1995 Ford Mustang Power Train

WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS GEARS, THE VEHICLE SHATTERS. CAMPAIGN ITEM#601237 THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.

EXPERIENCING SHUDDER/VIBRATION WHILE SHIFTING GEARS AT AROUND 35 MILES PER HOUR AND WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB HILLS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCELERATION. COMPLAINED CONSISTENTLY TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY YEARS AGO AND WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. NOW THE PROBLEM HAS JUST GROWN WORSE WITH AGE. *JB

TRANSMISSION RANDOMLY SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING BEFORE CHANGING INTO CORRECT GEAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPS INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING A LOSS OF ACCELERATION WHILE IN TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

THIS TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED IN NOV. 1999 AND CURRENTLY HAS TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN. FORD MOTOR DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, IN RESEARCHING THE INTERNET I FOUND INFORMATION SAYING THE TORQUE CONVERTERS ARE BAD AND THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OF THEM TO GO AROUND FOR A RECALL. THIS ALONG WITH OTHER ARTICLES INDICATING THAT FORD IS AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSIMISSION BUT WON'T FESS UP BECAUSE OF THE COST FACTOR. MOREOVER, IN AN ARTICLE FOUND @ EPINIONS.COM A SERVICE MGR. IN FLA. REFERS TO THIS PROBLEM AS A "QUIET RECALL." DT

VEHICLE WOULD HARDLY CHANGE INTO GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. DRIVER FEELS THIS IS NOT SAFE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY MPH TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP AND LOSE POWER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, COULD FEE CLUTCH NOT WORKING AND CAUSING A BURNING SMELL. CLUTCH HAD TO BE REPLACED, BUT DEALER COULD NOT SAY WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFOMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, BUT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED. *AK *JG

DURING NORMAL OPERATION, TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. CONSUMER WAS ADVISED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT.

THE SPECIFIC FAILURE OF THE PART IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS CALLED TORQUE CONVERTER. THIS PART IN THE TRANSMISSION IS REPONSIBLE FOR SHIFTING THE GEARS. THROUGH MY PERSONAL INVESTIGATIONS, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT FORD VEHICLES BEFORE THE YEAR 1999 HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTERS, REGARDLESS OF THE MAKE OF THE VEHICLE. WITH SO MUCH COMPELLING EVIDENCE ABOUT THE FAILURE OF TORQUE CONVERTERS IN FORD VEHICLES, IT SHOCKS ME THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL MANDATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. FORD REFUSES TO PAY FOR THIS DEFECT! PLEASE HELP ME IN RENDERING JUSTICE. *AK

THERE'S A WINDING NOISE BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. *AK

CAR SHIMMIES AT 40 MPH IT IS THE TOURQUE CONVERTOR NOT SUSPENSION AS EVERBODY THINKS THUNDER BIRD ALSO HAS SAME PROBLEM. IF YOU HAVE SAME PROBLEM E-MAIL ME AT [email protected]. *AK

ODOMETER IS READING IN KILOMETERS, NOTIN MILES. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHIN 50,000 MILES. WILL NOT ENGAGE 3RD GEAR AND NOW REQUIRES A COMPLETE REBUILD. FAILURE OCCURED AT 55MPH WHEN TRANS VIOLENTLY SHIFTED FROM OVERDRIVE INTO 2ND.

BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSED VEHICLE TO SMOKE AND STALL, COMPONENT RECALLED BUT NOT COVERED DUE TO VIN. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, TRANSMISSION FELL OFF ON PARKWAY, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK

INTERMITENT LOSS OF TOURQUE CONVERTER DURING OR AFTER THIRD AND FOURTH TRANSMISSION SHIFT. ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

INTERMITTENT LOSS OF TOURQUE CONVERTER DURING OR AFTER THE THIRD & FOURTH GEAR SHIFT. ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. CONTACT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

I WOULD LIKE HELP REGARDING NHSTA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 95V138000 REFERENCING THE PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER READING. THIS IDENTIFIED FORD MUSTANGS (1995) MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JULY 94 - JAN. 95. THE SUMMARY STATED "THESE VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH SPEEDOMETERS REGISTERING SPPED IN MPH BUT THE ODOMETERS INDICATING DISTANCE IN KILOMETERS. THE ODOMETERS WERE INTENDED TO INDICATE DISTANCE IN MILES AND WERE NOT IDENTIFIED WITH THE METRIC 'KM' DESIGNATION. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO. 101, CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS." THE END RESULT WAS THAT FORD DID NOT HAVE TO RECALL THE CARS OR NOTIFY THE OWNERS AS THE NONCOMPLIANCE DID NOT CREATE AN UNREASONABLE RISK TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. MY PROBLEM IS THIS. IF THE MILES REGISTERED ON THE ODOMETER ARE ACTUALLY IN KILOMETERS THAN A VEHICLE THAT SHOWS 77500 ACTUALLY ONLY HAS 47845 MILES (77500 MULTIPLIED TIMES A KILOMETER 0.62137). AS THIS CAR BLEW OUT HEAD GASKETS (ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH FORD AND REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE ON MUSTANGS) AT 77500 MILES, IT SHOULD STILL BE COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY THAT GOES UNTIL 75000 MILES. AS I SPOKE WITH "BILL" AT FORD MOTOR CENTER (800-392-3673) HE SAID THAT THIS WAS CORRECT AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED IF MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED WITHIN THAT TIME. THE DOOR OF THE CAR IS IMPRINTED WITH THE DATE JAN/95. I TOLD HIM THIS AND HE TOOK THE VIN NUMBER AND CALLED ME BACK TO STATE IT SHOULD BE COVERED, HOWEVER, MY CAR WAS RESEARCHED AND FOUND TO ACTUALLY BE MANUFACTURED FEB. 1, 1995 AND NOT IN JANUARY, 1995. HE SAID THE METAL IMPRINT WAS WRONG. I ASKED FOR THIS INFORMATION IN WRITING AND HE WAS NOT SURE THAT WAS POSSIBLE. THE CAR DOES HAVE THE IMPRINT JAN, 1995 AND I HAVE THE ORIGINAL STICKER FOR THE CAR WHICH SHOWS SHIP DATE AS 1/25/95 TO DECKER FORD IN CLOVIS, CA. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN. COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH INFORMATION AS TO YOUR CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 95V138000. DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER AGENCY TO REFER ME TO? THANK YOU LORA MANNIE

THE TRANSMISSION SUSTAINED A CRACKED CASE, SNAPPED INPUT SHAFT, SHATTERED TAILHOUSING, AND CRUSHED CLUSTER GEAR.

WHEN CRUSING BETWEEN 2ND OR 3RD GEAR THE CAR WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE LIKE I'M GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. THIS WILL STOP IF I SPEED UP, BUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS IN FORD 94-96 3.8L AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. PLEASE REFER TO HTTP://WWW.ALLDATA.TSB.COM/TSB/19/95191711.HTML. THEY HAVE INFO ON A SERVICE BULLETIN (#28 DEC. 98) THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM. WHEN I'M BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR ON THE HIGHWAY IT ALSO HAPPENS AROUND 50 MPH. IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO FALL APART.