NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2011 Ford Mustang has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 16, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Ford Mustang. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 466
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2011 Ford Mustang, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2011 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 2005–2010, 2012–2014 Mustang, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V001000
- Reported
- January 7, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 782,384
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2014 Mustang, 7 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 2005–2010 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 2005–2010, 2012–2014 Mustang, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2010, 2012–2014 Mustang, 5 other models
2011 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 466 owner complaints about the 2011 Ford Mustang, the newest on May 16, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the power train (43%), followed by the air bags (27%) and the engine (10%).
5 of the 2011 Ford Mustang's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2011 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (338 complaints), the median was 22,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train200
- Air Bags125
- Engine48
- Vehicle Speed Control39
- Steering25
- Electrical System24
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 145 | |
| 2012 | 28 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 46 | |
| 2015 | 49 | |
| 2016 | 64 | |
| 2017 | 53 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Ford Mustang peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 145. 51% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Ford Mustang drew 3.3× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 1st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the Ford Mustang years to avoid by our method.
The 466 complaints about the 2011 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2011 Ford models
Newest record on this page: May 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted