Safety Score
64
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-06-13 | 06E056000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 58,640 | — | Details |
| 2006-04-07 | 06V108000 |
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | 19,140 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Because of Mustangs heavy doors the latch mechanism malfunctioned and the door came open on the highway. I realize the … |
| 2025-03-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Burning of terminal on brake light switch wiring. Brake lights left on. |
| 2025-03-03 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | The Belt Strap will get twists along the length. The Body Pillar clip refuses free movement. This is aggrevating for a … |
| 2024-01-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Date of incident....sometime over night 1/27/24. Vehicle FIRE I believe started in electrical components. Happened ove… |
| 2022-12-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Flooded salvage title not listed |
| 2019-06-03 | TIRES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING 40 MILES AN HOUR AND REAR PASSANGER TIRE WITHOUT SOUND PRETTY MUCH JUST SHREDDED OF TRED . |
| 2019-04-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE EXHAUST PIPE BREAKS WHERE THE A/C WATER DRIPS. THIS IS DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF THE CAR. THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES IT BET… |
| 2017-05-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. UPON INSPECT… |
| 2016-10-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A FIRE HYDRANT, SPUN OUT, AND CRASHED INT… |
| 2016-05-20 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED I… |
| 2015-03-02 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE NEXT DAY THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NEITHER RETRACT OR EXTEND … |
| 2014-12-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE I HEARD WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A POPPING SOUND AND THEN EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF PO… |
| 2014-01-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | GAS PEDAL CATCHES ON VEHICLE CARPET PREVENTING DECELERATION. THE HINGE OF THE GAS PEDAL LODGES UNDERNEATH THE LIP OF TH… |
| 2013-10-16 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MALFUNCTIONED AND INTERMITTENTLY WOU… |
| 2012-12-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING. ALL DASH BOARD LIGHTS CAME ON I… |
| 2012-07-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS COULD NOT BE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED BY USING TH… |
| 2012-05-04 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | ALL 4 SEAT BELTS HAVE OPERATIONAL ISSUES. PASSENGER SEAT BELT FULLY EXTENDED AND WILL NOT RETRACT. DRIVER SIDE SEMI FUN… |
| 2012-03-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL EMITTED FROM THE T… |
| 2011-09-05 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILURE - WILL NOT RETRACT OR COME OUT. *TR |
| 2011-09-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT ON ITS OWN. YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY MESS WITH IT TO GET IT TO RETRACT. SOMETIMES IT… |
| 2011-08-13 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | UPPER RETAINING NUT CAME OFF RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM CAUSING POOR HANDLING AND A CLICKING NOISE OVER BUMPS A… |
| 2011-06-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE PUSH BUTTON ON THE HANDLE OF THE SHIFTER THAT YOU HAVE TO PRESS TO GET IT OUT OF PARK ON MY 2003 MUSTANG IS STICKIN… |
| 2011-05-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS WHEN PARKING OR COASTING AT 5 TO 10 MPH OR WHEN COMING TO A STOP. *TR |
| 2011-01-03 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELTS IN THE FRONT WILL NOT RETRACT. WENT TO THE JUNK YARD AND EVERY CAR I FOUND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I DON… |
| 2010-12-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT PROPERLY. THE… |
| 2010-11-08 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM A DRIVEWAY INTO THE STREET AND WAS HIT WITH SPEED OVER 40MPH. C… |
| 2010-04-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT CONTINUALLY LOCKS UP. SEATBELT IS COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE RIGHT NOW AND WILL NOT RETRACT … |
| 2010-03-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I OWN A 2003 MACH 1 MUSTANG I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WHEEL BEARINGS 3 TIMES EACH ON THE 2 FR… |
| 2010-01-10 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL SWITCH HARNESS CONNECTOR DEFORMED RESULTING IN INOPERATIVE BRAKE LIGHTS. WIRES NO LONGER FIT WITHIN PLASTI… |
| 2010-01-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG SVT COBRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHI… |
| 2009-12-24 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR WAS INOP… |
| 2009-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BLACK MICRO FIBERS WERE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE FRO… |
| 2009-10-01 | EQUIPMENT | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE TOW DOLLY WAS MADE BY CROFT TRAILER, MODEL# CG85OT, AND SERIAL#15DF101W92… |
| 2009-05-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SEAT BELT STARTED STICKING AND BEING HARD TO PULL OUT IN 2005, I TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP THEY STATED IT WA… |
| 2009-04-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE SEAT BELTS. THEY GET TWISTED UP EVERY TIME YOU USE THEM. MY PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS LOCKED RIG… |
| 2009-03-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ALL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN STATING THAT VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 12/19/04 HAVE THIS PROBLEM. A ENGINE CYLINDER WITH N… |
| 2008-11-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | MY PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT COME OUT AT ALL. THE BELT IS NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR ANYONE TO SIT IN. PLUS MY DRIVER SIDE … |
| 2008-06-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL INTERMITTENTLY WOULD NOT DEACTIVAT… |
| 2008-05-10 | EQUIPMENT | No | 0 | WAS GOING 25 MPH WHEN SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY 2003 FORD MUSTANG. FROM TALKING WITH OTHERS THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PR… |
| 2008-04-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A LOUD POPPING SOUND. THE CON… |
| 2007-10-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 FORD MUSTANG CAUGHT FIRE. CONSUMER STATES THAT HER STEPDAUGHTER'S MUSTANG CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING LO… |
| 2007-07-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 5 OF MY SPARK PLUGS ON MY 2003 MUSTANG GT 4.6 POPPED OUT OF THE SPARK PLUG HOLE IN THE CYLINDER HEAD.ALL THESE SPARK P… |
| 2007-01-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY 2003 MUSTANG HAS A DRIVER SIDE CARPET PROBLEM WHERE THE CARPET COMES UNATTACHED AND FOLDS DOWN AT THE TOP. WELL IT H… |
| 2006-12-04 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED AND MY RIGH… |
| 2006-10-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | I WAS TURNING RIGHT IN A PARKING LOT AT 15+MPH WHEN I HIT A PARKING STALL CURB IN THE SNOW. THE WHEELS STOPPED BY HITTI… |
| 2006-09-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR OCCASIONALLY AND RANDOMLY STALLS WHEN SLOWING TO STOP OR MAKE A TURN AFTER CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. *NM |
| 2006-09-02 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FORWARD SUN GEAR W/TORRINGTON BEARING. *TR |
| 2006-05-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 2003 FORD MUSTANG COBRA HAS A STALLING PROBLEM, THIS HAPPENS WHEN DECELERATING, OR SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL WHEN STOPPING.… |
| 2006-03-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE SITTING AT THE TRAFFIC INTERSECTION AWAITING THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN. I HEARD A LOUD POP FROM UNDER HOOD AND ALL… |
| 2006-02-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED. AFTER THE ACTIVATION OF THE CRUISE CO… |