2016 Ford Mustang problems
Owners have filed 504 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Ford Mustang. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 17% of complaints. Next are electrical system (14%) and backover prevention (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 504 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 22 and 6
- Typical mileage
- 35,000 miles 273 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 | 92 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 60 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 50 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 36 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 26 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 273 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 35,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 44,000 miles (50 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 23 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 22 injuries reported; 6 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2016 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Mustang with enough data (273 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.
This specific car model is a 2016 Shelby GT350 tech package that I owned for at least 7 months. In this time period i had only put 7k mikes on it before it blew up. After doing tons of research there is a tons of class action law suits against Ford for these cars. The incident that occurred was while driving the vehicle caught fire on the passenger side. Driving at the speed limit of 40 MPH no warning lights, Check engine lights or anything it just blew up.
Took my car to ford dealership they said air-conditioner evaporator core is out they have received many complaints and might one day have a recall.. No AC on a two-year-old car with 40,000 miles. Very poor quality not worth the money
While driving my car, the passenger side door will open and I get a message saying "passenger door ajar". I have to immediately pull over to shut the door. This happens infrequently, but it is still dangerous to have a door that you think is locked open while driving down the highway. This has happened to me about 4 times since I got the car in november of 2019.