1993 Ford Mustang problems
Owners have filed 132 complaints with NHTSA about the 1993 Ford Mustang. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 26% of complaints. Next are air bags (12%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 132 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 24 and 33
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 72,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 12 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 72,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 24 complaints mention a crash; 33 complaints mention a fire; 15 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% 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 1993 ranks 28th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Mustang with enough data (82 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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's son and a passenger was involved in a fatal collision. The vehicle was hit from the rear. Upon impact the gas tank exploded, catching the passenger on fire and the driver was completely engulfed. The driver was pronounced as a doa. The gas tank completely melted. The fatality was caused by the gas tank exploding, not by the crash itself.
The gas tank exploded when the mustang was hit from behind, passengeer got out the door, but driver was saturated with flaming gasoline and was instantly burned to death ga. Dt
Dt: the vehicle blew up and caught on fire damaging 3 other vehicle around it. The fire marshal came out and said it was mechianical and electrical defect in the vehicle. The insurance company was coming to investagate.
Vehicle commenced to accelerate while the cruise control engaged at 55 MPH. Vehicle speed up to 80 MPH before consumer was able to disengage the cruise control. Consumer shifte d the vehicle into neutral and coasted out of traffic. The engine was still revving and smoking before consumer was able to turn off the ignition switch. Dealer was notified.
Stuck gas pedal throttle linkage causing continuous full throttle transmission kick down cable on 1993 ford mustang 5.0 LX mustang that controls fluid delivery to transmission overdrive and is attached to throttle controls by a grommet came off at highway speeds. The grommet failed probably due to age, and the transmission destroys the overdrive portion of its self leaving the driver only able to go approximately 45 MPH in overdrive position and anything over the shifting speed into overdrive just lets the engine…