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1995 Ford Mustang engine complaints
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While pulling into gas station going 5 MPH driver's airbag deployed. On august 7, 2001 while driving 50-55 MPH passenger's airbag deployed, causing windshield to shatter. Vehicle taken to dealer, there was a leak in radiator core, fluid dripped on computer chip for airbag, corroded chip and shorted out. Damage to vehicle was $1500.00 to $ 2000.00. No injuries. *ak
Consumer got a warning about head gaskets, manufacturer's recall 00m10. But dealer refused to work on vehicle. Also, did not check vehicle. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated will not fix head gasket unless completely damaged. Also, dealer stated this was not a recall.
Temperature gauge read hot, replaced upper lower radiator hose, thermostat, temperature sending unit, new water pump, and antifreeze, new serpentine belt, still overheats, steam pouring out of exhaust, apparently bad head gaskets!!! Is there or will there be a recall or recourse I can take with ford ? My car has received top of the line care since it rolled off the lot!
Oxygen sensor has been replaced twice. When this happens driver loses power and gas meilage.
Head gasket has cracked, possibly damaging engine. *ak consumer received manufacturer's recall 00m10, however failure occurred prior to receiving notice and consumer has not received reimbursement.
The 1994 & 1995 ford mustang engines had an engine head gasket failure and repairs were done by ford dealers. Ford dealers in some cases had to replace the engines and told consumers that ford had put a new engine, however, consumers were not told that ford had used helicoils on the engine cylinder blocks. Helicoils is a cheap, quick fix, and non-permanant gauget to repair stripped treads. Consumers are unaware until the car is taken for a tune-up or the helicoils fail, causing the consumer additional repairs in the thousands of dollars for another head job.
There is a recall on this problem and I was never notified before 100,000 miles. The head gaskets going out is a well known problem in mustangs.
Seen ford has had many problems with head gaskets on the 3.8 v6 engine. This is one of them.
Engine is overheating during normal operation of vehicle, past 220 degree mark and rising. This is affecting operation of vehicle because vehicle stalls. A private mechanic examined vehicle and determined that aluminum heads may be the cause of overheating. Thermostat has been changed twice, and there were no leaks in engine.
If this was recalled on other vehicles (same model year) why did ford leave out the mustang? I have spoken with owners of 195 windstar who told me that the same problem was fixed for free on their vehicles. This shows that ford admits a defect, yet they fail to include mustangs in this group. The 3.8 liter engine is the same for all ford vehicles. When they had the hood separation problem on windstar, they also recalled mustangs for the same problem. They should also recall the mustang for inferior materials used for the front cover gasket. If this problem is not taken care of, I can lead to larger problems. With this economy, most people don't have an extra $600 dollars laying around. Urge ford to include mustangs in this group.
Head gasket failed prior to notification and was replaced, consumer was reimbursed for repiars,2 weeks later transmission went out, the mechanic advised that the transmission going out which was a result of overheating from previous head gasket problem, also transmission mounts were replaced 3 times,rebuilt torque converter.
I received a recall notice a year or so ago for the head gaskets in my car - is this recall notice still effective?
Vehicle will overheat and head gasket blewout. Also temperazture gauge light came on, and oil was coming from underneath vehicle.
Engine head gasket cracked, causing oil to leak into compartment. Dealer has been contacted.
While car seems to be running normally temperature gauge goes up, and if revving, engine will go back down.
Ford tells me that my VIN is not on the list of vehicles they are covering under their extened warranty on a 3.8 engine in my 1995 ford mustang even though the 3.8 ford mustang is supposed to be covered, they will not cover my car as it has overheated about half a dozen times already in the three years I have had it. They will not even attempt to help me, they just tell me "we are not going to fix it, problem resolved" but the problem is not resolved, I still have a problem with my 1995 ford mustang and I want it resolved, because they are the ones that made the mistake in the way that engine and cooling system was made, and now they should fix it. No safety defec tmentioned.
All gauges went from far left to far right in approximately 1 minute from starting engine and entering highway on ramp. Car shook, then extreme amount of white smoke poured out of rear tailpipe, smelled of burned rubber and antifreeze. Check engine light turned on as I killed engine and coasted to stop on side of highway. Haven't finished digging into all the problems yet, but temp gauge and oil gauge are not working now. I am concerned that this has destroyed my engine. After reading all the other complaints, I wonder why ford has not addressed this problem. As a rule 1 out of every 1000 will take the time to report such a problem, I printed 124 pages of similar engine failures on the 1995 3.8l v6 before I finally shut down my printer. Please advise if there is some form of recall. I had my last car 11 years and 138,000 miles before I had engine problems.
This vehicle has fumes coming into the inside of the car it seems to be exspecially bad when the heat is on. The coolant lights stays on. I took this vechile to a exhaust company to have it looked at to see what the problem was and they said that the pipe that goes to the manafold was missing a part of the pipe . The car is suppose to a have cadilac convertor pipes ,they have nstead dual pipe , use for racing.. The vechile also cuts off on a regular basics ,when it comes to a complete stop and you go to pull off the car cut offs. When backing up the car cuts off ,the key doesn't open the drivers side of the door , the car strains when going to start it , it take a minute for the car to start or catch and im not sure of exactly what is with the tires but something is wrong with them, they are off balance, they sway and there isn't a light in the trunk of the vechile. I am not sure if this is the information you wanted however I need some help on this vechile , far as the company fixing these problem they said they would but has not done so yet.
Vehicle was overheating by temperature gauge, took to ford, and they replaced motor. After 20, 000 miles problem reoccurred.
Reporting a 3.8l v6 engine with head gasket failure; manufacturer was notified ,and informed consumer that vehicle was not covered under the extended warranty.*ak the consumer wants to know why the head gasket warranty does not go over 100,000 miles.
Recall was for head gasket repairs only, but failure caused other engine component damage that is not covered in the recall.
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Ford had a recall to 100,000 miles, I was not notified until my car was at 102,000...now my head gasket fails and they still will do nothing. *nlm **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*741136
Vehicle experiencing overheating due to head gasket failure on its 3.8l v6 engine.
Head gaskets on my car have broke. This is rare because my car has low mileage. Ford has issued a recall on other models like the astrovan, and tarus. But not the mustang and it is the same promblem. Their have been many other people complaining about this problem also.
Head gaskets failed. I would start my car in the morning and notice the temperature gauge go up rapidly. The temperature gauge never went past normal and into the red, but it was much warmer than usual. During this time, no heat would blow. Then the temp would drop and warm air would blow. We changed the thermostat, temperature sensor, and had the radiator flushed(which did solve the problem for nearly a month). Nothing left but the head gaskets and maybe even a cracked head.
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Ford is aware that the 3.8l engine has a head gasket problem but will not recall these cars or pay for my repair bill. Also the car only had 2,300 miles when I bought it.
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