2009 Ford Mustang problems
Owners have filed 215 complaints with NHTSA about the 2009 Ford Mustang. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 63% of complaints. Next are cruise control (10%) and brakes (3%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 215 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 63% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 34 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 41,000 miles 99 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 | 20 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 24 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 26 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 9 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 99 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 41,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 44,000 miles (36 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 34 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 13 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2009 ranks 31st most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Mustang with enough data (66 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.
I was traveling at about 40 MPH in mid morning traffic. I went through a traffic signal on a city street at which time my engine accelerated at a high RPM. I could not control the vehicle or stop it even though I had depressed the brake pedal. I did lose control of my vehicle, spun around totally my vehicle and another and then stopping against guide wire. The engine was still revving when the car stopped. No airbags deployed and I was transported by ems to the er.
I was coasting to red light when it felt like my car just went without me accelerating my side air bags did not deploy even though I was t boned.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 ford mustang. The contact stated that the passenger side of the vehicle was hit by another vehicle traveling at approximately 45 MPH. The force of the impact caused the contacts vehicle to crash head-on into utility cables. None of the air bags deployed and the contact was injured. The vehicle was towed and was being inspected by the insurance company at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were approximately 39,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford mustang. While driving 45 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle accelerated without warning. The contact crashed into a pole. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the diagnosis was unknown. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v319000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable.