1994 Ford Mustang Engine

FOR OVER SEVERAL MONTHS CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM, THERE WOULD BE A COOLANT LEAK WITH NO VISIBLE LEAKAGE, AN ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE AROUND THE VEHICLE, ERRATIC LOSS OF HEAT IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND FLUCTUATING ENGINE TEMPERATURE, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALER AND BEING TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE HEAD GASKET, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE THE HEAD GASKET BEGAN LEAKING AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.*JB

I CARRIED MY CAR TO A MECHANIC FOR ANOTHER PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE IN MY CAR WAS KNOWN FOR HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BLOWN HEAD GASKETS. AT THIS TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR HOME AND CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I THEN CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT A RECALL BUT A WARRANTY ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO FORD AND I FEEL THAT ANY KNOWN PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE. I ALSO FEEL THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS. I DON'T THINK I CAN EVER BUY ANOTHER FORD DUE TO THE WAY I HAVE BEEN TREATED BY FORD. I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM CONFIRMED AND I DO HAVE BLOWN HEAD GASKETS. I FEEL THAT EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS OVER 7 YEARS OLD BUT STILL UNDER THE 100K MILES THAT FORD SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THANK GOODNESS I STILL HAD MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE, NOT A FORD, THAT IS A 1989 MODEL OR I WOULD HAVE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY REPLACED THE ENGINE OR BOUGHT ANOTHER CAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ELECTRIC FAN SHORTED OUT, CAUSING A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 65 MPH IT OVERHEATED. THERE WAS NO WATER IN VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD JUST COME OUT OF REPAIR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY GONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD SEE A BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS HEAD GASKET FAILURE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE OVERHEATED, AND THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS COOLING FAN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

FORD HAD A DEFECT PROGRAM BUT ONLY FOR 7YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. WILL NOT DO A THING SINCE IT IS AFTER 7 YEARS. US CAS TOLD FOR TO COVER FOR 120000 WHICH IS USEFUL LIFE. THIS IS A DEFECT ON THE VEHICLE AND WE BARE THE BRUNT BECAUSE WE PUT ON LOW MILEAGE. THIS DEFECT IS A FUNCTION OF MILEAGE NOT AGE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

TOOK TO WADE FORD SAID MOTOR SHOT. TOWED TO JERRY'S AUTOMOTIVE AND HE REPAIRED IT. DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL TILL I TOOK BACK TO KLABEN THIS MONTH.*AK

THE SERPENTINE BELT ON VEHICLE WAS SLIPPING DUE TO A CRACKED PULLEY. TWO (2) MAJOR PROBLELMS WERE CAUSED BY THE CRACKED PULLEY WHICH WERE POWER LOSS AND SPEED TO GEAR RATION WAS OFF. THESE PROBLEMS WERE CORRECTED WITH INSTALLATION OF NEW PULLEY. *JG

THE HEAD GASKET ON MY CAR HAS FAILED TWICE AND RUINED THE ENGINE ONCE. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR THE MONEY I HAVE PAID FOR REPAIRS. MY CAR DOES NOT FALL UNDER THEIR WARRANTY DATES. THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN. FORN NEEDS TO REPLACE THE HEADS OR ENGINES ON ALL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE. THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO THE DIDDIMILAR METAL USED IN THE ENGINE AND THE HEAD. THEY HEAT AND COOL AT DIFFERENT RATES, THEREBY STRESSING THE GASKET. WHEN THE GASKET GOES THE ENGINE OIL IS DILUTED BY COOLANT, THEREBY RUINING THE ENGINE.*AK

WITHOUT WARNING THERE WAS A LEAK OF ANTIFREEZE COOLANT, AND IT WOULD IDLE BETWEEN GEARS. ALSO, ENGINE WOULD STALL. MECHANIC STATED BECAUSE OF MILEAGE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER SERVICES. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET, POSSIBLY CRACKED HEAD. NO WARNING LIGHTS INDICATED A PROBLEM. TEMPERATURTE GAUGE NEVER MOVED. PROBLEM STARTED OUT OF THE BLUE. NOW 2 DEALERS CAN'T DECIDE IF ITS A FORD PROBLEM OR NOT AND WHO SHOULD PAY. FORD KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN 2000, WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST FIX IT WITH A RECALL THEN. INSTEAD THEY DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL PEOPLES ENGINES BLOW AND SAY YOU FOOT THE BILL. I WOULD LOVE IN ON A LAWSUIT IF THERE'S ONE OUT THERE. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!*AK

