1995 FORD MUSTANG Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON 3.8L ENGINE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET, PRIOR TO INCIDENT VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MISFIRE. *MJS

A BLOWN OUT ENGINE HEAD GASKET OF A 3.8L ENGINE CAUST COOLANT TO LEAK AND ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THAT PART. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

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...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION, AND WAS INFORMED OF A POSSIBLE BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET OR A CRACK IN ENGINE BLOCK. THIS IS A 3.8L ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WOULD DIE OUT FOR NO REASON. THERE WOULD BE NO WARNING PRIOR TO STALLING. THIS HAPPENED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. VEHICLE WOULD RESTART SOMETIMES. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC LOOK AT IT. *AK

HEATER BLOWING COOL AIR. MECHANIC REPLACED RADIATOR CAP. CAR OVERHEATED--REPLACED THERMOSTAT. CAR STILL OVERHEATING--REPLACED RADIATOR. STILL OVERHEATING--REPLACED THERMOSTAT AGAIN. STILL OVERHEATING--DEALER SAYS IT IS A CRACKED HEAD GASKET! ALL OF THIS HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT TEN DAYS. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN EPIDEMIC AMONG FORD 3.8L ENGINES. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. *AK

I WROTE TO MR. JAC NASSER PERSONALLY USING CERTIFIED MAIL AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CONTACTED BY A MR. LANCE TANG. I WAS TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY PERIOD EVEN THOUGH THE REPAIR COST $3316.88. I MUST SAY I THOUGHT THIS WAS QUITE A TRAVESTY WHEN FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAVE THIS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH SIMILAR ENGINES IN OTHER VEHICLES. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND HEAT NOT WORKING. NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK HOME WHEN THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. TOOK IT TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THERMOSTAT, CHANGED COOLANT AND OIL. NEXT DAY CAR STILL OVERHEATED AND NO HEAT. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO DID SAME AS MECHANIC WITH SAME RESULT. THEY CHECKED THE WATER PUMP, NOTICED WHITE SUBSTANCE IN RADIATOR. THEY RECOMMENDED AND REPLACED RADIATOR. I WAS TOLD HEAD GASKET IS OK AT THIS TIME. THEY RELEASED THE CAR TO ME. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A WEEK, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND HEAT VERY SPORADIC. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATE I NEED NEW HEAD GASKETS. THEY WILL NOT REFUND MONEY FOR RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR, AND THEY STATED THEY WILL NOT REFUND MONEY FOR RADIATOR OR PAY FOR HEAD GASKETS.*AK

OVERHEATING ENGINE....REPLACED EVERYTHING...NOW SAYS BLOWN HEADGASKET??? I SEE TONS OF THESE!! NEED HELP!!!

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON WAY TO WORK CAR WAS TOWED TO MANTECA FORD AND HEADS TORN DOWN, HEAD GASKET AND ADDITIONAL WORK ESTIMATED AT $2200, REFUSED WORK AT THAT TIME, HAD CAR REPAIRED AT LATER DATE, TOTAL COST $900. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION/ OVERDRIVE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, CAR TAKEN TO GARAGE 10 COMPONENTS REPAIRED OR REPLACED, TOTAL COST $1583.77. CAR HAS ONLY 82,000 MILES ON ODOMETER AND IS NOT RACED OR USED IN A HAPHAZARD MANNER, IT IS MAIN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK (ROUND TRIP 1.5 MI) AND AS TRAVEL CAR FOR VACATION, HAS NEVER TOWED ANOTHER VEHICLE NOR BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS. BELIEVE HEAD GASKET FAILURE PRECIPITATED BY ELECTRIC COOLING FAN FAILURE 3 MOS. PRIOR. FAN REPLACED AT PERSONAL COST, NO PROBLEMS. *AK

HEAD GASKETS BLEW AFTER ENGINE OVERHEATING WITH NO WARNING FROM TEMP. GAUGE. DEALERSHIP WANTED TO FIX HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND FAILD TO NOTICE RING DAMAGE WHICH LEAD TO LOW COMPRESSION AFTER ASSEMBLY OF ENGINE. DEALERSHIP TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAILURE TO NOTICE RING DAMAGE. *AK

TRAVELING HOME WITH YOUNG CHILD WHEN WHITE SMOKE BEGAN COMING OUT OF EXHAUST - HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THEY STATED THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN AND THE ENGINE WAS RUINED. FORD AGREED TO PAY LESS THAN HALF THE COST OF REPAIRS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH THE 94 - 95 FORD 3.8L ENGINES OWING TO DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET DESIGN. *AK

WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER OR HELP IN ANY WAY TO REPLACE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

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...

