2006 Ford Mustang Visibility & Wipers Problems

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ONE CHILLY MORNING I COULD NOT FEEL ANY WARM AIR COMING FROM THE HEAT OR THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER. I HAD TO RETURN TO HOME BECAUSE THE WINDOWS WERE FOGGING UP AND I HAD NO HEAT. I DROVE ANOTHER CAR TO WORK THAT DAY. I LATER DISCOVERED THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING GASKET HAD A SLOW LEAK AND ALLOWED MOST OF THE ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK OUT. THIS WAS THE REASON THE DEFROSTER WAS NOT WORKING ALSO THE THERMOSTAT IS NO LONGER IN CONTACT WITH ANY FLUID, ONLY THE PLASTIC HOUSING, AND THE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR NEVER READ MUCH ABOVE COLD WHILE MY ENGINE IS OVERHEATING INTERNALLY DUE TO LOW COOLANT. AFTER REPLACING THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING AND SENSOR I STILL SMELL ANTIFREEZE LEAKING FROM SOME WHERE POSSIBLY THE HEAD GASKET AND HAVE TO TOP OFF THE RADIATOR MORE FREQUENTLY. I BELIEVE THIS DESIGN, PLACING THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING, IS A SAFETY HAZARD. FIRST OFF IF YOU HAVE A COOLANT LEAK THE DEFROSTER WILL JUST STOP WORKING WHILE YOUR TEMPERATURE READING WILL BE NORMAL OR STILL COLD. SECONDLY ENGINE FAILURE COULD OCCUR, DUE TO A FALSE TEMPERATURE INDICATION, AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. *TR

ALL I WAS DOING WAS CLEANING OUT MY CAR AND THEN GOT IN THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS MY TIRE. I INSPECTED MY TIRES THEN SAW MY WINDSHIELD. I INVESTIGATED THE WINDSHIELD AND SAW NO HOLES OR ANYTHING AT ALL. THE TEMPERATURE WAS THE SAME AS ALWAYS AND THE WINDOWS WERE DOWN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD MUSTANG. WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS SHUT, THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED. THE DEALER STATED THAT AN OBJECT MUST HAVE STRUCK THE WINDOW. THE CONTACT WAS CONFIDENT THAT NOTHING STRUCK THE WINDOW AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR DAMAGES OR SCRATCHES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HEADLIGHTS AND HEATER WOULD NOT OPERATE WHEN ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED AN ACCUMULATION OF WATER LEAKED ONTO THE PASSENGER FLOOR THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD LOWER SEAM. THE WATER LEAKAGE RESULTED TO A SHORTAGE IN THE SMART JUNCTION BOX WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE MALFUNCTION. THE TECHNICIAN RESEALED THE WINDSHIELD AREA. THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,704.

NUMEROUS LITTLE FAILURES. GAS LIGHT STAYS ON, LEVERS ON SEAT BACKS BOTH BROKEN, SIDE MIRRORS NEEDED REPLACED, BOTH SIDES. WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR SURGES, THEN CHOKES, SURGES AGAIN. *JB

2005/06/07 REAR WINDOW GLASS DISTORTION AND FRONT WINDSHIELD LEFT & RIGHT BOTTOM CORNER DISTORTION CLAIMED BY FORD FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER, PAUL BERARDI TO BE WITHIN FORD DESIGN SPEC'S. SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SEAT LOOKING OUT LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT WINDSHIELD ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE "WAVING" WHITE LINES ON HIGHWAY CAUSING DISTRACTION OF ATTENTION. THE MOST SERIOUS DISTRACTION OCCURS AT NIGHT WITH APPROACHING/FOLLOWING HEADLIGHTS REFLECTED THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW DISTORTION INTO THE REAR VIEW MIRROR "FLASHING". HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE THESE CARS BEEN INVOLVED IN AT NIGHT? HOW MANY OF THE DRIVERS REPORTED SEEING "FLASHING" HEADLIGHTS IN THEIR REAR VIEW MIRROR? HOW MANY INSURANCE COMPANIES OR POLICE REPORTS RECORDED SUCH A CLAIM? *JB