1998 Ford Mustang complaints

THE FRONT SEAT & SHOULDER BELTS WILL NOT STAY IN THE GUIDES PROVIDED FOR THEM. IT MAY BE THAT IN A FRONTAL COLLISION THEY WILL NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. I HAVE SEEN OTHER MUSTANGS WITH A DIFFERENT STYLE OF GUIDES. THEY LOOK AS IF THEY MIGHT FUNCTION CORRECTLY.

NO SUMMARY.

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT INDICATIONS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SEATBELT PROBLEM. NO FURTHER INFORMATION

LEFT FRONT SEAT FAILURE.

CLUTCH AND HOOD LATCH.

TRANSMISSION--TORQUE CONVERTER.

SELF-LOCKING SEAT BELTS.

SOMETIMES WHEN STARTING VEHICLE THE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE DOES NOT CONNECT TO THE STARTER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

ROTORS WARPED CAUSING VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AT 50-60 MPH. MJS

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER BEING PARKED FOR LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. FIRE DEPARTMENT INDICATED IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ALTERNATOR. DEALER SAID THAT VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

CONSUMER TURNED THE WHEEL SLIGHTLY SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLY TURNED TO THE LEFT, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

HAD A BENT RIM AND GOT A NEW RIM AND TIRE TEAM FORD PUT THE REAR TIRE ON BACKWARDS AND MONTHS LATER IN THE SNOW AND RAIN THAT TIRE LOST TRACTION AND I WAS PUT IN THE DITCH DUE TO RAINY WEATHER( DOT NUMBER: BE8RK11049 TIRE SIZE: 24545ZR17 )

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 38 MPH REAR TIRES SLIPPED OFF AND FELL ONTO THE PAVEMENT. LOST CONTROL, AND VEHICLE TURNED OVER ON ITS ROOF. SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER, AND SHE WAS INJURED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO OCCASIONS, ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN VEHILCE RUNNING INTO DITCH WHEN ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED WITH REAR WHEEL LOCK UP. MJS

REAR END OF VEHICLE LOCKED-UP, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIN AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL IT SLID INTO A DITCH OFF THE ROAD. *YC

VEHICLE RECALL REPAIR (99V-062) CAN NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. *YC

WHILE DRVING ABOUT 60-65 MPH, STEERING WENT OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE OVERSTEERED, CRASHING INTO A FREEWAY WALL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED IN THE CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER DETAILS. *AK

ON THREE OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCE ENGINE "PINGING" WHEN UNDER ACCELERATION OR WHEN ACCESSORIES ARE USED. *YC

CLUNK WHEN ENGINE CHANGED TORQUE NOTED AFTER VEHICLE IN SERVICE 4 MOS. DEALER FAILED TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE. PROBLEM PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE AND ON SECOND TRIP IN JUNE, 1999 DEALER PROPERLY DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS BROKEN ENGINE MOUNT LEFT SIDE. *AK

DEFECTIVE SEATBELT RETRACTOR

SINCE I PURCHASED MY CAR, IF IT IS HOT AND HUMID, RAINING OR ABOVE FREEZING, WHEN YOU TURN ON THE A/C , HEATER OR VENT A MUSTY MILDEW SMELL COMES OUT OF THE VENTS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK THREE TIMES AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T FIXED IT. IT GOES BACK ON 5/24, IF THEY DON'T FIX IT WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF GETTING IT REPLACED OR BOUGHT BACK SINCE THE SMELL MAKES ME ILL. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED, VEHCILE ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

EVERYTIME THE OCCUPANT FILLS THE GAS TANK UP GAS FUMES ENTER INTO VEHICLE, CAUSING OCCUPANT TO FEEL SICK, AND CAN RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS A TSB TO REPLACE THE FUEL LINES ETC. BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 20-25 MPH AND SUDDENLY VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN, LEAVING CONSUMER WITH NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING/ ABS SYSTEM. WENT TO STOP BY APPLYING THE BRAKES AND CRASHED OVER SOME BUMPS IN THE STREET. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT, UPON STARTUP OF ENIGNE, A LOT OF CLICKING/TICKING NOISES FROM ENGINE. *AK

AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE FULLY IN A FRONT END COLLISION.

THE CONSUMER WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A CURB, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TIRE WAS INFLATED BEFORE IT HIT THE CURB. ALSO ACCIDENT COST 2700.00 IN DAMAGES. *AK

1. CONVERTIBLE ROOF WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WHEN CAR WAS RECEIVED, .25# GAPS BETWEEN SEALS OF FRONT SECTION OF FOLDING ROOF. 2. HARSH NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN BRAKING AND TURNING, DIAGNOSED TO BE "WATER DRIPPING ON EXHAUST PIPE" BY DEALER(?!!) A/C ALSO NOT STRONG-POSSIBLY REPLACED (NEVER FULLY TOLD) BRAKE SHOES/PADS ALSO WORKED ON. 3. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, GOING UPHILL, CAR BEGAN SLOWING DOWN, PULLED ONTO SHOULDER AS CAR STOPPED. DIAGNOSED AS FUEL PUMP FAILURE. *AK

VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD WHILE PARKING BRAKE WAS STILL ENGAGED CAUSING IT TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.

VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED A DELAYED REACTION OF THE AIR BAGS. WHEN ACCIDENT WAS OVER AND WHILE CHECKING TO SEE IF EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE WAS OKAY, THE BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

I APPLY BRAKES, ONE FRONT BRAKE LOCKS AND STEERING PULLS VERY HARD TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, SO HARD THAT IT WILL ALMOST PULL THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF YOUR HAND. THE STEERING ALSO LOCKS AND I CAN NOT STEER THE AUTOMOBILE. I HAVE TO RELEASE THE BRAKES TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND RELEASE THE LOCKED BRAKE. *AK

SAFETY SEAT BELT SLIPS OUT OF THE GUIDE CONTINUALLY DUE TO DESIGN LOCATION.

WHILE CORNERING, STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN BRAKES ARE TAPPED.

TRANSMISSION DROPPED OUT OF 4TH GEAR. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION.

ENGINE WOULD NOT START TURN OVER. SMOKE APPEARED AROUND PARKING BRAKE HANDLE. 1ST TIME DEALER REPLACED GROUND STRAP AND STARTER. OCCURED AGAIN 2 DAY LATER. DEALER UNABLE TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN THAT SAME NIGHT. DEALER REPLACE MAIN WIRING HARNESS AND PROBLEM CORRECTED.

I WENT TO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE CAR TO PLACE MY BRIEFCASE, AND MY GYM BAG INSIDE. I THEN PUT THE PASSENGER SEAT UP, I PLACED MY BRIEFCASE ON THE SEAT, AND I SHUT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. AS I SHUT THE DOOR, I HEARD A LOUD SOUND OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ICE CRACKING OFF THE CAR. I WENT OVER TO THE DRIVERS SIDE AND FOUND THE WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED AND BLOWN OUT OF THE CAR. AT LEAST 80% OF THE GLASS FROM THE WINDOW WAS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR, ON THE GROUND. . I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE WINDOW SHATTERED IN SUCH A WAY BECAUSE I ASSUMED ALL OF THE WINDOWS IN MY CAR HAD SAFETY GLASS. THIS EVENTLY DISTURBED ME BECAUSE IF THERE HAD BEEN A CHILD OR A PASSENGER IN THAT BACK SEAT WHEN I HAD CLOSED THAT DOOR, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. WHEN I FIRST LEASED MY MUSTANG IN JULY OF 1998, I HAD PROBLEMS PUTTING THAT WINDOW UP AFTER HAVING MY CONVERTIBLE TOP DOWN. IT WOULD TAKE ME 2 OR 3 TRIES OF PRESSING THE ELECTRIC SWITCH UP AND DOWN UNTIL THAT WINDOW FINALLY SQUEALED ITS WAY ALL THE WAY UP THE TRACK. I NOW BELIEVE THAT THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WAS NOT PUT INTO THE TRACK PROPERLY, CAUSING SEVERE PRESSURE ON THE GLASS. THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME COLD WEATHER AND PRESSURE FINALLY CAUSED THE GLASS TO SHATTER WITH THE VIBRATIONS OF CLOSING THE DOOR. THIS CAUSED THE WINDOW TO BLOW OUTWARDS, AND ALL OVER THE GROUND. DUE TO THIS DEFECT, I FEEL THE EXPENSE TO REPAIR THIS WINDOW SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *AK

ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP FAILED TWICE.

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED.

POWER STEERING FAILED.

WHEELS ARE EXPERIENCING A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN MOVING. *YC

DOOR HANDLE FAILED. *YC

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND THE FLUID BRAKE HYDRO BOOST UNIT. *YC

VEHICLE'S SUSPENSION DESIGN IS NOT STABLE WITH LIGHT REAR END CAUSING THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION TO BE OFF BALANCE, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF TRACTION CONTROL IN THE REAR END CRASHING INTO CONCRETE WALL, SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK UP PROPERLY RESULTING IN MINOR INJURY. MJS

WHEEL BEARING SYSTEM FAILURE. *YC

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. *YC

RADIO FAILED. *YC

RADIATOR RESERVOIR FAILED. YH

SEAL IN STEERING COLLUMN OUT OF ORDER. YH

DRIVER'S SEAT LUMBAR SYSTEM ( AIR BLADDER ) FAILED. *YC