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2013 Ford Mustang electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 18 complaints for the 2013 Ford Mustang, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
18 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2013 Ford Mustang Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 63,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 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: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 63,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 42% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 12 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 42% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 injury.

What owners wrote

My mother bought this car brand new, the neighbors hacked into the sync system once and had issues out of radio since, but she's not concerned over that, the 6speed transmission will shift on its on, be running 55 and downshift to first, and go to pull out in 6th and had almost got her hit more than once , I hooked computer to it reset everything to factory except the my key and bluetooth which neighbors hacked, but I took down the rd and driving normal to set shifting points, I was in a 60 MPH zone going 55 and…

Reported at 202,000 miles, May 2018 Injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford mustang. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 MPH, the headlights suddenly failed to illuminate while activated. In addition, the entire instrument panel became inoperative. The failure occurred for a few moments. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 9,700.

Reported at 9,700 miles, January 2013

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