1993 Ford Mustang

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/1996· AIR BAGS

  OTHER: DRIVER'S AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED.

• 12/18/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH SYSTEM. WHILE VEHICLE WAS JUST SITTING, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE VENTS, AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. CORROLATES TO RECALL NUMBER 96V071000. *AK

• 12/18/1996· SEATSCrash

  SEAT TRACK FAILED DURING REAR END COLLISION.

• 12/17/2014· AIR BAGSCrash

  MY NAME IS [XXX] AS [XXX] I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN 1997 WHILE DRIVING MY SON IN LAWS FORD MUSTANG THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND SEAT BELT GRABBED WELL THE AIRBAG EXPLODED IN MY FACE CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE I LOST SITE IN RIGHT EYE BECAUSE OF IT PLUS THE SEAT BELT CUT ME INTO ON THE INSIDE AND I STILL HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES SON IN LAWS NAME IS [XXX] OF MUSK MICH HE HAD FULL COVERAGE THROUGH FARMERS GROUP BUT I RECEIVE NOTHING NOT EVEN MEDICAL CARE FROM THIS ACCIDENT OTHER THEN WHAT I PAID FOR. DO U HAVE ANY ADVISE ON THIS? I'M BLIND FOR LIFE I LOST GALLBLADDER AND STILL HAVE AN UNDERLYING PROBLEM IN STOMACH! I DON'T SEE HOW IT IS FAIR TO HAVE THOSE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE STYLE OF AUTO AND ALL OF MY PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THEM PLEASE HELP INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

• 12/14/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAME OPEN. TT

• 12/13/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. EACH TIME VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THERE IS A BURNING SMELL, BEFORE THE CAR FAILS. EACH TIME CABLES TO THE ALTERNATOR HAVE BEEN BURNED. *MJS

• 12/12/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING 45 MPH AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

• 12/12/1995· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR WENT TO FLOOR CAR WENT WIDE OPEN CAUSED DRIVER TO HAVE ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 12/05/1995· STRUCTURE

  TIRES WERE BEING SLICED INTO BY THE INNER FINDER WELL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 12/01/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  AUTOMOBILE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED COMPLETELY UP. ALSO, CAUSING DAMAGES TO TWO OTHER AUTOMOBILES PARKED ON EITHER SIDE. NO INJURIES.

• 11/25/1998· SEATS

  WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES THE SEATS WOULD WOBBLE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN GETTING IN OR OUT OF VEHICLE. MECHANIC CHECKED SEATS & NOTICE ELECTRICAL SEAT RAILING HAD SNAPPED IN HALF. *AK

• 11/24/1998· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  THE DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT AND FOG SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THE SWITCH TO OVERHEAT AND BURN OUT. DEALER REPLACED THE SWITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 11/17/1994· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHEN RAINING. *SKD

• 11/15/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE FUEL PUMP WIRING IS RUBBING TOGETHER, CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE PUMP, WHICH MAKES A NOISE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN , BUT FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

• 11/08/1996· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE DOOR LATCH.

• 11/06/2000· PARKING BRAKECrash

  WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED, VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN HILL AND CRASHED INTO A TRUCK. IGNITION WAS OFF WHEN THIS HAPPENED. FORD'S CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO MODEL. *AK

• 11/03/2003· TIRES

  THE TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TREAD SEPARATION. DEALER REPLACED TIRES ONCE. SECOND DEALER WON'T DO IT. DUNLOP MODEL SA2, SIZE UNKNOWN, DOT NUMBER UNKNOWN. *AK

• 11/03/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINECrashFire

  THE GAS TANK EXPLODED WHEN THE MUSTANG WAS HIT FROM BEHIND, PASSENGEER GOT OUT THE DOOR, BUT DRIVER WAS SATURATED WITH FLAMING GASOLINE AND WAS INSTANTLY BURNED TO DEATH GA. DT

• 11/03/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  VEH CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH- FORD REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL AND WONT REPAIR DAMAGE

• 11/02/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT THE DRIVER WAS INJURED DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED YET. *YH

