NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2014 Ford Mustang has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 16, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Ford Mustang. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 359
- Crashes reported
- 30
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Ford Mustang, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2014 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 2005–2013 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 2010–2013 Mustang, 7 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 2005–2013 Mustang, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2013 Mustang, 5 other models
2014 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 359 owner complaints about the 2014 Ford Mustang, the newest on August 5, 2026. Of these, 30 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the air bags (68%), followed by the power train (8%) and the steering (6%).
4 of the 2014 Ford Mustang's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2014 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (153 complaints), the median was 24,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags245
- Power Train30
- Steering22
- Engine18
- Structure17
- Unknown Or Other15
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 21 | |
| 2015 | 59 | |
| 2016 | 136 | |
| 2017 | 53 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 31 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2014 Ford Mustang peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 136. 76% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Ford Mustang drew 3.0× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2014 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 359 complaints about the 2014 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2014 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted