NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2013 Ford Mustang has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 16, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Ford Mustang. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 271
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Ford Mustang, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2013 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 2005–2012, 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
- 18V046000
- Reported
- January 11, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 327,796
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Mustang, 6 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 2005–2012, 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 2012 Mustang, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2012, 2014 Mustang, 5 other models
2013 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 271 owner complaints about the 2013 Ford Mustang, the newest on May 6, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the air bags (54%), followed by the power train (18%) and the engine (8%).
5 of the 2013 Ford Mustang's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2013 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (120 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags145
- Power Train48
- Engine22
- Vehicle Speed Control19
- Electrical System18
- Unknown Or Other14
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 103 | |
| 2017 | 31 | |
| 2018 | 19 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2013 Ford Mustang peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 103. 58% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Ford Mustang drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 6th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 271 complaints about the 2013 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2013 Ford models
Newest record on this page: May 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted