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Ford Mustang Service Brakes Problems

102
Owner complaint records in our dataset
19
Years with records
1999–2019
Stored years

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 102 stored complaint records:

  • 28 indicate a crash
  • 10 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • brake pedal · 21 records
  • emergency brake · 16 records
  • notified failure · 15 records
  • failure mileage · 15 records
  • parking brake · 14 records
  • slow down · 14 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi42
60–100k mi21
30–60k mi15
100–150k mi9
150–400k mi5

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • January 16, 2020 · 174,000 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Service Brakes

    Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford mustang. The contact stated that the fuel indicator lamp illuminated and remained illuminated for two weeks. The vehicle lost motive power during acceleration. The contact had researched online and became aware of a technical service bulletin: 10019387 (fuel system gasoline), which described the failure. The contact also mentioned that the parking brake cable ceased which caused the…

    ODI 11300108

    2006 records in this system

  • January 4, 2020 · 160,000 miles

    Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control

    I was driving around our local lake doing 25 mph. I had just come around a curve and was headed for another curve pretty quickly. All of the sudden the car started speeding up on its own. I took my foot off the gas pedal and i hit the brakes to try to slow down and nothing happened. The car continued to speed up on its own. My speed got up to about 40 mph when i came up on a curve. I slammed on the brakes again and…

    Crash reported

    ODI 11297678

    2007 records in this system

  • November 8, 2019

    Service Brakes · Structure

    I purchased my dream car from autonation of fremont/ honda. I drove 90 minutes from my house purchase the shelby. Upon arrival, i met with [xxx], supervisor in sales. Before signing documents, the purchase price of the car was advertised at 45,900. [xxx] indicated the price was advertised wrong and was at 47,500. [xxx] stated to make up the price difference, he was going to tint the windows and add paint protection.…

    ODI 11287693

    2016 records in this system

  • November 5, 2019 · 111,000 miles

    Service Brakes · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control

    My son was driving his 2009 mustang and after stopping at a stop sign in a residential neighborhood, he slowly accelerated and the car suddenly accelerated quickly on its own. He said the gas pedal went to the floor, he tried pushing brake and it was not stopping the car. It sent him through another intersection, he engaged emergency brake to no avail. Luckily his car went through an area of soggy grass that helped…

    Crash reported

    ODI 11278420

    2009 records in this system

  • November 4, 2019 · 3,400 miles

    Service Brakes

    The car is equipped with automatic emergency braking (aeb) which does not work. 2 dealers have found no codes but say they have no way to test on the road. Called ford and they were no help. Referred me back to the dealer.

    ODI 11279109

    2019 records in this system

  • June 5, 2019 · 25,500 miles

    Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes

    When traveling at 65 miles a hour the airbag light, traction control lights and abs light came on the vehicle also lost power steering. I was told that because the airbag light was on the airbags would not function. Dealers report that rear driver hub driver side caused the issue. Dealer refused to cover under warranty even though airbag system was still under warranty.

    ODI 11221368

    2015 records in this system

  • April 13, 2019 · 69,000 miles

    Service Brakes

    Abs brake light is on this is unsafe in wet or snowy conditions

    ODI 11197105

    2004 records in this system

  • April 1, 2019 · 99,160 miles

    Service Brakes

    Parked on incline rolled back into another vehicle with emergency brake applied. Took pictures. Vehicle was stationary

    Crash reported

    ODI 11193255

    2010 records in this system