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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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1FAFP404X2F••••••2002 Ford MUSTANG
This build draws 2.6× more complaints than the average 2002 Ford MUSTANG build (7 vs 3).
7on this build
90on the model
34builds in total
2involved a crash
1involved a fire
2injuries
Most reportedSeat Belts 3Vehicle Speed Control 1Air Bags 1Power Train 1
What owners of this build wrote
StructurefireJul 2014
My wife was pulling in to the drive way on her way from doing some errands a drive of less than 5 miles and its a rural road where you cant drive more than 30 miles an hour when she smelt like something was burning. She checked the gauges and everything seemed fine and then saw…
Air BagscrashMay 2002
Vehicle was hit head on at 5-10 mph, and driver's airbag deployed. Yet, driver hit her head on windshield. Damage to vehicle unknown at this time
Seat BeltscrashMay 2002
Vehicle was hit head on while driving 5-10 mph, seatbelt did not restrain driver, she hit her head on windshield. Damage to vehicle unknown at this time
Vehicle Speed ControlJul 2002
Vehicle would stall on take off and eventually began to stall while in motion (45 mph) which would cause all power assisted options to fail, nearly causing many wrecks. Traveling 65 mph the vehicle failed to slow and it felt as if the cruise was stuck, but the cruise had never…
Power TrainNov 2001
Transmission will drag on deceleration and then freewheel. Example: going 60 mph, taking foot off accelerator the car will freewheel until it hits 50 mph, the transmission then engages, like the brakes were put on lightly, at 40 mph the transmission disengages and the car than…
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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 1FAFP404X2F172302 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.