1998 Ford Mustang Interior & seats Problems

ON MAY 5, 2016, I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 395 (NEVADA). DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH DUE TO RAIN/HAIL. I FELT MY CAR BEGIN TO HYDROPLANE, AND THEN BEGAN TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS THE HWY. AT LEAST 5 COMPLETE CIRCLES UNTIL I SLAMMED INTO A CONCRETE WALL WHERE THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVERS SEAT BOLTS BROKE UPON IMPACT AS WELL. NO OTHER CARS WERE INVOLVED, BUT I SUFFERED MULTIPLE BRUISES ON MY RT. ARM, AS WELL AS SEVERE WHIPLASH AND INTERNAL BRUISING FROM SEAT BREAKING FREE UPON IMPACT. MY BACK/SPINE ARE IN SERIOUS PAIN DUE TO BEING KNOCKED OUT OF ALIGNMENT WHEN THE SEAT BROKE, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I DID NOT FILE A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY, AS I ONLY HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE, HOWEVER I DO HAVE AN ACCIDENT CASE NUMBER FROM THE NEVADA HIGHWAY PATROL: # 160500374 DATE: 05/05/2016 TIME: 9:56 AM

NHTSA ID

10864389

Incident

May 5, 2016

Mileage

124,000 mi

HOOD LATCH FAILED CAUSING WINDSHIELD TO BE BADLY DAMAGED AND A SMALL CRASH. *TR

NHTSA ID

10202731

Incident

Sep 10, 2007

IN DECEMBER WENT TO START CAR AND HAD TO GET JUMPED. CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND IT DID IT AGAIN. AND THE INTERVALS BETWEEN JUMPS GOT CLOSER, THEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY SO WE GOT A NEW BATTERY AND HAD THE ALTERNATOR TESTED AND IT CAME BACK OAY.. RADIO QUIT WORKING AS DID THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER THE SAME DAY AND THEN ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE THEFT LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN WENT OFF. THEN LAST WEEK THE DASH LIGHTS QUIT WORKING AND REPLACED FUSE, BUT STILL NO LIGHTS AND AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WE PUT IN NEW RADIO 2 WEEKS AGO. WE PUT IT IN SHOP LAST WEEK TO HAVE CHECKED AND THEY TELL ME THAT IT'S THE RADIO THAT HAS BEEN CAUSING PROBLEMS. WELL HOW COULD RADIO YOU JUST INSTALLED CAUSE PROBS BACK IN DECEMBER? THEY HAVE MY GRANDMOTHER BELIEVING THEM. COST HER $269. THEY REPROGRAMED THE COMPUTER AND PUT IN 4 FUSES, BUT DID NOT FIX THE SO CALLED RADIO PROBLEM, AND TOLD HER THAT LUCKY THE RADIO DIDNT MAKE THE CAR EXPLODE AND CATCH FIRE?? SAID THAT THE HOT AND GROUND WERE CROSSED BUT WE HAD THEM TESTED AND THEY WERENT. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE RADIO WAS PULLING 3 TIMES THE POWER THAT IT SHOULD. I THINK THAT THEY DIDNT WANT TO HONOR THE WARRANTY, AND WERE FINDING SOMETHNG TO BLAME IT ON. BECAUSE IF IT WERE THE RADIO, WHY DIDNT THEY FIX THAT INSTEAD OF REPROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER AND REPLACING FUSES??

NHTSA ID

763194

Incident

Apr 12, 2002

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING WEST ON I-64 NEAR EVANSVILLE, IN WHEN THE TOP HALF OF THE HOOD SEPARATED FROM THE BOTTOM AND FLEW OFF OF THE CAR. BODY SHOP AND INS. SAID THAT IT WAS A DEFECTED HOOD, IT LOOKS AS IF THE FRONT SECTION WAS NEVER SEALED PROPERLY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS IF THE HOOD HAD NOT BLOWN UP AND AWAY FROM THE CAR.*AK

