1995 Ford Mustang Suspension Problems

ALWAYS OVERHEATING, DRIVES ROUGH, BLOWN TIRES, BROKEN RACK & PINION, LOUD SQUEAKING

NHTSA ID

10069022

Incident

Nov 15, 2002

VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT DUE TO BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *SLC

NHTSA ID

565714

Incident

May 6, 1999

VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES WHILE TRAVELING ANY SPEED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE OR REMEDY SOURCE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8001493

Incident

Dec 31, 2001

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE 40 TO 45 MPH IT VIBRATES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HAD WHEELS BALANCED, BUT IT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

8001481

Incident

Dec 15, 2001

1995 MUSTANG MUST HAVE A DEFECT TO CAUSE A BRAN NEW TIRE TO HAVE A DEFECT THAT IS CREATED BY THE EQUIPMENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE,ITS HARD TO STAY LEVEL EVEN AFTER A ALIGNMENT THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR AS A RESULT TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK (TIRESIZE: 215 R15)

NHTSA ID

755419

Incident

Nov 20, 2001

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR INSPECTION MECHANIC NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE.*AK COIL SPRING BADLY CORRODED CAUSING IT TO BREAK IN 2 LOCATIONS. NLM

NHTSA ID

896106

Incident

Aug 6, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UP HERE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. *AK

NHTSA ID

888805

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

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. *JB

NHTSA ID

560658

Incident

Apr 18, 2000

VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AT 20MPH. WOULD INCREASE SHAKING WHEN SPEED WAS INCREASED. WOULD OVER COMPENSATE WITH STEERING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. HAVE WEAR & TEAR ON RACK & PINION DUE TO THE VIBRATIONS. HAD THE RACK & PINON CHANGED TWICE. ALIGNMENT FAILED 30 DAYS AFTER RACK & PINON. THE WHEEL BALANCE WENT OUT. TIRES WERE EXCESSIVELY ON EDGES. *AK

NHTSA ID

871857

THIS REPORTS A FAILURE WHICH OCCURRED VERY EARLY IN THE CAR OWNERSHIP, BUT WHICH ONLY RECENTLY CAME TO LIGHT. IT IS A REPORT OF A DEFECTIVE SWAY BAR WHICH APPARENTLY FRACTURED DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP CAUSING IMPROPER HANDLING AND CONTROL, ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF THE VEHICLE DURING THE ENSUING YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. THE OWNER DID NOT REALIZE THE SOURCE OF THIS IMPROPER PERFORMANCE UNTIL SOME TIME LATER WHEN THE FRACTURED SWAY BAR BROKE OFF ON ONE SIDE CAUSING A NOW NOTICEABLE RATTLING NOISE. HOWEVER, THIS NOISE ONLY OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH AND BUMPY ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD VISUALLY INSPECTED THE BREAK UPON REPLACEMENT OF THE SWAY BAR THAT A FRACTURE-BRAKING SEQUENCE OVER TIME WAS EVIDENT DUE TO RUST IN ONLY A PORTION OF THE BREAK. THE MOST STARTLING DISCOVERY WAS THE EVIDENCE OF METAL CRYSTALIZATION IN AND AROUND THE SITE OF THE BREAK. THUS, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THIS WAS A MOLDED HOLE RATHER THAN A MACHINED OR DRILLED HOLE. IN ASSESSING THIS INCIDENT THE MANAGER VERBALLY CONFIRMED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE IMPROPER VEHICLE HANDLING AND POOR PERFORMANCE, ALONG WITH THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION EXPERIENCED BY THE OWNER SOON AFTER PURCHASE. THE MANAGER ALSO AGREED THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS THIS LOSS OF THE SWAY BAR STRENGTHENING OF THE VEHICLE FRAME MIGHT RESULT IN COMPLETE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. HE URGED ME TO REPORT IT TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HE PROVIDED ME WITH THE APPROPRIATE PHONE NUMBER. I DID VERBALLY REPORT THIS INCIDENT AND ASKED THAT THE INFORMATION BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF OTHER SIMILARLY-EQUIPPED FORD CONVERTIBLES OWNERS FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION OF THE SWAY BAR INSTALLATION IN THEIR OWN VEHICLE. ALSO, I ASKED THAT THE SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND POOR HANDLING (UNSTABLE SWAYING) BE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION AS A CLUE TO POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF THE SWAY BAR SINCE BOTH OF THESE SYMPTOMS HAD COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED AFTER BAR REPLACEMENT.

