2005 Ford Mustang

US Recalls

NHTSA Recall US

• 21V081000 2021-02-16

  Recall 21V081000

  Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2005-2014 Mustang, 2004-2011 Ranger, 2009-2011 Mercury Milan, 2006 Ford GT, 2008-2012 Fusion, 2007-2010 Edge and Lincoln MKX, and 2009-2010 Lincoln MKZ vehicles. These vehicles may be equipped with a driver or passenger frontal air bag inflator used as a replacement service part, that may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure…

  Recorded model years: 2005

• 21E013000 2021-02-16

  Recall 21E013000

  Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain air bag inflator and/or module replacement service parts that may have been used as part of a collision repair. The parts include certain driver-side air bag inflators and/or modules, designed to fit 2005-2014 Ford Mustang and Mustang GT500. It also includes certain passenger-side air bag inflators and/or modules designed to fit 2005-2014 Ford…

  Recorded model years: 2005

• 17V024000 2017-01-10

  Recall 17V024000

  Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2012 Ford Fusion and Mustang and Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Ford…

  Recorded model years: 2005

Showing 3 of 9 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 88 records exist for the Ford Mustang where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

Campaign applicability can depend on build date, equipment and market, and a remedy may already have been completed. Confirm any campaign against the official record using the VIN.

Manufacturer Bulletins

NHTSA Manufacturer Communication US

• 10240415 2023-07-27

  22B05 S1

  Certain 2005-2014 Mustang, 2005-2006 GT, 2004-2011 Ranger, 2006-2012 Fusion and MKZ/Zephyr, 2006-2011 Milan, and 2007-2010 Edge & MKX Vehicles Driver & Passenger Airbag Module Quality Control Inspection REASON FOR THIS SUPPLEMENT • Updated Ranger Technical Information to include images of a pass and fail airbag inflator inspection for 2007-2011 model years.

  Recorded model years: 2005

• 10235153 2023-04-04

  SSM 51536

  For 2000-2024 Ford and Lincoln vehicles, swapping a module from a vehicle for diagnosis purposes is likely to cause errors and is not recommended. It is also not recommended to order a replacement module using a vehicle identification number (VIN) from a different vehicle. Most modules on these affected vehicles are VIN/vehicle specific and hardware variations between modules do exist.…

  Recorded model years: 2005

• 10209374 2022-03-28

  22B05

  Certain 2005-2014 Mustang, 2005-2006 GT, 2004-2011 Ranger, 2006-2012 Fusion & MKZ/Zephyr, 2006-2011 Milan, and 2007-2010 Edge & MKX Vehicles Driver & Passenger Airbag Module Quality Control Inspection: Ford Motor Company has determined that some vehicles claimed by dealers as repaired under Takata Airbag Safety Recalls 15S21, 17S42, 18S02, 19S01, and 21S12 may not have received the claimed repairs. The propellant…

  Recorded model years: 2005

Showing 3 of 46 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 1,192 records exist for the Ford Mustang where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

A manufacturer communication is service guidance issued to dealers. It is not a safety recall, and its existence does not mean this vehicle has the described condition.

Investigations

NHTSA Investigation US

• EA15001 2015-02-24

  Air Bag Inflator Rupture

  Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

  Recorded model years: 2005

• PE14016 2014-06-11

  Air Bag Inflator Rupture

  Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

  Recorded model years: 2005

• AQ10001 2010-11-18

  Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit

  On November 18, 2010, NHTSA's Recall Management Division (RMD) opened an audit query (AQ10-001) to investigate recall remedy completion by rental car companies on safety recall campaigns.It was expected to provide the agency an indication of how completely and how quickly rental car fleets perform necessary recall-related remedies on the vehicles owned and then rented/leased for use on the roadways.RMD…

  Recorded model years: 2005

A further 18 records exist for the Ford Mustang where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

An investigation records that a regulator reviewed a suspected defect. It is not itself a finding of defect and not a recall.

Canada Recalls

Transport Canada Recall CA

• 2021077 2021-02-19

  Transport Canada recall 2021077

  Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

  Recorded model years: 2005

• 2019005 2019-01-08

  Transport Canada recall 2019005

  Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

  Recorded model years: 2005

• 2017024 2017-01-12

  Transport Canada recall 2017024

  Multiple source assertions are recorded for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific detail.

  Recorded model years: 2005

Showing 3 of 6 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 68 records exist for the Ford Mustang where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

Canadian campaigns are recorded separately from US campaigns and do not imply one another.

Consumer Complaints

NHTSA Complaint US

705 complaint records in the dataset for this vehicle and year.

Outcomes stated in those reports

• reports mentioning a crash 31
• reports mentioning a fire 7
• reported injuries 27

Outcomes as stated by the person who filed the report. They are not verified, not adjudicated, and carry no exposure denominator, so they cannot be turned into a rate.

By system

• Air bags (restraint system)236 (26.4%)Official recall records for this system: 32, covering model years 1995–2022.
• Electrical system231 (25.9%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Fuel system101 (11.3%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 1998–2024.
• Body & structure57 (6.4%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1995–2017.
• Speed control & accelerator55 (6.2%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1998–2004.
• Brakes40 (4.5%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 1995–2024.
• Engine40 (4.5%)Official recall records for this system: 15, covering model years 1998–2026.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)26 (2.9%)Official recall records for this system: 21, covering model years 2012–2025.

Other / uncategorized: 23 classifications (2.6%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

A single report can name several systems, so these figures overlap and must not be added together — their sum is larger than the report total above.

A further 8,195 complaint records exist for this vehicle where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

These are owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects. Counts are record counts in the dataset. No exposure denominator exists, so no failure rate or reliability score can be derived from them.