Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Ford Mustang

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
30
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
22
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

30 filed
3
Crashes
4
Fires
6
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    6
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Tires
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL
    1
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
07E064000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP2007-08-27

CERTAIN FEDERAL-MOGUL AFTERMARKET FUEL PUMPS SOLD UNDER THE BRAND NAMES OF CARTER, ACCUFLOW, NAPA, TRUFLOW, PARTS DEPO, AND PARTS MASTER, SHIPPED BETWEEN AUGUST 2006 AND JULY 2007 FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE FUEL PUMP DIAPHRAGM IN CERTAIN PRODUCTION RUNS MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED OR INADEQUATELY TESTED WHICH MAY CAUSE THE FUEL PUMP TO LEAK.

RiskA LEAKING FUEL PUMP COULD CREATE A VEHICLE FIRE HAZARD.

FixFEDERAL-MOGUL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 15, 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT FEDERAL-MOGUL AT 248-354-7700.

87V139000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1987-09-04

SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.

RiskCOUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.

FixINSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
PE93011·EQUIPMENT1993-03-03 → 1993-07-19

CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTION

PE90052·SEATS1990-03-07 → 1990-06-20

FR SEAT FLOOR MOUNT FAILS

PE89118·EQUIPMENT1989-04-19 → 1989-09-06

SPEED CONTROL MALFUNCTION

PE87028·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1987-05-01 → 1988-01-21

STALLING

EA86010·SEATS1986-03-26 → 1989-07-28

SEATBACK FAILURE

Led to recall86V082000

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