2007 Ford Mustang problems
Owners have filed 728 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Ford Mustang. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 48% of complaints. Next are body & structure (7%) and cruise control (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 728 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 48% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 64 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 59 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 36,000 miles 386 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 | 134 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 73 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 41 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 48 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 29 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 26 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 18 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 386 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 36,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 70,000 miles (77 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 64 complaints mention a crash; 9 complaints mention a fire; 59 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Mustang with enough data (241 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford mustang. While driving between 6- 10 MPH, the contact rear ended another vehicle. The seat belt retractor failed and both air bags failed to deploy. The contact's head struck the windshield and the entire front end of the vehicle ended up in her lap. She sustained burns to her legs. A police report was filed. The local dealer stated that because the speed was low at the time of the crash, the air bags did not deploy and the seat belt retractor did not retract.
A tree was in the road and I attempted to swerve past the tree and hit it head on rolled over the median hit another tree in median and the hit a wall on the other side of the side of the street. There was force to front end driver side and passenger side the airbags did not deploy
Rain leaks into the car and cause s all manner of problems in the fuse box. Lights stay on or do not work, car cuts out on the freeway. Cruise control works intermittently. Windows may go up and down and then stay half down for some time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford mustang. While driving approximately 15 MPH, the interior door padding and lining separated from the door. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to an upholsterer who stated that the door panels needed to be replaced on both sides of the door. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.