Vehicle report
2012 FORD MUSTANG
This model year
What the record shows
The 2012 Ford Mustang is a subcompact car, and the 48th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1965 to 2026.
The EPA rated five configurations: engines from 3.7-litre six-cylinder to 5.4-litre eight-cylinder, rear-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on premium gasoline and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 18 to 23 mpg depending on which one you have.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 4 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 469 owner complaints, 7 safety recalls, 1 investigation and 57 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.