1986 Ford Mustang defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1986 Ford Mustang. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE93011 · opened Mar 3, 1993 · closed Jul 19, 1993

  There is no summary currently available

• FR SEAT FLOOR MOUNT FAILS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE90052 · opened Mar 7, 1990 · closed Jun 20, 1990

  There is no summary currently available

• SPEED CONTROL MALFUNCTION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE89118 · opened Apr 19, 1989 · closed Sep 6, 1989

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• STALLING
  Preliminary Evaluation PE87028 · opened May 1, 1987 · closed Jan 21, 1988

  No safety defect trend has been detected.===

• SEATBACK FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA86010 · opened Mar 26, 1986 · closed Jul 28, 1989 · led to recall 86V082000

  Summary of information from manufacturer:ford believes that the al-leged defect only occurs in a small number of the subject vehicles andrecalled about 195,732 1984 tempo/topaz vehicles in june 1986.analysis: vehicles potentially involved include tempo/topaz, escort/lynx/exp, mustang/capri, ltd/marquis, and thunderbird…