NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2001 Ford Mustang has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 30, 2000.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Ford Mustang. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 173
- Crashes reported
- 37
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Ford Mustang, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2001 Ford Mustang
Parking brake: conventional
- Campaign
- 00V349000
- Reported
- October 30, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 434,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Mustang
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E038000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Mustang, 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Mustang, 23 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Mustang, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Mustang, 19 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Mustang, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2008 Mustang, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2008 Mustang, 46 other models
2001 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 173 owner complaints about the 2001 Ford Mustang, the newest on June 16, 2024. Of these, 37 describe a crash (21%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 34 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the air bags (15%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (14%) and the seat belts (13%).
None of the 2001 Ford Mustang's 8 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2001 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (63 complaints), the median was 57,694 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags26
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
- Seat Belts22
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
- Power Train16
- Vehicle Speed Control13
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 29 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 47 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 19 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Ford Mustang peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 47. 64% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Ford Mustang drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 10th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 173 complaints about the 2001 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2001 Ford models
Newest record on this page: June 16, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted