NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2012 Ford Mustang has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 16, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Ford Mustang. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 469
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Ford Mustang, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2012 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 2005–2011, 2013–2014 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 2010–2011, 2013–2014 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 2005–2009 Mustang, 8 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 16V248000
- Reported
- April 27, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,581
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 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 2005–2011, 2013–2014 Mustang, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 12V190000
- Reported
- May 3, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Mustang, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2011, 2013–2014 Mustang, 5 other models
2012 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 469 owner complaints about the 2012 Ford Mustang, the newest on April 29, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2012 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the power train (38%), followed by the air bags (34%) and the vehicle speed control (7%).
2 of the 2012 Ford Mustang's 7 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2012 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (307 complaints), the median was 23,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train177
- Air Bags158
- Vehicle Speed Control35
- Engine30
- Structure23
- Electrical System21
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 66 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 31 | |
| 2013 | 37 | |
| 2014 | 32 | |
| 2015 | 56 | |
| 2016 | 98 | |
| 2017 | 57 | |
| 2018 | 36 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Ford Mustang peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 98. 47% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Ford Mustang drew 2.9× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the Ford Mustang years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 469 complaints about the 2012 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2012 Ford models
Newest record on this page: April 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted