1999 Ford Mustang complaints

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH. MOST LIKELY THE VEHICLE WILL TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY PULLS VERY HARD TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND PARKING BRAKE SET. CONSUMER'S BROTHER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE HAD ROLLED DOWN THE PARKING LOT AND INTO THE GRASS. CONSUMER THEN NOTIFIED THE POLICE. UPON ARRIVAL OF THE POLICE, CONSUMER ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND VERIFIED TO THE OFFICER AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT THAT THE PARKING BRAKE HAD BEEN SET. UPON RELEASING THE BRAKE, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THERE WAS NO TENSION IN THE BRAKE. CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER THAT THE E-BRAKE COULD POSSIBLY BE FAULTY AND TO HAVE DEALER CHECK FOR PROBLEMS. UPON RETURN OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER ASKED DEALER IF THEY HAD FOUND ANY PROBLEMS, THE DEALER REPLIED WITH NO PROBLEMS FOUND. THE CONSUMER NOTICED UPON ARRIVAL AT CONSUMER'S HOME, THAT WHEN THE E-BRAKE WAS SET, THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERANCE IN THE TENSION WHEN THE BRAKE WAS SET. NOTE : CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE HAD GIVEN OUT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT DID NOT REPORT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE CONSUMER ASSUMED IT WAS DUE TO OPERATOR ERROR. CONSUMER ALSO BELIEVES THAT DEALER FIXED PROBLEM WITHOUT INFORMING CONSUMER TO RID FAULT OF ANY KIND ON PART OF MANUFACTUER.

VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR ABS LIGHT ON - PARTS WERE PLACED ON ORDER - WAS TOLD VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. *AK

3.8L ENGINE REPLACED BY DEALER, REPLACEMENT ENGINE SAME PROBLEMS. *AK

DEALER CAN NOT DIAGNOSE, SAYS ITS NORMAL SUSPENSION SETTLING. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BECAUSE LATCH WOULDN'T SECURE IT. SAMETHING WAS HAPPENING WITH PASSENGER'S DOOR. ALSO, ALL FOUR WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP THE RIGHT WAY, BUT INSTEAD, WOULD GO OVER THE TOP. IN ADDITION, AFTER 600 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK

HAND APPLIED PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT FULLY ENGAGE AND AT TIME DOES NOT ENGAGE AT ALL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. ON 11/11/99 WHILE PARKED ON A MILD GRADE I EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE APPARENTLY ENGAGED BUT WITH THE TRANSMISSION OUT OF GEAR. RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE 10 MINUTES LATER I FOUND THAT IT HAD ROLLED BACK ABOUT 100 FEET, JUMPED A CURB AND COME TO REST AGAINST A HEAVY RUBBER TRASH CAN. THE HAND BRAKE WAS STILL IN THE FULLY ENGAGED POSITION. AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION WITH A TRASH CAN THE REAR FACIA IS BENT. *AK

I HAD A NEW RING AND PINION GEAR INSTALLED. UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE DIFFERENTIAL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CARRIER BEARINGS WERE WORN OUT, AND HAD EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING. I AM LUCKY IT WAS DISCOVERED BEFORE IT FROZE UP.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SLC

PARKING BRAKE FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARD OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND CRASHED. NLM

WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, IT EFFECTS THE STEERING, CAUSING IT TO PULL BACK TOWARDS THE CENTER WHEN MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT WAS NORMAL OPERATION EVEN THOUGH PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED. THE BRAKES & STEERING ARE ON SAME PUMP & PROBLEM IS STEADILY GETTING WORSE. *AK

FORD ADMITS THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT CAN'T FIX IT, SAYS ITS A CHARACTERISTIC. DIDN'T WANT TO BUY A CHARACTERISTIC. NOTIFIED SETTLEMENT BOARD AND THEY SAY IT IS A LIABILITIES/LEGAL ISSUE. CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP, TO THE POINT WHERE CONSUMER CAN'T BREATH. CONSUMER HAS TO EITHER UNDO BELT WHILE DRIVING, OR HOLD BELT IN HAND TO AVOID BEING SQUEEZED TO DEATH. CONSUMER HAS TO HOLD SEATBELT IN HAND WHILE DRIVING. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID SEAT BELTS WERE MADE FOR A BABY SEAT, AND THAT THEY ALL WERE MADE THAT WAY. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL RECALL REPAIR 99V-062001 COMPLETED HOWEVER FAILS AND DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY CAUSING UNWANTED ACCELERATION ON OCCASSIONS. *MJS

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH, WENT THROUGH STOP SIGN AND HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. NEITHER ONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK *ML

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, I NOTICED A PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, WHILE BRAKING TO STOP (SUCH AS AT A STOP LIGHT). *AK.ET.

