NHTSA Complaint #10211966 — 1995 FORD MUSTANG

I HAVE 95 MUSTANG .AROUND 2001- 2003 IT OVERHEATED THEN THE NEXT NIGHT CAUGHT ON FIRE RIGHT BESIDE THE HOUSE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE HOUSE AND GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE .THE FIRE BEGAN FROM THE THERMOSTAT THAT CONTROLS THE WATER TEMP TO THE RADIATOR .IT SHORTED OUT AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OUT WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE CAR HOWEVER A HEAD WAS WARPED DUE TO THE THERMOSTAT GOING OUT AND THE CAR OVERHEATING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS GOING TO COST ALOT TO FIX SO I TOOK IT TO A SHADE TREE MECHANIC WHO WAS ABLE TO FIX IT FOR AROUND $900.00. LATER A FRIEND HAD A MUSTANG TO BURN TO THE GROUND FOR THE SAME REASON . I LATER GOT A RECALL ON IT AND CONTINUE TO GET THEM BUT HESITATED TO GO BACK TO GET IT FIXED FOR FEAR THEY WILL PUT ANOTHER BAD ONE ON IT. I AM UNCERTAIN OF THE DATE AND YEAR BECAUSE I DID NOT GET A RECEIPT FROM THE SHADE TREE MECHANIC HOWEVER I TOOK THE MUSTANG TO JENKINS AND WYNN FOR DIAGNOSTICS .THEY SHOULD HAVE RECORD OF THE DAMAGE. *TR