1990 Ford Mustang problems
Owners have filed 119 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Ford Mustang. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 35% of complaints. Next are air bags (8%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 119 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 35% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 39
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 39 complaints mention a fire; 10 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 34th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Mustang with enough data (31 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer going 50 m.p.h., accelerated to change lanes, car was rearended, spun out of control and impacted center divider at 9:00 position.
Driving, vehicle in front stopped suddenly, hit vehicle in rear, driver's air bag did not deploy, seat belt did not restrain driver.
I have a ford mustang 1990. The electronical system has gone down the toliet. Both the electronical front windows and the automatic locks barely work. Both the front windows work but as they are rolling up they squeak like no other. The locking mechanisms on the driver and passenger side have a mind of there own and rarely lock or just lock one side. I have tried to fix this all in vain. Sucks to have electronical locks and windows in a 1990 ford mustang. Thanks- rumit.
Tl* the contact owns a 1990 ford mustang. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the turn signals and air conditioner would not function. The contact was able to correct the failure by slightly turning back the ignition switch. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.