2014 Ford Mustang problems
Owners have filed 427 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Ford Mustang. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 58% of complaints. Next are drivetrain & axles (7%) and steering (5%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 427 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 58% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 41 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 32 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 24,000 miles 202 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 | 89 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 36 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 29 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 19 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 16 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 202 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 24,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 24,000 miles (57 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 41 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 32 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Mustang with enough data (381 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Takata recall or any defective airbag issues. I rented a car from a small independent car rental agency near a major airport in the USA. I was in slow moving traffic on a highway and had to brake hard for traffic which had stopped. I collided with nothing. The airbag deployed, exploded and shattered as it deployed, burst into flames and a piece of the airbag landed on my arm burning me and leaving a scar. The detonator o the steering remained in flames for several minutes smelling of gunpowder.
Advanced track light kept coming on as well as traction control lights though car was fine then new years eve a driver caused me to have an accident and seconds before impact my brakes locked up, and steering wheel locked up. I then impacted and the front passenger and driver airbags did not deploy which could of killed me and my passenger as we were both severely hurt from slamming against the steering wheel and him the dashboard. This happened on a city street irving bolivard at a speed of 40MPH.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford mustang. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 70 MPH, the contact crashed into another vehicle. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 254.
When I wash the car water go in to the fire wall behind the doors doesn't drain or when it rains its the same problem, water inside the fire wall behind the doors I took the car to my dealer where I bought it and the say there its nothing they can do