THE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN ON MY MUSTANG PREMATURLY. THE CAR IS NOT EVEN 5 YEARS OLD YET, NOR IS IT PAID FOR YET. I SAW IN A REPORT THAT FORD HAS COVERED THIS PROBLEM FOR OTHER MODELS OF FORDS, BUT WHEN I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP, SHE SAID THAT THEY DO NOT COVER MUSTANGS. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED, WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR REPLACED. YH

HEAD GASKET FAILED, WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR REPLACED. YH

HEAD GASKET FAILED, WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR REPLACED. YH

HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE DUE TO OVERHEATING AND BLOWN HEAD GASKETS - COST $4600

DEALER REPLACED ELECTRIC FAN, THERMOCOUPLE AND LATER THE THERMOSTAT WHICH DID NOT FIX THE OVERHEATING PROBLEM WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A BLOWN HEADGASKET. SO FAR THE COST OF REPAIRS IS OVER $6OO.OO WITH ANOTHER $1100.00 FOR THE HEADGASKETS.

THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON RADIATOR, WHICH WAS UNDER WARRANTY. MECHANIC DID NOT FIND CAUSE OF LEAKAGE. NOW, 15,000 MILES LATER, THE HEAD GASKETS ARE CAUSING A PROBLEM. WAS NO OTHER WARNING EXCEPT LEAKAGE EARLIER. TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NOT OVERHEATING. TAKING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED AS A RESULT OF A BLOWEN OUT ENGINE HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE WATER COOLANT, WHICH LED TO ENGINE OVERHEATING. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE BLEW THE HEAD GASKET AFTER 4 YEARS AND 51,000 MILES.

GETTING READY TO GET ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE REGISTERED HOT, ENGINE OVERHEATED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A LEMON IN 96 BUT DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE A NEW VEHICLE. *AK *ML

I KNOW TWO PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SAME TYPE OF CAR WITH THE SAME SIZE ENGINE MADE IN THE SAME YEAR AS MY MUSTANG WHO HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS THAT I AM NOW FACED WITH. FIRST THE CAR STARTS TO OVERHEAT, THEN THE HEAD GASKETS ARE BLOWN, AND FINALLY THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE HAS TO HAVE THE MOTOR REWORKED OR BUY A NEW MOTOR. I HAVE BEEN TOLD HTAT THE HEAD GASKETS IN THE 1994-95 THUNDERBIRD WITH THE 3.8/V-6 ENGINE HAS HAD A RECALL OR SOME KIND OF DEFECT IN THEIR HEAD GASKETS. DON'T THE MOTORS FOR MUSTANGS AND THUNDERBIRDS BASICALLY COME OFF THE SAME ASSEMBLY LINE?

AT 44,000 MILES HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING ENGINE TO BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSES ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK FROM ENGINE. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 35000 MILES OF WEAR. BELIEVES THIS CONDTION IS NOT NORMAL AT THIS LOW MILEAGE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER.CONSUMER WAS TOLD OF A RECALL CONCERNING HEAD GASKET, BUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THIS RECALL. *AK

ON 3/12/99 MY MUSTANG OVERHEATED. I HAD IT CHECKED BY A MECHANIC AT A LOCAL GARAGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR CLOSER INSPECTION. I HAVE MAINTAINED MY CAR AS SPECIFIED AND WITH ONLY 36,550 MILES MY MECHANIC CAN THINK OF NO REASON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I TALKED TO FORD ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE TAURUS'S AND THE WINDSTARS, BUT WAS TOLD THE BAD PARTS DID NOT GO MUSTANGS. I FIND THIS COINCIDENTAL CONSIDERING OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE NHTSA ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAD THE HEAD GASKET REPAIRED THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER I BEGAN TO HEAR A NOISE WHEN THE ENGINE WAS AT 3500 TO 4000 RPM. WHEN I RETURNED IT TO THE MECHANIC HE DISCOVERED THAT MY MAIN ROD BEARING AND OTHER ROD BEARING WERE BROKEN AND THE ENGINE WOULD...

