Ford Mustang problems, by model year and system
1,332 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Ford Mustang 2016–2026, and the 3 systems the record is deep on — engine (305), electrical (262), backup camera and parking sensor (157). Each system has a page across the years; 6 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEngine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Backup camera and parking sensor problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Ford Mustang complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | engine | electrical | backup camera and parking sensor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 8 in all | 3 | 2 | — |
| 2025 18 in all | 4 | 4 | — |
| 2024 81 in all | 9 | 40 | 7 |
| 2023 15 in all | 2 | 5 | — |
| 2022 50 in all | 6 | 8 | — |
| 2021 55 in all | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 120 in all | 28 | 25 | 12 |
| 2019 149 in all | 62 | 33 | — |
| 2018 193 in all | 64 | 32 | 13 |
| 2017 265 in all | 34 | 34 | 67 |
| 2016 378 in all | 83 | 73 | 54 |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Ford Mustang system draws the most complaints?
Engine: 305 complaints across 11 model years, 23% of everything owners filed about the Ford Mustang. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Ford Mustang year has the most complaints?
2016 (378), 2017 (265), 2018 (193). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.