AFTER I PAID OVER $1200 TO FIX A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET, I CALLED THE FORD COMPANY VIA 1-800-392-3673 TO INQUIRE IF THERE WAS EVER A RECALL FOR THAT PROBLEM. A REPRESENTATIVE SAID THIS TYPE RECALL HAD BEEN IN AFFECT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SHHHHHH! I GAVE THE REP MY CAR'S VIN NUMBER AND WAS TOLD I HAD BEEN NOTIFIED THROUGH THE MAIL. THE ADDRESS THAT PERTAINED TO ME WAS DIFFERENT THEN MY OWN. HMMMMMMMM! HOW CAN THAT BE? I'VE BEEN LIVING AT MY ADDRESS FOR MORE THEN 18 YEARS. I BOUGHT MY MUSTANG IN 1994 VIA MY CURRENT ADDRESS. I HAVE ASKED OTHERS WHO OWN FORDS IF THEY HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND THEY'VE ALL SAID NO. I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR SOME MINOR FIX'ES, BUT NOT FOR SOMETHING AS EXPENSIVE OR SERIOUS LIKE THE REPLACEMENT OF AND ENGINE HEAD GASKET. IF I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THE MINOR STUFF, I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THE MAJOR ITEM AS WELL. THIS IS NOT FAIR NOR ETHICAL. I'VE BEEN METICULOUS IN CARING FOR MY CAR VIA MY INVESTMENT IN IT OVER THE YEARS. I'M CONCERNED NOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS GOING TO UNFOLD. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A CRACKED HEAD GASKET. *JG

WHILE DRIVING HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. THIS WAS SECOND TIME THAT HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWNOUT. CAUSE UNKNOWN PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BLOWEN HEAD GASKET; CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THERE WAS ALOT OF SMOKE THAT WAS COMING FROM VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *YD

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I NEED A NEW ENGINE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. *AK

APPARANT HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT ONLY 74,000 MILES. AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, I REALIZE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS PAST EXTENDED WARRANTY IN TIME, BUT NOT IN MILAGE. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO GIVE AN ESTIMATE ON THE DAMAGE. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM. WE DID RECIEVE A LETTER REGARDING THIS PROBLEM IN MAY OF 2000, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A RECALL, WE COULD NOT HAVE IT FIXED UNLESS IT MALFUNCTIONED. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL FORD CUSTOMER, HOWEVER A PROBLEM LIKE THIS CERTAINLY UPSETS EVEN THE MOST LOYAL CUSTOMER. I HOPE THAT FORD WILL REALIZE THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO YEARS OR MILEAGE BECAUSE IT IS AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *AK

I CONTACTED ME FORD DEALER REGARDING CONCERNS THAT I WAS EXPERIENCING HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS DURING THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD I DID NOT HAVE A GASKET PROBLEM AND THAT THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER HAVING THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. SHORTLY AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED I HAD TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED. FORD IS REFUSING TO HONOR A CLAIM ON THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY DESPITE THE FACT THEIR DEALER INDICATED THE HEAD GASKET WAS NOT A PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE IN MOTION VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE TO A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALERSHIP DID INFORM OWNER THAT FORD HAD SOME SORT OF SERVICE TO REPAIR MUSTANG FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING. HAD NO PRIOR WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

ENGINE OVERHEATING/SHAKING, AND LOTS OF SMOKE COMING FROM TAIL PIPE. AFTERWARD, ENGINE WOULD STALL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, TECHNICIAN STATED THAT HEAD GASKET BLEWNOUT. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, COST TO CUSTOMER $1300 SINCE THEN, VEHICLE OVERHEATED TWICE. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET, COST $400. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW. DEALERSHIP SAID RECALL FOR THE PART WAS EXPIRED. I HAD ANOTHER RECALL FIXED ON THE CAR APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE RECALL FOR THE HEAD GASKET EXPIRED AND ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF THERE WERE ANY OUTSTANDING SERVICE BUILLETINS/RECALLS ON THE CAR, DEALERSHIP SAID NO. I WONDER IF THE DEALERSHIP ARE INTENTIONALLY MISGUIDING CUSTOMERS, UNTIL THE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM HAS EXPIRED, SO THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COSTLY REPAIRS. INSTEAD THE CONSUMER WILL BE LEFT TO FOOT THE BILL. PLEASE MAKE FORD ISSUE A FORMAL RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.