2018 Ford Mustang problems
Owners have filed 250 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Ford Mustang. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 27% of complaints. Next are drivetrain & axles (17%) and electrical system (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 250 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 30,000 miles 117 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 | 44 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 25 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 29 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 117 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 30,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 23,000 miles (33 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2018 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford Mustang with enough data (160 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.
I purchased a new 2018 ford mustang 2 dr 4 cyl ecoboost on july 9th 2018. On august 15, after having dinner with parents at the house, I went to visit some friends in davie and it was aprox 7:45 pm while driving on a 4 lane road divided by a median. Road has frequent speedbumps and the median has mature trees. While traveling on this road - I felt nauseous and placed both hands on the steering wheel and suddenly the road became blurry and I lost conciousness and struck a tree in the median.
At acceleration the car won't shift when needed then it'll automatically down shift and stop accelerating. The RPM gage needle bounces up & down with & with acceleration imaged speed still decreases then something catches and it'll start accelerating & RPM going to high then starts all over before finally working right.