34 complaints reported

1994 Ford Mustang Power Train

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
34
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jun 2004

LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I AM HAVING SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. ALSO WITH THE TRANSMISSION GETTING STUCK IN NEUTRAL. DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND MANY OTHERS AND FORDS UNWILLINGNESS TO FESS UP TO THEIR MISTAKES THEY HAVE LOST BUSINESS FROM ME AND MY FAMILY FOR LIFE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Apr 2000
Jun 2002

THE CAR WILL DOWNSHIFT AND THE RPM WILL INCREASE TO 3500-4000 WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AT RANDOM, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AND FREQUENTLY. I TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED OUT OK. I HAVE READ MANY SIMULAR COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THIS SITE. WHY HASN'T ACTION BEEN TAKEN TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT? DT

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2000
Oct 2001

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY GIVEN SPEED TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP AND CAUSE VIBRATION IN VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2001
Apr 2001

I BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY MUSTANG SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. I WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY ASSISTANCE AND THOUGHT I WAS VERY STRANGE THIS CAR WOULD EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS DUE TO IT'S MILEAGE AND AGE. THE CAR WOULD SHUDDER AT EXACT SPEED INTERVALS AND VIBRATE. I HAVE PUT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND FOUND THIS WEBSITE. I THEN FOUND THE PROBLEM LISTED ON YOUR WEBSITE. I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE MFG. AND AM VERY UPSET CAR OWNERS WERE NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT COULD HAVE SAVED ME TIME AND MONEY. I FEEL FORD IS RESPONSIBLE AND THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART/ASSEMBLY. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Oct 2000
Feb 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 1995
Oct 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jun 1998
Aug 2000

WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN TRANSMISSION KEPT SLIPPING WHILE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOWDOWN. KEPT APPLYING GAS. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLIPPAGE.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Jul 2000

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL APPEAR TO SLIP OUT OF OVER-DRVIE INTO NEUTRAL AT HIGHER SPEEDS. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE ENGINE RPM WILL INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 3000 RPM. ALSO AT SLOWER SPEEDS THE SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND HAS BEEN SO HARD THAT IT FEELS AS IF YOU HAVE BEEN HIT IN THE REAR. THE SLOW SPEED PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ONLY 2 TIMES. THE HIGH SPEED PROBLEM OCCURS QUITE REGULARLY. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jul 2000
Jul 2000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Jun 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Dec 1999

VEHICLE MAKES GROWLING NOISE FROM THE REAR END, DURING ACCELERATION OR TURNING A CORNER, DEALER FIXED FOR THE FIRST TIME, PROBLEM STARTED OCCURRING AGAIN. * ET

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 1999
Oct 1999

I HAVE HAD THIS TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY FORD 2 TIMES SO FAR AND THIS SAME PROBLEN KEEPS OCCURRING, AND IT SHUDDERS ON ACCELERATION AND WHILE OVERDRIVE IS ENGAGED IT WILL UPSHIFT AND DOWN SHIFT IN BETWEEN 3 AND 4 GEAR DOES REALLY NOT MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ..... SHOULD THE MANUFACTURER BE HELD REPOSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM AS TO MAKE IT A RECALL ??? THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED BETWEEN 23,000 MILES AND THEN AGAIN AROUND 35,000 MILES. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Feb 1999
Sep 1999

CAR WOULD LOOSE POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION WHEN COLD CAUSING CAR TO NOT ACCELERATE WHEN ENTERING TRAFFIC SITUATIONS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 1998
Sep 1999

SINCE ORIGINAL PURCHASE, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS. DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM. ONCE PROBLEM WAS FOUND WARRANTY EXPIRED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 1999
Apr 1999

THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL #95V138000 IN THE NHTSA DATA BASE, THE ODOMETER READS MILES, BUT IT IS REGEISTERED IN KILOMETERS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Mar 1999

TORQUE CONVERTOR WENT OUT WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT THEN A YEAR LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 1997
Oct 1998

DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTER, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER. PROBLEM REOCCURRING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 1995
Aug 1998

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Mar 1998
Aug 1998

VEHICLE STARTED TREMBLING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH. TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS A PROBLEM. PROBLEM IS WORST AND THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES INTO REVERSE WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 1997
Jul 1998

WHEN THE CAR IS IN FOURTH GEAR/OVERDRIVE, IT SHIFTS ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL AND JERKS FORWARD. THE RPM GOES UP TO 3500. DEALER STATES IT'S A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM W/ TORQUE CONVERTER, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Apr 1998
Jun 1998

WHILE DRIVING,THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN WHEN SHIFTING. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS AN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF SPEED DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT DELAY IN SHIFTING, THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION. *SLC

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 1998
May 1998

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Mar 1998

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Jan 1998

TORK CONVERTER FAILED CAUSING HESITATION AND STUMBLE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 1997
Dec 1997

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED, RESULTING IN VIBRATION. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1994 FORD MUSTANG, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Aug 1997

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Quick Summary

The 1994 Ford Mustang has 34 Power Train complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.