SILENT RECALL ON 03 Cobras???!!!

DavidCroft · Aug 18, 2004

So I was talking to someone who had one of the first 10 03 Cobras and they were from NJ, but moved to San Antonio. They had 78,550 miles on it because they made trips back and forth. They said at 60,000 miles the left head gasket assembly blew and Ford replaced it. Does anyone have any more info on this?

Firemanz · Aug 19, 2004

Try searching on www.svtperformance.com as well......

I'm in S.A. too.

krly79 · Aug 19, 2004

All of fords recalls are silent. If you don't ask about something you don't know about, they won't tell you.

sacstoy02gt · Aug 19, 2004

krly79 said:
All of fords recalls are silent. If you don't ask about something you don't know about, they won't tell you.

How would that explain the letter they sent for the tie rods of my '95 explorer, or the lug nuts of my dad's '97 F-150, or the iginition switch of my dad's '88 F-150.....

GT-03 · Aug 19, 2004

They aren't "silent". Ford (as do the others) send a letter to registered owners.

I would suspect that these people never did a change-of-address with Ford when they moved to San Antonio. Therefore, they couldn't get the letter.

Check out
http://myford.fordvehicles.com/

krly79 · Aug 19, 2004

sacstoy02gt said:
How would that explain the letter they sent for the tie rods of my '95 explorer, or the lug nuts of my dad's '97 F-150, or the iginition switch of my dad's '88 F-150.....

ummm... Well, see.....

...

flexiclese · Aug 19, 2004

Supposedly, I heard this from a guy whom designs electrical systems/ ignitions for Ford (and other OEMs) that they had major cooling system issues with the blown Cobras when they first came out and actually halted production on them for something like 6 months in the beginning. There was some kind of problem with cooling/flow to the rear 2 cylenders. I cannot verify this myself, but everything else this fellow has said before and since has held true.

sacstoy02gt · Aug 19, 2004

krly79 said:
ummm... Well, see.....

...

I knew what you meant though. If you aren't on record with Ford with what vehicle(s) you own, you aren't going to get any notification. Unless you go looking, you won't know what recalls are out there.
But, if Ford knows what you have(i.e. you went through Ford Credit to finance) and you find out about a recall without hearing from Ford directly, it would be a good idea to let someone @ Ford know that they didn't inform you!

JonJon · Aug 19, 2004

flexiclese said:
Supposedly, I heard this from a guy whom designs electrical systems/ ignitions for Ford (and other OEMs) that they had major cooling system issues with the blown Cobras when they first came out and actually halted production on them for something like 6 months in the beginning. There was some kind of problem with cooling/flow to the rear 2 cylenders. I cannot verify this myself, but everything else this fellow has said before and since has held true.

There was a production halt but I don't remember the reasoning...

94Gtstock-newclutch · Aug 19, 2004

they are still having trouble with the rear two cyl.

Skud · Aug 19, 2004

There is a company out there who runs a line from the back of the driver-side head to the heater core.

I think the reason is that there is nowhere for the water to go in the back of the driver head and it just sits there and doesn't get replaced with water from the rad. The tube allows the water to flow to the heater core return line just like the passenger-side does..

I think the name of the company is "Apten". Do a search for "Apten cooling mod" on modular depot or corral..

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