Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-11-24 | 97V216000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | 8,000 | — | Details |
| 1997-09-30 | 97V165000 |
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR | 2,250 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Rear right parking brake does not engage and when trying to come to an emergency stop brake is ineffective |
| 2020-01-31 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | STIRRING-WHEEL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON GETTING HIT HEAD-BUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DID DEPLOY BUT DUE TO THE DEFECT ST… |
| 2019-08-30 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT. WORK , CANNOT PULL OUT TO USE IT... THE REPAIR SHOP IS HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING. A … |
| 2017-10-21 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, NEITHER FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED |
| 2016-05-05 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | ON MAY 5, 2016, I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 395 (NEVADA). DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH DUE TO RAIN/HAIL. I FELT MY CAR BEGI… |
| 2015-05-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD MUSTANG. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, IT WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDE… |
| 2014-06-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FUEL FILLER NECK GROMMET IS LEAKING. ACCORDING TO FORD, IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT...IT CAUSES A GASOLINE LEAK IF I… |
| 2014-04-30 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I WAS BRAKING AT A RED LIGHT BEHIND A TOYOTA PRIUS. WHEN I HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY STOPPED, MY CAR LURCHED FORWARD, WITH … |
| 2010-10-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | INTAKE MANIFOLD DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE HOUSING UNDER THE THERMOSTAT. THIS WAS REPORTED AS TSB 97M91. *TR |
| 2010-01-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD MUSTANG WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 1998. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF HIS H… |
| 2009-08-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1999 FORD MUSTANG WITH A 1998 USED ENGINE INSTALLED INTO IT. I ONLY HAD 1 REAL PROBLEM WITH IT A… |
| 2009-05-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN STEERING STABILITY. EVERYTHING FROM THE POWER STEERING PUMP TO THE RACK AND PINION… |
| 2009-04-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE HAS LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. FOUND RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE ON LINE, HOWEVER, MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT CORRESPON… |
| 2008-08-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | CAR IS HARD TO START OR LONG START CYCLE, FUEL PUMP CHECK VALVE LEAKING REQUIRING FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. *TR |
| 2008-06-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 FORD MUSTANG . THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGIN… |
| 2008-05-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 5 | TL-THE DRIVER OWNED A 1998 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS UNKNOWN, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO… |
| 2007-09-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | HOOD LATCH FAILED CAUSING WINDSHIELD TO BE BADLY DAMAGED AND A SMALL CRASH. *TR |
| 2006-08-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED, ANTIFREEZE LEAKED HEAVILY FROM THE VEHICLE. A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP IN… |
| 2006-08-16 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IN ORDER FOR THE HEADLIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE, THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON AND OFF… |
| 2005-11-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP BROKE DOWN. *NM |
| 2005-09-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER IN 1998 MUSTANG STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. IT WILL SOMETIMES GAUGE SPEED INCORRECTLY, AND TELL I A… |
| 2005-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON. WAS TOLD FAULTY HEAD GASKET. LOSING COOLANT WITH NO VISABLE LEAKS. ESTIMATED $1200.00 RE… |
| 2005-05-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | DT: 1998 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONSUMER STATES THE AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED. THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING AND THE V… |
| 2005-04-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. AS A RESULT, THE COOLANT LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK |
| 2005-04-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | 1998 FORD MUSTANG GT HAS FUMES ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. *MR THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO H… |
| 2005-02-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELTS IN THE FRONT DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY BECAUSE THEY HANG DOWN AND DO NOT RETRACT, MAKING IT DANGEROUS IF T… |
| 2004-12-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CONSUMER SMELLED ANTIFREEZE. LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OPER… |
| 2004-08-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE ACCELERATING, THEN STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE… |
| 2004-08-10 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK | Yes | 0 | I WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY BIZARRE ACCIDENT. ON AUGUST 10, 2004 AT 8:30 AM, I WAS GOING TO WORK USING THE HIGHWAY I REGU… |
| 2004-08-10 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | <PAGE 2 > MY LIFE, AS WELL AS ANOTHER HUMAN BEINGS LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN AT STAKE DUE TO SOMEONE WANTING TO MAKE SOME M… |
| 2004-08-10 | STEERING:COLUMN | Yes | 0 | <PAGE 3> I'VE ALSO SEEKED LEGAL ADVICE, AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT I WAS FRAUDED, AND THAT I DO HAVE A CASE, HOWEVER T… |
| 2004-08-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | PROBLEMS WITH GAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. *MR EVERYTIME THE GAS TANK WAS FILLED 1/2 TO FULL, GAS LEAKED AT THE CONNEC… |
| 2004-06-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 60 MPH STARTED TO SMELL ANTI-FREEZE. WHEN I CHECKED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I FOUND THAT … |
| 2004-05-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED SEAT BELTS ON BOTH SIDES WERE DEFECTIVE. THEY WILL NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR R… |
| 2004-05-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE | Yes | 1 | I HIT A TREE AFTER DRIVING OFF THE ROAD AND THE CAR BECAME INGULFED IN FLAMES AND SOON BURNED THE CAR TO NUTHING BUT ST… |
| 2004-02-01 | PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVE WAY WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON AND IN GEAR. IT HIT A HOUSE AND TOTALED THE VEHICLE. … |
| 2004-01-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE CONSUME… |
| 2003-08-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | DRIVER NOTICED WHILE CHECKING THE FLUIDS, THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A CRACK. CONSUMER HAS NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP. *… |
| 2003-08-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB |
| 2003-06-24 | VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ON HIGH THEY FAIL. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2003-06-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | THE FIRST TIME THE CAR JUST QUITE ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHILE WE WERE ON VACATION. THE SECO… |
| 2003-01-08 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | BOTH SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE BEGUN TO FAIL TO OPERATE. IT TAKES AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF COAXING TO CAUSE THE SEALT BELTS… |
| 2002-11-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | FAILURE TO IDLE RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, NO RESERVE ON POWER BRAKES. DT |
| 2002-10-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | Yes | 0 | ENGINE ACCELERATED FOUR TIMES AT A HIGH RPM FROM AN IDLE POSITION WHILE THE MOTOTR WAS ENGAGED. DT *TS |
| 2002-10-03 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WE TOOK CAR IN TO LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND TO CHECK A NOISE WE HAD HEARD IN THE REAR END. THEY TORE… |
| 2002-10-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND BURST CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. PROBLEM OCCURED DUE… |
| 2002-08-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE STARTED INSIDE OF COMPARTMENT.*AK |
| 2002-07-22 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS PULLED OUT THE BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. *AK |
| 2002-06-25 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | MY HUSBAND AND I TEST DROVE THIS CAR WITH THE TOP DOWN, AND DROVE IT HOME WITH TOP DOWN. THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE DROVE IT… |
| 2002-06-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT DUE TO A CRACK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. CONTACTED DEALER.*AKI |