NHTSA Complaint #717748 — 1995 FORD MUSTANG

9/17/99 HAD TO HAVE VEHICAL TOWED OFF HWY. BECAUSE OF FEAR OF BURNING UP ENGINE. WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED AND RADIATOR WAS SEALED AT A OST OF $272.19. FOR THE NEXT 3/4 OF A MONTH I RAN THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A THERMOSTAT ON HOT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T IMAGINE THE MOTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS FEW MILEAGE ON IT. HOWEVER, ON 10/17/99 IT AGAIN BECAME VERY HOT AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. I HAD THE VIN # SEARCHED AND IT DID NOT REGISTER AS A PROBLEM ENGINE, GO FIGURE! I HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS SEND ME ARTICLES AS TO THE FACT THAT FORD KNEW THERE WAS SOMTHING WRONG WITH THESE 6CYLINDER ENGINE GASKETS NEEDING REPLACED, HOWEVER THE MUSTANGS WERE NOT CITED AS PROBLEM HEAD GASKETS. THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS MOSTLY THE AEROSTARS, CONTOURS,ETC. ISN'T THAT CONVEINANT? SO I KEPT THE HEAD GASKET TO SHOW YOU THE PROBLEM, AND I'LL BET IT WILL LOOK JUST LIKE THE FAILED HEAD GASKETS ON THESE OTHE RECALLED VEHICALS,IE.AEROSTARS, SABLES, ETC. AS I HAVE NOT THE EXTRA MEANS TO AFFORD THIS KIND OF COST, I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING REIMBURSED $929.99 SPENT ON REPARING MY FORD MUSTANG. I HAVE BOUGHT MANY FORDS AND HAD WAY MORE MILES ON THEM AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A HEAD GASKET. I'LL BE ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKS, CANDACE