"How reliable is the 2018 Ford Mustang?"

"Based on 224 NHTSA complaints, the 2018 Ford Mustang has a median complaint mileage of 30000 miles. The most common issue is ENGINE."

"What are common problems with the 2018 Ford Mustang?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 2018 Ford Mustang is ENGINE, accounting for a significant portion of the 224 total complaints filed."

2018 Ford Mustang: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 224 complaints

224

Total Complaints

30,000mi

Median Mileage

ENGINE

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

6,200 25th Percentile

30,000 Median Mileage

50,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ENGINE

POWER TRAIN

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

STRUCTURE:BODY

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

SERVICE BRAKES

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"2018 MUSTANG GT BRAND NEW LESS THAN 300 MILES. DURING THE COURSE OF DRIVING ONE MORNING THE CAR ENGINE SHUT OFF 7 TIMES WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO RECREATE THE CONDITION AND SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE AND..."

"THE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM HAS BRAKED HARD ON ME THREE (3) TIMES WHEN THERE WASN'T A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE FIRST TIME A CAR HAD ALREADY TURNED RIGHT ONTO AN INTERSECTING STREET, THE SECOND TIME A CAR HAD TURNED LEFT INTO A DRIVEWAY AND THE DRIVER WAS ALREADY GETTING OUT TO GET HIS MAIL, AND T..."

"2018 MUSTANG GT WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ENGINE STALLS WHEN SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL (MANUAL TRANS) AT HIGHER ENGINE SPEEDS. FOR EXAMPLE, COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT (WAS TRAVELING APPROX 50MPH) OR WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY (WAS TRAVELING 65MPH AND THEN WAS TURNING AROUND AN OFF-RAMP). HAS OCCURED AT AN..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28