BLOWN HEAD GASKET DUE TO FAULTY TEMPERATURE GAUGE/WATER PUMP FAILURE @ 53K MILES! *MJS

BOTH ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT, IN RETURN, CAUSES THE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK. CONSUMER LEARNED OF A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DONE ON A FORD WINDSTAR FOR SAME PROBLEM WHICH THEY HONORED. BUT REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE ABOVE PROBLEM AS SIMILAR TO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. COULD SOMTHING BE DONE? *AK

CAR OVERHEATED. HAD THERMOSTAT REPLACED. CAR OVERHEATED AGAIN, AND HAD TO HAVE TIMING GASKET REPLACED. CAR OVERHEATED AGAIN AND JUST HAD HEAD GASKET REPLACED IN JANUARY., ONE MONTH LATER, HAVE TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. IN ALL FAIRNESS TO FORD, THEY OFFERED TO PAY 50% OF TRANS. REPAIRS. I ASKED IF THEY WOULD PAY 75% DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO KEEP THIS CAR RUNNING PROPERLY AFTER ALL THE REPAIRS I ALREADY PAID FOR. HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM FORD ON THE 75%. CAR STILL IN NEED OF REPAIRS. WILL NOT GO INTO 2ND GEAR AND NOW O/D LIGHT FLASHES ON DASHBOARD. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. CAMSHAFT SENSOR TESTED, ROAD TESTED, COMPUTER RETESTED. HAVE HARD COPY OF COMPUTER RELATED PROBLEM. CAM POSITION SENSOR CODE. TRACED WIRING HARNESS. FOUND CID WIRE BARE AND GROUNDED. WAS REPAIRED TRACED WAVE FORM OF SENSOR NO GOOD. ALSO NOTICED COOLANT LEAK. PRESSURE TESTED SYSTEM. LEAK IS AT TIMING COVER AT ENGINE BLOCK RIGHT SIDE. TOLD HEAD GASKET WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, COST $500-700. CAR NOT UNDER WARRANTY. SPECULATION BY MECHANIC AND DEALER SERVICE RESOURCES SUGGESTED THAT AGE AND LOW MILEAGE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME RELIEF FROM MANUFACTURER. HAVE REVIEWED COMPLAINT DATABASE AND VIEWED 6 COMPLAINTS OF GASKET PROBLEMS DURING 1998 FOR 95 FORD MUSTANGS.

CRACKED ENGINE GASKET.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, VEHICLE DIAGNOSED WITH BLOWN HEAD GASKET.

CONSUMER WENT START UP VEHICLE AND NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. *AK

IT WAS FOUND THAT NHTSA HAS BEEN CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM SINCE 1995 (INVESTIGATION # IE98080). WHEN A FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED, HE EXPALAINED THAT FORD WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE HEAD GASKETS ON THE 3.8 LITER ENGINE. THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN CHANGED. COULD YOU PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ENGINE FOR EARLY HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THANK YOU.

BLEW ENGINE HEAD GASKET AT 43000 MILES

THIS CAR IS IMMACUALTE AND MAINTENACE PERFORMED AS OUTLINED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT RECALL # 98-MO1 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE, JUST NOT FOR MY MODEL. THIS IS REDICULOUS. IT IS MY FEELING THAT THE MUSTANG 3.8L ENGINE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON THE WINDSTAR, TAURUS, AND SABLE. JUST BECAUSE MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I PERSONALLY KNOW 2 OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ALSO HAVE 3.8L. MUSTANGS THAT HAVE BLOWN THEIR HEAD GASKETS IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THERE IS NO REASON THAT A WELL-MAINTAINED AUTOMOBILE THAT IS NOT DRIVEN HARD SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS FEW OF MILES. IT IS ALSO MY UNDRSTANDING THAT THE RECALL ENDED ON 12-31-98. I DID HAVE MY CAR IN AND DIAGONOSED AS HAVING A HEAD...

VEHICLE HAS A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THERE IS A RECALL ON TAURUS WITH SAME ENGINE 3.8L. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND AWARE. THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE RECALL. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. NO WARRANTY. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET.

HEAD GASKETS FAILED.

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.

ARM VALVE ROCKER REPAIRED. *SD

NOISY ENGINE. *SD

ENGINE OIL PAN GASKET FAILURE, ALSO REAR MAIN SEAL FAILED. *AK

CRANKSHAFT FAILURE. *AK