NHTSA Complaint #714839 — 1995 FORD MUSTANG

AFTER FOLLOWING MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE FOR 3.5 YEARS, WITHOUT ANY SIGNS OF MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES (I.E. ENGINE OVERHEATING, LOSS OF COOLANT, LOSS OF POWER), APPROXIMATELY FEW MINUTES AFTER STARTING CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME ONE DAY, THERE WAS ROUGH IDLING AND WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO MY NEAREST FORD SERVICE CENTER, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR HAD BLOWN A HEAD GASKET. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 3 OTHER MODELS (WINDSTAR, TAURUS, AND SABLE) OF FORD OF THE SAME YEAR (1995) WITH THE 3.8 L ENGINES (RECALL 98-MO1) FOR DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE FORD DEALER THAT FORD MOTOR CO., WILL NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 1995 MUSTANGS. I AM ALOS AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER 1995 FORD MUSTANG OWNERS WITH NHTSA FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE NHTSA EXERCISE IT'S AUTHORITY AND HOLD FORD MOTOR CO. ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT IN THE 1995 MUSTANG AND INCLUDE IT IN RECALL 98-MO1. PLEASE RESPOND ON YOUR PROPOSED ACTION ON THIS COMPLAINT ASAP AS I AM FORCED TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (WHICH MAY EXCEED $2000) BY MY LOCAL FORD SERVICE CENTER. THANK YOU. *AK