NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2018 Ford Mustang has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 3, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 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
- 196
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 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 2018 Ford 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
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 18V213000
- Reported
- April 4, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 142
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 17V814000
- Reported
- December 18, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,100
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Ford Mustang
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 18E035000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Ford Mustang
2018 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 196 owner complaints about the 2018 Ford Mustang, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the engine (30%), followed by the power train (23%) and the electrical system (16%).
1 of the 2018 Ford Mustang's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2018 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 28,890 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine59
- Power Train46
- Electrical System31
- Unknown Or Other23
- Structure15
- Back Over Prevention12
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 24 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 17 | |
| 2023 | 21 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 42 | |
| 2026 | 27 |
Complaints about the 2018 Ford Mustang peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 42. 36% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Ford Mustang drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 14th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 196 complaints about the 2018 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2018 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted