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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1FA6P8AM8G5••••••2016 Ford MUSTANG
That is about average for the 2016 Ford MUSTANG — 5 complaints per build across 81 builds.
5on this build
365on the model
81builds in total
1involved a crash
1involved a fire
Most reportedPower Train 2Electrical System 1Air Bags 1
What owners of this build wrote
Electrical SystemcrashfireFeb 2022
25 mph mild frontal collision caused a fire to start in the door panel as identified by the driver and the fire dept. The fire caused a majority of the cabin to burn and the vehicle to become a total loss in under a minute. Front airbags deployed but not side airbags. Electrical…
Unknown Or OtherJan 2025
Weld between my clutch pedal and pedal assembly broke causing car to stall out in the road. This is a common issue with 2015-2017 manual mustangs
Power TrainJun 2016
Engine stalled out on twice on highway and local road. Wrench symbol appeared on dash board and message saying "see manual" then check engine light came on. Luckily I was able to get home safely. Had to have it towed to local ford dealer and the throttle body had to be replaced
Unknown Or OtherMay 2020
The AC in my 2016 ford mustang has stopped working and I have researched online to find that many 2016 ford mustang owners are having similar issues. My car is just out of warranty and only has 20,000 miles on it yet is having this major issue
Power TrainDec 2015
The contact owns a 2016 ford mustang. Whenever the contact shifted gears, a pinging metal sound was heard. The contact took the vehicle to the town and country ford dealer where it was diagnosed that the drive shaft and the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FA6P8AM8G5201508 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.