1989 Ford Mustang GT from North America - Comments

New engine, fuel pump, misc. parts that while minor still leave you on the side of the road.

Only had it since January and has been nothing but problems. I know the previous owners and they rebuilt the transmission, and did a lot of other needed repairs. Basically this is a brand new car yet it still finds a way to break down once a month. AAA is a must!!

Great American muscle car, yes it has left me on the side of the road once, but no matter what car you buy, it will always have a glitch.

For every Mustang that has had problems, I know of 5 that are still going strong with 150k+ miles that haven't had any major breakdowns.

Hey listen, 9 out of 10 Mustangs are beaten by kids. They mess around and beat the crap out of them. Sorry to hear you bought one of these. If the car has a rebuilt tranny and engine, it pretty much means the crap has been beaten out of it or improper maintenance.

My 90 GT has 108,000 miles and runs fine. Strong and fast as hell. Never any major problems. Always a rush to drive. Change the oil every 2000.

Mustangs and a lot of other Fords always have tranny and A/C problems. I think people need to keep their comments to their self when saying a kid or using the word teenager I have seen plenty of people that are not teenagers, not even close, who still beat the hell out of their cars. A guy that lives a couple blocks from me has a red Mustang Convertible and everytime I see him he is peeling out or hauling ass up the canyon or cutting someone off and you know what, he is in his 50's and the little bit of hair that is left on his head is all gray. I can name a ton more people that are in their 30's, 40's, 50's, and 60's that speed and abuse their cars constantly. And you have probably guessed it, I am a teenager, but I take better care of my cars than any of you do.

I have a 1989 Ford Mustang GT that I purchases 5 years ago. It has 94,000 actual miles on it. Last October, a man pulled out in front of me and I crunched the front end. My husband and I had it fixed. We had a ram-air hood installed on it and a new paint job from front to back. It is royal blue with white rally stripes. I love my car, but now it seems like it is cursed since I had the wreck. We had the transmission rebuilt and a few other minor things has happened, but I just blame that on the age of the car. I have a 10 year old daughter and I promised her I would let her drive it when she got her license and my sister said my car wouldn't be around in 6 years. My husband knows this car inside and out. If I want it to be running in 6 years, he'll make sure it is. Even though it has left me stranded, I wouldn't get rid of this car for anything!!!

9 out of 10 times you can prevent your car from breaking down just by listening and watching for anything unusual (strange sounds, leaks and smells).

Maintaining your car regulary helps a lot too. I am a mechanic and every day I see people driving their cars to death and then blaming car manufacturers for making them poorly. I would like all of you, who do this, to understand, CARS ARE COMPLEX PIECES OF MACHINERY, so treat them as such, and you`ll have a lot less problems with them.

Hey, you said you know the people that owned it before you and they had some problems with it. So you knew that it had problems before you got it, so why the hell did you buy it? Don't blame it on Ford, look at the surveys, most people have good luck with theirs and I'm one of them. 190,000 miles, very little problems, and that mechanic is right, you have to take care of your cars, that's why mine has been so good, I've taken good care of my Mustang and Ranger.

I bought our 1990 Mustang GT 5.0 convertible in '94, it had been traded in, and had only 14K miles. The car now has 135K miles and has literally been one of the best running cars I have ever owned. I did rebuild the transmission and I needed a fuel pump one time but other than that... that's it! Just regular maintenance.

Our Mustang is a really fun car to drive and gives you an "I'm alive and having a ball" feeling when you put the top down and zip around town on a nice day... and what else can you ask for from a sports car?

Proud owner of a 1989 Mustang GT, love it to death, hate to sell it, but Maine winters are tough to drive such cars, This is my 4th 5.0 (never can make up my mind) my first was a 1982 GL 5.0 4 speed what a trip!!! then I had an 86 GT nice, but not as fast as the 82, next I went to an 88 Gt Convertible, now the 89 GT, all have had minor problems, nothing major (heatercore fog light switches, etc) I take care of my cars, do all my own maintenance, they are not the best "family car" but way too much fun to drive, I am 35 years old and have 2 kids under 8 years old, plenty of room for them in the back, I am told I drive too slow to be driving a GT, (especially by my kids telling me to go faster) but there is a time and a place for everything when the kids are in the car, it is not the time!!! My brother is a big Toyota fan as well as all the other imports he says they will last longer, then he had to replace his timing belt on his 91 acura legend $2500 later he is starting to change his mind I will live and die a mustang owner!!!

Hi I own a 1990 mustang gt. It has 98,000 miles on it and it hasn't had anything wrong with it except the alternator a week ago. So don't insult a mustang because you bought a piece of crap its not ford's fault. I think most of use owners take offense to it. Mustangs are great cars and they always will be.

Hey all I bought a 95 mustang GT convertable First 5 speed ever owned. Nice looking and a nice cruiser, Definelty got it when needed. Very Fun to drive, I ve owned it for about 5 months and it had 93,000 miles on it. now I'm approcahing 100,000, About a week ago to date I went out to my buddy house to go riddin I decided since it was cold to take my car out to the place we ride IE its starting to get cold so its nice to have a Heated car to sit in fora few minutes to get warm. Well When I went to back out of his driveway the car just died Boom no sudden power loss, Like it automaticly shut off. And I could start it for about 10 minutes. Well I didn't think anyting of figured somehow I flooded it even though it fuel injected I know its not plausable. Well when it finnaly started it did start and no problems. All the power needed and then some. My car Smokes none what so ever. Well the next day I went up to my buddy house to talk a bit with him after driving around all day and no problems went to go out to run to the store and same thing it didn't start. I took a while and then finnaly started again. Well half way accros town. It died right as I took in first thru a intersection so I stayed there for a while trying to start it and nothing so we walked up the street to another friends house to get out a of the cold for a few. Well we come back and figure that maybe its the saftey Cut off switch in the trunk. Well it had been tripped and so we reset it and Fired right up. No problems for the rest of the night. Woke up that morning went up to the atletic club worked out went to my friends house again and started no problems went to alberstons to do an online application. It took 30 minutes or so came outside notta and finnaly walked home and about 2 hours latter came down and started jsut fine. got it home and let it set for about 20 minutes and it wouldn't start. So finnaly I m sure it the fuel filter it was Dirty VERY DIRTY so I changed it and the car fired up and seemed to run better cruised to my buddy house to laugh in his face over my acomplishments and he went to start it and it did Rev it upa few times to listen to it second rev it jsut died again after the filter was changed. Couldnt start it at all so waited and tried nothing finnaly walked home. left it at his house overnight and started fine the next day no problems. I drive it a lot that day stop start stop start and then I go to another buddys house and go inside for an hr and come out NO DICE didn't start. Well this time I checked the fuel cutoff relay again it was tripped yet again. And so I reset it and it started no problem. Went home let it idle for a long time no problems turned it off and then back on no problems. go to bed wake up go to the club cruise around all day let it sit for about 2 hours go to start it and Notta this Brings me to right now. I checked the switch to see if it was dirty or malfuctioning and even purposely triped so I could reset it. the pump kicks on, but no dice. It has a MSD SUPER COIL AND ACCELL CAP AND ROTOR MSD PLUG WIRE AND NGK PLUGS. it needs a Air filter, but the old one still lets in more than enough air, I m gonna buy one anyway. Well that's it, That brings you all the way to this point. Absoulty No problems when driving No powerloss I mean at all. Infact better response smoother idle. Well I m gonna go try starting it again. wish me luck... PS ANY IDEAS.

I have an 89 GT with 70k original Miles and I love this car more than any other car and I have owned many, There is nothing like these cars, These are the best years ever. Did I mention I love my car???

Hello all,

I own a 1988 Ford Mustang GT. I have recently put in a new tranmission and changed the rear to 373 gear ratio. Well I don't think something is right - in OD it will jerk in the rear. I know it is kicking down, but so hard, and when in drive it feels as if there are only two gears changing, and the mechanic says it fine, but it just doesn't feel right.

It is an awesome car, I love it a lot, but I would like to know if anyone could help?

The rpms go up when in drive. At being pegged out it wanted to overheat. I shifted to OD, it was fine, but then the other day, I went to the mechanic and he says when you change gears from OD to drive, the rpms are supposed to go down, and mine go up... HELP.