2007 FORD MUSTANG — Complaint #1541355
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NHTSA Complaint about VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE filed February 19, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1541355 (ODI reference 11181211) concerns a 2007 FORD MUSTANG and was filed on February 19, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 14, 2018. The vehicle had 280,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Mississippi based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system:heater core, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD MUSTANG cohort independently describe similar visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system:heater core failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2007 FORD MUSTANG shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD MUSTANG. EACH TIME IT RAINED, WATER ENTERED INTO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR PANELS, THE TRUNK, PILLAR PANEL, THE HEADLINER BORDER PANEL, AND THE CARPET. THE CARPET BEGAN TO RUST DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VICKSBURG FORD LINCOLN (LOCATED AT 2431 N FRONTAGE RD, VICKSBURG, MS 39180, (601) 636-5323) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT ONTO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE HEATER HOSES OR THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR FEES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 280,000. *DT THE CONSUMER STATED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL DAMAGES DUE TO WATER LEAKS RADIO, WINDOWS, AND BATTERY. AND ALSO ALTERNATOR, TRANSMISSION, AND THERMOSTAT FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1541355 |
| ODI Number | 11181211 |
| Date Filed | February 19, 2019 |
| Failure Date | August 14, 2018 |
| VIN | 1ZVFT80N775 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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