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2015 FORD MUSTANG — Complaint #1758929

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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH filed July 22, 2021

NHTSA complaint #1758929 (ODI reference 11425958) concerns a 2015 FORD MUSTANG and was filed on July 22, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 20, 2021. The report was geocoded to North Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:brake lights:switch, 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 exterior lighting:brake lights:switch 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 2015 FORD MUSTANG shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2015 FORD MUSTANG
Component
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
State
North Carolina

Complaint Description

Brake pedal pad failed, causing car to suddenly brake even though brakes were not being applied. Ford Dealership recommended replacing brake light switch assembly. Brake lights stayed on even after the car was turned off. Had to disconnect the battery to prevent drain.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1758929
ODI Number 11425958
Date Filed July 22, 2021
Failure Date July 20, 2021
VIN 1FA6P8AM1F5

Similar EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH Complaints for 2015 FORD MUSTANG

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.