Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1992 Ford Mustang.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN TURNING THE KEY IN THE I… |
| 2006-07-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR A SHORT CIRCUIT WITH THE IGNITION SWIT… |
| 2006-02-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 1992 FORD MUSTANG LX. CLOCKSPRING IN STEERING WHEEL JAMMED. STEERING WHEEL VERY HARD TO TURN. I COULD DO IT BUT IF M… |
| 2006-02-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND THE VEHICLE WAS PUL… |
| 2004-06-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, SHE LIFTED UP THE HOOD, AND NOTICED THAT THE WIRE ATTACHMENT WAS UNRAVELING FROM… |
| 2003-04-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AT 29000 MILES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *NLM |
| 2003-03-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL 96 V 071 000. IGNITION ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTED IN TURN S… |
| 2003-02-04 | STEERING | Yes | 1 | NAR 6-03-2003 *MR ENCLOSED ATTACHED CRASH REPORTS THAT OCCURRED IN OHIO TURNPIKE. FEBRUARY 2003. STEERING MALFUNCT… |
| 2002-12-06 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THERE WERE FIRE FLAME SPOTS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. D… |
| 2002-09-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 96V071000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND DEALER ST… |
| 2002-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE, AND HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK |
| 2002-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE IGNITION SWITCH BECAME VERY HOT WHILE DRIVING AND INTERMITTENTLY SHORTED OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO "JIGGLE" IGNITION TO… |
| 2001-08-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL INTAKE SCREEN CLOGS UP WITH SILICONE. OIL CANNOT FLOW THROUGH PUMP, CAUSING ENGINE TO BURN OUT.*AK |
| 2001-06-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN TURNED OFF A FIRE STARTED AFTER DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE WHICH CONSUMED THE ENGINE AND PASSENG… |
| 2001-05-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON INTERSTATE ETC., ON WARM DAYS, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BUILD UP HEAT AND FLUID PRACTICALLY EXPLO… |
| 2001-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | FIRE BROKE OUT UNDER HOOD OF VEHICLE. FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. CONSUMER WA… |
| 2000-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | AUTOMOBILE TEND TO STOP WHILE IDLING AND GOING AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE RPM INDICATOR JUMPS ALL AROUND DURING THIS PROCEDUR… |
| 2000-09-10 | PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL | Yes | 0 | CAR WAS PARKED. EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED. CAR ROLLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY ,ACROSS STREET AND INTO DITCH.*AK |
| 2000-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS STALLED 2 TIMES AND BOTH TIMES THE IGNITION MODULE WAS REPLACED, THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS A… |
| 2000-02-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH IS NOT WORKING. THIS FAILURE IS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEM IN RECALL 96V71000. *AK |
| 1999-08-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. MJS |
| 1999-01-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | NONE |
| 1998-12-22 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. MECHANIC REFUSED TO LOOK OR … |
| 1998-08-04 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PUMP IS NOISY AND LOSS OF STEERING ASSISTANCE OCCURS. DEALER STATES THE PUMP IS BURNED OUT AND NEEDS TO… |
| 1997-10-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRING HARNESS SHORTED OUT, RESULTING IN A FIRE. IN ADDITION, HEADLAMPS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. *AK |
| 1997-08-26 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | OWNER WAS DRIVING AND LOST MOST OF HIS BRAKE FLUID. *AK |
| 1997-08-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE IGNITION WAS OFF, AND THERE WAS AND ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS, CA… |
| 1997-03-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED. |
| 1997-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL PUMP FAILURE, RESULTING IN ALMOST TOTAL OIL STARVATION TO THE UPPER ENGINE CYLINDER AREA. ALSO REPLACED CAMSHAFT A… |
| 1996-12-24 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, CAUSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO FAIL, IMPAIRING VISIBILITY. *AK |
| 1996-12-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING AND THERE WAS A FIRE UNDER THE FRONT HOOD. *AK |
| 1996-12-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING AND SMELLED RUBBER BURNING, RESULTING IN VEHICLE CATCHING ON FIRE . *AK |
| 1996-11-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AFTER IT HAD RAINED AND WHEN MAKING A TURN AROUND ON A CURB, THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND LOST … |
| 1996-11-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | DOOR LOCKS ON DRIVER'S SIDE FREEZE AND WILL NOT OPEN DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, DOORS WILL NOT OPEN OR UNLOCK WHEN … |
| 1996-10-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, EARLY THE NEXT MORNING VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE, SHERIFF'S DEPT ARRIVED, OWNER HAD PU… |
| 1996-09-16 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERATIVE.(SECOND VEHICLE ON 509082) |
| 1996-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-05-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE IT WAS PARKED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-05-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. *SD |
| 1996-04-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION, THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. |
| 1996-04-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | IGNITION FIRE. *AK |
| 1996-03-15 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONTAL COLLISION; VEHICLE HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE; IMPACT SEVERE ENOUGH TO PUSH VEHICLE 4… |
| 1996-01-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OFF DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE. |
| 1995-12-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE FIRE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT IN THE IGNITION. TT |
| 1995-12-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | Yes | 1 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER IN ACCIDENT. TT |
| 1995-10-17 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 0 | AXLE SEPARATION AT BRAKE DRUM. RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. TT *SLC |
| 1995-09-09 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | UPON FRONTAL IMPACT, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT |
| 1995-09-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. TT |
| 1995-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | REPLACED WARPED FRONT BRAKES 3 TIMES. PE94-058. TT |
| 1995-07-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, NOTICE FLAME COMING OUT OF THE SPEEDOMETER AREA. TT |