Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / MUSTANG COBRA / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004310190 Incident Date: Nov, 28 2004
Consumer's City: MARYVILLE Consumer's State: TN
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MUSTANG COBRA Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP46V4WF Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 29 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 14 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car will not start, starter solenoid clicks. repeated attempts to start causes smoke to rise from the center console. further investigation reveals the smoke is comming from the rubber boot where the metal parking break cable goes from the inside to the outside of the vehicle. the cable actually glows red from heat (aparent ground path for some kind of short). the starter circuit does not work but the vehicle will roll start (manual transmission). this is second occurance of this problem. first occurance was in june of 2000 @ 14,500 miles. dealer repair notes" wiring verify compl perform no crank diag check all fuses open in cir 33 trace cir found loose pin at conn 112 repair check operation road test request actual time for elect repair tech 551" i now have 33,000 miles on vehicle, november 2004 -- fire and safety hazard - damage to parking break cable???*ak