NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2008 Ford Mustang has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 16, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 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
- 347
- Crashes reported
- 21
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 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 2005–2007, 2009–2014 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 2005–2007, 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 2005–2007, 2009–2011 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 2005–2007, 2009–2014 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 2005–2007 Mustang
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2007 Mustang, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2007 Mustang, 46 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2014 Mustang, 5 other models
2008 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 347 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford Mustang, the newest on May 11, 2026. Of these, 21 describe a crash (6%); owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the air bags (69%), followed by the power train (9%) and the vehicle speed control (5%).
6 of the 2008 Ford Mustang's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (142 complaints), the median was 37,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags240
- Power Train30
- Vehicle Speed Control19
- Electrical System15
- Structure15
- Service Brakes9
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 29 | |
| 2016 | 57 | |
| 2017 | 126 | |
| 2018 | 41 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Ford Mustang peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 126. 13% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Ford Mustang drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 18th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 347 complaints about the 2008 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2008 Ford models
Newest record on this page: May 11, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted