CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH & DRIVER'S SEATBACK FELL STRAIGHT BACK IN A RESTING POSTION. CONSUMER TOOK IT TO A WELDING SHOP. WELDER SAID THEY HAVE SEEN ALOT OF THAT MAKE WITH THIS PROBELM.*AK
- NHTSA ID
- 872622
- Incident
- Jun 15, 2000
Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Ford Mustang submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH & DRIVER'S SEATBACK FELL STRAIGHT BACK IN A RESTING POSTION. CONSUMER TOOK IT TO A WELDING SHOP. WELDER SAID THEY HAVE SEEN ALOT OF THAT MAKE WITH THIS PROBELM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING HOOD RELEASED TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION, CAUSING NO VISIBILITY WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT THE ANCHORAGE FOR THE SEAT HOLD DOWN BOLTS TO THE FLOOR BROKE, CAUSING DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT TO FAIL. *AK
WHILE PARKED NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AREA. *AK
EXPERIENCED FIRE IN STEERING COLUMN AREA. *AK
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HAS COME LOOSE FROM TRACKING. TT
STEERING COLUMN FIRE. *SKD
VEHICLES DASHBOARD ELECTRICAL WIRING SHORTED OUT AND CAUGHT DASH ON FIRE WHILE PARKED WITH IGNITION OFF. TT
DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT CAUGHT FIRE. TT
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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