NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Ford Mustang Recalls
The 2021 Ford Mustang has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 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
- 55
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 Ford Mustang
Electrical system: body control module/bcm
- Campaign
- 25V689000
- Reported
- October 10, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,101
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Mustang
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 25V455000
- Reported
- July 7, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 850,318
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Mustang, 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 2019–2020, 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 2020, 2022 Mustang
Air bags: knee bolster
- Campaign
- 22V083000
- Reported
- February 16, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 327
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Mustang
Air bags: side/window: curtain
- Campaign
- 21V980000
- Reported
- December 16, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 93
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 226, ejection mitigation
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Ford Mustang
2021 Ford Mustang complaints by year
NHTSA has received 55 owner complaints about the 2021 Ford Mustang, the newest on June 22, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Ford Mustang, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (18%), followed by the power train (16%) and the engine (15%).
1 of the 2021 Ford Mustang's 6 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2021 Ford Mustang owners gave the mileage (20 complaints), the median was 5,130 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline10
- Power Train9
- Engine8
- Electrical System6
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
- Unknown Or Other5
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 19 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2021 Ford Mustang peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 19. 47% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Ford Mustang drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Ford Mustang year in the same window: 23rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Ford Mustang years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 55 complaints about the 2021 Ford Mustang are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mustang by model year
Other 2021 Ford models
Newest record on this page: June 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted