Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Ford Mustang submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 28 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 28, in the owner's own words
SUDDEN FAILURE OF ONE- OF THE TWO MOUNTING STUDS WHICH SECURE THE SERVICE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER UNIT. LOSS OF STUD ALLOWED MASTER CYLINDER TO MOVE WHEN SERVICE BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED - DIMINISHING BRAKING PERFORMANCE.*AK
THE MAJOR PROBLEM WAS THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE (AFTER 100,000 MILES) WITH THE ENGINE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT ANY TIME REGARDING THIS RECALL. FORD DENIES THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS A RECALL AND THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT THE ENGINE WENT SINCE I DO NOT DO ALL MY REPAIRS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND IF I HAD, I WOULD'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY MAIL OR BY PHONE OF THIS PROBLEM, FORD TOLD ME THAT SINCE THE CAR WENT OVER 100,000 MILES AND WAS THREE MONTHE PAST THE DEADLINE DATE THAT I WAS OUT OF LUCK AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO EXTENSIONS OR EXCEPTIONS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS THAT I DID NOT EXPERIENCE A HEAD GASKET FAILURE DURING THEIR SO CALLED WARRANTY EXTENSION PERIOD AND THAT MY 1994 FORD MUSTANG ONLY FAILED SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXTENSION EXPIRED. A DEFECTIVE PART IS A DEFECTIVE PART FROM THE DAY OF MANUFACTURE TO THE DAY THE CAR IS JUNKED UNLESS THE PART IS REPAIRED OR REPLACED. SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY WAS PUT OUT BY ME BECAUSE OF FORD'S LACK OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. I DESERVED TO HAVE BEEN REIMBURSED BY THE FORD MOTOR CORPORATION BUT IN TURN I RECEIVED NOTHING. I COULD GO ON BUT THIS IS VERY UPSETTING TO ME. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO ROLL WHEN PARKED ON A INCLINE WITH EMERGENCY BRAKES ENGAGED. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
RECALL 00 V 349 000/PARKING BRAKE PAWL: DEALER DICK MILHAM, EASTERN, PA, PHONE# 610/253-9191TOOK FROM 16 AUG 01 TO ABOVE INCIDENT DATE TO COMPLETE RECALL REPAIRS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER PARKING BRAKE CONTROL ASSEMBLY WAS INSTALLED, THE PARKING BRAKES FAILED. VEHICLE PULLS RIGHT AND WEAVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE, THERE IS A VIBRATION FELT UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SEAT AT ALL SPEEDS, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, DEALER REBALANCED ALL IRES AND REALIGNED FRONT, STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF CENTER. *SLC
CAN FORD DO ANYTHING RIGHT CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN MORE THAN I CAN REMEMBER! *AK
ROTORS WARP PREMATURELY. NLM
PARKING BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. YH
I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO SEPARATE PROBLEMS WITH MY FORD MUSTANG GT. BOTH PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN "REPAIRED" WHILE THE VEHILCE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT THE ACTIONS TAKEN WERE ONLY SUFFICIENT TO CARRY THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE LARGEST PROBLEM THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED HAS BEEN WITH MY ANTILOCK BRAKES. ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN THE SHOP AT FORD DEALERS FOR REPAIRS TO MY ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE TYPICAL PROGNOSIS WAS THAT A SENSOR NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. IRONICALLY, ONCE THE VEHCILE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, DUE TO AGE, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE REQUIRED A NEW MODULE COSTING APPROXIMATELY $1,200. I PLEADED MY CASE WITH FORD ON THIS EXPENSE AND THEY AGREED TO PICK UP THE COST OF THE REPAIR. NO LATER THAN 4 MONTHS HAD PASSED AND THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED. I PROCRASTINATED SOME FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO HAVING THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS TO THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THIS TIME THE PROBLEM WAS DIFFERENT AND WOULD COST $1,100. AGAIN I PLEADED
VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED, 5-SPEED TRANSMISSION IN GEAR. VEHICLE REMAINED STATIONARY FOR AT LEAST 5 MINUTES. SOMETIME LATER (WITHIN PERIOD OF ONE HOUR OR SO) PARKING BRAKE FAILED AND VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN LENGTHY HILL, CROSSING RESIDENTIAL STREET AND CRASHING FRONT INTO A LARGE TREE. CAR WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS.
ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHTS INDICATING SYSTEM HAS FAILED.
UPON CROSSING A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY, BRAKE LINE SEVERED, CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE.
PARKING BRAKE DISENGAGED AFTER DRIVER PARKED, SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND LEFT THE SCENE. VEHICLE WAS NOT PLACED INTO THE PROPER GEAR.
ABS LIGHT WILL COME ON/OFF, SOMETIMES IT WILL STAY ON. DEALER REPLACE SENSOR/BAD GROUNDING/BAD CONNECTING WIRE. SAID CANNOT REPLACE WHOLE ABS SYSTEM. HAS BEEN TO DIFFERENT DEALER, DEFECT STILL REOCCURRING. *AK
BRASKE PEDAL MAKES A LOUD CREAKING NOISE WHENEVER IT IS DEPRESSED. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTER TWICE, BUT NOISE CONTINUES. *AK
WHEN APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER IS DEPRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DUE TO THE LOCATION, CAUSING UNWAITED ACCELERATION. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKING CAR IN GARAGE. REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS DUE TO WARPING. ALSO, AIR BAG SENSOR HAS COME ON TWICE. DUP OF 517543, ADDED ON 25-FEB-98. *AK
AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON TWICE. ALSO REPLACED WARPED REAR ROTORS AND PADS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, WEATHER RAINY, REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE BRAKES FAILED TO CATCH, TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
BRAKES FAILED 4 TIMES. *SD
OTHER: AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON.
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, ALSO SHAKES/VIBRATES. *AK
FUEL THROTTLE LINKAGE FAILURE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. TT
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT AT ANY SPEED, REPLACED PADS/ROTORS/AND OTHER PARTS, TO NO AVAIL. TT
BRAKES PERIODICALLY LOCKUP WHILE DRIVING CAUSING ACCIDENT AT 15MPH. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING TRY TO STOP THE ABS ANTI LOCK BRAKE LOCK UP CAUSE ACCIDENT. TT
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