What 434 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Ford Mustang Coupe

I was driving down the highway with heater on and defrost. All of a sudden I hear a pop and my car started bogging down. I exited the highway to get out of danger, it then had a wrench light ( transmission) pop up and when I parked the car on the access road it started smoking a lot. I turned the vehicle off immediately and when I seen smoke coming from under the hood and into the cab of the car. I lifted the hood after seeing fire in the passenger wheel well. And then in the engine block towards the windshield in the middle of the engine. I am a fire fighter and it appeared to me that the fire was being fed by some kind of substance. Fort Worth Fire department showed up and put the fire out and took a report.

NHTSA ODI 11723807

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HIS DAUGHTER WOULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE COULD SMELL A BURNING RUBBER ODOR EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH, SHE NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY PULLED AND CALLED HER FATHER. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE VALVE COVER GASKET HAD CAUSED OIL TO SPILL OVER THE MANIFOLD. THE CONTACT THEN CALLED ANGELA KRAUSE FORD (1575 MANSELL RD, ALPHARETTA, GA 30009) WHERE THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND REFERRED HIM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE DEALER WOULD HAVE TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY MAY OFFER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IF THE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE LINKED TO NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10167184 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION NUMBER TSB 19-2309, WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.*DT*JB

NHTSA ODI 11330181