{"count":242,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11528744,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/24/2023","dateComplaintFiled":"06/25/2023","vin":"1FALP4045VF","components":"SEATS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE","summary":"Unknown I lost control of my steering and almost wrecked","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11265433,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2019","vin":"1FALP4043VF","components":"STEERING,AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS CRACKED IN THE LOCATION OF THE HORN. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE AIR BAG TO BECOME EXPOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10689543,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/18/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"02/20/2015","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"MUSTANGS DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING HEAD ON CRASH. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10628014,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/23/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"08/25/2014","vin":"1FALP45X0VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"THE ELECTRICAL POWER WIRES ON THE OEM-INSTALLED FUEL PUMP, LOCATED INSIDE THE VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK, WERE INSTALLED SO THAT THEY CROSSED OVER EACH OTHER ON THEIR WAY FROM THE CONNECTOR OUTSIDE THE TANK TO THE FUEL PUMP INSIDE. ON THREE SIMILAR VEHICLES THAT WE OWN THESE CROSSING SOLID CORE FUEL PUMP WIRES CAME CLOSE ENOUGH TO EACH OTHER SO AS TO TOUCH. ON THIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER, THE WIRES NOT ONLY CROSSED BUT THEY TOUCHED AND THE WIRES WERE RIGID ENOUGH THAT OVER THE YEARS THEY RUBBED AND WORE AWAY THE INSULATION ON BOTH THE RED AND THE BLACK ELECTRICAL WIRES. THIS APPARENTLY ALLOWED THE 12 VOLTS DC POWER TO CROSS FROM ONE WIRE TO THE OTHER, RANDOMLY BYPASSING THE FUEL PUMP AND SERIOUSLY AFFECTING HOW THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WOULD RUN. WHILE THE OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF THIS PROBLEM WAS A NUISANCE, MORE DISTURBING IS THE POTENTIAL THIS INSTALLATION TECHNIQUE HAS FOR BECOMING A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION SINCE A SPARK IS THUS POSSIBLE AND SINCE THE WIRES ARE INSIDE A FUEL-VAPOR AREA, INSTEAD OF A LIQUID-FILLED AREA, ANYTIME THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN ABOUT HALF A TANK OF GASOLINE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10478613,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2012","vin":"1FAFP44433F","components":"ENGINE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, A FOUL ODOR STARTED TO EMIT INTO THE CABIN. THE CONTACT THEN MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE HE BECAME DISTRAUGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10433866,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/31/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"11/01/2011","vin":"1FALP45X1VF","components":"STEERING","summary":"AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 15MPH, I HEARD A LOUD POP/CRACK COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME THE CAR STARTED TO DRIFT OFF TO THE RIGHT AND ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CHANGE AND THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO TURN IN A 360 DEGREE ROTATION WITH NO CONTROL OF THE TIRES. AT THIS TIME I FELT SOMETHING HIT MY SHOE FROM ABOVE THE GAS PEDAL AND I REALIZED THAT SOMETHING HAD BROKE CAUSING ME TO HAVE ABSOLUTE NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE STEERING COLUMN, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE SHAFT HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE COLUMN THAT GOES INTO THE FLOOR BOARD AND INTO THE FIREWALL TO THE ENGINE. NO BROKEN/SHARD PARTS OF METAL NOR ANY BROKEN PIECES THAT COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF WERE LAYING UNDERNEATH. IT WAS AS IF THE SHAFT WAS \"PULLED\" OUT OF THE COLUMN HOLE. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION AT A BODY SHOP, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NEVER BEEN INTO AN ACCIDENT (JUST LIKE THE CARFAX REPORT HAD INDICATED) BECAUSE THERE ARE NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGES. THE TECHNICIANS HAD NEVER SEEN AN ISSUE SUCH AS THIS AND HAVE NO EXPLANATION AS TO HOW/WHY THE SHAFT WOULD JUST SEPARATE WITH SUCH EASE. I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND DEALERSHIPS AND THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN/HEARD OF AN ISSUE SUCH AS THIS. I BOUGHT THE MUSTANG FROM A LOCAL USED CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE NOT DISCLOSED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING STEERING ISSUES/IF THERE IS ANY TO DISCLOSE. I AM HAVING THE BODY SHOP COMPLETELY REPLACE THE SHAFT BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL SAFE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, IF THIS ISSUE IS TO HAPPEN AGAIN WITH SUCH EASE AND I LOOSE TOTAL CONTROL OF STEERING CAPABILITIES, WHO IS TO SAY IT WON'T HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR? *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10355543,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/07/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/2010","vin":"1FALP45X8VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT SERVICE ANY VEHICLES OVER TEN YEARS OF AGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED TWICE SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10352010,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/2010","vin":"1FALP45X7VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"1997 FORD MUSTANG GT 4.6L 8CL OIL IN RADIATOR, BUT NO WATER IN ENGINE. CAR RUNS GREAT BUT WILL RUN HOT AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF REPLACING THE RADIATOR. COMPRESSION TEST DID NOT SHOW LOSS OF COMPRESSION. MECHANICS ARE BAFFLED BECAUSE THE CAR RUNS SO WELL WITHOUT MISSING OR POWER LOSS. FURTHER TEST CAN NOT PROVE BLOWN HEAD GASKET. CAR DOESN'T EVEN SMOKE. IM CONFUSED, NEED HELP AND HOPING THERE IS A RECALL. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10319350,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/12/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"03/12/2010","vin":"1FALP46V9VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD MUSTANG, COBRA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PARKED IN HIS DRIVEWAY HE APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO COAST DOWN HIS DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED NHTSA RECALL #00V349000 PARKING BRAKE: CONVENTIONAL DID NOT APPLY TO HIS VEHICLES VIN NUMBER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 93000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG COBRA","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10233672,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/06/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/2008","vin":"1FAFP42X5WF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ENGINE WAS USING COOLANT/TOOK TO FORD DEALER & THEY ADVISED IT'S COMING FROM CRACK IN TOP OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THESE DUE TO CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, BUT TIME TO FILE ENDED 4 MOS. AGO & WE'D HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10207339,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/25/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"10/29/2007","vin":"1FALP42X2VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY 1997 FORD MUSTANG. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AT FIRST, WHEN STARTING MY CAR, THE ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER YET THE CAR WOULD IMMEDIATELY DIE. AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS, THE CAR WOULD EVENTUALLY START AND STAY STARTED. NOW, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START MY CAR, THE ENGINE TURNS OVER YET THE CAR DIES IMMEDIATELY. IN MOST CASES, THE CAR DOES NOT START UNTIL IT HAS BEEN SERVICED. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO 3 SERVICE PROVIDERS (INCLUDING FORD), WHO HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND/OR FIX THE PROBLEM. RECENTLY, FORD REPLACED MY AIR FLOW VALVE AND SENSOR AND JUST AFTER PICKING THE CAR UP AND DRIVING IT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, I WENT INTO A STORE JUST TO COME OUT AND FIND THAT MY CAR WON'T START. ONCE STARTED THE CAR ALWAYS CONTINUES TO RUN WITH NO PROBLEM. PLEASE PLEASE HELP! *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10198795,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/16/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"08/07/2007","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"MY INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10192446,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/05/2007","vin":"1FMEU17L5VL","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"INCIDENT LIKE MANY OTHERS I HAVE HAD MY 1997 FORD EXPEDITION XLT BLOW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE AND TROUBLE FREE WHEN A POP FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND A LOUD BANGING NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP ; WHO IN TURN CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE REPLY WAS THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. MY LOCAL SERVICE TECH SAID THE REPAIR KIT ALONE WOULD COST $1,000,00. TO REPAIR IT HE SAID THAT FORD HAD ONLY USED 3 THREADS IN THE HEAD THAT FAILED, BUT ARE NOW REPLACING THEM WITH A 7 THREAD HEAD., THIS TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT ARE WILLING TO LEAVE THEIR CUSTOMERS OUT TO DRY.. I GUESS THE SCARY PART ABOUT THAT IS I STILL HAVE 4 MORE 3 THREAD SPARK PLUG HOLES TO WORRY ABOUT BLOWING OUT,.I ABSOLUTELY FEEL THIS SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY WHO IS LOOKING FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO BUY IT'S TRUCKS. DAMAGE RESULTING IT WILL COST ME AS LITTLE AS $2,500.00 TO REPAIR THE CURRENT PROBLEM ( AND NO GUARANTY IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN). OR UP TO $5,500.00 TO REPLACE THE BUILT TOUGH 5.4 TRITON ENGINE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10168103,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/22/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"09/12/2006","vin":"1FALP4043VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"1997 FORD MUSTANG PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, DRIVERS SIDE RETRACTS ABOUT 98% OF THE TIME, 2% OF THE TIME, ITS RENDERED USELESS LIKE THE PASSENGER SIDE. FORD NOTIFIED, WAS TOLD IT WAS \"OWNER ERROR\". I DON'T THINK SO. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10161365,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/14/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/04/2006","vin":"1FALP45X7VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHILE DRIVING MY 1997 MUSTANG WITH 4.6L. COST $1020 PLUS TOWING, TO REPAIR AT LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. FORD REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, CITING THE CHAMBERLAIN SETTLEMENT'S EXCLUSIONS. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10157690,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/04/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2006","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"1997 FORD COBRA NUMBER 6 SPARK PLUG CAME OUT AND CAR STALLED HAD TO BE TOWED. *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG COBRA","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10156964,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/04/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2006","vin":"1FALP45X8VF","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ERUPTED IN FLAMES WHILE PARKED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND THE VEHICLE WAS USED EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE HOOD IN THE AREA OF SOME ELECTRICAL WIRING. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO RESPONDED AND TOOK A REPORT. THE INSURANCE AGENCY DEEMED THE VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10152264,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/06/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/09/2006","vin":"1FALP45X0VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TOOK CAR TO GARAGE TO CHECK FOR REASON FOR LOSS OF COOLANT. THEY FOUND THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THE FORD 4.6 L ENGINE WAS LEAKING AND STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. COST TO REPAIR WAS ALMOST $1000 AND FORD HAS REFUSED CLAIM ON THE GROUNDS THAT THIS CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT FORD RECENTLY AGREED TO SETTLE. *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10148150,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2006","vin":"JT2AE88SXF0","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TWO TIMES THE AIR INTAKE SUCKED IN WATER AND BLEW THE ENGINE. ONE TIME FORD COVERED THE COST OF THE ENGINE AND THE SECOND TIME THE $7000 CHARGE WAS PAID BY MY FATHER (PREVIOUS OWNER). *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG COBRA","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10148166,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2006","vin":"1FALP4041VF","components":"STEERING","summary":"TIE ROD FAILING 1997 FORD MUSTANG, VIN #[XXX], MILEAGE TO DATE 70,000. *JB UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10140908,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/27/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/2005","vin":"1FALP42X5VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 1997 MUSTANG GT. CAR HAD 124,289 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WITH ONE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE PRECEDED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I WAS STILL IN FIRST GEAR, CAR LET OUT A LOUD BANG. IT HONESTLY SOUNDED LIKE A GUN HAD FIRED. I WAS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION SO I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO FORD. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SPARK PLUG HAD EXPLODED AND CRACKED THE HEAD. REPAIRS BY FORD TOTALED $2956.91 AND IT TOOK THEM A WEEK TO FIX THE CAR. I HAVE THE RECEIPT FROM FORD SHOWING A DETAILED LIST OF PARTS REPLACED, WHICH INCLUDED REPLACING THE RIGHT CYLINDER HEAD, 8 NEW SPARK PLUGS AND GASKETS, OIL CHANGE, ENGINE COOLANT FLUSHED. *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10138473,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/30/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2005","vin":"1FALP45X0VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I PURCHASED A 1997 FORD MUSTANG. THE 1ST INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED ON MAY 19, 2000 AND HANDLED UNDER WARRANTY. THE 2ND INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2005. FORD REFUSED TO HANDLE THIS UNDER WARRANTY AND I PAID 1187.07. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10130525,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/25/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/28/2005","vin":"1FALP45X6VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MY 1997 FORD MUSTANG GT IS CRACKED AND LEAKING. THERE IS A RECALL ON OTHER MODELS WITH THIS ENGINE. IS THERE A LAWSUIT RECENTLY SETTLED ON THIS PROBLEM? RIGHT NOW THE CAR IS IN MY MECHANICS GARAGE WAITING FOR PARTS. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10130359,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/27/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/27/2005","vin":"1FMFU18L5VL","components":"STEERING","summary":"DRIVER SIDE TIE-ROD SEPERATION '97 FORD EXPEDITION WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ON HIGHWAY. LOSE OF STEERING CONTROL. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AVOIDED ONLY BECAUSE OF EMERGENCY BRAKING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10127098,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/09/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/29/2005","vin":"","components":"PARKING BRAKE,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"MY EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILS WHEN ENGANGED AND THE BRAKES ARE PROPERLY ADJUSTED.THE E-BRAKE POPS LOOSE CAUSING THE CAR TO ROLL EVEN IN 1ST GEAR.I HAVE BEEN RAN OVER BY THE FAILURE AND THE CAR WAS SOLD TO ME BY DUVAL FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULDN'T FIX BEACAUSE OF THE 131,000 MILES BUT THEY CERTIFIED THE CAR AS PERFECT FOR SALE.NOT TO INCLUDE THE REAR END NEEDED REBUILT THE INTAKE WAS CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO THE CYLINDER CAUSING THE ROD TO SPIN A BEARING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10114369,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/10/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"03/20/2005","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND WERE REPLACE DWITH ONE FROM JUNK YARD. NOW THE ONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS LOCKED UP (BELT WON'T EXTEND). THIS IS ON A 1997 FORD MUSTANG V-6. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10112717,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"03/08/2005","vin":"1FALP46V5VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO FUNCTION, WILL NOT CATCH/STOP FORWARD MOTION WHEN JERKED/PULL ON. I ASK MECHANIC TO LOOK AT IT WHEN IT STOPPED RETRACTING. CAR WAS IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE. HE ADVISED ME THAT THE SEAT BELF WILL NOT FUNCTION IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT, OFFERING NO DRIVER RESTRAINT. BASICLY THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG COBRA","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10110375,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/11/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2005","vin":"1FALP45X5VF","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"MY 1997 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE GT, VIBRATES AT SPEEDS OF ABOUT 60-65 MPH. THOUGH THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR SOME TIME, AFTER PLACING NEW TIRES ON THE VEHICLE (LAST WEEK) I DECIDED TO DO MORE RESEARCH AND FOUND TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS CONSISTENT WITH MY VEHICLE'S PROBLEM. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10109837,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/04/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/04/2005","vin":"1FALP45X2VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WAS INFORMED BY THE GARAGE I TOOK MY CAR TO THAT MY MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER AND HYDROBOOST WERE LEAKING. I WAS TALKING THIS OVER WITH A LAWYER FRIEND OF MINE AND SHE INFORMED ME OF A RECALL ON FEDERAL VEHICLES, POLICE, ETC. BUT THIS WAS NOT A GENERAL RECALL. BUT IF YOU HAD UNDER 100,000 MILES ON YOUR VEHICLE IT WOULD BE FIXED THROUGH FORD. I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO SUCH RECALL EVEN AFTER I TOLD THEM I COULD FURNISH THEM WITH CASE LAW NUMBERS IN FLORIDA. I AM NOT SURE WHAT I SHOULD DO AND HOPE YOU CAN HELP. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10108172,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/15/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/28/2005","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"1997 EXPEDITION SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY 45 MINUTES AFTER IT HAD BEEN DRIVEN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE CAME AND PUT OUT WHAT WAS ALMOST A CATASTROPHIC HOUSE FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS A TOTAL LOSS. TO REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING COMPARABLE WE BOUGHT A 99 EXPEDITION. WE WERE OUT $8000 IN THE TRADE. THE OLDER EXPEDITION HAD ONE CAR PAYMENT LEFT ON IT BEFORE THE FIRE. NOW I AM HORRIFIED THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER ON IN THE DRIVEWAY.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10108575,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/21/2005","vin":"1FALP42X1VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE VEHICLE HAD STEAM COMING OUT OF ENGINE, WHICH COULD CAUSE OVER HEATING. OWNER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WOULD REPAIR AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10100554,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/26/2004","vin":"1FALP4043VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"EXCESSIVE RATTLING..ROUGH IDLE..WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING..A SLIGHT \"HUMMING\" CAN BE HEARD OVER THE DUAL EXHAUST..NOTHING MAJOR HAS HAPPENED AS OF YET.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10098450,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/04/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/08/2004","vin":"1FALP42X6VF","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE DRIVING IN A 55 MPH ZONE, I ATTEMPTED TO SET MY CRUISE CONTROL. I DID THIS SUCCESSFULLY. HOWEVER, ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AS IF THE CONTROL WAS DISENGAGED. AFTER I REALIZED THIS, I PUMPED THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE THE C/C. IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF PUMPING THE BRAKES TO RELEASE CONTROL. ONCE DONE, I WAS TOO PARANOID TO TRY USING THE C/C UNTIL RECENTLY. I DECIDED TO TRY IT WITH NO TRAFFIC AROUND IN A 35 MPH ZONE ON A STRAIGHT AWAY. THE CRUISE CONTROL SIMPLY WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I TOOK IT TO AN ASE CERTIFIED SHOP IN ELLSWORTH, MAINE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. THE SHOP SAID IT WAS A RELAY THAT WAS BURNED OUT. THE RELAY WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF 48 DOLLARS FOR PARTS AND LABOR. AFTER REPLACING THE RELAY, THE C/C STILL DOES NOT WORK. I AM MORE CONCERNED WITH THE SUDDEN SLOW DOWN AND NON-RELEASE OF SPEED CONTROL TO THE DRIVER THAN WITH GETTING MY C/C TO WORK AGAIN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAPPENED ON A MAINE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THANK YOU.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10096485,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/25/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"(1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE: FORD POORLY DESIGNED AN INTAKE MANIFOLD SO THAT THE COOLANT RUNNING THROUGH IT ACTUALLY EATS AWAY THE PLASTIC. *AK (2) FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: THE INTAKE CRACKED AND SPRAYED COOLANT THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE BAY. THIS RENDERED THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE. (3) WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE: NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. FORD HAS A PROGRAM (97M91) WHEREIN WHEN THE PART FAILS(REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE), THE DEALERSHIP WILL REPAIR IT AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. THIS PROGRAM STATED THAT IT WAS COVERED FROM 7 YEARS OF THE START OF THE WARRANTY OF THE VEHICLE. MY INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED AT 7 YEARS AND 59 DAYS WITH ONLY 23000 MILES ON THE CAR.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10086935,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/16/2004","vin":"1FALP4049VF","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE PAINT ON TOP AND ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE PASSENGER'S STARTED TO PEEL OFF LIKE AO MONTHS AGO. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10081941,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/25/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/2004","vin":"1FALP45XXVF","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"VEHICLE'S ENGINE STARTED RACING AND BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND TO STOP VEHICLE.*MR THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN OUTSIDE MECHANIC WHO DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE CONSUMER HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANYMORE PROBLEMS. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10080345,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/26/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/02/2004","vin":"1FALP42X5TF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A BLOWOUT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10080236,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/19/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"06/30/2004","vin":"1FALP42X2VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE LEAKED DUE TO A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR VEHICLES PRODUCED PRIOR TO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10074399,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/27/2004","vin":"PLEASE PROV","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE FRONT SEAT BELTS IN THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT LOCK DURING AND EMERGENCY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10068042,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/25/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2004","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"1. GAS LEAKED BADLY FROM THE TOP OF GAS TANK WHEN THE TANK IS FULL AT THE GAS STATION. . TANK CAN EXPLODE IF THERE IS ANY SPARK AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE WHOLE CAR. VERY DANGEROUS SUITATION FOR THE DRIVER AND ANY PASSENGER IN THE CAR. MAY CAUSE FIRE AND MAJOR CATASTROPH FOR ALL THE SURROUNDINGS. 3. THE JOUNT BETWEEN THE FILL LINE AND THE GAS TANK WAS LEAKING DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. THE JOUNT WAS RE-WELDED AT THE DEALER SHOP AND THE LEAK STOPPED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10063641,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/22/2004","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"THE RUBBER SEAL BETWEEN THE FUEL FILLER PIPE AND THE FUEL TANK SPLIT CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK OUT ONTO THE GROUND. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPILL.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10062697,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/10/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/20/2004","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE PAINT ON THE REAR TRUNK HATCH IS FALLING OFF. AND IN SOME OTHER AREAS. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ANY ACCIDENT OR WEAR AN TEAR. IT ALL SEEMS TO BE CAUSE OF EITHER CHEAP PAINT OR AFTER THE CAR WAS PAINTED IT WAS BAKED TO LONG OR DRIED IN THE SUN TOO LONG OR HOW EVER YOU DRY THEM. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10061989,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/03/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/12/2004","vin":"1FALP42X5VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"ON 2/3/04 I FILLED UP THE GAS TANK ON MY 1997 FORD MUSTANG GT. I THEN DROVE 2-3 MILES TO WORK. ON THE WAY TO WORK I SMELLED A GASOLINE ODOR. WHEN I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF MY OFFICE THE SMELL WAS VERY STRONG. UPON EXITING MY CAR I SAW GASOLINE STREAMING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GWINNETT PLACE FORD. THEY CALLED BACK AND TOLD ME THAT THE GROMMET WHERE THE FILLER NECK ENTERS THE GAS TANK HAD DRY ROTTED AND FAILED. THIS REPAIR COST OVER $300 EXCLUDING TOWING. HAD SOMEONE BEHIND MY CAR TOSSED OUT A CIGARETTE OR A SPARK OCCURRED, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LARGE FIRE ENDANGERING BOTH MYSELF AND OTHER MOTORISTS. I CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AND THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES WERE VERY ABRUPT AND RUDE ABOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10057805,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/27/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2004","vin":"1FALP4043VF","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"THE CRUISE CONTROL SELF ACTIVATED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPEED UP AND AS A RESULT THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *PH DURING THIS INCIDENT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10056810,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/09/2004","vin":"1FALP45X6VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I HAVE A 1997 FORD MUTANG GT WITH 106,000 MILES, AND FORD MADE IT CLEAR ABOUT A RECALL ON CRACKED PLASTIC MANIFOLDS. MY MANIFOLD IS CURRENTLY LEAKING AROUND THE PLASTIC INTAKE WHICH WAS CLEARLY ADDRESSED IN THE RECALL. I RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION FROM FORD. I THINK FORD SHOULD REPLACE THIS AT NO COST.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10053509,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/17/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/07/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO BE INSPECTED, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10052227,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/29/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/31/2003","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE VEHICLE'S INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED THE PART CRACKED IN THE WRONG PLACE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10051184,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/24/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/27/2003","vin":"1FALP45X3VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING COOLANT TO BE SPRAYED ON ENGINE. A $245 EXPENSE JUST FOR THE PLASTIC PART THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PUT INTO PRODUCTION, NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY CONCERNS SHOULD THE CRACK HAD HAPPENED RAPIDLY AND STEAMED UP THE WINDSHIELD. HOWEVER, AFTER TRYING MULITPLE TIMES TO GET THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING TO QUIT LEAKING (USING RTV ON THE POORLY DESIGNED O-RING SEAL), MY SON NOTICED THE CRACK IN THE INTAKE NEXT TO ONE OF THE BOLT HOLES USED TO SECURE THE THERMOSTAT ELBOW. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW SUCH A MATURE CAR COMPANY CAN PUT SUCH A DESIGN IN PRODUCTION; AND TO MAKE IT WORSE REFUSE TO VOLUNTEER TO CORRECT THEIR ERROR.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10049375,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/2003","vin":"1FALP45X0VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I WAS DRIVING MY 1997 FORD MUSTANG GT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COOLANT LIGHT TURNED ON AND THE WHOLE COCKPIT FILLED UP WITH SMOKE. UPON NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE AND THE COOLANT LIGHT TURNING ON I IMMEDIATELY HAD TO PULL OVER. AFTER TOWING THE CAR HOME I NOTICED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD DEVELOPED A CRACK AND ANTI-FREEZE WAS SPRAYED EVERYWHERE. AN INTAKE MANIFOLD IS A PART THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF A CAR WITH PROPER MANUFACTURING. I DID SOME FURTHER RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT FOOD CHANGED THE MANIFOLD STYLE IN 1999 AND CHANGED TO A ALUMINUM FRONT RUNNER OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD INSTEAD OF THE PLASTIC RESIN THAT THE ANTI-FREEZE CAN EAT THROUGH. I ALSO FOUND A TSB ABOUT IT #0222. DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THEN NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING IS NOT A VERY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I HAVE A VERY INCONVENIENT AND COSTLY PROBLEM THAT I FEEL FORD SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR. *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10045803,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/06/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/09/2003","vin":"1FALP45X9VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD RESULTED IN COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT. COOLANT WASHING OVER HOT ENGINE CAUSE HUGE CLOULD OF STEAM WHICH OBSCURED VISION FOR MORE THAN 30 SECONDS WHILE AT 65MPH. ACCIDENT AVERTED, BUT ONLY LUCKY CONSIDERING EXTREMELY HEAVY RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC. PLASTIC MANIFOLD IS MUSHY AND FRIABLE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10041781,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/18/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/14/2003","vin":"1FALP46V2VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"MANUAL TRANSMISSION LOCKS IN REVERSE GEAR. *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG COBRA","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10039526,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/10/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2003","vin":"1FALP42X6VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"MANUAL TANSMISSION. NO 5TH OR REVERSE. CLUTCH/TRANMISSION MESSED UP WHILE ON INTERSTATE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10040558,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/24/2003","vin":"1FALP42X2VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CONSUMER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD THAT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. HE HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED WITH THE RETRO FIT MANIFOLD WHICH WAS ALUMINUM AND PLASTIC. CONSUMER FOUND A RECALL ON THE INTERNET DEALING WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, BUT FORD WOULD NOT REPAIR IT. CONSUMER SPENT OVER $600.00 FOR REPAIRS. DID NOT THINK THIS WAS FAIR SINCE FORD KNEW THE PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10038854,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/29/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/2003","vin":"1FALP42X3VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. PART ON THIS HIGH PERFORMANCE CAR IS MADE OF PLASTIC. THERE ARE NUMEROUS WEB SITES THAT STATE FORD IS AWARE AND HAS MADE REPAIRS FOR THIS IN THE PAST. THERE IS NO RECALL NOT 'PROGRAM' THAT FORD HAS FOR THIS KNOWN DEFECT. ALL WILL FAIL AT SOME TIME. A MECHANIC RECOMMENDED TO CONTACT FORD RATHER THAN PAY HIM TO REPAIR AS FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS PAID FOR REPAIRS IN THE PAST. *PH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10037553,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/18/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2003","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"HEAD GASKETS BLOWN CAUSING THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE TO SWELL AND RUB THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR CLUTCH. THE HOLE IN THE HOSE CAUSED ALL THE COOLANT TO LEAK OUT AND CAUSING A MISFIRE IN THE ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKETS WERE BLOWN ON THREE OF THE SIX CYLINDERS. THE ENGINE IS A 3.8L V6 IN A 1997 MUSTANG.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10036925,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2003","vin":"1FALP42X3VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10033053,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/14/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/2003","vin":"1FALP45X1VF","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"MY 1997 MUSTANG HAS RUSTED THROUGH THE TRUNK FLOOR. THE FRAME BELOW IS ALSO RUSTING. THE FRAME SUPPORTS THE REAR BUMPER,WHICH PROTECTS THE GAS TANK.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10032455,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/02/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"07/28/2003","vin":"9999","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"PROBLEMS WITH RUBBER HOSE, RUST AND CORROSION TO THE METALLIC BRAKE LINES.*MR *CB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10023391,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/20/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/19/2003","vin":"1FALP4047VF","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE COLOR OF THIS MUSTANG IS WHITE. AROUND MAY OR JUNE 2000, THE PAINT BEGAN TO PEEL OFF THE ROOF OF THE CAR. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE EXPOSED METAL BEGAN TO RUST. I CONSULTED THE DEALER ABOUT IT, BUT THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME TO PAINT THE CAR, SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. PRIOR TO THIS, I HAD IT LOOKED AT BY ANOTHER PARTY WHO SAID THAT FORD SHOULD PAINT IT AT NO CHARGE TO ME BECAUSE THE PAINT AND PRIMER WERE BOTH DEFECTIVE, THUS CAUSING THE PAINT TO COME OFF. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY, BUT THEY WOULDN'T HELP. THE OWNER'S MANUAL SAYS THE METAL HAS TO BE \"PERFORATED\" BEFORE FORD WOULD COVER THE PAINT. I FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE PAINTED THE VEHICLE WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST REPORTED. EVEN IF THEY JUST PAINTED THE ROOF AND NOT THE WHOLE VEHICLE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN SATISFIED WITH THAT. (LT). *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10013561,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/06/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/2003","vin":"1FALP4049VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE JAMMED AND WILL NOT RETRACT. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH BOTH BELTS, BUT HAVE ALWAYS MANAGED TO HAVE THEM RETRACT BACK. NOW BOTH BELTS ARE SITTING IN THE FRONT SEATS AS BOTH BELTS ARE TOO SHORT TO FASTEN WHEN DRIVING. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND IS DANGEROUS TO BOTH FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS. 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SPENT $2000 SO FAR. *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8023484,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/15/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/02/2002","vin":"1FALP4047VS","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED OVER HEATING. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED BY A MECHANINC WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN AND LEAKED WATER INTO THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. 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GOING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, MOST THE TIME, FROM A COMPLETE STOP, I HAVE HYDROPLANED AND HAVE DONE A 360. THE CAR IS VERY SCARY TO DRIVE IN THE RAIN. THE RIDE IS BUMPY MAKING ALL MY CD'S SCRATCH. THE CAR ALSO LETS OFF GAS WHEN THE AC IS ON, CAUSING ME TO BECOME SLEEPY. ALL IN ALL I FIND MUSTANGS TO BE VERY UNSAFE VEHICLES AND WOULD NEVER BUY ANOTHER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":768344,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/04/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/11/2002","vin":"1FTDF0721VK","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ENGINE REPLACEMENT/ I HAVE BEEN A FIRM BELIEVER IN FORD PRODUCTS AND STILL BELIEVE THAT FORD MAKES A GOOD PRODUCT...I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE POSITION I WAS PLACED IN LAST WEEK...I HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED MY FORD TRUCK THE BEST THAT I COULD AND NEVER HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH IT FOR THE 6 YRS I HAVE OWNED MY TRUCK...I HAVE EXPERIENCED A FEW STALL OUTS A FEW TIMES BUT NOTHING THAT I TOOK TO SERIOUS, I FIGURED MAYBE A SPARK PLUG PROBLEM...THE FACT THAT MY ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT AT 86000 IS BEYOND ME. LOOKING INTO THE COMPLAIANCE INVETIGATIONS SUMMARY I REALIZED THAT I AM IN COMPANY WITH MANY OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT...I FEEL THAT THIS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURES ENGINE AND THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT ENGINE. MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":767281,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/13/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2002","vin":"1FALP42X7VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FORD EXPERIMENTED WITH A COMPOSITE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED DUE TO THIS NEW MATERIAL. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS A SECRET RECALL ON IT: 01M02. OTHER DRIVERS HAVE HAD ACCIDENTS FOLLOWING THIS FAILURE BECAUSE THE SMOKE GETS SO THICK THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. THERE WAS SO MUCH SMOKE THAT I THOUGHT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY FORD, AND FORD SHOULD PAY THE TOWING BILLS OF THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NEEDLESSLY SUFFERED THIS FAILURE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8014553,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/23/2002","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT IS FRAYING WITH BELT EXTENDED, NOT ABLE TO RETRACT BACK THROUGH SLEEVE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8014366,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/2002","vin":"1FALP45X4VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"CONSUMER NOTICED WATER LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. DEALER STATED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":566306,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/07/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/27/2002","vin":"","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"CONSUMER RECEIVED 00V34900, REGARDING THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR RECALL REPAIRS AND DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED. WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH HAS A SLIGHT INCLINE, WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON AND IN THE PROPER GEAR, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO THE HOUSE CAUSING SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE DEALER SAID, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL FAULTY EMERGENCY BRAKE. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. *YD","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8010658,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/29/2002","vin":"1FALP4043VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEATBELTS ON BOTH SIDES WILL NOT RETRACT. PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT COMPLETELY IS INOPERABLE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8009796,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/07/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/14/2002","vin":"1FALP4042VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"VEHICLE ROLLED BACK WHILE PARKED, EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED. PARK BRAKE RECALL 00V349000 REPAIRS WERE DONE IN DECEMBER OF 2000. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8009396,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/07/2002","vin":"1FALP42X3VF","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"HEATER CORE IS LEAKING FLUID CAUSING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD FOUR HEATER CORE FAILURES IN TWO YEAR. *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8006187,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/25/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/21/2002","vin":"1FALP404XVF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ENGINE IS LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID, CAUSED BY A CRACK, HEATER IS TAKING LONGER TO GET WARM. DEALER STATED THAT OIL MAY CAUSE ENGINE TO LOCK UP. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE SERVICE TECHNICIIAN AT DEALER. *AK. CONSUMER STATED RADIATOR FLUID IS LEAKING FROM THE FRONT VALVE COVER, WHICH IS ALSO CAUSING LOSS OF HEAT.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":758855,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/16/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/02/2002","vin":"1FALP45X0VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8004602,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2002","vin":"1FALP4046TF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT, THE ENGINE COOLING FAN CAUGHT ON FIRE AND EXPLODED. CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW COOLING FAN BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO OVERHEAT AND SMOKE. THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE BEARINGS HAD SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF A NEW ENGINE. THERE IS A RECALL ON SAID PART BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":758386,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/18/2002","vin":"1FALP4040VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TIMING COVER GASKET LEAKING MAY LEAD TO HEAD GASKET PROBLEM.. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":758303,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/15/2002","vin":"1FTEE1461VH","components":"STEERING,EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY","summary":"I AM GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YOU TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE AFTER MARKET STEERING EXTENSION DEVICE PUT ON ALOT OF HANDICAPPED VEHICLES, THIS PART IS PUT ON THESE CARS AND TRUCKS TO HELP ASSIST THE DRIVER IN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL . THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PART IS THAT IS NOT SAFE . WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TAKEN OFF OF THE SPLINED SHAFT THE NEW PIECE IS PUT ON AND DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A SPLINED CENTER TO FIT TIGHT ON THE SHAFT AND THE ONLY OTHER THING TO HOLD IT TIGHT IS 2 SET SCREWS. IF ONE OF THESE SET SCREWS WOULD WORK LOSE OR IF THE STEERING WHEEL WERE TURNED TO HARD THESE SET SCREWS WOULD WORK LOOSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN BUT THE WHEELS WOULDN'T , OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND . I HAVE TALKED TO A AUTO REPAIR SPECIALIST ALONG WITH THE HEAD MECHANIC SUPERVISOR AT A FORD DEALERSHIP AND BOTH MEN SAID THAT THIS PART IS NOT VERY SAFE AND THEY WOULD NT WANT IT ON THEIR CAR OR TRUCK , I ALSO TALKED TO THE PERSON WHO INSTALLED THIS PART HE NO LONGER USES THIS ALUMINUM PART BECAUSE IT IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THIS KIND OF STRESS THAT A STEERING WHEEL GOES THROUGH . I HOPE THAT YOU CAN MAKE THESE PARTS REPLACED BY THE COMPANIES SO THAT NO ONE WITH A MODIFIED HANDICAPPED STEERING COLUMN EXTENSION DOES NOT GET KILLED OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE , I WAS LUCKY TO FIND IT EARLY BUT MAYBE SOME ONE ELSE WON'T BE. THANK YOU SINCERELY [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8001533,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/23/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/04/2002","vin":"1FALP45X8VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND IS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE . CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE MAY CATCH ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":755956,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2001","vin":"1FALP45X5VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CAR WILL PULL FROM SIDE TO SIDE UNDER LIGHT BRAKING IF THE ROAD IS ROUGH. MUST FIGHT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP CAR STRAIGHT UNDER BRAKING. ALSO, THE CAR WILL ALSO WANDER THE ROAD IF IT IS UNEVEN OR ROUGH. AGAIN THE DRIVER MUST FIGHT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":755957,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2001","vin":"1FALP45X5VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CLUTCH PEDAL WILL RATTLE AT SPECIFIC LOW SPEEDS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":755478,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/20/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2001","vin":"1FTJE34F7VH","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"I FIXED THIS ONCE WITH GLUE AND REPLACED. THE ACTUATOR BROKE THE DOOR AGAIN. THIS CAN BE A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM CONSIDERING IF WILL MAKE WINDOW DEFROSTER NON FUNCTIONAL. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":755504,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/06/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2001","vin":"1FALP4045VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":755278,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/12/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/04/2001","vin":"1FALP42X5VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"SUBJECT: 1997 FORD MUSTANG GT, VEHICLE ID [XXX]. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":898572,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/31/2001","vin":"1FALP45X0VF","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTIONED WITHIN SYSTEM , CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9004171,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/11/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2001","vin":"1FALP4049VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"WITH PARKING BRAKE IN 1ST AND EMERGENCY BRAKE UP, CAR ROLLED INTO ANOTHER CAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR CHECKED BEFORE AT A FORD SERVICE DEALERSHIP CENTER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":562959,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2001","vin":"1FALP4049VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE,POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE ROLLED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHILE PARKED IN FIRST GEAR WITH PARKING BRAKE UP AS PER OWNERS MANUAL, POSSIBLY PARKING BRAKE FAILURE OR TRANSMISSION FAILURE.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":562959,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2001","vin":"1FALP4049VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE,POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE ROLLED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHILE PARKED IN FIRST GEAR WITH PARKING BRAKE UP AS PER OWNERS MANUAL, POSSIBLY PARKING BRAKE FAILURE OR TRANSMISSION FAILURE.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":562959,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2001","vin":"1FALP4049VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE,POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE ROLLED AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHILE PARKED IN FIRST GEAR WITH PARKING BRAKE UP AS PER OWNERS MANUAL, POSSIBLY PARKING BRAKE FAILURE OR TRANSMISSION FAILURE.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":751523,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/28/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/2001","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS AT TIMES UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK INTO A DRIVE GEAR, THIS RENDERS VEHICLE USELESS UNTIL THE GEAR SHIFT IS MOVEABLE. YES THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":751524,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/09/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/2001","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE- MANUAL CARS WERE RECALLED BUT NOT AUTOMATICS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":750766,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/20/2001","vin":"1FALP4440VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"A VIBRATION OCCURS WHEN UPSHIFTING. AT FIRST IT OCCURRED ONLY AT 43 MPH; HOWEVER, IT NOW OCCURS AROUND 30 MPH AS WELL AND HAS BECOME MORE PRONOUCED PARTICULARLY AT THE 43 MPH SHIFT POINT. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID IS AT NORMAL FULL LEVEL AND APPEARS TO BE OF NORMAL COLOR. WE HAVE ALSO CHECKED THE UNIVERSAL JOINT BEARINGS WHICH ARE TIGHT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":894568,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/03/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/16/2001","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH THEN STOPPING FOUND OUT THAT STEAM AND ENGINE COOLANT WAS COMING OUT. TOWED VEHICLE TO A NEAR SHOP, THEY NOTICED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD SPLIT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":749224,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/17/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/26/2001","vin":"1FALP42X3VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EQUIPMENT","summary":"THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH NEVER HONORED BY THE DEALER. FORD REPLACED (FIRED) THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THIS DEALERSHIP FOR DISHONEST PRACTICES. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED 5/97 WITH 13001 MILES ON IT WE PICKED UP THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AT TIME OF PURCHASE AS PER STATEMENT OF GENERAL MANAGER AT THE TIME. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":749197,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/25/2001","vin":"1FALP47V3VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"IN 1999 AT 37,000 MILES THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. RECENTLY AT JUST UNDER 50,000 MILES THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER, CAPITOL FORD AT 50,471 MILES. THE DEALER STATED THAT BECAUSE THE MILEAGE EXCEEDED 50,000 IT WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN WARRANTY DID NOT CHANGE FORD'S RESPONSE. I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW BECAUSE I FEEL THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS BEING UNREASONABLE REGARDING THE WARRANTY REPAIR OF THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE. THESE SEATBELTS SHOULD NEVER FAIL AND THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THEM HAVE FAILED SEEMS TO POINT TO A DEFECT THAT SHOULD TRIGGER A RECALL. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":892947,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/16/2001","vin":"1FALP46V5YF","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"REAR RIGHT SWAY BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK THE CONSUMER FEELS THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":891798,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/02/2001","vin":"1FALP42X8VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":890272,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/13/2001","vin":"1FALP45X0VF","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":890316,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"06/13/2001","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,EQUIPMENT","summary":"WITH 60,000 MILES ON VEHICLE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE BY DEALERSHIP. THEN 4,000 MILES LATER, TIMING GASKET BLEWOUT WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER SERVICE PROGRAM. THEN, WITH 68,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, IT STARTED VIBRATING WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, AND REVVED TO OVER 6000 RPM. CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD WHERE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING. 3.8 LITER V6 ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF COMPLETE FAILURE. *AK AIR CONDITIONER WOULD LOSE POWER AFTER 45 MINUTES OF OPERATION, DEALER STATED AN ACCUMULATER AND ORIFICE TUBE WAS NEEDED. THE CONNECTOR TO THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS CRACKED ALMOST IN HALF CAUSING THE CABLE TO DISENGAGE FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM. *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":890256,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/12/2001","vin":"1FALP404XVF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"FRONT SEAT BELTS FAIL TO RESTRAT AFTER BEING RELEASED. HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER THAT RETRACTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":889360,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/30/2001","vin":"1FALP4046VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ABS WILL TAKE LONGER TO ACTIVATE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC, AND THERE IS NO FIX. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":746162,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/29/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/30/2001","vin":"1FALP404XVF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. PEOPLE WITH 97 MUSTANGS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WITH THERE HEAD GASKETS CRACKING AND ENGINE LIGHTS COMING ON DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. MINE ONLY HAS 44,900 MILES! DO SOMETHING. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":746028,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/28/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/28/2001","vin":"1FALP4049VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEATBELT RESTRAINT HAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AFTER BEING DIFFICULT TO RETRACT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":785011,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2001","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"THE VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THERE IS A SQUEAKY NOISE ON LEFT SIDE, COULD POSSIBLY BE SUSPENSION RELATED. 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I HAVE BEEN TOLD BOTH OF THESE ARE COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR BUT THE CLOSE PROXIMITY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED DISTURBS ME.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":745058,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2001","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE AS RESULT OF REAR END COLLISON. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":885257,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/06/2001","vin":"1FALP47V9VF","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"REAR SWAY BAR SNAPPED AT 32000 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":884836,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/30/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2001","vin":"1FALP4045F1","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"FRONT TIMING GASKET FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF COOLANT FROM 3.8L V6 ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY, AND NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743375,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/01/2001","vin":"1FALP42X9VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ERUPTED AND LOST ALL COOLANT WITHIN 30 SECONDS WHILE TRAVELLING THE SPEED LIMIT, UPHILL. A LARGE CLOUD OF COOLANT/MIST ENVELOPED THE CAR FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BLOCKED VISION OF THE VEHICLE BEHIND OURS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":742496,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2001","vin":"1FALP42X8VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELT JAMS IN GUIDE OVER DRIVERS SHOULDER BY FOLDING OVER AND BECOMMING TOO WIDE FOR THE GUIDE SLOT. THIS RENDERS THE SEATBELT USELESS IN A CRASH. FORD MOTOR CO AND DEALER HAVE IGNORED MY REQUESTS TO MAKE THE REPAIR. IT IS VERY DANGEROIUS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":742111,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/08/2001","vin":"1FALP45X9VF","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR BAG LIGHT WON'T GO OFF ANDBEPS FOR NO REASON I KNOW OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":742067,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/27/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/07/2001","vin":"1FALP42X0VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"PAINT PEELS OFF DOWN TO BARE METAL AND WILL RUST IF NOT REPLACED. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":882233,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/05/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/06/2001","vin":"1FALP4044VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ANTIFREEZE DRIPS OUT FROM DEFECTIVE TIMING COVER, AND STARTS CAUSING A BURNING SMELL, AND SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. CONSUMER FEELS FUMES ARE DANGEROUS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":741134,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/11/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"02/19/2001","vin":"1FALP4041VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"1/11/98 PARKING BRAKE FAILED WHILE PARKED ON INCLINE AND IN FIRST GEAR. CAR ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY INTO LAWN AND HIT MAILBOX. WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR DAMAGES TO BUMPER AND TO MAILBOX. 12/1/2000 RECIEVED SAFETY RECALL 00S37 WHICH DESCRIBES THIS SITUATION EXACTLY. CONTACTED FORD REP KATHY ALLEN, \" WILL NOT SEND A INVESTIGATOR, THE INCIDENT IS TOO OLD\" THUS DENIED THE CLAIM THAT THE CAR ROLLING IS RELATED TO THE RECALL. I AM NOW LOOKING FOR OTHERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES TO FORM OR JOIN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":559719,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/15/2001","vin":"1FALP47V7VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE TO WARM IT UP, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS FULLY ENGAGED FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE, WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD BUT BEFORE THE CONSUMER COULD HIT THE BRAKE IT HAD ALREADY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. 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HAS SINCE REAPPEARED A WEEK LATER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":559052,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2001","vin":"","components":"PARKING BRAKE,TIRES","summary":"PARKING BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR PANEL, SPOILER, AND BUMPER, CONSUMER WAS NOT AWARE OF RECALL 00V349, AND PAID FOR THE REPAIRS HIMSELF, CAUSING THE TRADE IN VALUE OF THE VEHICLE TO GO DOWN. *SLC THE VEHICLES TIRE TREAD APPEARED TO BE SEPARATING. 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IT HAS NOW BEEN PULLED OUT ALL THE WAY AND WILL NOT GO BACK IN. IT CANNOT BE USED IN THIS CONDITION AS IT POSES A SAFETY PROBLEM. DEALER HAS SAID A NEW SEAT BELT RETRACTING UNIT IS REQUIRED AND IT IS $90 PLUS $127.50 TO INSTALL. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":737996,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/17/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/19/2000","vin":"1FALP42X9TF","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1987-1993 MUSTANG GT'S, WHEN DRIVING WITH THE FOG LIGHTS ON, THE WIRING AT THE HEADLAMP SWITCH CAN NOT HANDLE THE POWER, AND WILL MELT DOWN CAUSING A POTENTIAL RISK OF FIRE. THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON THAT AFTERMARKET SUPPLIERS CARRY A PLUG AND PIGTAIL FOR THESE VEHICLES. HERE WE HAVE A 1997 MUSTANG GT, WHILE DRIVING WITH THE FOG LIGHTS ON THE WIRING AT THE HEADLAMP SWITCH OVERHEATED , MELTING THE PLUG TO THE HEADLAMP SWITCH. ALSO I NOTICED BURN RESIDUE ON THE SWITCH ITSELF. BEING AWARE OF THE PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE OLDER CARS I KNEW TO SUT THE FOG LIGHTS OFF. THIS IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE GAUGE CLUSTER LIGHTS BACK ON. I TURNED THE HEADLAMP SWITCH OFF AND THE SMOKE BEGAN TO CLEAR. THIS IS A VERY POPULAR CAR WITH A PROBLEM THAT I AM FINDING IS FAR MORE COMMON ON THE SN95 MODEL MUSTANG THAN THOUGHT. I WAS SUPRISED THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER NHTSA COMPLAINT REGARDING THE VEH. I CALLED AND CHECKED. MY FRIENDS 1995 DID THE SAME THING WITH LESS THAN 36 THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND FORD REPAIRED IT AT NO COST. I HAVE EMAILED WEB SITES ASKING ANY OTHER OWNERS TO FILE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WITH NHTSA AND FORD SO THAT CONSUMERS CAN BE NOTIFIED. IF NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAN AT LEAST TO HAVE PEOPLE NOTIFIED NOT TO USE THE FOG LIGHTS UNTIL THIER CAR CAN BE INSPECTED. IT IS A COUPLE OF SCREWS AND THE REMOVAL OF THE HEADLAMP KNOB TO INSPECT THE SWITCH AND THE WIRING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL MY FRIEND BOBBY SILVA AT 480-961-7433. HE IS ALSO AN OWNER AND WORKS FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY. HE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME WHAT TO DO WHEN MY CAR STARTED SMOKING AND HE KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM. HE IS HELPING ME WITH THE DEALER EAHRNHARDT FORD 480-893-0000 IN CHANDLER ARIZONA. I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND THIS HAPPENED IN AZ. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876474,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":1,"dateOfIncident":"10/13/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2000","vin":"1FALP42X6VF","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING AND WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION, DRIVER WAS KILLED IN ACCIDENT ALONG WITH 1 OTHER INJURY, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT EXPERIENCE DEPLOYMENT, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY AN ATTORNEY THAT IF AIR BAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED, THE DRIVER MAY NOT HAVE BEEN KILLED. *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":737262,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/04/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/04/2000","vin":"1FALP444XVF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELT BADLY WORN FROM SHARP PLASTIC COVER AND SHARP SPRING ROLLER, NOT APPARANT UNLESS BELT PULLED OUT (DIRVER WOULD NOT NORMALLY NOTICE). *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736733,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/22/2000","vin":"1FALP46V3VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"I PURCHASED THE FORD MUSTANG COBRA DURING JULY, 1997, AND CURRENTLY HAVE 16,850 MILES. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT HAS WORN AT THE POING WHERE IT RETRACTS INTO THE FLOOR SUCH THAT IT MAY BREAK AT ANY TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. BECAUSE OF THE WEAR LOCATION ON THIS SEATBELT, IT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE NOTICED BY THE DRIVER. I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS UNSAFE BELT UNTIL SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE CAR WHILE THE DOOR WAS OPEN, AND WHILE I HAD MY SEAT BELT FASTENED, POINTED OUT THIS UNSAFE CONDITION. I HAVE NOTIFIED FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER BY LETTER DATED OCTOBER 30, 2000, REQUESTING GUIDANCE. FORD HAS NOT RESPONDED TO MY INFORMATION AND REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736313,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/27/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/14/2000","vin":"1FALP4043VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"RECALL IS FOR MUSTANGS MADE PRIOR TO DEC. 31, 1996 ALTHOUGH LATER MORE RECENT MODELS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736091,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/10/2000","vin":"","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"I FEEL THAT THE MOUNTING BRACKET WHERE THE TEETH ON THE HAND/PARKING BRAKE MESH IS TOO THIN. THUS THE AMOUNT OF FRICTION CAUSED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE FUEL IN THE FUEL TANK SWAYS ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE TO DISLODGE AND BECOME DISENGAGED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735936,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/26/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/07/2000","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS NOT HELD SINCE FIRST BOUGHT CAR AUG 99, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY FAULT NOT GETTING INTO PLACE. TWO WEEKS AGO IT DID IT AGAIN HERE AT WORK. I HAVE NOW IN SHOP, BUT WAS TOLD TODAY FORD DOESN'T HAVE PARTS MANUFACTURED TO FIX IT SO I CAN COME GET IT TILL THE DEALER HEARS FROM FORD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735867,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/06/2000","vin":"1FALP42X4VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"EMERGENCY BRAKE SLIPS REGULARLY. HAD IT ADJUSTED ONCE, BUT STILL SLIPS. MUST KEEP CAR IN GEAR TO ENSURE IT DOESN'T ROLL AWAY.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735783,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/05/2000","vin":"1FALP42X4VF","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"MY MAIN CONCERN IS WITH THE WELDING ON THE REAR OF THE CAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT BY MORE THAN ONE INDEPENDENT MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL DEFECT, THE IMPROPER WELDING OF THE BRACKETS ON TO THE UNIBODY AT THE FACTORY IS A NON-REPAIRABLE DEFECT. ORIGINALLY, THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THE DEFECT AND REPRESENTED TO ME THAT THE BODY SHOP WOULD BE ABLE TO FIX THE DEFECT. AT THAT TIME, I WAS TOLD THE REAR TIRES WERE POINTING TO THE RIGHT. NOW I AM BEING TOLD BY EVERYONE OTHER THAN THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY ARE \"TOED TO THE LEFT - NO ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE\". AT THE TIME THE DEALERSHIP PUT THE CAR IN THE BODY SHOP FOR \"RE-WELDING\" IT HAD ONLY 20628 MILES ON IT, AND THE TIRES WERE COMPLETELY RUINED. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO MAKE ANY ALLOWANCES FOR NEW TIRES. AT THAT TIME, THE CAR WOULD FISHTAIL AND SWERVE ON RIGHT TURNS, EVEN FROM A DEAD STOP. I INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP THAT NOW THE CAR DOES THE SAME THING ON LEFT TURNS. I HAVE HAD THEM LOOK AT THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH, AND THEIR CONSISTENT POSITION IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER'S RESPONSE WAS THAT I NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP. I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW AND PAID FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH HAD NOT EXPIRED AT THE TIME I BROUGHT THIS BACK TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER. AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I DO NOT FEEL THAT MATTERS, HOWEVER, AS THE DEFECT HERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION WHICH I HAVE, IS NON-REPAIRABLE. I HAVE PROVIDED THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE COMPUTER PRINTOUTS WHICH I HAVE FROM OTHER TECHNICIANS EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM, BUT, AS I SAID, THEIR CONSISTENT POSITION IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT OF THEIR EXPLANATION. I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE MY POSITION WITH THE MANUFACTURER, HOPEFULLY WITH BETTER SUCCESS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG GT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":874108,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/30/2000","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WHEEL BECAME UNDONE, ROLLED OFF VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735294,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/2000","vin":"1FALP42X6VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734445,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/25/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/16/2000","vin":"1FALP4448VF","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"AT COMPLETE STOP - HIT FROM BEHIND - MECHANIC DOING REPAIRS STATED THERE ARE NO SAFETY BRACKETS UNDER THE CAR - THE CAR & DOORS BUCKLED ON IMPACT. DO CONVERTIBLES HAVE TO HAVE EXTRA SAFETY BRACKETS INSTALLED UNDER THE FRAME?( DOT NUMBER: )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":731901,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/14/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2000","vin":"1FDLE40S2VH","components":"TIRES","summary":"THIS IS THE SECOND FIRESTONE TIRE IN A WEEK THAT HAS HAD THE TREAD COME OFF. WE HAVE OVER ONE HUNDRED OF THESE TIRES ON OUR FLEET AND NEED TO DECIDE IF WE SHOULD REMOVE THEM.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT225/75R1 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":731404,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/24/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/2000","vin":"1FALP47V9VF","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"USED WRONG KEY IN IGNITION AND IT BLEW UP THE IGNITION SYSTEM. HAD KEY MADE AT A LOCAL HARDWARE STORE. AFTER 4 WEEKS OF FORD PROMISING ASSISTANCE-THEY DENIED IT. TRYING A WRONG KEY SHOULD NOT CAUSE THE MODULE AND TRANSCEIVER TO GO BAD. FOLLOWED RECOVERY PROCEDURE IN OWNERS MANUAL BUT CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. THIS COULD BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FORD SHOULD RECALL OR AT VERY LEAST PUT WARNING ON IGNITION.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":729963,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/02/2000","vin":"1FALP47V0VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR VIBRATION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE DEALER THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. THEY ADVISED THAT WOULD ON TURN THE ROTORS INSTEAD OF REPLACING. APROX. 7000 MILES LATER THE VIBRATION RETURNED.IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 7 DAYS AND THAT FORD WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE REPAIR. VEHICLE HAD APPROX. 32000 MILES AT THIS TIME.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":729516,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":1,"dateOfIncident":"08/25/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/30/2000","vin":"UNAVAIL","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WE ARE AWARE OF YOU PREVIOUS RELEASE REGARDING THE FORD SVT BRAKE LINES AND WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR INVESTIGATION AND IF IT WAS A THIRD PARTY EVALUATING","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":868897,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/28/2000","vin":"1FALP4049VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH THE GEAR INDICATOR STILL IN PARK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO THE HOUSE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":728903,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":3,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/09/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"08/24/2000","vin":"1MELM6536VK","components":"TIRES","summary":"THIS WAS RENTAL CAR FROM HERTZ, THAT HAD ONLY 2000 MILES AT TIME OF RENTAL, ON FEB 2, 1997. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TIRES TO HERTZ THE FIRST DAY OF RENTAL BECAUSE THE TIRES COULD BARELY DRIVE WHEN THE GROUND WAS WET. I HAD AN ACCIDENT ON MARCH 9, 1997 AND THE POLICE REPORT REFLECTS THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO DAMAGED TIRES WHICH WERE FIRESTONES. I WROTE FORD TO REPORT THE TIRES IN 1997 AND 1998 TO EVERY BOARD DIRECTOR WITH A RESPONSE OF TO NOT WRITE THEM AGAIN, STILL HAVE COPIES. I WROTE THE VP OF HERTZ AND WAS TOLD THAT I CHANGE THE TIRES AND ACCUSE ME OF LYING AND IGNORING THE POLICE REPORT. I STILL HAVE OVER $60,000 IN MEDICAL BILLS AND OVER $200, 000 IN LOSS WAGES. MY TWO DAUGHTERS STILL SUFFER FROM BACK PAIN AND ANOTHER WITH HER TONGUE THAT NEEDED 8 STITICHES AND STILL HAS A HOLE IN THE TONGUE. I SUFFER WITH BACK PAIN. NY NO-FAULT ONLY PAID $37,000 TOWARD MEDICINE, DOCTOR BILLS AND LOSS WAGES. I LOSS EVERYTHING AND STILL SUFFERING. FORD TOOK A REPORT AND AFTER GIVING THEM THE VEHICLE ID THEY CONFIRM THAT THE TIRES WERE FIRESTONE, I DID THIS ON 8/23/00. THE POLICE OFFICER TOLD ME AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT THAT IF MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF HAD NOT BEEN WEARING SEAT BELTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IT WOULD HAD BEEN FATAL. WE HIT A TREE THAT TOTALED THE CAR. I HAVE COLOR PICTURES OF THE TIRES AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION. FORD TOLD ME TO CONTACT FIRESTONE BUT THE PERSON I TALKED TO THERE WAS NOT VERY COOPERATIVE, HIS NAME IS TOM SALOR AT 1.800.465.1904 WHO WAS RUDE AND GAVE ME NO HELP TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NOT BE HELPED BY FIRESTONE. I HAVE ALSO SENT A LETTER TO CONG. BILLY TAUZIN ABOUT THIS AND I AM ASKING YOU TO HELP PUT ME TOUCH WITH THE PERSON WHO CAN HANDLE THIS COMPLAINT AT FIRESTONE OR FORD OR BOTH BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH NEGLIENT WHEN I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM IN 1997 AND 1998. YOURS TRULY, CHARLENE MARSH( DOT NUMBER: )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":728651,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/22/2000","vin":"1FALP47VXVF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION GRINDS GOING INTO 2ND GEAR AND POPS OUT OF REVERSE ALMOST ALL COBRA OWNERS I HAVE TALKED WITH HAS THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE T-45 TRANSMISSION DEALER CAN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM SO NO FIX IS POSSIBLE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":728715,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/22/2000","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ENGINE HEAD GASKETS, TIMING GASKET CAP, AND ENGINE ITSELF ALL FAILED ON A 1997 FORD MUSTANG LX COUPE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":728211,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/06/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/17/2000","vin":"1FALP45X6VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"1. SPARK PLUG WIRE CLAMPS NOT STAYING CONNECTED TO SPARK PLUGS CAUSING ARCING AND DAMAGE TO 5 SPARK PLUG WIRES. 2. RUPTURE OF COOLANT CROSSOVER TUBE ON FRONT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD RESULTED IN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF COOLANT ON ABOUT A ONE BLOCK LENGTH OF ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH. RECALL 97M91 HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED (FEB. 1999) WITH NO DAMAGE FOUND. FAILURE OCCURRED IN DEC. 1999.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":726313,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/31/2000","vin":"1FALP4041VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN RAINING AND/OR ROAD IS WET. DEALERSHIP WHERE SERVICED SAYS \"THIS IS NORMAL\". *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":865891,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/20/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/24/2000","vin":"1FALP4443VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE BROKE DOWN FROM ENGINE STALLING. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THROUGH THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99B29. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE TIMING GASKET COVER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":724890,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/03/2000","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TIMING COVER IS ALSO LEAKING AND SAW ON THE INTERNET THAT THAT CAN ALSO CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":783983,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/14/2000","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING COOLANT DUE TO THE FAULTY TIMING VALVE GASKET. *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":784627,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2000","vin":"1FALP4046VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE EXPERIENCING A COOLANT LEAK. 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MY CAR FILLS UP WITH GAS FUMES AND NOW THAT I AM USING THE AIR CONDITIONER AGAIN, ITS BACK AT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE THE FUMES ARE VERY STRONG AND I GET SICK, HEADACHES, DIZZY AND LIGHTHEADED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":722361,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/07/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/07/2000","vin":"1FALP45X2VF","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"PAINT CRACKING AND DELAMINATION ON HORIZONTAL SURFACES, MOSTLY HOOD. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":551874,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/09/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"04/14/2000","vin":"1FALP47V6VF","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. 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THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR NO BREAKING. IT BROKE WITH NO PRESSURE ON IT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":715483,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/04/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/01/1999","vin":"1FALP4447VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"REPORTED ABS LIGHT CONTINUALLY ON; ABS CONTROL MODULE ORDERED 09/04/1999 (COST TO OWNER FOR PART: $600+). PART WAS RECEIVED AND TO BE INSTALLED 11/11/1999, HOWEVER, NEW PART WAS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND PART WAS RE-ORDERED. IN CHECKING, THE TECHNICIAN FOUND ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH ABS--PART ESTIMATED AT $800. RECEIVED BOTH PARTS AND INSTALLED ON 11/30/1999. $500 WAS APPLIED UNDER \"WARRANTY.\" OWNER STILL HAD TO PAY TOTAL OF $900+ FOR PARTS AND LABOR FOR A SYSTEM (ABS CONTROL MODULE AND ABS HCU UNIT) THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED IN A CAR THIS NEW! ALSO, IF THE PART ORDERED THE FIRST TIME WAS ALSO DEFECTIVE, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THERE COULD BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THESE PARTS AT MANUFACTURER'S LEVEL. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":714630,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/09/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/11/1999","vin":"1FALP4449VF","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"CONV FRAME IS CUTTING TOP(CAN BE EASILY SEEN), DEALER SAYS IS VANDALISM AND WILL NOT REPLACE, TOP SHOP SAYS IF REPLACE FRAME WILL DO SAME THING, DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR FRAME","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":714633,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/11/1999","vin":"1FALP4449VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHEN CLUTCH IS HOT, VEH IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO SECOND AND THIRD GEAR, I FOUND TWO TSB'S, DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY CANNOT FIND PROBLEM AND I ASKED THEM ABOUT THE TSB'S, THEY SAID THEY NEW OF NONE AND SAID THE FULLY RESEARCHED IT, NO ACTION WAS PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP, LEARNING MY LESSON ABOUT BUYING A FORD,","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":783574,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/05/1999","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON IN THE CAR, AND THE ENGINE KEEPS MISSING, CONSUMER TOOK IT TO FORD 5 TIMES AND PRIVATE MECHANIC 6 TIMES, NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT.*ET","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":712711,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/03/1999","vin":"1FALP45X8VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","summary":"NO SUMMARY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":712646,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/30/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/1999","vin":"1FALP45XXVF","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, AIR,POWER TRAIN","summary":"CAR PURCHASED 9/97 FACTORY DELIVERY BRAKE PROBLEMS CONSTANTLY SQUEEKING METAL CLINGING, BOOT COVER NEVER LOCKS, TRANSMISSON FAILURE TWICE, LEAKS AROUND WINDOW SEALS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":711976,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/24/1999","vin":"1FALP4040VF","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELTS JAM, DON'T RETRACT, CAN'T PULL OUT TO PUT ON. 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WITHOUT ANY INFORMATION, MY NAME OR PHONE NUMBER HUNG UP.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":709320,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"07/28/1999","vin":"1FALP47V5VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"NO SUMMARY","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":841758,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/1999","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN,SEATS","summary":"DRIVER'S SEAT TRACK LEVELED OUT AND CAUSED DRIVER'S SEAT TO MOVE FRONTWARD UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. DLR REPLACED SEAT TRACK. PROBLEM REOCCURRED. ALSO TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":839741,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"06/14/1999","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND A FIRE STARTED BY A DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT WIRE WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. 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IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES SO FAR FOR THIS LATEST PROBLEM. IT IS STILL NOT FIXED, AND I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":706848,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"05/25/1999","vin":"1FALP47V6VF","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"POWER STEERING/BRAKE BOOSTER HOSE REPLACED, NOW STRONG VIBRATION IN BRAKE PEDAL AND AT BRAKE BOOSTER, AND LOUD AUDIBLE HUM, NO NOISE/VIBRATION PRIOR TO REPLACEMENT, DEALER SAYS NEW LINE DIFFERENT THAN ORIGINAL BUT IS ONLY REPLACMENT AND CAN DO NOTHING FURTHER - I'M CONCERNED THAT VIBRATION MAY CAUSE BRAKE FAILURE SINCE POWER STEERING SHARES PUMP WITH BRAKE BOOSTER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":706849,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"05/25/1999","vin":"1FALP47V6VF","components":"STEERING,TIRES","summary":"ALL 4 TIRES \"DRY ROTTED\" OR CRACKED WHERE SIDEWALL MEETS TREAD, BFG REP SAYS NOT A PROBLEM UNTIL BELT IS SHOWING THROUGH SIDEWALL, OFFERED \"GOOD WILL\" 25% OF COST TO REPLACE - I'M CONCERNED THAT TIRE FAILURE MAY OCCUR( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/45 17 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":837783,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/28/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/1999","vin":"1FA1P42X5VS","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"THE SWAY BAR BROKE DUE TO INADEQUATE WELDS, WHICH COULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO DROP AND MAY RESULTIN A VEHICLE CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":706347,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/14/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"05/09/1999","vin":"1FALP47VXVF","components":"SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"SUSPENSION PULLS TO THE LEFT. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR GRINDS. ENGINE LOSES POWER WITH ENGINE LIGHT ON. BRAKES PADS ON LEFT SIDE METAL TO METAL. SECOND BRAKE JOB. ALL PROBLEMS STILL EXISTAS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":836320,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"04/30/1999","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS SOME KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE AND VEHICLE IS STALLING. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. 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NO SAFETY DEFECTS MENTION WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":705067,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/29/1999","vin":"1FALP46V9F1","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"APPLYING PARKING BRAKE, SUDDENLY GIVES WAY. REPLACED, HELPED SOME. RARE, UNEXPECTED. MANY REPORTS IN NHTSA. DEALER CLAIMS CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. SAY FORD HAS NO INFORMATION ON PROBLEM. BAD IN SF,CA! *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":704991,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/12/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/1999","vin":"1FALP4042VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":704997,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/29/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/1999","vin":"1FALP4047VF","components":"SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"@ 7000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY WENT OUT & HAD TO BE REPLACED. 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BEGINING LEMON LAW PROCESSES 3/28/99. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":703583,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"02/22/1999","vin":"1FALP4047VF","components":"STEERING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":834820,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/10/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/16/1999","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR CALIPER GOT STUCK AND BURNED THROUGH REAR BRAKE PAD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":607942,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/1999","vin":"1FTHX26G8VE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"4-WHEEL DRIVE HUBS/ AXLE FAILURE. *YC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":608077,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/1999","vin":"2FMDA5146VB","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FRONT BRAKES EXPERIENCING A \"GROANING\" NOISE. *YC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":608077,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/1999","vin":"2FMDA5146VB","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"DESIGN OF FRONT END SUSPENSION IS VERY LOW WHICH CAUSES THE FRONT END TO SCAPE THE CURB WHEN PARKING. *YC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":607785,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/1999","vin":"1FALP4044VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ENGINE OVERHEATED CAUSING A/C TO SHUT OFF. 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CAR FINALLY OVER HEATED AND WAS TAKEN TO \"BP GAS STATION, 4499 ROSWELL RD., ATLANTA GA 30342, 404/255-5341 OR 404/252-8204 CHUCK ALLEN MANAGER \" MR. ALLEN 1ST SAID TIMING GASKET FAILED & WOULD COST $200 TO FIX. THEN WHEN HE REMOVED TIMING COVER FOUND A MAJOR CRACK IN IT NEXT TO A BOLT HOLE, \"STRESS POINT\" & THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $500 TO FIX NOW. ALSO STATED THAT THIS FAIRLY NEW CAR WITH LOW MILES SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS KIND OF PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY A DEFECT FROM MANFACTURER. CAR HAD BEEN TO \"BANNER FORD, 1665 SCOTT BLVD, DECATUR GA 30033, 404/633-4005, STEPHEN C. WATSON, SR.\" ON 08/18/98 WITH 34,143 MILES \"CAR STILL UNDER A 3Y/36M WARRANTY\" FOR RUNNING HOT & STALLING IN TRAFFIC. THEY REPLACED FULE GAGE TANK UNIT, BUT SHOULD HAVE NOTICED OIL & ANTI-FREEZ DRIPPING DID NOTHING. 10/24/98 CAR BACK TO BANNER 36,440 MILES \"440 MILES OVER WARRANTY\" - THEY GAVE AN OIL CHANGE & TOP OFF FLUIDS AGAIN THE FACT THAT THE CAR IS DRIPPING OIL & ANTI-FREEZE HAS NOT BEEN EITHER NOTICED OR JUST NOT MENTIONED & REPORTED. TWO MONTHS LATER THE ENGINE FINALLY GIVES OUT AND THE CARS IS \"2,100 MILES\" OVER WARRANTY & THE DEALERSHIP, TIDWELL, WHERE PURCHASED \"SVC MANAGER\" SAYS I'M OUT OF LUCK AND WITH AN ATTITUDE! COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE OR ADVISE ME, SINCERELY,.......SHELBY PEASE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":701644,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/19/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/28/1998","vin":"1FALP46V4VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE TRANSMISSION CANNOT BE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE IN ANY RELIABLE MANNER. OBVIOUS PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE. REPORTED TO FORD, THEY RETURNED WITH NO PROBLEM FOUND. CANNOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE UNDER ANY EMERGENCY CONDITION IF SUCH A SITUATION ARISES. FOR A PERIOD OF 2 MONTHS, AT 18000 MILES, HAD INTERMITTENT GRINDING WHEN UPSHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WHEN COLD. NOT REPORTED TO FORD SINCE NOT CONSISTENT ENOUGH AND DID NOT WANT TO BOTHER WITH NO PROBLEM FOUND RESPONSE. PROBLEM HAS SINCE GONE AWAY (FOR NOW). RECENT INCIDENT, HAD TOTAL FAILURE OF CLUTCH CABLE ASSEMBLY. COULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AFTER STOPPING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND FORCED TO ABANDON CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY ROAD. ONE INDIVIDUAL SWERVED TO MISS MY CAR AND ALMOST CAUSED A MULTI CAR ACCIDENT. FORD DID REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DID MENTION THAT CLUTCH NEEDS REPLACEMENT FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO CABLE FAILURE. NO WORD FROM FORD IF THIS IS UNDER WARRANTY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":701658,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/14/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/28/1998","vin":"1FALP42X9VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"AFTER HEARING A STRANGE NOISE IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS NO MORE THAN 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEARLERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. I WAS GIVEN AN ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF $250., AND THE NEXT DAY WAS TOLD ALL THE BEARINGS IN THE REAR-END INCLUDING THE AXELS HAD TO BE REPLACED, DUE TO POSSIBLE FACTORY DEFECT. I PHONED FORD MOTORS THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS TOLD I WOULD HEAR SOMETHING WITHIN A DAY OR TWO. AFTER PICKING UP MY VEHICLE, AND PAYING THE $1,474.82 FOR THE REPAIR, WAS TOLD BY FORD A WEEK OR SO LATER THAT I NEVER SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR UNTIL I HAD RECIEVED DISPOSITION FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY. HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT RELEASE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THTE SERVICE WAS PAID FOR, AND I HAD A NEW JOB TO REPORT TO ON 9/23/98, IN SALEM, NH. ALL THE PARTS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE ARE LOCATED AT MY FORMER RESIDENCE IN CALIFORNIA. I HAVE WRITTEN VARIOUS LETTERS, AND MADE MANY PHONE CALLS WITH NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE OBTAINED IN THIS MATTER. REAR-AXLES SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 40,000 MILES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":832447,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/21/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/17/1998","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER WILL PROVIDE VIN.# UPON RECEIPT. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 85MPH WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINE SEPARATED AT THE CRIMP. CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION INTO A TIRE BARRIER / CEMENT WALL. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. FORD CAME OUT AND TOOK THE BROKEN BRAKE LINE FROM THE CAR, AND CONSUMER HAS HEARD NOTHING YET. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":701242,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/09/1998","vin":"1FALP4041VF","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"THERE IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, JUST A 2+ SECOND DELAY IN THE ACCELERATION WHEN PUNCHED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":831760,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/04/1998","vin":"1FALP47V4VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BOTH OF THE FRONT BRAKE HOSES FAILED, CAUSING COMPLETE FRONT BRAKE LOSS. DEALER STATES THAT THIS OCCURRED DUE THE BRAKES OVERHEATING. *AK CONSUMER HAD A REPLACEMENT HOSE INSTALLED AND WHILE BLEEDING THE BRAKES, THE LEFT FRONT HOSE FAILED, BOTH FAULTY HOSES APPEARED TO HAVE MELTED OUT OF THE CALIPER FITTING, THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO FAILURE OCCURRING WHILE ON A RACE TRACK. *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":700963,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/28/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"11/28/1998","vin":"1FALP47V3VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"MANUAL TRANSMISSION CRACKED AT LESS THAN 20,000 MILES AND IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":700663,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/26/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"11/16/1998","vin":"1FALP4046VF","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"CABLE LINKAGE CAME LOOSE FORM THE CARBORATOR AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AND ACCIDENT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":540667,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"09/08/1998","vin":"1FALP446VF1","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION MAKES NOISE AND CAR JUMPS OUT OF GEAR.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":540408,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/07/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/1998","vin":"1FALP47V6VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE LINE FAILURE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":827189,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/25/1998","vin":"1FALP4048VF","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"INTERMITTENTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK. 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THE TRANSMISSION ALSO GRINDS WHEN SHIFTING AND THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":536054,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/26/1998","vin":"1FTHX28F9VE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY","summary":"VENTILATION SYSTEM DRAWS EXHAUST FUMES INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":535725,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/26/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"05/19/1998","vin":"1FALP404OVF","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":822877,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/04/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/1998","vin":"1FALP4040VF","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL THERE IS A CLICKING AND SQUEALING NOISE IN THE FRONT/RIGHT/ENGINE, THE NOISE IS SOUNDED FROM START UP TO 55 MPH. THE DEALER HAS WORKED ON THE VEHICLE SIX TIMES, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE WARRANTY IS STILL BEING HONORED BECAUSE THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE REMEDIED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":534616,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/18/1998","vin":"1FALP47V2VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION FAILED/VIBRATES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":533642,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/07/1998","vin":"1FALP47VOVF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":533642,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/07/1998","vin":"1FALP47VOVF","components":"STEERING","summary":"VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN ROADWAY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":532637,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/10/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"03/12/1998","vin":"1FALP42X8VF","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ENGINE PINGS UNDER LOAD AND/OR ACCELERATION BETWEEN ROUGHLY 3,500 AND 4,700 RPMS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":532519,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/10/1998","vin":"1FALP45X2VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF 4TH GEAR AFTER DECELERATING AND THE ACCELERATING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":529574,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"01/29/1998","vin":"1FALP42X4VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"RING AND PINION REAR END GEARS FAILURE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":530386,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"01/29/1998","vin":"1FALP42X4VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"REAR RING AND PINION GEARS FAILED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":528005,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"01/08/1998","vin":"1FALP4046VF","components":"TIRES","summary":"BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE WORE DOWN TO THE CORDS ON INSIDE OF TREAD AT SECOND SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":527460,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"12/18/1997","vin":"1FALP46V1VF","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"SECOND GEAR GRINDS WHEN SHIFTED. 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SOMETIMES IT HOLDS VEHICLE AND FOR NO REASON LETS GO, AFTER IT HOLDS IT FOR A WHILE. THE PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED BEFORE WHERE THE CONSUMER HAD TO RUSH INSIDE THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT ON TIME. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":604614,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/1997","vin":"1FTDF0860VK","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"SUSPENSION FAILED RESULTING IN TIRE WEAR.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":605544,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/22/1997","vin":"1FMCU24X9VU","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED. 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DRIVER CLAIMS THAT VEHICLE EXHIBITED THIS CONDITION SINCE PURCHASE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":604007,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/29/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/1997","vin":"1FALP45X3VF","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"FRONT LEFT CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT SEPARATED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":814051,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/10/1997","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY","summary":"THE ENGINE ELECTRONICS WENT OUT; AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED, AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW QUITE WORKING. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":813652,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/05/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"06/30/1997","vin":"1FALP47V1VF","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30MPH AND CAMING TO A STOP, ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, STARTED TO ACCELERATE ,VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE,TRIED TO TURN BACK AND VEHICLE STARTED TO GO TOWARDS THE CURB. HIT THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND RAN INTO CURB.SEAT BELTS DID NOT HOLD IN PLACE, DAUGHTER WENT FORWARD AND HIT HEAD ON DASH ,THEN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN A DELAYED REACTION. SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID NOT HOLD SECURE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":813230,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/28/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"06/18/1997","vin":"1FALP45X3VF","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARM: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-12MPH WHEN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT BECAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO FALL OFF, AND THE VEHICLE DROPPING TO THE GROUND. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":519001,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/28/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"06/10/1997","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"FRONT LEFT CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINT CAME APART CAUSING ACCIDENT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":807326,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/30/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"02/05/1997","vin":"1FALP4041VF","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AND ACCELERATED TO SPEEDS OF 35 TO 40MPH 0WITHOUT ANY REASON, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"MUSTANG","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":525788,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/16/1997","vin":"1FALP15P4VW","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"POSSIBLE UNDER DASH HARNESS MAY HAVE CAUSED FIRE TO FORM AROUND THE ASHTRAY RESULTING IN BURN FINGER TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUT FLAMES OUT. NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":501932,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/28/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"02/28/1996","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DESIGN OF EXHAUST PIPE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK THROWS EXHAUST GAS INTO THE FACE OF PERSON STOPPED NEXT TO.*SD","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1997","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]}]}