NHTSA Complaint #10569434 — 2006 FORD MUSTANG

MY 2006 FORD MUSTANG GT HAD ONLY 14,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I NOTICED WHILE HAND WASHING MY MUSTANG THE HOOD HAD BUBBLES IN THE PAINT. THE ALUMINUM HOOD WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF CORROSION. MY MUSTANG IS IN MINT CONDITION (OTHER THAN THE CORROSION OF THE HOOD). MY MUSTANG HAS LESS THAN 20K ORIGINAL MILES, LIVES IN THE GARAGE AT HOME AND AT WORK. I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE CAR, AND HOLDING THE MUSTANG TO BE A CLASSIC; WITHOUT A CORRODED HOOD! I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND TOLD THEM MY STORY. THEY (CUSTOMER SERVICES) TOLD ME THEY HAD NO COMPLAINTS AND NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ISSUE AND COULD NOT HELP ME, SINCE MY MUSTANG WAS WAY UNDER THE MILES LIMIT, BUT OVER THE YEARS. I ASKED FOR CORPORATE AND WAS DENIED THE CONTACT INFORMATION. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND LATER FOUND OUT THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY OUT AND OUT BOLD FACED LIED. THEY AT THAT TIME WERE BEING SUED, "MARCH 15, 2013 NYTIMES - JUDGE ALLOWS SUIT OVER ALUMINUM CORROSION IN FORDS TO MOVE FORWARD." GOOGLE, "FORD MUSTANG HOOD BUBBLE OR CORROSION" YOU PULL UP MANY COMPLAINTS. GOOGLE, "LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD MUSTANG HOOD", YOU PULL UP MANY COMPLAINTS. 89 FORD MUSTANG COMPLAINTS: HTTP://WWW.AUTOSAFETY.ORG/VIEWCOMPLAINTS/64/71/ALL/ALL/1. ON DECEMBER 27, 2004 FORD ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. ISSUE: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A BUBBLING OR BLISTERING UNDER THE PAINT ON ALUMINUM BODY PARTS. THIS IS DUE TO IRON CONTAMINATION OF THE ALUMINUM PANEL. BACKGROUND: FORD'S SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LABORATORY HAS PERFORMED A NUMBER OF TESTS ON VEHICLE BODY PARTS RETURNED FOR CORROSION RELATED CONCERNS. TESTING HAS REVEALED THAT THE ALUMINUM CORROSION WAS CAUSED BY IRON PARTICLES WORKING THEIR WAY INTO THE ALUMINUM BODY PART, PRIOR TO IT BEING PAINTED. FORD STILL DENIES THIS! ATTENTION FORD CORPORATE OR CUSTOMER SERVICE DO THE RIGHT THING HERE AND REPLACE THESE HOODS! *TR