1994 Ford Mustang complaints

VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO ROLL WHEN PARKED ON A INCLINE WITH EMERGENCY BRAKES ENGAGED. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MY MUSTANG HAD HEAD GASKETS REPLACED IN MAY 2000. 3 MONTHS LATER THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN OCTOBER 2000. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS RECALLED BUT WASN'T INFORMED OF THAT UNTIL THE ENGINE FAILED. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T A SAFETY RECALL THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED TO INFORM THE OWNERS OF THE CARS.*AK

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

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

CONSUMER STATES THAT 1YR LATER AFTER RECALL WAS DONE ON THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE IT IS NOW STARTING TO CRACK AT THE MAIN SUPPORT.*JB

WHILE FUELING VEHICLE, CONSUMER HEARD A DRIPPING SOUND. WHILE INSPECTING VEHICLE HE FOUND FUEL SEAL NEAR FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING.*AK CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

ONE OF THE BRACKETS ON DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, SEAT WILL TILT TO THE RIGHT.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LEFT BRACKET/TRACK ASSEMBLY BROKE NEAR MOUNTING BOLTS ON BOTH FRONT AND REAR ASSEMBLIES. *YH

TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER DUE TO AIR BAG LIGHT ON. *AK

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

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

CONTROL PANEL FOR WINDOWS ON BOTH DOORS SEEM TO HAVE LOST SUPPORT AND ARE BEGINNING TO FALL THROUGH THE DOOR WHENEVER THE BUTTONS ARE PUSHED TO LOWER, RAISE WINDOWS AND TO LOCK DOORS. I FEAR A POSSIBLE ELECTRIC MALFUCTION. HAVE SEEN SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER MUSTANGS OF SAME AGE.*AK

WIRING TOUCHING METAL UNDER DASH. *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

STEERING LOCKED IN PLACE WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING, CAR WILL NOT SHUT OFF. *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

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

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESS GAS PEDAL TO GAIN SPEED VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE, BUT ONLY DECELERATE. SOON AFTER ,CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER, AND ENGINE WOULD DIE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *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

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

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

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 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

HOOD LATCH WILL NOT HOLD, AND AT ANY TIME, COULD OPEN IT WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, BUT COULD NOT BE FIXED. PLEASE PRVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

I'VE HAD THE TRACK THAT HOLDS THE DRIVER'S SEAT BREAK TWICE, ONCE AT 40000 MILES AND AGAIN LAST SUMMER AT 125000 MILES. ALL I DID WAS SIT AND DRIVE. I ONLY WEIGH 220LBS! THERE IS NO WARNING OR INDICATION THAT IT'S BROKE UNTIL YOU MAKE A TURN AND ALMOST FLY OUT THE WINDOW, IMAGINE IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT NOT KNOWING IT WAS BROKE OR WEAKENED. TO TOP IT OFF THE ASSEMBLY JUST THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SEAT TO THE CAR COSTS $450. THE CAR ONLY COST 13000. *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

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *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 DRIVING HOOD SUDDENLY FLEW UP AND CRACKED FRONT WINSHIELD. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE HEAD GASKET BLEW AT 97,000, DEALER REPLACED PASSENGER SIDE HEAD GASKET UNDER WARRANTY, AT 102,000 MILES VEHICLE'S DRIVER SIDE HEAD GASEKT IS LEAKING, DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY, CONSUMER FEELS MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE RECALL. *TT

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

STARTED VEHICLE,KEY WAS NOT INSERTED COMPLETELY,PULLED KEY OUT,MOTOR REMAINED STARTED. *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.

