2004 Ford Mustang cruise control problems
34 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2004 Ford Mustang, which is 26% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 26% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 9,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 21 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 28 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 9,000 miles, and 82% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes.
What owners wrote
Dt: the owner was going to leave driveway it took three times to go into gear. Then, when it went into gear, it went about 10-20 feet by itself and crashed into the owner's house. The owner never had foot on the gas pedal. The owner had foot on the brakes the whole time. The owner sustained shoulder injury. Had about $400 in home repairs, about $6000 in car repair, and doctor bills as a result of accident. The owner called ford, who said it must be an unusual accident, and they had never heard of this problem.
I was driving the car on dragstrip and the gas pedal stuck underneath the carpet at full throttle I am not referring to a mat, the actual carpet I called my ford dealer and they have no specfic fix I am cutting a slit in the carpet and glueing it down if this happened on the highway, who knows?