U.S. public vehicle records

2010 Ford MUSTANG problems and owner complaints

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

260 owner complaints analyzed

5 distinct recall campaigns

44,043 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 2010 model year. Data snapshot: 2026-09-12 (September 12, 2026). 94 complaints include usable failure mileage.

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Air Bags is the most frequently named component, appearing in 176 of 260 complaints (67.7%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Recurring terms in complaint narratives
Topic	Matching reports	Share of complaints
Braking behavior	20	7.7%
Transmission and shifting	7	2.7%
Engine operation	4	1.5%
Electrical and battery issues	4	1.5%
Steering behavior	3	1.2%
Fuel system concerns	2	0.8%

Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Air Bags

176

Structure:Body

Electrical System

Vehicle Speed Control

Power Train

Engine

Service Brakes

Unknown Or Other

Air Bags: 176; Structure:Body: 12; Electrical System: 10; Vehicle Speed Control: 10; Power Train: 9; Engine: 8; Service Brakes: 8; Unknown Or Other: 7

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000

25,000 to 49,999

50,000 to 74,999

75,000 to 99,999

100,000 to 149,999

150,000 and above

Under 25,000: 30; 25,000 to 49,999: 21; 50,000 to 74,999: 25; 75,000 to 99,999: 8; 100,000 to 149,999: 7; 150,000 and above: 3

Under 25,000 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (30). 166 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2009: 2; 2010: 17; 2011: 6; 2012: 5; 2013: 7; 2014: 15; 2015: 26; 2016: 66; 2017: 55; 2018: 40; 2019: 10; 2020: 4; 2021: 1; 2022: 3; 2023: 2; 2024: 1

Pattern summary

Air Bags leads the component reports. Braking behavior appears in 20 complaint narratives. Transmission and shifting appears in 7 complaint narratives. Engine operation appears in 4 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Complaint evidence

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 10293194 · 2009-11-23 (November 23, 2009)

BRAKING FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENGINE CREATED CLUNKING THEN WHISTLING NOISE. IT SEEMED AND FELT LIKE THE ENGINE HAD FALLEN ONTO PAYMENT. TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE THE 2010 MUSTANG ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. DROVE HOME PARKED CALLED FORD AND ALSO REPORTED THAT AIRBAG LIGHT PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT ALWAYS ON. FORD TOWED TO NEARBY DEALER, MECHANIC DROVE 8 MILES COULD NOT VERIFY NOR DUPLICATE EVENTS. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 5,419 miles reported. Look up ODI 10293194 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10347332 · 2010-08-04 (August 4, 2010)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD MUSTANG GT500. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INDEPENDENTLY DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE SECURITY ALARM THEN SOUNDED, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS ALL ILLUMINATED AND THE SEAT BELT BECAME INCREASINGLY TIGHT AROUND THE CONTACT. THE PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURY TO HER RIGHT ARM AS A RESULT OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESET THE VEHICLE. THE VE…

Owner-reported narrative. 12,800 miles reported. Look up ODI 10347332 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10346129 · 2010-07-29 (July 29, 2010)

BOUGHT A 2010 MUSTANG GT500 CONVERTIBLE ON FEB 18 2010. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TWO OF THE SAME ISSUES WITH PROBLEMS SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION TO SECOND GEAR AND FIFTH GEAR. IT IS IN THE SHOP NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME TRYING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, IN MARCH, MY VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR FROM THE REAR WITH NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE CAR WAS IN THE FORD SERVICE SHOP GETTING THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED BEFORE THE WORK WAS DONE ON THE CAR TO FIX THE REAR BUMPER. (THE TRANSMISSION HAD AN ISSUE BEFORE THE WRECK). ON JULY 24 AROUND 930 PM MY PASSENGER …

Owner-reported narrative. 12,800 miles reported. Look up ODI 10346129 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10350834 · 2010-08-20 (August 20, 2010)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE YET THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE TRACTION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE MODULE WAS REPLACED WITH A SECOND DEFECTIVE MODULE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE MODULE WAS ON BACK ORDER AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAI…

Owner-reported narrative. 150 miles reported. Look up ODI 10350834 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10577229 · 2014-04-03 (April 3, 2014)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MUSTANG GT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY FUSE BURNED OUT AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP RELAY BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Owner-reported narrative. 14,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10577229 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10650765 · 2014-10-28 (October 28, 2014)

THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY THE RPMS WOULD GO DOWN WHILE ACCELERATING LOSING POWER AND HARDLY MOVING THE CAR. AT ONE POINT I ALMOST GET REAR ENDED BECAUSE AS I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A GREEN LIGHT THE CAR TOTALLY STALLED AND WOULD ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO A FORD DEALER AND HAVE THEIR TECHNICIANS CHECK IT,SINCE I READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT SEVERAL FORDS FROM 2005 TO 2012 INCLUDING THE MUSTANG.THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO WARRANTY OR KNOWN RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, WHEN IN F…

Owner-reported narrative. 83,635 miles reported. Look up ODI 10650765 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10311500 · 2010-02-17 (February 17, 2010)

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH SHE NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF; HOWEVER, AFTER THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 800.

Owner-reported narrative. 800 miles reported. Look up ODI 10311500 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10470189 · 2012-08-10 (August 10, 2012)

8/5/12 CAR TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WILL NOT MOVE LOCKS UP WHEN IN PARK WHILE CAR IS RUNNING, CUT CAR OFF AND ENTIRE SYSTEM LOCKS UP AND CAR THEN WILL NOT START, TOW SERVICE SUGGECTED ANIT THEFT DEVICE ACTIVATED, DEALER SAID IT NEEDED NEW $133 BATTERY, INSTALLED ON 8/6/12, 8/10/12 CAR AGAIN SITTING AT LONG STOP LIGHT, PUT IN PARK, LIGHT CHANGED, AND WENT TO PUT IN DRIVE SHIFTER LOCKED WHILE CAR RUNNING, CUT CAR OFF THEN CAR WOULD NOT START ENTIRE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM LOCKED CAR . *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 48,202 miles reported. Look up ODI 10470189 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10509713 · 2013-04-26 (April 26, 2013)

WAS GETTING A SHUTTER FEEL WHILE DRIVING. SAM PACK FORD REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP, POWER STEERING RESERVOIR AND POWER STEERING HOSE ASSEMBLY TO FIX PROBLEM. MY BE OF CONCERN FOR OTHER MUSTANG OWNERS. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 10,727 miles reported. Look up ODI 10509713 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10806689 · 2015-11-25 (November 25, 2015)

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ABNORMALLY HOT AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V319000 (AIR BAGS) BUT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO PART AVAILABILITY DATE FOR THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NO…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10806689 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 11364742 · 2020-10-16 (October 16, 2020)

MY CAR IS AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT PLANET FORD IN SPRING, TX. I NOTICED A SMELL OF GASOLINE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION WHEN I HAD THE PASSENGER AIRBAG RECALL DONE. I SPECIAL ORDERED THE VEHICLE IN THE SPRING OF 2009 THROUGH THEIR DEALERSHIP FROM FORD. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE, 28,000. THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THE GAS TANK IS COMING APART AT THE SEAM AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO PAY $3000 TO REPLACE THE TANK. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE WITH MY SAFETY CONCERNS AND REQUESTED THEY SEND A REPRESENTATIV…

Owner-reported narrative. 28,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11364742 at NHTSA ↗