Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / MUSTANG GT / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004314706 Incident Date: Nov, 07 2004
Consumer's City: BIG PINE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MUSTANG GT Model Year: 1998
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#: 1FAFP42X3WF Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 26 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 29 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I currently own a 1998 ford mustang gt. it has approximately 90,000 miles on the engine. iam the srcond owner. it has the 4.6 v-8 engine. at approximately 88,000 miles the intake manifold developed a crack and started leaking antifreeze. it has continually gotten worse and is now to the point that the vehicle is inoperable. i contacted ford customer service on 12/27/2004 regarding 3 customer notification letters i found on line regarding the intake manifold failures and was told that my vin #'s were not involved in the recall for replacement. i have also learned that this is very common failure. i contend that ford should replace all defective intake manifolds as they occur instead of designating only certain vin #'s as a failure is a failure.*ak