Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / MUSTANG / 1995

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001253966 Incident Date: Jun, 06 2001
Consumer's City: OVERLAND PARK Consumer's State: KS
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MUSTANG Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FALP4045SF Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 12 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 15 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: A safety recall was issued for my vehicle [xxx] in the spring of 2001 for engine head gaskets. i took my vehicle to my local ford dealership. a coolant pressure test was performed. it was determined that the head gaskets were not bad enough to warrant replacing at that time. in late may 2001 the engine froze up on my vehicle. i returned it to the ford dealership for the safety recall. the dealership replaced the engine with a remanufactured engine on 6/7/01. this head gaskets on this remanufactured engine have now failed in my vehicle. ford now claims that the remanufactured engine has a 24 month/24,000 mile warranty on it. the ford motor company refuses to fix the problem under their recall program. updated 07/30/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)