CONVERTIBLE TOP IS POORLY FIT DUE TO UNATTACHED WIRE. YH
2000 Ford Mustang complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →
I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM. THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVETRAIN. IT ONLY HAPPENS AT THE BEGINING OF ACCELERATION, IF I LET OFFTHE GAS AND THEN REAPPLY IT; IT CLUNKS AGAIN. I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE EXCESSIVE BACKLASH IN THE REAR, BUT THEY CHECKED THAT AND SAID IT WAS UP TO SPEC. THEY (BOB THOMAS FORD OF HAMDEN CT) SAID THAT IT WAS THE REAR CROSSMEMBER TO THE TRANSMISSION THEY TIGHTENED THIS UP. THIS HELPED IT A LITTLE BUT NOT COMPLETELY. I'M THINKING OF GOING TO ANOTHER DEALER .*AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEMS. REPLACEMENT HAD TO BE MADE ON BOTH FRONT CALIPERS, AND BRAKE LINES DUE TO FLUID LEAKAGE. ALSO A LOUD RATTLING SOUND CAME FROM THE WHEELS AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE. *AK
PARKING BRAKE UP AND IN GEAR ROLL, AND HIT TWO CARS. DOCUMENTED BY POLICE. *AK
ALTERNATATOR MELTED BATTERY WIRES, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
VEHICLE ROLLED FROM DRIVEWAY INTO A POLE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUT OF GEAR WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. DEALER NOTIFIED. FORD DENIES ANY FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. *AK *ML
THE SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS DO NOT RAISE HIGH ENOUGH TO GO BEYOND MY SHOULDERS, GIVING NO PROTECTION TO MY HEAD AT ALL. *AK
WHILE MERGING OVER THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL TURNED BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO STRAIGHT, HITTING A CURB CAUSING CONSUMER HEAD TO HIT TOP RAIL OF VEHICLE KNOCKING HIM OUT. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO SHEARING OFF A SIGN AND THEN HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG RESULTED IN HEAD TRAUMA. NLM
MY CAR STUCK IN REVERSE AND I COULDN'T GET THE CAR OUT OF GEAR. I HAD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AROUND THE BLOCK BACKWARDS TO GET IT IN THE GARAGE. THEN CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND TOOK IT TO FORD. LUCKILY THIS HAPPEND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT ON A BUSY STREET. I OR MY PASSENGERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN INJURED BY TRAFFIC. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. FORD SAYS THEY KNEW THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM BUT DID NOT DISCLOSE THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM TO ME AT THE TIME OF SALE ONLY 19 DAYS AGO. THEY ARE PUTTING A NEW TRANSMISSION EVEN AS WE SPEAK.
WAS AT GAS STATION & FILLED VEHICLE WITH FUEL. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE CAP NOT ON TIGHT & VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE RECOMPUTERIZED. THE PROBLEM WITH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS REAPPEARED. THE VEHICLE ALSO GIVING A CODE OF LOSS OF FUEL. *AK
WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE APPROX. 65MPH WHEN THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE UNDER THE FRONT WHEEL. DRIVER STILL HAD CONTROL. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. MECHANIC CHECKED VEHICLE & NOTICED DRIVESHAFT WAS CRACKED & NEEDED REPLACING. WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE DRIVESHAFT & WOULD HAVE TO BE ORDERED. *AK
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