2021 FORD MUSTANG MACH E — Complaint #1818844
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:CHARGING:CABLE/CORD:ACCESSORY filed June 13, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1818844 (ODI reference 11468985) concerns a 2021 FORD MUSTANG MACH E and was filed on June 13, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 5, 2022. The vehicle had 4,100 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:propulsion system:charging:cable/cord:accessory, 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 MACH E cohort independently describe similar electrical system:propulsion system:charging:cable/cord:accessory 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 2021 FORD MUSTANG MACH E shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. The contact stated while charging the vehicle, he smelled smoke coming from the garage. The contact checked and noticed that the odor was coming from the wire that connected the charger to the wall outlet. The charger was the original equipment; Ford wall box Model: ML9Z-10C83-A. The dealer was contacted and a complaint was filed. The dealer stated they would contact and notify the manufacturer of the failure. The contact had not heard back from the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 4,100.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1818844 |
| ODI Number | 11468985 |
| Date Filed | June 13, 2022 |
| Failure Date | June 5, 2022 |
| VIN | 3FMTK1SS7MM |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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