NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2016 Ford Mustang has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 12, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 380
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Ford Mustang
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 25V614000
- Reported
- September 12, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 332,778
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Mustang
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V572000
- Reported
- September 3, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,456,417
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2019 Mustang, 12 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 22V082000
- Reported
- February 16, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 330,784
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Mustang
Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: hoses/lines/piping/fittings
- Campaign
- 16V779000
- Reported
- October 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,582
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Mustang
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 15V707000
- Reported
- October 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,900
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Ford Mustang
2016 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 380 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford Mustang, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (3%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the engine (20%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the back over prevention (14%).
2 of the 2016 Ford Mustang's 5 recalls also concern the back over prevention.
Where 2016 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (204 complaints), the median was 35,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine76
- Electrical System73
- Unknown Or Other70
- Back Over Prevention52
- Power Train29
- Structure28
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 38 | |
| 2020 | 47 | |
| 2021 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 53 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 47 | |
| 2025 | 27 | |
| 2026 | 29 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford Mustang peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 53. 28% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Ford Mustang drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 9th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 380 complaints about the 2016 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2016 Ford Mustang crash tests and safety technology
NHTSA rated 2 versions of the 2016 Ford Mustang: C RWD and 2 DR RWD.
On the 2016 Ford Mustang, in the side barrier test the front seat scored 5 stars and the rear seat 4 (2 DR RWD).
For the 2016 Ford Mustang, NHTSA lists electronic stability control as standard, forward collision warning as an option and no lane departure warning. Forward collision warning became standard on the Mustang with the 2022 model year, 6 years after this one.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2016 Ford Mustang rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 8.1% (5 stars). Of the 20 Mustang years NHTSA rated from 2004 on, 2 had a lower risk, the 2024 the lowest at 7.9%. Of 63 other 2016 cars with NHTSA ratings on this site, 0 (0%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 10.7%.
Photos: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA test vehicle 10220, shown from static.nhtsa.gov. Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2016 Ford Mustang: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted