1967 Ford Mustang

The supplied federal record contains no 1967 entry—the series begins in 1990—so the 1967 Mustang cannot be compared with adjacent model years or placed directly on the 1990–2026 trend line. Across that later arc, complaints and recalls peaked in the mid-1990s (1995: 701 complaints, 16 recalls, 4 investigations, 160 TSBs), saw another notable spike in 2005 (868 complaints, 10 recalls), and have generally declined toward 2025–2026 (2025: 13 complaints, 5 recalls; 2026: 4 complaints, 3 recalls). For 1967 itself, the dataset shows only three top-area complaints—two for hydraulic service brakes and one for the gasoline fuel system—with zero crash complaints and zero fire complaints, though it does not specify root causes. Because 1967 predates the reporting window, these small counts do not confirm a clean record; they may simply reflect limited federal reporting for a vehicle of this age. Consequently, this record offers no meaningful federal-safety basis on which to judge a 1967 Mustang. The concrete takeaway is that a purchase decision should rest on a thorough pre-purchase mechanical inspection rather than on this federal dataset.