NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2005 Ford Mustang has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 16, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 705
- Crashes reported
- 31
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Ford Mustang
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V081000
- Reported
- February 16, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,067
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2014 Mustang, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V024000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 654,695
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009, 2012 Mustang, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V384000
- Reported
- May 31, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,892,343
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 Mustang, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V319000
- Reported
- May 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,018,622
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2014 Mustang, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 08V082000
- Reported
- February 25, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 434,593
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008 Mustang
Suspension: front
- Campaign
- 06E089000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Mustang
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006–2008 Mustang, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006–2008 Mustang, 46 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2014 Mustang, 5 other models
2005 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 705 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Mustang, the newest on August 5, 2025. Of these, 31 describe a crash (4%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the air bags (33%), followed by the electrical system (32%) and the fuel system, gasoline (10%).
6 of the 2005 Ford Mustang's 9 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (434 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags235
- Electrical System225
- Fuel System, Gasoline68
- Structure56
- Vehicle Speed Control54
- Fuel/Propulsion System27
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 69 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 32 | |
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 37 | |
| 2011 | 82 | |
| 2012 | 51 | |
| 2013 | 33 | |
| 2014 | 43 | |
| 2015 | 44 | |
| 2016 | 57 | |
| 2017 | 96 | |
| 2018 | 64 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford Mustang peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 96. 21% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Ford Mustang drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the Ford Mustang years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 705 complaints about the 2005 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 5, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted