NHTSA Complaint #730375 — 1995 FORD MUSTANG

FIRST TIME FALIURE WAS NOTICED ...WAS GOING 65 DOWN THE INTERSTATE WE PROCDED TO PULL OVER CAUSE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A NORMAL EVERYDAY OVERHEAT,SO WE PULLED OFF TO A REST AREA TO LET IT COOL DOWN SO WE COULD THEN ADD SOME WATER IN HOPES THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY ..WE THEN STARTED TO DRIVE AT A SLOWER SPEED CAUSE WHEN WE GOT BACK IN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON .WE THEN GOT HOME AND WHEN WE GOT THERE WHICH IS A APROXIMATE MILES WOULD BE LESS THEN 30 MILES FROM WHERE FIRST CAME IN TO THE PROBLEM ..I THEN ADDED MORE WATER AND SOME ANTIFREZZE IN HOPES THAT WOULD HELP ..THEN I LET THE CAR SET FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AND THROUGH THE NIGHT ..WHEN I WOKE UP TO GO TO WORK I GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND SENN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON I ALSO NOTICED THE TEMP WENT BACK DOWN BUT OF COURSE TIME WOULD SHOW IT WOULD HEAT BACK UP TO A BUBBLING IN LESS THEN 15 MINS TIME FROM WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED ..I THEN TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY INFORMED ME THE LEFT HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED ..AND SINCE THEN IT HAS RAN LIKE A CHARM..THANK YOU SALLY