1995 Ford Mustang

I WOULD LIKE HELP REGARDING NHSTA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 95V138000 REFERENCING THE PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER READING. THIS IDENTIFIED FORD MUSTANGS (1995) MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JULY 94 - JAN. 95. THE SUMMARY STATED "THESE VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH SPEEDOMETERS REGISTERING SPPED IN MPH BUT THE ODOMETERS INDICATING DISTANCE IN KILOMETERS. THE ODOMETERS WERE INTENDED TO INDICATE DISTANCE IN MILES AND WERE NOT IDENTIFIED WITH THE METRIC 'KM' DESIGNATION. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO. 101, CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS." THE END RESULT WAS THAT FORD DID NOT HAVE TO RECALL THE CARS OR NOTIFY THE OWNERS AS THE NONCOMPLIANCE DID NOT CREATE AN UNREASONABLE RISK TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. MY PROBLEM IS THIS. IF THE MILES REGISTERED ON THE ODOMETER ARE ACTUALLY IN KILOMETERS THAN A VEHICLE THAT SHOWS 77500 ACTUALLY ONLY HAS 47845 MILES (77500 MULTIPLIED TIMES A KILOMETER 0.62137). AS THIS CAR BLEW OUT HEAD GASKETS (ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH FORD AND REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE ON MUSTANGS) AT 77500 MILES, IT SHOULD STILL BE COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY THAT GOES UNTIL 75000 MILES. AS I SPOKE WITH "BILL" AT FORD MOTOR CENTER (800-392-3673) HE SAID THAT THIS WAS CORRECT AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED IF MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED WITHIN THAT TIME. THE DOOR OF THE CAR IS IMPRINTED WITH THE DATE JAN/95. I TOLD HIM THIS AND HE TOOK THE VIN NUMBER AND CALLED ME BACK TO STATE IT SHOULD BE COVERED, HOWEVER, MY CAR WAS RESEARCHED AND FOUND TO ACTUALLY BE MANUFACTURED FEB. 1, 1995 AND NOT IN JANUARY, 1995. HE SAID THE METAL IMPRINT WAS WRONG. I ASKED FOR THIS INFORMATION IN WRITING AND HE WAS NOT SURE THAT WAS POSSIBLE. THE CAR DOES HAVE THE IMPRINT JAN, 1995 AND I HAVE THE ORIGINAL STICKER FOR THE CAR WHICH SHOWS SHIP DATE AS 1/25/95 TO DECKER FORD IN CLOVIS, CA. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN. COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH INFORMATION AS TO YOUR CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 95V138000. DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER AGENCY TO REFER ME TO? THANK YOU LORA MANNIE

A FUSE HAS BLOWN 3 TIMES IN 3 DAYS. IT IS THE FUSE THAT CONTROLS THE SPEEDOMOTER, ODOMETER, INTERIOR LIGHTS, POWER LOCKS, RADIO, CLOCK. WHEN THE FUSE WAS REPLACED THE THIRD TIME IT BLEW IN MY FACE, AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND THERE WAS A BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE AND THERE WAS A DISTINCT STRONG SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. I HAVE HAD MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE I HAVE HAD IT (4 YEARS). ON MANY OCCASIONS THE DASH LIGHT HAS LIT UP DURING THE DAY ALL BY ITSELF. WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED AND THE KEYS ARE OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE LIGHTS ARE NOT ON IT CONTINUES TO DING. WHEN YOU TURN THE VOLUME UP OR DOWN MANY TIMES IT WILL BEGIN TO SCAN CHANNELLS BY ITSELF. ONCE WHEN THE BLINKER WAS TURNED ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON INSTEAD AND THEY WOULD NOT TURN OFF. *AK

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

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