Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / MUSTANG GT / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003251086 Incident Date: Jul, 24 2003
Consumer's City: GREENFIELD Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MUSTANG GT Model Year: 2001
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#: 1FAFP42X21F Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 19 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Oct, 09 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I gave my car a tune up at a family friends shop spark plug broke so replaced it with a bosh platinum 4 which was all the local auto part had 6 months latter my car blows a plug out of the opposite side of the engine which had the original plug and i tow it back to the dealership the warranty refuses to fix it because after market plug on the other side and ford knows they have defective head and 4.6lt engines built fr:01-03 but refuse to fix it or even test it to see if it was defective since the after market plag was on the other side and the engine failed due to unknown reasons on the side with the original plugs this applies to all vehicle from ford with 4.6lt 2v engines more info found here http://www.blueovalnews.com/2003/powertrain/4.6l.enginetick.t31604.htm *la (per consumer call (no smoke or flames); changed fire from yes to no - c. rose 11/16/05