WHILE DRIVING ALONG AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED . THIS HAPPENED MORE DURING STOPPING. WHEN VEHICLE STALLED, ALL POWER WAS LOST, WHICH MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL, AND POWER BRAKES WOULD GO OUT COMPLETLY. DRIVER COULD NOT STOP AT ALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND STEPPING ON BRAKES PEDAL BRAKES WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. ALSO, WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH FIRST GEAR (MANUAL TRANS.) AND WITH EMERGENCY BRAKES ON , TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, BUT BRAKES DID NOT HOLD, AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACK, CRASHING. *AK

NOTHING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WORKS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. DEALER HAS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT PANEL. OVERDRIVE NOR TRACTION CONTROL FUNCTIONED IN THE SNOW. VEHICLE CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO HER LANE AND RAN HER OFF THE ROAD. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T GO OFF. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, ALSO SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK UP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND A LADY HIT HIM FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS AT THE LIGHT AND WAS DRIVING 35MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T GO OFF. *AK

MY SEAT COVERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, THEY LOOK THE SAME ONCE AGAIN. *AK

UPON IMPACT , THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED SERIOUSLY INJURING THE DRIVER. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. *AK

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON I-85 WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65 ON A CLEAR DAY. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID, AND BEFORE I COULD STOP THE SKID I HIT THE GUARDRAIL. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL FOR MY VEHICLE (RECALL 99S09) WHICH I BELIEVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT.

FUEL INJECTION-VEHICLE WOULD NOT START FUEL INSTEAD CAME FROM ENGINE ONTO BLACKTOP DRIVEWAY,CAUSING DAMAGE TO BLACKTOP- STANDARD TRANSMISSION-OIL SEAL LEAKING. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES SHAKE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. DEALER CANT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

3 PROBLEMS, BRAKES SHUDDER AND CAR JUMPS FORWARD UPON BRAKING, UPON ACCELERATION WHEN FOOT REMOVE FROM GAS PEDAL CAR CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE, LIGHTS ON DASH BOARD RANDOMLY GO OFF AND ON IE. O/D LIGHT AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT.

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE BRAKES 4 TIMES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT SLID BACK ON THE TRACK AND THE SEATBACK COLLAPSED, LEAVING THE DRIVER IMMOBILIZED, AND HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

VEHICLE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO SERVERAL TREES AND SIDE OF THE BUILDING BEFORE VEHICLE STOPPED. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. NHTSA NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE MAKING A STOP THE VEHICLE VEHICLE WOULD ACCLERATE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE HAS CONSTANT PROBLEM OF STALLING MISSFIRING,HESITATES,LOSS OF POWER,ALWAYS IN AND OUT OF DEALERSHIP THEY CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. STALLED ONE TIME IN MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTION.

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. EXACT CAUSE OF FIRE IS NOT KNOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD LATCH MALFUCTIONED, CAUSING THE HOOD TO FLY OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND SPEED THE ENGINE WILL STALL OUT AND THE POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WILL ALSO CUT OFF. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE ABOUT 7 TIMES, AND PROBLEM CAN'T BE DUPLICATED. *AK

HAD TRAVELED 45MPH & ARRIVED HOME. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE & NOTICED RIGHT SIDE TIRES WERE FLAT. CONTACTED & TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK TIRES. INFORMED THAT TIRES FROM GOODYEAR P205/65R15 NOT UNDER WARRANTY. FORD HAD NO WARRANTY ON THE TIRES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND IT WAS RAINING THAT DAY. A TIRE SLIPPED OFF OF THE PAVEMENT AND HIT AGAINST THE CURB. CONSUMER PUT CAR INTO 4TH GEAR AND THEN INTO 2ND GEAR TO SLOW DOWN. SHE HIT THE GAS PEDAL AND CAR HIT A 12FOOT EMBANKMENT. THEN SWERVED ACROSS THE STREET AND WENT INTO A BARBED WIRE FENCE. TOOK A WHOLE TREE LANDING DOWN. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH IN DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS VEHICLE SWERVED TO PREVENT HITTING AN OBJECT,THE CAR STARTED TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS, AND THE TWO WHEELS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE CAME OFF.DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER (99V062) REGARDING A POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. CONSUMER BROUGHT IN THE VEHICLE AT 7:30 A.M. FOR REPAIRS AND WAS TOLD TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AT 4:30. CONSUMER ARRIVED AT 4:37 AND THE REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE, BUT VEHICLE HAD AN EXTRA 32 MILES ON IT AS IF IT HAD BEEN DRIVEN AFTER DELIVERY. REPAIRS STILL HAVE NOT BEEN DONE DUE TO LACK OF PARTS AND POOR. *YC

SERPENTINE BELT COMING APART WAS CHAFFING INTO THE TIMING CHAIN COVER. NLM

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN FRONTAL CRASH, UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

VEHICLE IDLES TOO HIGH AND DOES NOT DECELLERATE WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF OF GAS PEDAL, DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO RECTIFY AT THIS TIME. MJS

VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 40 MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE, IT HAS BEEN TOTALED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE, MISFIRES, HESITATES, LOSES POWER, STALLS AND IDLES HARD. MJS