Safety Score
79
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1989 Ford Mustang.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-02 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEAT BELTS PULL OUT AND LATCH HOWEVER THE CROSS BODY PORTION DOES NOT RECEDE BACK INTO FRAME, ONLY CONTINUES TO LOOSEN … |
| 2014-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION KEY BECAME EXTREMELY HOT. THE CONTACT HA… |
| 2011-06-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE MUSTANG AND FOLLOWING ME AT NIGHT. SHE HAD THE FOG LAMPS TURNED ON ALONG WITH THE HEADLAMPS AN… |
| 2008-03-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD MUSTANG. WHENEVER THE KEY IS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION TO START THE ENGINE, THE VEHIC… |
| 2006-10-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING OUT OF NO WHERE THE CAR WILL ACCERATOR ON ITS OWN,,THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY,,SOME TIMES NOT FOR A WEEK,, AND… |
| 2005-11-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | I JUST FILED A COMPLAINT 10-15-06, AND AFTER GOING OVER MY ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED MY 1989 MUSTANG ON 11-05,, I DO BELIE… |
| 2003-03-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL #96 V 071 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER W… |
| 2002-08-26 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING CONSUMER HIT BRAKES AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY IN LOCKED POSITION. D… |
| 2002-08-16 | SEATS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, AND WHEN CONSUMER HIT BRAKES, DRIVER'S SEAT FULLY RECLINED, DISTRACTING CONSUMER VIEW WHILE DRIVING.… |
| 2002-08-09 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | FRONT PASSENGER LAP SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY IN LOCKED POSITION ,AND IS CAUSING CONSUMER NOT TO HAVE A SEAT BELT ON WHI… |
| 2002-08-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED ON STEERING WHEEL IT CAUSES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. DEALER … |
| 2002-01-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 96V071000. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND TOOK VEHICLE ON APPOINTED DATE. AFTER PICKING UP VEHICLE, NO… |
| 2000-10-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS, THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE SURGES AND CUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING RESULTING… |
| 2000-10-05 | TIRES:SIDEWALL | No | 0 | SIDEWALL DISINTINGRATED, INNER AND OUTER, WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. NOTHING WAS IN THE ROAD THAT WAS HIT OR ANYTHING. … |
| 2000-07-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 96V071000 AND CONTACTED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS OF IGNITION SWITCH. 4 YEARS LATER… |
| 2000-05-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | RECALL 96V071000/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE HAD A BROKEN IGNITION SWITCH, AND CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT T… |
| 2000-05-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE MECHANIC CONCLUDED THAT THE THROTTLE SURGING HAD … |
| 2000-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | A FIRE STARTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS AND ALTERNATOR WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *AK … |
| 2000-04-15 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | I HAD ADDED OIL THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, AND I CLOSED THE HOOD. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING (TRAVELING OVER THE … |
| 2000-02-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | SUDDEN ACCELERATION, UPON APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CON… |
| 1999-08-23 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) | No | 0 | THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS UNLESS CAR WAS OFF. ALSO CLUTCH CABLE BROKE, AND THE GEARS GRIND GOING IN REVERSE… |
| 1999-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | I HAVE RECENTLY CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. MY FRIEND HAS A 1988 MUSTA… |
| 1999-07-02 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 1 | WHILE MY WIFE WAS GETTING INTO THE CAR THE LEFT FRONT STUD BROKE OUT OF THE SEATBACK FRAME. FROM THE SUDDEN MOVE TO TH… |
| 1999-04-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE RECEIVED RECALL REPAIR WORK ON THE IGNITION SYSTEM (96V-071) ON APRIL 21, 1999 ON APRIL 26, 1999 VEHICLE FIRE D… |
| 1999-02-25 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | THE PLASTIC DESIGN OF THE HEADLIGHTS GETS FADED AND OPAQUE, CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO BE DIMMER, AND MAY RESULT IN VI… |
| 1999-01-13 | EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL | No | 0 | A PENNY WAS DROPPED INTO THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE WIRING WAS BURNED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICL… |
| 1999-01-13 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 3 | HOLE IN THE GAS TANK CAUSED FUSE INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND FUEL TO SPILL OUT OF THE TOP RESULTING IN A RUSTED MUFFLER AND … |
| 1998-12-29 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | EACH WINTER I REPLACE 1 OR BOTH OF THE EXT. HANDLES. THE INT. HANDLES BECOME HARD TO OPERATE AND EVENTUALLY REQUIRE SER… |
| 1998-10-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED INJURIES. CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEAS… |
| 1998-08-03 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE FACTORY INSTALLED SUN ROOF SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BRACKET RUSTED. THE MANUFACTUR… |
| 1998-01-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN | No | 0 | COOLING FAN/ROOF CRACKED AT UPPER LEFT CORNER OF HATCH AREA/SEAT BELT RETRACTORS MALFUNCTIONED/ DRIVER'S SEAT FEELS WOB… |
| 1997-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FIRE. |
| 1997-08-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL FOR IGNITION SWITCH, STATES THAT DEALER WILL REPLACE SWITCH WITH NEW ONE. DEALER DID NOT, TH… |
| 1997-03-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK |
| 1997-01-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLES CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED DUE TO A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE AREA OF THE UNDERHOOD. *AK |
| 1996-09-16 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FAILURE OF THE REAR LAP BELT, THE BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE, HAD TO CUT THE BELT TO GET CHILD OUT. *AK |
| 1996-08-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS DOUBLE PARKED ON SLIGHT INCLINE, BOTH PASSENGER'S/DRIVER'S DOORS OPEN, EMERGENCY BRAKES ON, KEY WAS NOT IN … |
| 1996-08-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTORS, SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT.*AK |
| 1996-08-08 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT MOUNTING BOLT TORE AWAY FROM BODY FRAME RAIL. |
| 1996-07-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | DOOR LATCH/STRIKER FAILED. (PENNSYLVANIA POLICE REPORT) |
| 1996-07-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 1 | IGNITION SWITCH FIRE AFTER RECALL REPAIR. |
| 1996-07-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL FIRE. |
| 1996-07-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE FAULTY IGNITION FAILED AFTER RECALL REPAIR CAUSING IT TO CATCH ON FIRE. |
| 1996-07-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH (ELECTRICAL) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. |
| 1996-07-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FRAME FRAME IS UNSTABLE AND COULD SEPARATE AT ANY TIME (DEALER OWNED). *AK |
| 1996-06-17 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN YOU START THE VEHICLE GAS LEAKS FROM THE TANK AND ALSO WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED.*AK |
| 1996-06-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT SO THAT IT MAY RESTRAIN OCCUPANT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK |
| 1996-05-03 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE DRIVERS SEAT ANCHORS HAVE COME OUT AND TAKING SOME OF THE FLOORBOARD WITH THEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. |
| 1996-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH FIRE PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD |
| 1996-04-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, UNKNOWN SOURCE OF FIRE. *AK |