NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2020 Ford Mustang has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Ford Mustang. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 120
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Ford Mustang, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2020 Ford Mustang
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V695000
- Reported
- October 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,448,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 25V442000
- Reported
- June 27, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 200,237
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021–2022 Mustang, 19 other models
Electrical system: body control module/bcm
- Campaign
- 23V727000
- Reported
- October 27, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 187,922
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 Mustang
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 22V382000
- Reported
- May 27, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,032
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Mustang
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 20V573000
- Reported
- September 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38,005
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Ford Mustang
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V575000
- Reported
- September 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 620,246
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Forward collision avoidance: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V306000
- Reported
- May 27, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Ford Mustang
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 20V263000
- Reported
- May 8, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,460
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Mustang, 1 other model
2020 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 120 owner complaints about the 2020 Ford Mustang, the newest on September 15, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (11%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the electrical system (21%), followed by the engine (21%) and the power train (21%).
1 of the 2020 Ford Mustang's 8 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2020 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (38 complaints), the median was 23,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System25
- Engine25
- Power Train25
- Unknown Or Other22
- Service Brakes15
- Back Over Prevention12
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 20 | |
| 2025 | 33 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2020 Ford Mustang peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 33. 38% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Ford Mustang drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 17th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 120 complaints about the 2020 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2020 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted