This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 1999 Ford Mustang. While driving 35 mph, the contact heard a loud noise. The noise was caused by the aluminum rim splitting in half, causing the right front wheel to turn on its own. The wheel detached from the vehicle and the frame dropped. The contact had the vehicle towed to his residence. The current and failure mileages were 96,000.
Vehicle would vibrate severely when driving. Intermittently transmission would not go into gear. Dealer contacted. The dealer could not understand how the transmission had no leaks but was out of transmission fluid. This vehicle has had 2 blown head gaskets, the rear seal in the motor was replaced, the heater core, the transmission, and the catalytic convertor have all been replaced.
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- Bakersfield, CA, USA