Five problems related to gasoline engine have been reported for the 2000 Ford Mustang. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Ford Mustang based on all problems reported for the 2000 Mustang.
Took my 2000 Mustang to the dealer to repair a knocking problem I was hearing when the car accelerated. Eventually after 3 visits and talking to 3 service advisors the knocking was heard. They replaced $1300 worth of parts, and said it was fixed. Drove it no more than 10 minutes and took it right back because the knocking was not fixed. They then told me that the motor was something inside the motor. So I had it replaced. Was returned 1 week later due to a problem with it staying running. The problem was identified as a rocker arm that had come loose. The car was returned 2 weeks later for the same knocking issue that was originally reported and no one knew what is wrong with it.
(1)normal driving no racing just normal driving (2)my spark plug stripped out the threads in my head of my 2000 Mustang gt now I need to replace cylinder head or have it helicoiled. The design of the head is at fault in my opinion, there isn't enough threads on the cylinder head to properly hold the spark plug in place. (3) have not been able to repair due to cost.
Car since new has had a multitude of failures to include the total failure of the parking brake, total evacuation of the master brake cylinder of fluid, brake go to the floor, clutch assembly vibrates to the point it is audable in the car and can be felt in the controls, rear end claunks, the body is miss alligned, engine misses at idle, these are all problems since new, Ford has just looked at the car for the fifth time and has failed to respond to major safety items.
Fuel consumption is not what it should be, vehicle is a 6cyl, 3. 8 ltr engine, 15gl tank, consumer gets 200-210 miles per tank, not 320-340 as owner's manual states. Vehicle has been to dealer 4 times for this, cannot remedy. Twice vehicle was picked up by consumer and vehicle had been dented while at dealer.
Car died out while driving at 45mph, almost went off the road because power brakes went out. This is happening to a lot of 1999-2001 Mustang gts and Ford seems to not know how to fix it.