1981 Ford Mustang
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
2 recalls name the 1981 Ford Mustang. Newest first.
Certain federal-mogul aftermarket fuel pumps sold under the brand names of carter, accuflow, napa, truflow, parts depo, and parts master, shipped between august 2006 and july 2007 for use on the vehicles listed above. the fuel pump diaphragm in certain production runs may have been improperly installed or inadequately tested which may cause the fuel pump…
Risk and remedy
Risk
A leaking fuel pump could create a vehicle fire hazard.
Remedy
Federal-mogul will notify owners and replace the defective fuel pumps free of charge. the recall began on october 15, 2007. owners can contact federal-mogul at 248-354-7700.
The housing plates on the driver seat back latch recliner assemblies were manufactured with substandard material products. This tainted steel was used to produce seatback latches for both the right and left side seat assemblies. Under certain conditions, the defective housing plates may distort, allowing the locking teeth to disengage and tear off. This…
Risk and remedy
Remedy
Upon inspection, both driver and passenger seat latch/recliner assemblies, on vehicles exhibiting the suspect date codes, will be replaced.
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Floor pan fracture
There is no summary currently available
- Floor pan cracks
Summary:ford recognizes the floor pan cracking problem and has issued4 service bulletins pertaining to repair. The latest one was issued onseptember 11, 1986. However, ford does not believe the floor pan problemrepresents a safety hazard.analysis: floor pan cracking causes the driver to rock in his seat.although this…
Summary:ford recognizes the floor pan cracking problem and has issued4 service bulletins pertaining to repair. The latest one was issued onseptember 11, 1986. However, ford does not believe the floor pan problemrepresents a safety hazard.analysis: floor pan cracking causes the driver to rock in his seat.although this IS very annoying, it appears to be more of an economic issuethan a safety issue. No accidents or injuries have been reported.status: this ea was closed on may 14, 1987.===
- Failure of seat back securing bolts
Failure of seat back securing bolts
- Front seatback failure
Status: discussing with canada.===
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 623988Information regarding transmission fluid usage charts. *Slc
- 601238Information on a new transmission fluid usage chart.
- 51945Fluid- transmission fluid usage charts.
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