Ford Mustang GT by model year

836 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Ford Mustang GT across 10 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Ford Mustang GT

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1996	33
1997	25
1998	58
1999	41
2000	71
2001	78
2002	59
2003	59
2005	213
2006	178

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls
2006	178	Air bags (36%)
2005	213	Electrical system (29%)
2003	59	Transmission (20%)
2002	59	Engine (36%)
2001	78	Engine (19%)
2000	71	Engine (32%)	1
1999	41	Engine (51%)
1998	58	Engine (60%)
1997	25	Engine (52%)
1996	33	Engine (58%)