2000 Ford Mustang: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2000 Ford Mustang. The newest campaign is 00V349000. NHTSA received the report on 30 Oct 2000. The NHTSA record gives the component Parking Brake / Conventional. NHTSA has 287 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 00V349000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will modify the parking brake control and install a plate or over-bracket to the control to lock the self adjust mechanism in position following adjustment.

NHTSA VIN lookup

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 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 459,306 units in total.

00V349000Received 30 Oct 2000. 434,000 units.
Parking Brake / Conventional
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. If a vehicle is parked with the parking brake not fully applied and not in first gear, as directed in the owner guide, and the self adjustment pawl subsequently skips one or two teeth, the vehicle could move on some grades.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This could result in unintended vehicle movement and a vehicle crash without prior warning.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will modify the parking brake control and install a plate or over-bracket to the control to lock the self adjust mechanism in position following adjustment.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 00S37. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 28 Nov 2000.
99V250000Received 20 Sep 1999. 25,306 units.
Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The seat belt retractor may have a pin shaft in the switchable elr/alr mechanism that is incorrectly formed. In some circumstances, the switching mechanism could become nonfunctional, preventing the seat belt webbing from being extracted from the retractor. It is also possible that malfunction of the mechanism could prevent the belt from being switched into the alr mode. The elr mechanism is not affected by this condition.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the mechanism malfunctions and does not allow the webbing to be extracted, the lap and shoulder belt could not be worn by a vehicle occupant. In the event that the mechanism does not allow the alr mode to be engaged, the operator may be unable to properly install a child seat in that seating position.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the lap and shoulder belt assemblies. Assemblies with julian date codes of 200 through 223 are suspect and will be replaced.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 99S26. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 11 Oct 1999.

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

287 complaints, 397 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.

2000 Ford Mustang
All 2000 vehicles

2000 Ford Mustang: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	2000 Mustang	All 2000 vehicles	Mustang, all years	Mentions
Power Train	113.4	87.5	86.5	45
Engine and Engine Cooling	108.3	128.9	219.5	43
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	105.8	120	61.1	42
Air Bags	100.8	53.7	63.4	40
Seat Belts	83.1	17.9	43.1	33
Parking Brake	68	5.4	30.7	27
Structure	52.9	56.3	39.9	21
Vehicle Speed Control	47.9	43.6	54.4	19
Electrical System	40.3	95.2	102.5	16
Exterior Lighting	40.3	33	25.2	16

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 21.

Complaints that report a crash: 55
Complaints that report a fire: 8
Injuries in the complaints: 41
Deaths in the complaints: 2
Date of the newest complaint: 24 Aug 2010

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2001, with 67 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2000 Ford Mustang
Number	Type	Subject	Component	Opened	Closed	Campaign
DP05005	Defect petition	SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD	Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine	22 Sep 2005	4 Jan 2006

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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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.
NHTSA page of the 2000 Ford MustangThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2000 Ford Mustang: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/mustang/2000/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file: 1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2000 Ford Mustang?: 459,306 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Mustang have for all model years?: NHTSA lists 105 recall campaigns for the Ford Mustang, model years 1965 to 2026. 2 of them name the 2000 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang name most often?: Power Train: 45 of 397 component mentions, or 113.4 per 1,000. For all 2000 vehicles the figure is 87.5 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Ford Mustang open?: No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.