Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1996 Ford Mustang.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 1996 Ford Mustang. The contact stated that while attempting to resell the vehic… |
| 2017-04-18 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | DRIVER AND PASSENGER CUSTOMIZED, AND TUNNIING. RIMS CUSTOMS |
| 2016-05-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE RADIATOR W… |
| 2013-05-19 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS STUCK AND WILL NOT RETRACT. *TR |
| 2010-12-31 | PARKING BRAKE | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 1996 FORD MUSTANG FROM AUTO CREDIT #3 IN AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON. ON 1/2/2011, I RECEIVE THE VEHICLE A… |
| 2010-06-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON JUNE 4, 2010, WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE INTAKE M… |
| 2010-04-14 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME RESISTANT AND … |
| 2007-06-15 | PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL | No | 0 | I READ ABOUT A RECALL FOR PARKING BRAKES FOR 1996 FORD MUSTANGS WITH MANUAL. I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC I BOUGHT ONLINE IN JAN… |
| 2006-03-03 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE COIL SPRINGS FAILED THREE SEPARATE TIMES ON THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME THE REAR SPRINGS B… |
| 2005-12-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF OF MY CAR. *JB |
| 2005-07-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CONSUMER 1996 FORD MUSTANG INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *TS THE CONSUMER FELT TH… |
| 2005-07-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 96 MUSTANG OVERHEATING DUE TO CRACKED INTAKE. DEALER WILL NOT FIX UNLESS I PAY. THERE WAS ONCE A RECALL THAT I WAS NEVE… |
| 2005-06-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1996 FORD MUSTANG REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD GASKET AND RADIATOR.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR WHILE DRIVING ON A TRECHER… |
| 2005-05-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 0 | THE PAINT IS BUBBLING UP AND PEELING OFF THE TRUNK LID OF MY CAR. *TR |
| 2005-03-21 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | THE PAINT HAS BUBBLED AND NOW IS CHIPPING OFF THE CAR. I NOTICED THE BUBBLING SOME YEARS AGO WHEN THE BUBBLES TURNED TO… |
| 2005-01-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | I HAVE 96 MUSTANG GT, AT 21000 MILES INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED IN THE REAR , FORD REPLACED FOR FREE, NOW AT 79000K THE IN… |
| 2004-12-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. … |
| 2004-12-15 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CLUTCH PEDAL CHATTERS WHEN ENGINE AT ABOUT 1500 RPMS. SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY ON COLD DAYS. *NM |
| 2004-12-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. ANTIFREEZE STARTED TO POUR OUT OF TH… |
| 2004-11-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME STUCK AT 40 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWO TIMES IN THE PAS… |
| 2004-06-28 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER RETRCTORS DETERIORATED. THE BELTS WERE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER WAS AF… |
| 2004-06-28 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH DRIVE R AND PASSENGER RETRACTORS DETERIORATED. THE BELTS WERE INOPERABLE WHEN IN USE. CO… |
| 2004-06-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW. THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY ANTIFREEZE LEAKING FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. SMOKE S… |
| 2004-02-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF EVEN AFTER SERVICE. *TR |
| 2004-02-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MY WIFE BOUGHT A USED 1996 FORD MUSTANG V-6 TWO YEARS AGO STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. RECENTLY, THE CAR BEGAN LEAKIN… |
| 2004-01-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START VEHICLE. DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO AN INTAKE MANIF… |
| 2003-12-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 1996 FORD MUSTANG HEAD GASTKETS HAVE GONE OUT. MY CAR HAS 87000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HEARD THAT MANY 95 MUSTANGS HA… |
| 2003-08-05 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK |
| 2003-05-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR'S COOLING SYSTEM WAS DRAINING FLUIDS, AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET CHECKED OUT, THEY TOLD ME T… |
| 2003-04-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE CRACKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM |
| 2003-03-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET DESTROYED ENGINE DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS INSTALLED AT THE MANUFACTURER. *JB |
| 2003-03-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 2 YEARS AFTER COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT, MY MUSTANG HAS BLOWN ANOTHER HEAD GASKET! I HAD TO HAVE MY 96 FORD MUSTANG E… |
| 2003-02-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ON MY 1996 FORD MUSTANG THE PAINT ON MY FRONT FENDER, DRIVERS DOOR, TRUNK LID AND ROOF HAD STARTED PEELING AWAY FROM TH… |
| 2003-02-06 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED AND HIT OTHER VEHICLES, AS THIS HAPPE… |
| 2002-11-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES HER AUTO IS RUNNING HOT, AND SHE HAS TAKEN THE AUTO TO 4 MECHANICS AND EACH HAS SAID THAT THIS PART HAS… |
| 2002-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VECHICLE OVERHEATS RESULTING IN THE COVERGASKET FAILING, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS NOT NOTI… |
| 2002-10-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLES HOOD OPENED AND FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO HOOD SEPARATION. *TS … |
| 2002-08-31 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITH OUT ANY REASON, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVI… |
| 2002-07-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | ENGINE FRONT COVER GASKET ISSUES. MY 1996 V6-3.8L WITH APPROXIMATELY 57,000 MILES REQUIRED A NEW FRONT GASKET COVER. … |
| 2002-06-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT IS FLASHING A CODE, AND NO ONE CAN TELL CONSUMER WHAT THE CODE MEANS. EVERY NOW AND THEN ENGINE CHECK … |
| 2002-05-29 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | BRAKE LIGHTS NEVER INSPECTED. WENT TO TAKE CAR BACK RIGHT AWAY, LIGHTS WERE FIXED BUT FAILURE TO DO A THOROUGH INSPECTI… |
| 2002-05-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | ENGINE OVERHEATED, LOST POWER, NO HEAT FROM HEATER, OIL AND COOLANT MIX IN RADIATOR. TOWED TO FORD SERVICE CENTER. DI… |
| 2002-05-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | AT ANY SPEED STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE AND COULD CAUSE LOSS IN STEERING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2002-05-17 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED DUE TO PLASTIC MATERIAL USED ON ORIGINAL PART - REPLACEMENT PART IS MADE OF ALUMINUM AND PLASTIC… |
| 2002-04-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND TAP THE CAR IN FRONT, AS A RESULT … |
| 2002-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PRIOR WARNING THE BRAKES JUST FAILED TO RESPOND. NEXT TIME I TURNED MOTOR ON THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME O… |
| 2002-02-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO AUTO CENTER FOR A SQUEAK BEHIND TIRE, THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BUSTING AT A … |
| 2002-01-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND LOST ALL COOLANT ON THE HIGHWAY. MECHANIC REPORTED PROBLEM IS NOT UNCOMMON, BUT NO RECALL … |
| 2001-12-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE. WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED OTHER ENGINE PROBLEMS. I CAN'T GET ANOTHER MECHANIC IN TOWN TO TOUCH IT. SO … |
| 2001-12-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD BROKE, CAUSING A LEAK. *AK |