WHILE OPERATING AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH VEHICLE BECAME ERRATIC, AND COOL AIR STARTED TO BLOWOUT OF HEATING SYSTEM. HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. THERE WAS A RECALL ON HEAD GASKET, AND DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD ANY FURTHER INFORMATION OR MAKE CHANGES. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE LEAD TO BLOWN ENGINE AT ONLY 57,000 MILES. 7 YR 100,000 MILES WARRANTY RAN OUT IN APRIL 2001. THIS ENGINE FAILURTE OCCURRED IN AUGUST, 2001. FORD AGREED TO PAY FOR ONLY PART OF THE REPAIRS LEAVING ME RESPONSIBLE FOR $500 (TOTALL AT END $800) IN REPAIRS. I FEEL THE LIFE OF A FORD SHOULD BE LONGER THAT 57,000 ( PURCHASED CAR AT 24,000 MLS). IF I HAD KNOWN 5 YRS AGO THAT I COULD ONLY EXPECT TO GET ANOTHER 33,000 MLS FROM THE CAR I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE PD $14,000. I HAVE KEPT GOOD CARE OF THIS CAR AND KEPT THE MILAGE LOW......AS A RESULT ENGINE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR "IN TIME" TO MEET END OF WARRANTY.*AK

GASKET (RUBBER BOOT) BETWEEN GASOLINE FILLER TUBE AND GAS TANK FAILED (TORE), THIS CAUSE GASOLINE TO LEAK ONTO THE GROUND CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD.

THIS IS MY 19 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER'S MUSTANG. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CAR RUNNING HOT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. WE'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO SEVERAL AUTO REPAIRS AND NOBODY COULD FIND A REASON FOR THE CAR RUNNING HOT. WE TOOK THE MUSTANG TO PRECISION TUNE IN MACON BACK IN JUNE OR JULY. AFTER THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS STRANDED WITH THE CAR IN DUBLIN, GEORGIA. SHE TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN DUBLIN AND THEY KEPT IT OVER-NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED TO TELL HER THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2001, SHE IS ONCE AGAIN STRANDED IN STATESBORO, GEORGIA. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO ROZIER FORD IN STATESBORO, GA. THEY SAID THAT THE CAR HAD A CRACKED HEAD GASKET AND THAT IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1,300 TO REPAIR...SINCE WE HAD MISSED THE 100,000 MILE OWNER NOTOFICATION RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND NOBODY HAD INFORMED US ABOUT A RECALL, NOT TO MENTION THAT WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED AS THE OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE NOT MOVED IN 14 YEARS AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATION. I FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT OF COURSE THEY WON'T. I FEEL THAT IF THEY KNEW THE PROBLEM EXISTED WITH THESE ENGINES, THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO COMPLY WITH THE RECALL REGARDLESS OF THE MILEAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER ACTION COULD BE TAKEN AGAINST FORD REGARDING THIS MATTER. I HAVE A COPY OF MY INVOICE DATED 9/26/01 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,303.26 AND FEEL T

THE WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING WHICH WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE TIMING COVER GASKET WAS ALSO REPLACED, CONSUMER STATES HE WOULD OCCASIONALLY HEAR A KNOCKING NOISE, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO A MECHANIC AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO BLOW AND TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE.*YH

HEARD KNOCKING NOISE AND WAS TOLD ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO BLOW AND NOT TO DRIVE. HAD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED WATER PUMP AND TIMING COVER. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON ,AND VEHICLE COMMENCED TO RUN ROUGH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWNOUT HEAD GASKET. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE/E-MAIL ME [email protected]. WE NEED CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. CAR WENT TO HOT PULLED IN PEP BOYS/TEST SHOWED HEAD GASKET FAILURE/WAS TOLD TO GO TO FORD THERE WAS A RECALL/FORD SAID TO-BAD IT ENDED ON 7/14/01 AND TODAY IS 8/16/01...SORRY--THIS WAS FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER SERVICE IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW ON PASSENGER SIDE. DRIVER SIDE NEARLY BLOWN AFTER REMOVING THE HEADS. THIS HAPPENED AT 72,000 MILES. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME ON A 1988 T-BIRD WITH 110,000 MILES, WHICH ALSO HAD A 3.8L V6. THIS ALSO HAPPENED TO ME ON A 1994 THUNDERBIRD WITH THE 3.8V6 WITH 100,000 MILES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD.

WHILE EXITING AN AREA AND GOING INTO TRAFFIC VEHICLE GOT HIT ON DRIVER'S SIDE, AND AIR BAGS EXPLODED, BUT DID NT DEPLOY IN CRASH. CONSUMER WAS CHOKING ON AIRBAG FUMES WHEN EXPLODED. *AK