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2012 Ford Mustang air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 158 complaints for the 2012 Ford Mustang, 28% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
158 28% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
39,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
9 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Mustang Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 39,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 39,000 miles
Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 69% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles7
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 26 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 39,000 miles, and 69% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 9 crashes, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Vehicle turned right from a stop, onto a texas state highway. Shifting manually from first gear to second gear, the vehicle went out of control (apparently due to loss of traction because there was a coating of fine sand on the tires). The vehicle crossed 3 lanes of traffic, and in doing so, went into a roll-over, reports stating the vehicle rolled 4 times, and striking a utility poll that stopped the roll.

Reported at 17,274 miles, March 2013 CrashInjury

I received the recall notice last year in 2015. I took the car to the ford dealer in napa california for service/repair. The dealer told me that the replace parts were not available because they had not been manufactured yet. I went back for service in march 2016, and was told the same thing. If I am maimed, wounded or killed because of this dangerous equipment and negligent process, I hope my family files a huge law suite and ford and the us government for failure of oversight of a known defect cause harm or…

Reported at 55,000 miles, January 2015

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