2000 Ford Mustang GT problems
The 2000 Ford Mustang GT has 71 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (32%) concerns engine. After that come seat belts (10%) and cruise control (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 71 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 54 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 65,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 91,000 miles (19 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Ford Mustang GT with enough data (32 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Failures in brakes system on mustang gt 99 to 2004 the brake became freeze after a heavy transit and the car lost the stopping action. Ford inform me that we need to changes the brake oil but we changed oil, pads, line, rotors, etc and the car remain with the problems. In my case I lost the brake action and had a serious accident.
While driving 25 MPH consumer lost control of the vehicle and it collided with the vehicle in front. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. Driver sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was towed to a garage.
I have a 2000 ford mustang gt which caught on fire because of the alternator, ford has have several suits filed against them for this reason. I called ford locally and they only show a recall for the manifold which I have replaced previously. Before I replaced it ford said there was no recall on the manifold, I am hearing the same story again as I did before and I know there is a problem with the alt.
Transmission broke damaging my engine block and smashing my catalytic converter and o2 sensor causing an estimated $13,000 dollars worth of damage.
Plastic intake manifold on my 2000 ford mustang gt cracked and was leaking coolant. Part was replaced by sanderson ford in glendale az on august 3, 2007 at a cost of $1406.01. There was a class action lawsuit against ford in regards to these defective manifolds but I am outside of the period of which it was in force, but I feel that period was too short as my vehicle was purchased on november 18, 1999 and I am the original owner.