Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / MUSTANG GT / 1996

Recalls
2 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006070218 Incident Date: Apr, 11 2006
Consumer's City: PUYALLUP Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MUSTANG GT Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Steering:column
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 2
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FALP42XXTF Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 04 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Sep, 16 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On 4/12/06 i was going westbound toward tacoma, i made a left turn into a highway divide to cross traffic to go to the doctors office. traffic was heavy because of the time of day. so i decided to make a left hand turn and go another direction. i waited for traffic so i could proceed. i made a left hand turn into traffic and it felt like my car 1996 mustang, fishtailed (sunny day dry pavement) so i tried to correct it and the steering wheel was locked and the car took off, so i proceeded to step on the brake as hard as i could but it made no difference. the car went approximately two city blocks, it went from my lane to the other right hand lane, we were headed for the light pole and all of a sudden (with the steering still locked) made a sharp left and through me across three lanes of traffic, over the cement divide (airborne) and into another car and he hit another car. on impact the air bags did not deploy. my car was totaled the other two cars that were involved were repaired. *nm