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Ford Mustang · 2009

6 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V384000·2016-05-31

    Ford Recalls Vehicles Due to Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Ford is recalling specific 2005-2011 vehicles because passenger air bag inflators may rupture in a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    FORD — FORD, MERCURY, LINCOLN MUSTANG, FORD GT, FUSION, MILAN
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21E013000·2021-02-16

    Ford Recalls Air Bag Inflator Parts for Collision Repair

    Ford is recalling specific air bag inflator and module replacement parts used in collision repairs. These parts may explode due to propellant degradation, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    MERCURY — MERCURY, FORD, LINCOLN MILAN, FUSION, MKZ, MUSTANG
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V081000·2021-02-16

    Ford Recalls Vehicles Due to Air Bag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Ford is recalling specific 2004-2014 models because replacement air bag inflators may explode during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    FORD — FORD, MERCURY, LINCOLN GT, MILAN, MUSTANG, RANGER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V046000·2018-01-11

    Ford Recalls Vehicles Due to Passenger Air Bag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Ford is recalling specific 2009-2013 vehicles because passenger air bag inflators may explode due to humidity, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    MERCURY — MERCURY, FORD, LINCOLN MILAN, FUSION, MUSTANG, MKZ
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V024000·2017-01-10

    Ford Recalls Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Ford is recalling specific 2005-2012 vehicles because passenger air bag inflators may rupture in a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    LINCOLN — LINCOLN, FORD, MERCURY ZEPHYR, MKZ, FUSION, GT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V319000·2015-05-28

    Ford Recalls Mustang and GT Vehicles for Air Bag Defect

    Ford is recalling 2005-2014 Mustangs and 2005-2006 GTs because the driver's air bag inflator may rupture in a crash, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    FORD — FORD GT, MUSTANG
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2009Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2009; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 2 open

  • EA26004 Engineering Analysis · open · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:belts and associated pulleys
  • PE25020 Preliminary Evaluation · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:belts and associated pulleys
  • RQ24014 Recall Query · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery
  • PE24019 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump
  • PE24014 Preliminary Evaluation · open · fuel system, diesel
  • RQ24008 Recall Query · fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2005 · electrical 248 complaints, median 60,000 mi
    Includes 4 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2011 · powertrain 192 complaints, median 8,000 mi
  • 2012 · powertrain 171 complaints, median 21,450 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a death. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2005 · fuel-system 77 complaints, median 38,000 mi
  • 2016 · electrical 68 complaints, median 33,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

814 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.5/5
  • 2025: 3.8/5 · 14 complaints · most complained-of: lighting
  • 2024: 2.8/5 · 74 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 4.4/5
  • 2022: 3.2/5 · 49 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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