2015 FORD MUSTANG — Complaint #1875793
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NHTSA Complaint about VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:COMPRESSOR filed February 24, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1875793 (ODI reference 11508866) concerns a 2015 FORD MUSTANG and was filed on February 24, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 23, 2023. The vehicle had 20,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to PR based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system:compressor, 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:compressor 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 while entering the vehicle, he smelled an abnormal odor. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that he opened the windows within 5 minutes the odor was gone. The contact stated while driving the air conditioning was not providing cold air and the front windshield started to become foggy, causing visibility issue while attempting to see the roadway. The contact also noticed a fuel leak on the fuel hose line. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1875793 |
| ODI Number | 11508866 |
| Date Filed | February 24, 2023 |
| Failure Date | February 23, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FA6P8CF4F5 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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