2015 FORD MUSTANG — Complaint #1793693
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK filed February 9, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1793693 (ODI reference 11451209) concerns a 2015 FORD MUSTANG and was filed on February 9, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 1, 2021. The report was geocoded to Arizona based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank, 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 fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank 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.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2015 Ford Mustang. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, a fuel odor would emit throughout her vehicle as the check engine warning light appeared on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that her vehicle would hesitate up the depression of the accelerator pedal. The contact initially took the vehicle to an independent mechanic who informed her that there was an issue with the fuel tank. The contact then took the vehicle to another independent mechanic who discovered a fuel leak coming from the fuel tank; however, the mechanic was unable to determine the source of the leak. Upon investigation, the contact discovered NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V339000 (Fuel System, Gasoline). The contact then called the dealer and the manufacturer and was informed that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The manufacturer referred her to NHTSA for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1793693 |
| ODI Number | 11451209 |
| Date Filed | February 9, 2022 |
| Failure Date | September 1, 2021 |
| VIN | 1FA6P8TH6F5 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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