NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2000 Ford Mustang has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 30, 2000.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Ford Mustang. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 311
- Crashes reported
- 56
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Ford Mustang, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2000 Ford Mustang
Parking brake: conventional
- Campaign
- 00V349000
- Reported
- October 30, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 434,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Mustang
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 99V250000
- Reported
- September 20, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,306
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E038000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Mustang, 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Mustang, 23 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Mustang, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Mustang, 19 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Mustang, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2008 Mustang, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2008 Mustang, 46 other models
2000 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 311 owner complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang, the newest on October 30, 2025. Of these, 56 describe a crash (18%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 42 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the air bags (14%), followed by the power train (13%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
None of the 2000 Ford Mustang's 9 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2000 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 64,306 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags42
- Power Train40
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic40
- Seat Belts36
- Engine And Engine Cooling34
- Parking Brake26
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 63 | |
| 2001 | 67 | |
| 2002 | 45 | |
| 2003 | 31 | |
| 2004 | 27 | |
| 2005 | 16 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 67. 67% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Mustang drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 5th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 311 complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2000 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 30, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted