NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2017 Ford Mustang has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 12, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 268
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 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 2015–2016 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 2015–2016, 2018–2019 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 2015–2016 Mustang
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V529000
- Reported
- August 28, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 650
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 17V168000
- Reported
- March 13, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,470
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 206, door locks and door retention
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Ford 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 2015–2016 Mustang
2017 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 268 owner complaints about the 2017 Ford Mustang, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (5%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the back over prevention (24%), followed by the structure (15%) and the electrical system (13%).
2 of the 2017 Ford Mustang's 6 recalls also concern the back over prevention.
Where 2017 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (144 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Back Over Prevention64
- Structure41
- Unknown Or Other37
- Electrical System34
- Latches/Locks/Linkages29
- Engine27
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 16 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 28 | |
| 2021 | 35 | |
| 2022 | 43 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 25 | |
| 2025 | 30 | |
| 2026 | 24 |
Complaints about the 2017 Ford Mustang peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 43. 26% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Ford Mustang drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 268 complaints about the 2017 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2017 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted