Safety Score
79
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-04-25 | 96V071000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | 7,900,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WINDOWS WON'T ROLL DOWN AND I'VE SPENT A WHOLE DAY AND AROUND $100 TRYING TO FIX IT. ALL I WANT IS WORKING WINDOWS… |
| 2011-03-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE TURN SIGNALS AND AIR C… |
| 2005-05-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE AND MELTED THE WIRING UNDER… |
| 2003-11-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A FORD MUSTANG 1990. THE ELECTRONICAL SYSTEM HAS GONE DOWN THE TOLIET. BOTH THE ELECTRONICAL FRONT WINDOWS AND T… |
| 2003-07-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THERE ARE 54,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I BOUGHT THE CAR END OF NOVEMBER WHEN THERE WERE ONLY 49,000 MILES ON IT. THE PAIN… |
| 2003-06-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | I AM WRITING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HEADLIGHT/FOGLIGHT SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND THE POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM IT CAN CREATE ON 19… |
| 2002-10-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN AT A STOP AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD CAUSING THE CONSUMER T… |
| 2002-06-18 | WHEELS:RIM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING RIGHT FRONT RIM CRACKED, CAUSING WHEEL TO SHAKE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK |
| 2002-01-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE MY CAR WAS IN FOR INVESTIGATION (SEE OID#75644 FOR THROTTLE ASSEMBLY FAILURE) THE DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH… |
| 2002-01-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE SOUTH OF WASHINGTON DC THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT INTO UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION TO SPEEDS I… |
| 2001-11-27 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | REAR AXLE IS SLIGHTLY OFF ON BOTH SIDES BY A 15 DEGREE ANGLE, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHE… |
| 2001-11-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AT 30 MPH WITH A WOODEN FENCE THAT RESULTED IN AIR BAG DEPLOYING, BUT… |
| 2001-08-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | AFTER PARKING IN THE GARAGE I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, THE KEY BURNED MY HAND IT WAS SO HOT! THEN MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL … |
| 2001-08-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | I PARKED CAR AND WENT IN HOUSE. 20 MINUTES LATER CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIRE MARSHALL SAID IGNITION SWITCH WAS TO … |
| 2001-08-08 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE LEFT REAR AXLE SEAL WAS BAD AND DESTROYED THE BRAKES ON THE REAR AXLE. SO A COMPLETE BRAKE OVER… |
| 2001-06-20 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AND HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. HEADLIGHT… |
| 2001-05-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, ENGINE SHUT OFF 30 MINUTES AFTER PARKING VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, WENT OUTSIDE, … |
| 2000-03-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | RECALL 96V071000; CONSUMER PUT KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT HALFWAY, AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING. CONSUMER UNHO… |
| 2000-01-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON A FREEWAY EXIT, AS SHE WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR THE EXIT, VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT P… |
| 1999-10-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE PARKED VEHICLE EXPLODED AND A FIRE BROKE OUT UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. … |
| 1999-08-24 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 1 | TIE ROD END BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND ACCIDENT (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). MJS |
| 1999-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | HAD ORIGINAL IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED ON 03/05/97 AS PER RECALL. REPLACEMENT IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. CAUSED TWO WIRES T… |
| 1999-07-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | THE FUEL PUMP HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT THAT BURNED THE WIRE HARNESS/ LINKAGES THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND THE FUEL G… |
| 1999-04-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD | No | 0 | THE HOOD BROKE WINDSHIELD, GLASS SUN ROOF,COWL AND ROOF GENERIC HOOD TKY97 12A THE HOOD WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM ASTRO SA… |
| 1999-01-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | AIR BAG EXPLODED INJURING THE CONSUMER. *PH THE AIR BAG EXPLODED IN THE CONSUMERS FACE AND INJURED HER BADLY. *SC… |
| 1998-10-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | EVEN IF THE KEY IS TAKEN OUT THE STARTER KEEPS CRANKING THE CAR. IT KEEPS CANKING TILL THE STARTER DIES. REPLACED START… |
| 1998-08-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SAFETY SEAT BELT BUCKLE WHEN LOCKED SOMETIMES MAKES A CLICKING NOISE. BUT WHEN CLIPPED SHUT IT DOES NOT HOLD, IT POPS … |
| 1998-06-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | FORD REPRESENTATIVE AT 1 800 392 3673 AID SINCE CAR OUT OF WARRANTY NO FINANCIAL HELP WITH REPAIR. I BELIEVE THIS IS A… |
| 1998-03-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURSTED INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY LOST. *AK |
| 1998-01-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN PARKING LOT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALLED. *AK |
| 1998-01-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED AND AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS HAS HAPPENED TO COUNTLESS OTHER FORD MUSTANG OWNERS WHO SAY THAT THE… |
| 1997-07-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | RECALL WAS DONE ON VEHICLE 3MONTHS AGO ON THE IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. DE… |
| 1997-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | FAILED WITH NO WARNING IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC + LOSS OF PWR STRNG + BRKS. |
| 1997-01-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | A BAFFEL INTERNAL TO THE FUEL TANK HAS BROKEN OFF CAUSING A LOUD "CLUNKING" WHEN THE CAR HITS BUMPS. THE FAILURE IS COM… |
| 1997-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FAILED FIVE TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN A FIRE. IN ADDITION, UNDER DASH ELECTRICAL WIRES SHORTED OUT, RESULTIN… |
| 1996-10-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | THE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED WHE THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER A RAILROAD CROSSING. |
| 1996-10-14 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING DIDEWAY COLLISION, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK |
| 1996-09-24 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING TURNED THE CORNER AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, WHICH AT THAT TIME ATTEMPED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE VEHIC… |
| 1996-09-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PINS HAVE RUSTED AND NOW THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND MAY COME OPEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR JU… |
| 1996-09-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FAILED 4 TIMES. |
| 1996-06-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FIRE. *DH |
| 1996-05-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE BURNED UP. |
| 1996-05-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | ANCHOR MOUNT FAILED FOR DRIVER SEAT. SEAT WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP, BUT THE ANCHOR MOUNT ITSELF WAS ATTACHED TO A PI… |
| 1996-04-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK |
| 1996-03-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. *SD |
| 1996-03-21 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 1 | DRIVING, VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED SUDDENLY, HIT VEHICLE IN REAR, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, SEAT BELT DID NOT RES… |
| 1996-03-08 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING. *AK |
| 1996-02-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THEVEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AND THERE WAS A FIRE PRESENT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-01-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ALTERNATOR/CONNECTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE WILL BE SEEN BY DEALER. *AK |
| 1995-12-23 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | PASSENGER SEATBELT BUCKLE COMES LOOSE. TT |