Ford Mustang
Owners filed 8,877 complaints across 37 model years of the Ford Mustang. The 2005 drew the most (705); the 2026 the fewest (6).
Model years37
Complaints8,877
Recalls287
Fires247
Deaths27
Every Ford Mustang model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2025 | 17 | 6 | — | 1 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2024 | 77 | 12 | — | 5 | Electrical System | Do not drive | |
| 2023 | 15 | 6 | — | 5 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2022 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 3 | Fuel System, Gasoline | Routine | |
| 2021 | 55 | 6 | — | 4 | Fuel System, Gasoline | Routine | |
| 2020 | 120 | 8 | 5 | 13 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2019 | 148 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 191 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 265 | 6 | 8 | 14 | Back Over Prevention | Above average | |
| 2016 | 376 | 5 | 6 | 13 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2015 | 436 | 11 | 7 | 26 | Unknown or Other | Above average | |
| 2014 | 359 | 4 | 1 | 30 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2013 | 271 | 6 | 2 | 16 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2012 | 469 | 7 | 2 | 20 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2011 | 466 | 5 | 1 | 20 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2010 | 261 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2009 | 181 | 6 | 2 | 17 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2008 | 347 | 8 | — | 21 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2007 | 615 | 9 | 5 | 46 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2006 | 424 | 9 | 3 | 19 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2005 | 705 | 9 | 7 | 31 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2004 | 116 | 6 | — | 20 | Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | Routine | |
| 2003 | 145 | 6 | 4 | 19 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2002 | 118 | 6 | 6 | 19 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 2001 | 173 | 8 | 2 | 37 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 311 | 9 | 9 | 56 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 213 | 10 | 2 | 50 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 236 | 14 | 12 | 44 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Fatalities reported | |
| 1997 | 176 | 11 | 3 | 17 | Parking Brake › Conventional | Fatalities reported | |
| 1996 | 246 | 12 | 6 | 17 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Above average | |
| 1995 | 602 | 16 | 29 | 48 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 356 | 13 | 19 | 22 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1993 | 101 | 7 | 29 | 22 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 1992 | 69 | 5 | 21 | 11 | Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | High concern | |
| 1991 | 77 | 6 | 22 | 5 | Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | High concern | |
| 1990 | 85 | 5 | 29 | 10 | Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | High concern |
Which Ford Mustang years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2005 is the weakest year on record, with 705 complaints concentrated in the air bags. It carries 9 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.