2001 Ford Mustang GT Engine cooling Problems

“I just had to pay approx $700 to replace my intake manifold which cracked and caused a coolant leak. Upon fixing this issue, I was informed that this was a Ford recall a few years ago. Seeing as this part has never been replaced on my vehicle, I would like more information on this recall and what can be done.”

“Blown Ford spark plug! I drive a 2001 Ford Mustang Gt, 4.6l v8, and one night I was sitting at a red light and as soon as it turned green I stepped on the gas like any other light and I blew a spark plug. I bought the car used with 10k on it and it blew at 56k. I never replaced the plugs so im guessing they were factory installed. As of today I have replaced both heads but the damage from the blown spark plug seems to have affected my engine block itself. My guess is from driving the car off the road into a parking lot. …”

“I started my vehicle in the morning and I heard a loud noise in the engine. I left the car like that and called my mechanic. When he checked the car, he found out that the spark plug was loose, he just put back. A couple of months later, I heard the noise in the engine again, I knew what the poblem was so I put the plug back in. Some months later (12/04) I had the same problem, but this time the plug wouldn't tighten, so I called my mechanic again. He checked the car and found out that the thread in the spark plug hole had stripped. …”

“2 weeks after I bought the car, I had reported problems with engine and trans and rear-end. They knew about it, but said they did not have the knowledge to work on a seleen, which that is what I was told I was buying at the time. Come to find out it is no. Big difference in price. On or about feb 15th 2006 the engine blew, I had parked it in their parking lot. They had my car for a total of 45 days. Still no trans work or rear-end, they said to bring it back in 30 days. Adding on the linkage was damaged when they had it. I had to pay other shop to fix. …”

“I don't know much about the mechanics of cars, but a spark plug blew out of my 2001 Mustang Gt causing a loud repetitive noise and a notable loss of power. It was still under the 30 day/3000 miles used vehicle warranty and it was fixed at no charge to myself. The same thing happened again a week later and I was told (in the best words that I can describe it) the threading in the hole of the part of the engine that the spark plug screws into, would no longer hold the spark plug and that the engine needed to be sent to a machine shop to bore the hole in deeper costing a around $3000.00.”