Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1989 Ford Mustang submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
EACH WINTER I REPLACE 1 OR BOTH OF THE EXT. HANDLES. THE INT. HANDLES BECOME HARD TO OPERATE AND EVENTUALLY REQUIRE SERVICE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY FORD PERSONNEL THAT THEY HAVE TO "POUND THE HINGES BACK IN" TO FIX THE LATER PROBLEM.
COOLING FAN/ROOF CRACKED AT UPPER LEFT CORNER OF HATCH AREA/SEAT BELT RETRACTORS MALFUNCTIONED/ DRIVER'S SEAT FEELS WOBBLY.
PAINT OS PEELING OFF THE VEHICLE. *AK
CRYSTAL BLUE PAINT PEELED OFF MAINLY IN SEVERAL LARGE SECTIONS OF THE ROOF/HOOD. *AK
2 DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLES PAINT PEELING DUE TO ENGINEERING FLAW. *AK
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FRAME FRAME IS UNSTABLE AND COULD SEPARATE AT ANY TIME (DEALER OWNED). *AK
THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE BROKE AFTER COLD WEATHER . TT
BODY WELDS FAILED DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING VEHICLE'S BODY TO BREAK APART, ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT. *AW
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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