2002 FORD MUSTANG GT Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

I OWN A 2002 FORD MUSTANG GT WITH A 2-VALVE 4.6L ENGINE WITH ONLY 46K MILES. AROUND 1 APR 10 I STARTED HEARING A DISTINCT TICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. NOT BEING THAT MECHANICALLY INCLINED, I ASSUMED SOME LIFTERS NEEDED ADJUSTING; SO, I BRUSHED THE NOISE OFF. ON 10 APR 10 I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN SOUNDS THAT PATTED LIKE A HARLEY RUNNING OUT OF GAS. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED SEVERAL TIMES. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ONLY 2 MILES FROM HOME; SO, I SPUTTERED THE REST OF THE WAY. AS I HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL, I CHECKED THE CODE AND IT READ THE #3 CYLINDER WAS MISS FIRING. I CALLED MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME TO CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS. ONCE I FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET ALL THAT DONE, I REMOVED THE COIL FROM THE CYLINDER AND IT WAS...

SPARK PLUGS EJECTING OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD ON MY 2002 FORD MUSTANG GT. HAD ONE BLOW OUT 1 YEAR AGO AND NOW ANOTHER ON THE OTHER HEAD. USED HELI-COIL KIT TO REPAIR THE FIRST ONE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HEAD. JUST THIS PAST OCTOBER IN 2009 THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT AGAIN. GOT NEW HEAD INSTALLED IN JANUARY 2010. A WEEK LATER , JUST TODAY, ANOTHER SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT ON PASSENGER SIDE HEAD. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 FORD MUSTANG GT THAT I BOUGHT NEW. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON 2/16/09 & I HEARD A LOUD SOUND LIKE SOMEONE HAD HIT UNDERNEATH MY HOOD WITH A HAMMER SO I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER & TURNED THE CAR OFF. I SMELT A SMOKE / BURNING SMELL & WHEN THE HOOD WAS RAISED THERE WAS NO FIRE. IT WAS 31 DEGREES & I HAD NO CELL PHONE SERVICE SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WAS I LATE FOR BUT I WAS STRANDED. I WAS THERE FOR 45 - 50 MINUTES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO INTOUCH WITH SOMEONE. IT COST 75.00 TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP & THEY ARE SAYING IT BLEW A SPARK PLUG THROUGH THE COIL & CRACKED THE VERY FRONT PULLEY. THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHETHER IT HAS PUT A DENT IN THE HOOD / FENDER. THEY WILL CALL ON 2/17/09 WITH...

I OWN A 2002 FORD MUSTANG GT. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW FROM THE DEALER, I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE EVER. CAR MILEAGE :85,138 WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IN TOWN,A LOUD BANG CAME FROM THE ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY A POPPING NOISE AND SEAMED TO BE A LOUD LEAK. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE AND THE MECHANICS INFORMED ME THE #3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. HE INFORMED ME THAT THIS KIND OF THING HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO FORDS.HAD TO GET THE IGNITION COIL REPLACED, NEW SPARK PLUGS, AND HELI COILED THE #3 SPARK PLUG THREAD. FINAL BILL $694.00 NOW I AM WONDERING HOW SOON BEFORE THE OTHER SPARK PLUGS DECIDE TO BLOW OUT.I READ ON THE NET THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER FORD VEHICLES, NOT JUST MUSTANGS. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *JB

CAR WILL BOG/ HAVE LITTLE POWER ON ACCELERATION THEN YOU WILL FEEL THE CAR PICK UP AND GO. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM INTO A TURN CAR WILL BOG DOWN THEN PICK BACK UP. IF GAS IS PRESSED QUICKLY THE CAR WILL BOG THEN PICK UP. MASS AIR SENSOR REPLACED IN 2003 BUT PROBLEM STILL HAPPENING. *JB

COMING OUT OF A RED LIGHT, I HEARD THE SOUND OF COMPRESSED AIR BEING BLOWN OUT. I IMMEDIATELY PARKED IN A LOCAL STORE PARKING LOT AND GOT TOWED TO A LOCAL PEP-BOYS. PEP-BOYS INDICATED THAT ONE OF MY SPARK PLUGS HAD BLOWN OUT AND THAT THE THREADING ON THE HEAD WAS DAMAGED. HOWEVER, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT DO THAT TYPE OF REPAIR AND RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE IT TO A FORD DEALER. THE FIRST TIME I CONTACTED FORD WAS WHEN I TOWED MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. AFTER PERFORMING AN INSPECTION, THEY INDICATED THAT THE ONE OF MY SPARK PLUGS HAD BLOWN OUT AND THAT THE THREADING ON THE HEAD WAS DAMAGED. FORD INDICATED THAT THERE WERE TWO METHODS OF FIXING THE PROBLEM: 1.) I COULD REPLACE THE ENGINE HEAD (AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE) ON THE SIDE THAT BLEW OUT. THIS OPTION WAS ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY $3200.00....

AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT DURING A RAIN STORM. I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE MOTOR DIED. I STARTED THE CAR RIGHT BACK UP. THE NEXT DAY MY BELT STARTED SQUEAKING. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE. ALSO, DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF BUYING THE CAR THE THROW OUT BEARING HAD TO BE REPLACED.