NHTSA ID

730539

Incident

Jul 31, 1995

AUTOMOBILE SHIMMIES WHEN REACHING A SPEED OF 40-45 MPH. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH AUTOMOBILE. *AK

NHTSA ID

861675

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

HEAD GASKET BLOWN AND CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH COOLANT SYSTEM 2.BALL STUD CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, I TOOK IT FOR ALIGNMENT AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THE SHAKING, PLEASE LOOK INTO THE RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR ROD ENDS INCORRECT TAPER BALL STUDS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH 3.8 LITER VEHICLES, THE MERCURY,WINDSTAR,LINC, BUT 95 MUSTANG 3.8 WAS NOT INCLUDED FOR HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS. *AK

NHTSA ID

721798

THE CAR SHAKES LIKE GOING OVER A SPEED STRIP ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK

NHTSA ID

719649

Incident

Mar 1, 2000

WHEN TRAVELING ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. ALSO, VIBRATION WAS COMING FROM FRONT END. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

856755

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION, AND WAS INFORMED OF A POSSIBLE BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET OR A CRACK IN ENGINE BLOCK. THIS IS A 3.8L ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

855170

Incident

Jan 10, 1999

REAR SWAY BAR BROKE AT THE BOLT ON LOCATION. TO MY UNDERSTANDING WITH TALKING TO AFTERMARKET REPS. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS VERY COMMON, EVEN THOUGH SVT (FORD SPECIAL VEHICLE TEAM) TOTALLY DENIES THE OCCURANCES.

NHTSA ID

713925

Incident

Aug 20, 1999

FRONT END SUSPENSION SHIMMIES WHEN DRIVING. WOULD HAVE LOTS OF PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL. THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE WOULD RUN HIGH. THE CD PLAYER WOULD COME ON OR STOP. WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISE. THE DOOR LOCKS ON THE DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY DUE TO POWER LOCKS NOT WORKING. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

NHTSA ID

850353

Incident

Jul 4, 1999

THIS CAR WAS A ?!@#$% LEMON I HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT BUY A CHEVY BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE A BATTER LONGER LASTING VEHICLE HEAD GASKET BLEW GRINDING REAR SUSPENSION THE AC SUCKED I TOOK IT TO GET FIXED EVERY YEAR IT WOULD BLOW OUT HOT AIR I HAD AN ELECTRICAL FIRE UNDER THE FRONT DASH BURNT UP ALOT OF WIRING, BOUGHT FOG LIGHTS THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR, TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT (REVERSE) ALSO I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FRONT SEAT BROKE AND I ALMOST WENT OUT THE SIDE WINDOW VERY FREAKING DANGEROUS CAR IF YOU ASK ME I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD EVER I WILL TELL EVERYONE TO BUY SOMETHING ELSE LIKE A CHEVY OR SOME OTHER AMERICAN PRODUCT I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE I AM A UNION GUY BUT TO TELL THE TRUTH THOSE '!@#$%MAKE BETTER CARS THAN FORDS FORD MUSTANGS SUCK THEY ARE A CHEEZY EXCUSE FOR A SO CALLED SPORTS CAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

711991

Incident

Jan 1, 1901

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND SHIMMIES. ALSO THERE IS A POPPING NOSIE WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN ANY DIRECTION. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED.

NHTSA ID

839186

VIOLENT SHAKING OCCURS WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO AROUND 20 MPH.

NHTSA ID

704534

REAR SUSPENSION BOTTOMS OUT VERY EASILY, CAUSES A LOSS OF TRACTION ON INTERSTATE.

NHTSA ID

537412

VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ON WET ROADS. WANDERED/SWAYED AND FISHTAILED, NERALY CAUSING ACCIDENTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

523234

VEHICLE HYDROPLANE DON WET PAVEMENT. *AK

NHTSA ID

524163

BRAKES CAUSE VIBRATION WHEN APPLIED, REPAIRS TO COMPONENTS DID NOT RECTIFY VIBRATION.

NHTSA ID

514719

WHILE DRIVING IN A VERY LIGHT RAIN CONSUMER COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR , THE VEHICLE WANDERED ALL OVER THE ROAD, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45-50 MPH, EACH TIME UPON HITTING PUDDLE OF WATER, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED. *AK

NHTSA ID

804747

Incident

Oct 19, 1996