2019 FORD MUSTANG — Complaint #2173699
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NHTSA Complaint about LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH filed February 5, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2173699 (ODI reference 11715874) concerns a 2019 FORD MUSTANG and was filed on February 5, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 5, 2025. The vehicle had 144,000 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 latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch, 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 latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch 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 2019 FORD MUSTANG shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Ford Mustang. The contact stated that the passengerâs and driverâs side door latches unlocked while driving approximately 70 - 75 MPH, and the doors became slightly opened. The contact grabbed the interior handle and closed the door. The contact had received information related to the door lock failures. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the contact was informed that the vehicle could not be repaired under recall because an undisclosed campaign had expired in November 2025. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure by the dealer and confirmed that the recall campaign had expired. The failure mileage was approximately 144,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2173699 |
| ODI Number | 11715874 |
| Date Filed | February 5, 2026 |
| Failure Date | December 5, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FATP8UH9K5 |
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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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