{"id":584760,"date":"2026-08-30T08:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584760\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T08:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:32:16","slug":"ford-mustang-recalled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584760\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Mustang recalled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-ford-mustang-dark-horse-queensland-raceway-rvds-4.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Mustang recalled\" class=\"gh-post-page__image\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ford Australia has recalled 4955 examples of the current &#8216;S650&#8217;-generation Mustang, owing to a windscreen wiper fault affected 2024 to 2026 model year variants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to a manufacturing defect, the windshield washing system may become inoperable and the wipers may only function at the high-speed setting,&#8221; Ford&#8217;s recall notice reads. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This could lead to poor visibility for the driver in certain conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Poor visibility may increase the risk of an accident, causing injury or death to vehicle occupants and\/or other road users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TC-FordMustang-DarkHorse-043.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A list of Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) for the 4955 affected Ford Mustangs can be found here.<\/p>\n<p>Ford will contact owners of affected vehicles in writing to request they contact an authorised Ford dealer to arrange inspection and repair, free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, contact any authorised Ford Dealer or Ford Customer Relationship Centre on 13 FORD (13 3673).<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788078736_179_jordan-mulach-headshot-square-1.webp\" class=\"gh-avatar\" alt=\"Jordan Mulach profile image\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Published<\/p>\n<p>                        August 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"gh-post-page__share-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/torquecafe.com\/car-news-2024-2026-ford-mustang-recalled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\"><br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/a><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"gh-post-page__share-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/torquecafe.com\/car-news-2024-2026-ford-mustang-recalled\/&amp;text=Ford%20Mustang%20recalled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Share on twitter\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"gh-post-page__share-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/torquecafe.com\/car-news-2024-2026-ford-mustang-recalled\/&amp;media=&amp;description=Ford%20Mustang%20recalled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-pin-do=\"none\" aria-label=\"Share on reddit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        Link copied!<br \/>\n                        Copy failed!<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ford Australia has recalled 4955 examples of the current &#8216;S650&#8217;-generation Mustang, owing to a windscreen wiper fault affected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-584760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}