NHTSA Complaint #567057 — 1995 FORD MUSTANG

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION, (O1I011000) BUT WAS ALREADY EXPERIENCING OVERHEATING PROBLEMS, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND STATED THE FAN MOTOR WAS FINE, HOWEVER CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO CHANGED THE FAN MOTOR AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT OVERHEATED SINCE, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT AND WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEIR CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE FAN MOTOR WAS OK, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO WAY THEY COULD HADE PRODUCED THE SAME CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE FAN DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, THE FAN STARTED OUT OK, BUT WOULD WIND DOWN TO ALMOST STALLING ON DAYS OF HIGH HEAT, AS LONG AS THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING, THE TEMPERATURE WOULD STABILIZE, BUT AS SOON AS CONSUMER GOT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC OR STOPPED, THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AGAIN AFTER BEING TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO REIMBURSEMENT.*JB