2004 Ford Mustang defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 Ford Mustang. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD
  Defect Petition DP05005 · opened Sep 22, 2005 · closed Jan 4, 2006

  On september 6, 2005, odi received a petition requesting that the agency investigate allegations of engine spark plug ejection in certain model year 1997 through 2004 ford vehicles with triton v-8 and v-10 engines.odi received a total of 474 non-duplicative complaints on the subject vehicles where the complainant, or t…

• ACCELERATOR PEDAL INTERFERENCE
  Engineering Analysis EA05014 · opened Sep 13, 2005 · closed Apr 10, 2006 · led to recall 06V108000

  On april 3, 2006, ford motor company submitted a defect information report to nhtsa concerning a defect condition that could result in interference between the accelerator pedal and floor carpeting in approximately 19,140 model year 2003 and 2004 mustang cobra vehicles (ford recall no. 06s43/nhtsa recall 06v-108, copy …

• ACCELERATOR PEDAL INTERFERENCE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE05038 · opened Jul 7, 2005 · closed Sep 13, 2005

  Pe05-038 was opened on july 7, 2005, with 11 consumer complaints to odi alleging incidents of throttle sticking due to accelerator pedal interference with the carpet.odi has received an additional 24 complaints since the pe was opened.during pe05-038, ford supplied complaint and warranty information regarding 86 additi…