Reliability & cost of ownership
Ford Mustang Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Ford Mustang? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Ford Mustang problems by model year
174 recall entries and 6632 owner complaints on file across 27 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Ford Mustang, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- air bags2213 complaints
- power train887 complaints
- electrical system744 complaints
- engine486 complaints
- unknown or other439 complaints
- vehicle speed control423 complaints
- structure422 complaints
- service brakes326 complaints