Ford Mustang GT: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the Ford Mustang GT, model years 1996 to 2006. NHTSA has 694 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 11 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Ford Mustang GT | 0 | 151 | 239% | |
| 2005 Ford Mustang GT | 0 | 163 | 258% | |
| 2004 Ford Mustang GT NHTSA page | 0 | 14 | 22% | |
| 2003 Ford Mustang GT | 0 | 51 | 81% | |
| 2002 Ford Mustang GT | 0 | 48 | 76% | |
| 2001 Ford Mustang GT | 0 | 59 | 94% | |
| 2000 Ford Mustang GT | 1 | 64 | 101% | 11,400 |
| 1999 Ford Mustang GT | 0 | 36 | 57% | |
| 1998 Ford Mustang GT | 0 | 53 | 84% | |
| 1997 Ford Mustang GT NHTSA page | 0 | 23 | 36% | |
| 1996 Ford Mustang GT | 0 | 32 | 51% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
836 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 220.1 | 184 |
| Air Bags | 155.5 | 130 |
| Electrical System | 112.4 | 94 |
| Power Train | 63.4 | 53 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 59.8 | 50 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 50.2 | 42 |
| Structure | 47.8 | 40 |
| Seat Belts | 45.5 | 38 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 28.7 | 24 |
| Suspension | 25.1 | 21 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- F-150169 campaigns
- Explorer142 campaigns
- Escape95 campaigns
- Fusion46 campaigns
- Focus36 campaigns
- Taurus69 campaigns
- Windstar33 campaigns
- Edge43 campaigns
- Expedition77 campaigns
- Mustang105 campaigns
- Ranger102 campaigns
- F-250 SD68 campaigns
- F-25054 campaigns
- Escort35 campaigns
- Freestyle2 campaigns
- F-350 SD78 campaigns
- Fiesta15 campaigns
- Contour22 campaigns
- Crown Victoria47 campaigns
- F-35050 campaigns
- Freestar5 campaigns
- Thunderbird50 campaigns
- Aerostar23 campaigns
- Flex14 campaigns
- Ecosport6 campaigns
- Escape Hybrid2 campaigns
- Bronco83 campaigns
- Bronco Sport32 campaigns
- Tempo11 campaigns
- Fusion Hybrid2 campaigns
- Probe8 campaigns
- Excursion11 campaigns
- E-350101 campaigns
- Five Hundred3 campaigns
- E-15048 campaigns
- Econoline58 campaigns
- Maverick Hybrid1 campaign
- F15046 campaigns
- Transit65 campaigns
- Explorer Sport5 campaigns
- Explorer Sport Trac7 campaigns
- Mustang Mach E22 campaigns
- F-150 Hybrid2 campaigns
- Transit Connect31 campaigns
- F-550 SD71 campaigns
- F-450 SD87 campaigns
- E-45050 campaigns
- F Super Duty12 campaigns
- F25073 campaigns
- C-Max12 campaigns
- Maverick55 campaigns
- Ford23 campaigns
- F Series10 campaigns
- Fusion Energi2 campaigns
- E-25073 campaigns
- Ford Truck8 campaigns
- F-150 Lightning BEV15 campaigns
- Bronco II10 campaigns
- Aspire2 campaigns
- 5001 campaign
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Ford Mustang GT: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/mustang-gt/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Ford Mustang GT model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2000 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Ford Mustang GT model year has the most complaints?
- The 2005 model year, with 163 of the 694 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Ford Mustang GT name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 220.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 155.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 112.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Ford Mustang GT?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.