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1983 Ford Mustang Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
5
Latest Jul 26, 1996
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
3
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Apr 22, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1983 Ford Mustang. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Electrical
Filed Jul 26, 1996
Fire reported

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED FOR SEVERAL. SOURCE ELECTRICAL

NHTSA ID
800061
Incident
Mar 28, 1996
Engine
Filed May 14, 1996
Fire reported

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART, VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
984471
Steering
Filed May 8, 1996

SMOKE COMES FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

NHTSA ID
984207
Electrical
Filed May 3, 1996

WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, DUE TO SHORT IN IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

NHTSA ID
984029
Electrical
Filed Apr 22, 1996
Fire reported

IGNITION CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED CAR AND HOUSE. *AK

NHTSA ID
983225
Incident
Feb 16, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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