NHTSA ID

756665

Incident

Dec 23, 2001

WHILE CONSUMER WAS WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT DRIVERS SIDE SEATBACK COLLASPED.*AK *YD

NHTSA ID

896495

Incident

Sep 18, 2001

I WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR ON THE LEFT CORNER WHILE IN THE CENTER LANE OF I-435 RIGHT BEFORE AN EXIT.. DIFERENTIAL SPEED OF APPROX.25 MPH. THE SEAT SLID BACK ON THE TRACKS AND THE SEAT BACK FAILED LEAVING ME LOOKING AT THE CEILING. MY FEET NO LONGER REACHED THE PEDALS AND MY HANDS BARELY REACHED THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR WENT ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFIC INTO A DITCH AND PARTIALLY UP AN EMBANKMENT. HAD THE SEAT NOT FAILED I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND STAYED ON THE ROAD. THE DAMAGE ESTIMATE SHOWED $3000 OF THE TOTAL $5000 TO BE IN THE FRONT END ! I WAS ALMOST HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER OR SIMILAR SIZED TRUCK AS I WAS CROSSING THE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TOWARD THE DITCH. AS THIS WAS A DIVIDED INTERSTATE I COULD HAVE BEEN THROWN THE OTHER WAY ACROSS THE MEDIAN INTO ONCOMMING TRAFFIC.(LUCKILY WE HAVE A CABLE BARIER SYSTEM IN PLACE.) THE POINT IS, LOSS OF CONTROL OVER A REAR END COLLISION BECAUSE THE DRIVERS SEAT FAILS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

751976

Incident

Sep 5, 2001

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD BEGAN TO COME UP ABOUT 1 INCH, THE HOOD IS BOLTED ON BUT THE BOLTS DONT SEEM TO KEEP IT STABLE DURING HIGH SPEED. NLM

NHTSA ID

785537

Incident

Mar 20, 2001

WHILE STOPPED A TRAFFIC LIGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE REAR OF THE CONSUMER CAR AT 30-40 MPH, THE DRIVERS SEAT BACK BROKE AND THE SEAT BELT RELEASED FROM THE BUCKLE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO SLIP UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SEVERE STRAIN TO THE NECK AND BRUISED RIGHT ANKLE AND LEG, THE PASSENGER ALSO RECEIVED A STRAINED NECK. NLM

NHTSA ID

560547

VEHICLE STRUCK IN REAR WHILE DOING APPROX. 15 MPH BY VEHICLE DOING APPROX. 40MPG ,DRIVERS SEAT SNAP BACK TO FULL RECLINING POSITION, LEAVING DRIVER UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. *AK

NHTSA ID

742784

Incident

Jan 15, 1999

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLAPSED, AND RESTRAINTS RELEASED. ALSO, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULING IN MINOR INJURIES. FORD WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

882092

Incident

Mar 2, 2001

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE LIKE A POPPY SOUND. BOLT THAT ATTACHED SEAT BROKE, AND THE SEAT POPPED UP, CAUSE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO APPLY BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT HERSELF.*AK

NHTSA ID

873219

Incident

Oct 8, 2000

CLUTCH AND HOOD LATCH.

NHTSA ID

609587

LEFT FRONT SEAT FAILURE.

NHTSA ID

609476

Incident

Aug 1, 1998

DRIVER'S SEAT LUMBAR SYSTEM ( AIR BLADDER ) FAILED. *YC

NHTSA ID

607140

WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE AND THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. GOT OUT THE VEHICLE AND THE FIRE STARTED. ANOTHER CONSUMER STANDING THREE CARS FROM HER HELPED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. *AK

NHTSA ID

830760

Incident

Oct 16, 1998

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THEY WITNESSED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTILATION VENTS. AFTER WITNESSING THE SMOKE, THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAUGHT FLAMES. A NEARBY DRIVER PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH THE EXTINGUISHER, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A LOOSE WIRE THAT TOUCHED THE METAL AND SPARKED A FIRE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED BUT NOT THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

NHTSA ID

829431

Incident

Oct 16, 1998