2012 Ford Mustang cruise control problems
35 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2012 Ford Mustang, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 31,000 miles 32 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 14 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 32 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 31,000 miles, and 81% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
In 2012 or 2013 I had an accident caused by unintended acceleration. The mustang ran into the back of semi truck. Unattended acceleration happened twice in the same day and the second time I could not get it to break free and stop until the last second but it was too late it hit the semi truck trailer in front of me. This was inspite of me having both feet pushing strongly on the brake pedal. We had started off slowly from a red light and then the car downshifted and took off.
While entering the freeway in rush hour traffic, my car went into "limp mode", the wrench light came on as did the check engine light. I had to pull over on the shoulder of the freeway, turn the engine off and restart it. This has happened a couple of times in the past couple of days- mostly while driving on the freeway.
Other problems reported for the 2012 Ford Mustang
- Air bags 158 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 157 complaints
- Engine 33 complaints
- Body & structure 23 complaints
- Transmission 23 complaints
- Fuel system 22 complaints
- Electrical system 21 complaints
- Steering 16 complaints