• 10/30/1996· SEATSCrash

  FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAREND COLLISION AND THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBACK BROKE AND WENT INTO A RECLINING POSITION. *AK

• 10/29/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  STEERING COLUMN FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE, HOWEVER CONSUMER DENIED. MJS (96V-071)

• 10/28/1996· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  THE LATCH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS BROKEN, YOU CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. *AK

• 10/23/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINECrashFire

  CONSUMER'S SON AND A PASSENGER WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL COLLISION. THE VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR. UPON IMPACT THE GAS TANK EXPLODED, CATCHING THE PASSENGER ON FIRE AND THE DRIVER WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED. THE DRIVER WAS PRONOUNCED AS A DOA. THE GAS TANK COMPLETELY MELTED. THE FATALITY WAS CAUSED BY THE GAS TANK EXPLODING, NOT BY THE CRASH ITSELF. *JG

• 10/18/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR THE 1994 CARS BUT NOT THE 1993 CARS. A HEAD GASKET ON A CAR SHOULD NOT BE GOING AT 73,000 MILES.

• 10/14/1997· SUSPENSION

  SHOCK ABSORBERS FAILED.

• 10/03/1995· STRUCTURE

  TRUNK INOPERATIVE. *SD

• 09/30/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCED UNDER THE HOOD FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH. CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING WHILE DRIVING. PULED OVER AND FOUNDED ENGINE ON FIRE. AFTER FIRE WAS PUT OUT, CONSUMER NOTICED WIRING ON ALTERNATOR BURNED UP. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

• 09/30/1996· STRUCTURE

  ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED.

• 09/24/1996· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERATIVE.(FIRST VEHICLE ON 601614)

• 09/23/1999· STEERINGCrash

  STEERING GEAR BOX LOCKED UP, AND CONSUME COULDN'T MOVE. WAS HIT IN THE REAR. TOOKVEHICLE TO A DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT. *AK

• 09/15/1995· TIRES

  PREMATURE WEAR OF MICHELIN TIRES. *AK

• 09/13/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DIFFICULTY LOCATING HORN BUTTONS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *AK

• 09/09/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  IGNITION SWITCH GETS HOT OCCASIONALLY.

• 09/09/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CUT OFF FOR ABOUT 10-15 MIN WHEN VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA AROUND THE ALTERNATOR. FIRE DEPARMENT CALLED, UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 09/09/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  UPON PARKING, MOMENTS LATER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD, THEN AN EXPLOSION, RESULTING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT CATCHING ON FIRE AROUND ALTERNATOR.*AK

• 09/07/2005· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  STUCK GAS PEDAL THROTTLE LINKAGE CAUSING CONTINUOUS FULL THROTTLE TRANSMISSION KICK DOWN CABLE ON 1993 FORD MUSTANG 5.0 LX MUSTANG THAT CONTROLS FLUID DELIVERY TO TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE AND IS ATTACHED TO THROTTLE CONTROLS BY A GROMMET CAME OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE GROMMET FAILED PROBABLY DUE TO AGE, AND THE TRANSMISSION DESTROYS THE OVERDRIVE PORTION OF ITS SELF LEAVING THE DRIVER ONLY ABLE TO GO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH IN OVERDRIVE POSITION AND ANYTHING OVER THE SHIFTING SPEED INTO OVERDRIVE JUST LETS THE ENGINE RPM RUN AWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP. THE REAL PROBLEM THEN OCCURS IF THE DRIVER USES THE DRIVE POSITION TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND NO SLIPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION. IF THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED CLOSE TO THE FLOOR, IT ALLOWS THE NOW FLOATING FREE KICK DOWN CABLE TO JAM THE THROTTLE TO FULL OPEN CAUSING A STUCK ACCELERATOR AND THE ONLY WAY TO FREE IT IS TO GET TO NEUTRAL QUICKLY AND TURN OFF IGNITION SWITCH, THEN UNJAM THE CABLE AND THROTTLE LINKAGE BY HAND. POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS/INJURIES OR DEATHS COULD RESULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAPPENS FROM A STANDING STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, OR IN MY CASE, A HOUSING 25 MPH RESIDENTIAL ZONE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REBUILT AND THE GROMMET KICK DOWN CABLE GROMMET REPLACED. THE OLD GROMMET ON MY VEHICLE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE CABLE AND GROMMET SHOULD BE ON SOME TYPE OF INSPECTION OR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE/OR REDESIGNED TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING. I HAVE SEEN TWO OTHER MUSTANGS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD WITH ONE OF THE VEHICLES BEING DRIVEN BY A YOUNG FEMALE WHO PULLED THE VEHICLE IN TO MY WORK AREA(LOT) WITH A RUN AWAY ENGINE IE STUCK GAS PEDAL. I UNSTUCK HER KICKDOWN CABLE AND GAVE HER ADVICE ON REPAIRS AND WHAT WAS WRONG AND COULD HAPPEN.*JB

