicle was still overheating.
Vehicle starting to over heat,cooling fan not coming on during normal operation, only operated while A/C was on. Received recall 01s30,dealer set appt.1/08/02.vehicle not driven 5days prior. Dealer had vehicle 4days, installed circuit breaker,stated vehicle ready,but still overheating, head gaskets damaged.warranty would not cover,fan was not seized up, therefore it works.believe additional problems with fan exist.
On december 14th,my '95 mustang caught fire while sitting in a parking lot. On december 20th the damage was assessed by eric krossen from summitt claim service(used by my insurance company)to be a total loss.from dec 20-jan 3,2001,we were negotiating with anpac for a fair settlement but couldn't come to an agreement.near the end they were not returning our calls. On january 3,2001 we received a safety recall #01s30 post-marked december 31,2001 from ford motor company.this recall was for the engine cooling fan on 95 taurus,sable and mustang vehicles. It stated that under certain high temperature conditions,components inside the cooling fan motor may ignite potentially resulting in an underhood fire. Copies of the recall were given to our insurance agent and to hutcheson ford in st james,mo. On jan.16,2001 ford motor company called to say we must proceed through our insurance company. As of today,january 21,2001 ford motor company hasn't looked at the car and our insurance company has not settled. I believe ford motor company has a responsiblity to look at this car. My mustang was in excellent shape, only the head gasket was replaced by a prior recall.
While driving, engine used to overheat until consumer took vehicle to dealer, and they found out that radiator fan had burned without a prior warning. Please provide more information.
While driving theres a violent shake in steering wheel, this makes vehicle hard to control, consumer also complained of problems with the head gasket, parking brake and fan cooling system. *jg
While driving engine will overheat. Had taken vehicle to dealer, and they had to replace water pump. But problem still there. Please provide more information.
While driving about any MPH engine will overheat. Consumer has to drive off the road until cooling down. Had taken vehicle to dealer, and problem could not be fixed. Please provide more information.
Had noticed oil leakage from bottom of vehicle. Had taken vehicle to dealer, and they found out that oil was coming from oil pan and was repaired. Please provide more information.
Vehicle is leaking coolant. Consumer has to add fluid about once every 20 miles. Contacted dealer, and the dealer cannot find the cause.
A plastic pulley needs to be replaced. Ford will only sell you the full pulley assembly ($340.00) the metal pulley on the new assembly fits on the old assembly. If the old pulley goes while driving the fan belt is destroyed. The pulley and belt has to be replaced and no repair shop will have the pulley because ford refuses to replace them.
Temperature on vehicle gets extremely hot, but heater blows out cold air, consumer changed thermostat, but did not solve problem, contacted dealer and dealer stated vehicle was over 100000 miles, and can not do anything about it under recall. *ak
Vehicle continues to overheat. Temperature gauage indicates that vehicle is overheating ,and then smoke came from exhaust pipe. Dealer cannot identify cause. Please give any further details.
Head gaskets are warrped and had to be replaced at fourty thousand miles. Please provide further details.
When plugging in air flow sensor unit vehicle will rev up to about 3000 rpms. Dealer was not willing to do anything.
Vehicle stalled while coming to a stop. Had stalled 5 more times since then. Not taken to a dealer yet. Please add further details.
Want info on class action suit. Please contact [email protected]. No safety defect included.
Engine timing gear and chain failure. Dealer has been contacted for problem. Please provide further details.
My car was overheating and the check engine light came on. I took my car to the dealership and had to pay $49.95 plus tax and labor for a compression test. Upon completion of the test, I was told the radiator just needed flushing. I was still having problems with the car overheating. When I took it back to the dealership, I was told the coolant needed to be topped off. This should not have been needed if flushing was all that was needed the first time and if it was filled when the flushing was finished. Even after topping off the coolant it was still running hot, but suddeny the check engine light was no longer coming on. The problems started somewhere along 85,000 miles to 95,000 miles. I am not really sure of the mileage because suddenly can not find my service reports and the mechanics comments that go along with it. At 101,000 miles I was still having problems with the car overheating. Still, no check engine light comes on , though the temperature guage goes all the way to hot. Suddenly my car needs $1700 worth of work. The main cause of damaged is a leaky head gasket. Through doing research I have found that there was a recall of the head gasket. Problem is, the recall is no longer good after 100,000 miles. I find it a little too coincidental that I have had these problems for quite some time, but nothing major was wrong with the car until after the recall warranty was expired.
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