2000 Ford Mustang GT

No clear pattern

1.4% of complaints about the 2000 Ford Mustang GT arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2000 vehicle, but with only 69 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is engine cooling (21 complaints), typically at 8.7 yr or about 96,000 miles.

Complaints: 69
Median age at failure: 6.9 yr
Median mileage: 69,300 n=53
Crash / fire / tow: 11.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

00V355000 2000-11-03

Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.6L ENGINES. A COOLANT FLOW BLOCKAGE EXISTS AT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HEATER CORE NIPPLE RESULTING IN NO COOLANT FLOW TO THE HEATER AND, THEREFORE, NO WARM AIR FLOW FROM THE HEATER OR WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER. VEHICLES WITH THIS CONDITION DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 103, "WINDSHIELD DEFROSTING AND DEFOGGING SYSTEMS."

LOSS OF VISIBILITY COULD OCCUR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

In owners’ own words

Engine cooling 4,000 mi 1.7 yr in service

ROUGH OR ROLLING IDLE. VEHICLE STALLS AT STOPS OR WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED FOR GEAR-DOWN IN CURVES OR TURNS. LOSS OF STEERING/BRAKING CONTROL HAS RESULTED IN REPEATED OCCURRENCES OF TRAVEL LEFT OF CENTER. MANUFACTURER HAS NO DIAGNOSIS FOR CONCERN. PCM RE-PROGRAM ATTEMPTS ARE SHORT-TERM "FIX". PROBLEM RECURS.*JB

Engine cooling mileage not reported 3.7 yr in service

VEHICLE STALLING WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR TURNING. CLUTCH IS NOT ENGAGED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT OCCURRED IN OCT. OF 2002 AND IN APRIL 2003.

Engine cooling mileage not reported 3.8 yr in service

PLASTIC TIMING BELT GUIDE BROKE, CAUSING TIMING BELT TO RUB AGAINST ENGINE, PUTTING METAL THROUGH THE ENGINE. *JB

Other Mustang GT model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2000 Ford Mustang GT

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Mustang GT model years

How to read this