11 problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2002 Ford Mustang. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Ford Mustang based on all problems reported for the 2002 Mustang.
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While idling my car suddenly had cylinder #3 misfire and the spark plug blow out of the cylinder head.
Blew spark plug out.
I had just finished fueling up my car and when I got in to start it up I heard a pop and hissing sound. . . . When I checked it had blown another spark plug and coil out of cylinder 7. . . . It blew one out of cylinder 8 and I had it fixed now cylinder 7 did it. . . . Its obviously common for the 4. 6 motor to do this and I don't find it right that us owners have to constantly fix these problems when its Ford's fault for making this motor.
Spark plug blew out of head and there's a knock coming from the block.
My wife was pulling in to the drive way on her way from doing some errands a drive of less than 5 miles and its a rural road where you cant drive more than 30 miles an hour when she smelt like something was burning. She checked the gauges and everything seemed fine and then saw smoke coming off the hood. She only had time to park the car and get off as the whole engine bay got engulfed in flames. The fire fighters arrived and were able to control the fire from spreading but the front half of the car was totally destroyed.
I have a 2002 Mustang gt bullitt that I bought in July 2013. So far I have had two different incidents where a spark plug has blown the head. The most recent was yesterday 11/23/2013. All I was doing was backing out of my driveway and heard a noise come from the spark plug. Today, I changed the spark plug again, and so far it is running okay for now. But a few weeks ago, I changed the same spark plug, then it worked fine, then it went out again yesterday. So, hopefully it won't happen again, but if it does, I won't be surprised.
The number three (3) spark plug blew out.
While in drive, with the car stopped, the car tries to surge forward by itself. You have to be weary that you keep additional pressure on the brake or the car will burst forward.
The fourth spark plug on my 2002 Ford Mustang gt 4. 6l vehicle blew out. This resulted heavy loss of power, shaking, and more importantly fuel fumes to come out. The incident occurred on an interstate at high-speed and I was very fortunate to safely make it over to the emergency lane. The cost to repair the damage to the car is estimated at $2500. This is a very common safety issue with the Ford 8-cylinder engines for what I gathered through independent research after the incident. The threads are too thin around the spark plug and the heat causes them to blew out - literally.
While braking the vehicles engine died. When this occurred the consumer was not aware that the engine had died until he attempted to press the accelerator.