• 09/02/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT TIRE RUBBED AND WORE THROUGH THE BRAKE LINE GOING TO THE FRONT RIGHT CALIPER CAUSING A LEAK IN THE BREAK LINE. LEFT LINE IS FRAYED A LITTLE TOO. THERE IS LESS THAN 1/4 INCH BETWEEN BRAKE LINE AND TIRE ON BOTH SIDES.( DOT NUMBER: PDWX BMDR TIRE SIZE: 225 50 16R )

• 08/31/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE 30 TO 40 MILES TO A DOCTOR. PARKED FOR 10 MINUTES, AND CAR WAS REPORTED ON FIRE. FIRE FIGHTER SAID ALTENATOR STARTED THE FIRE. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE ALTENATOR HAD BEEN REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO.*AK

• 08/31/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ON AT LEAST 4X THE IGNITION CUT OF AT HIWAY SPEEDS.MAGARITY. *AK

• 08/22/2006· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  1993 FORD MUSTANG IGNITION SYSTEM FIRE VEHICLE WAS IN GARAGE AFTER BEING DRIVEN THE DAY BEFORE. ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE STARTER THEN SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL FROM IGNITION WIRES BURNING UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL. I WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A CLOTH AND I NOTICED THAT THE COATING ON THE WIRES UNDER THE WHEEL WERE BURNT OFF AND THE WIRE WAS CHARRED WHICH HAS RENDERED THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR THE VERY PROBLEM THAT I EXPERIENCED (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 96V071000) I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT MY VEHICLE (EARLY 1993 MODEL) WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND SINCE IT WAS OVER 10 YEARS OLD THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT ANYWAY UNDER THE RECALL. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD'S CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND NEED TO WAIT FOR THEIR RESPONSE. SO FAR THE FORD DEALERSHIPS LACK OF CONCERN OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS ISSUE ASTOUNDS ME. MY GARAGE COULD HAVE BURNED DOWN PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED ETC. *JB

• 08/22/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  TOGGLE SWITCH ON SUNROOF HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND NOW IT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. DOES NOT STOP ON ITS OWN FOR OPEN AND CLOSE. I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO BREAK.

• 08/18/1998· STRUCTURE

  PAINT PEELED LIKE RAZOR SCRAPS.

• 08/14/1997· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  WIRES INSIDE DRIVER SIDE DOOR SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE INSULATION TO CATCH FIRE.

• 08/13/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  DRIVING THROUGH GREEN LIGHT, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN THE RED LIGHT AND WAS PLOWED BY MUSTANG, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG MODULE WAS CRACKED. *AK

• 08/11/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING OVER SOME WATER IN STREET, VEHICLE SEIZED AND LATER BLEW THE ENGINE. TT

• 08/05/1998· AIR BAGS

  WHILE DRIVING THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON . VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN AT DEALERSHIP. BY THE TIME THE VEHICLE REACHED THE DEALERSHIP THE LIGHT WAS OFF. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 08/03/1999· SUSPENSION

  REAR CONTROL ARM THAT CONNECTS TO THE REAR AXLE ARE TEARING DISCONNECTED FROM THE BODY. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 07/30/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DUP 530159, POSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK

• 07/29/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, VEHICLE IS SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 9 TIMES FOR REPAIRS, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK