Owners have filed 458 complaints on the Ford Mustang Mach-E, covering 2021–2022. The system named most often is Electrical System (159 reports). Worst years by volume: 2021, 2022; cleanest: 2022, 2021. 24 reports describe a crash, 1 a fire. On average the car was 1.9 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Ford Mustang Mach-E
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 458 Mustang Mach-E complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Electrical System 159 Read
Vehicle Information: •Make: Ford •Model: Mach-E •Model Year: 2022 •Vehicle Type: Electric SUV •VIN: [XXX] •Mileage at time of incident: 31114 •Purchased in: California Incident Date: [XXX] Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Injury: Yes Crash: Yes Fire: No Airbags Deployed: No Police Report Filed: Yes Description of…
On Tuesday, [XXX], between approximately [XXX] and [XXX] PM EST, I parked my Mustang Mach-E, powered the vehicle off, and exited the car with my wife and child. After unloading groceries and sports equipment, I retrieved the Level 2 charger from the front of my garage and plugged it into the vehicle. I waited for the…
Dealership said no remedy won't fix car but has recall. But when purchased nothing wrong wug car.. Everything changed and the whole world is talking in my head saying weird stuff and stealing all my money and the devil acting weird and life just I go through so much and I list nand confused wtf us gong on
Power Train 71 Read
Car was stopped at the top of a hill. Driver put the car in park and exited to talk to a security guard to raise a security barrier. Car began to roll down a hill and didn't stop until it hit a metal security gate 250 yards away. Car was totaled as result of collision with gate. No one was hurt. It would appear that…
Vehicle shutdown while driving causing total power loss and hitting a parked vehicle. No alerts or notifications were present at the time
The contact owns a 2022 Ford Mustang. The contact stated while pulling into a parking spot at approximately 2 MPH and had not yet placed the vehicle in park, the vehicle had an unintended acceleration. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle crashed into a light post, ran over the post, and…
Forward Collision Avoidance 57 Read
The contact owns a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach E. The contact stated that while the wife was driving the vehicle and approaching oncoming traffic the vehicle was stopped. Immediately after stopping the pre-collision warning activated and the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration crashing into the rear of a…
There are many reports of the Mustang Mach E "accelerating unexpectedly." This usually happens in parking lots or other situations involving low speed and a rapid turn of the wheel. I know exactly what the problem is, because it happened to me this morning. While parking in my parking garage, my car rapidly…
I was pulling into my garage, steering with my left hand, making a slow, tight left turn from the drive way into the perpendicular garage. As the steering wheel turned, I believe my left palm hit the cruise control button and activated the adaptive cruise control. The vehicle suddenly accelerated toward the house…
Vehicle Speed Control 30 Read
I was waiting in a drive thru behind a line of cars at a full stop for some time, so I was using One Pedal assist/Auto Hold. My car suddenly accelerated and slammed into the car in front of me
Vehicle had an unintended acceleration resulting in crash in a parking lot
On approximately March 20, 2022, I was driving my Mach E vehicle. I pulled into a driveway and parked my vehicle. Upon exiting my vehicle, my vehicle began accelerating forward up the inclined driveway. It then struck a parked vehicle and came to a stop. The car accelerated uninetentionally which is in alignment with…
Steering 21 Read
Power steering went out including 10+ error / fault codes displaying on the dash on the vehicle after planned having vehicle towed but was back to normal after a restart. Exiting the parking lot at a low speed power steering failed again resulting in a low speed crash. After having it towed to dealership they reviewed…
The contact owns a 2022 Ford Mach-E. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 MPH the steering and braking systems suddenly malfunctioned causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle. The driver was unable to steer the vehicle and when pressing the brake pedal the vehicle did not stop. The driver…
On November 15, 2024, my Ford Mustang Mach-E was involved in a rear-end collision on Interstate 270 near Clarksburg, Maryland. I was struck at high speed by a box truck, which pushed my vehicle forward into the van in front of me. The rear of the vehicle sustained significant damage, including the complete shattering…
Service Brakes 21 Read
Was driving my 2022 Mustang Mach-E in "One-Pedal" Whisper mode on. I always drive in that mode because it has a great feature where as soon as I take my foot off the accelerator the car slows down significantly. I feel safer in this mode especially in high traffic or on the freeway. I was very slowly turning into a…
The contact owns a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle did not slow down as intended, and crashed into another vehicle. The contact sustained neck, head, and arm injuries. Medical attention was needed. A police report…
Brakes automatically engage when parked. Next time I went to drive the car wouldn't move until a loud "clunk" came from the rear and the car moved. But, when I started driving there was a repetitive noise coming with each turn of a rear wheel. Parked the car and took to dealership which confirmed that a "chunk" of the…
Lane Departure 11 Read
When I start up the car, and the temperature is below 50 degrees, the "pre-collision assist" is not available, the "park aid" malfunctions and the "blind spot detection with cross traffic" is inoperative....the alerts are on the dash, and come as alerts to my phone. The car can still be driven. My car has been at the…
The hands-free steering control Does not give a loud warning or much notice as it shuts off quickly as it did to me as I switched from southbound 805 to southbound 163 in San Diego. The hands-free steering veered off of the 163 entrance ramp towards the crash barrels and I was barely able to get control and avoid a…
Pre-Collision Assist Not Available has been persistent since purchasing last month. There is 27 page thread (https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/front-camera-fault-pre-collision-assist-not-available-errors.18710/page-25) recommending that we file a report here
Visibility 9 Read
The contact owns a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V711000 (Visibility) and 21V712000 (Visibility) however, the parts to do the recall repair were not yet available. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer and it was confirmed that the parts were not yet…
The contact owns a 2021 Ford Mach-E. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 21V711000 (Visibility) and 21V712000 (Visibility) however, the dealer had not been returning the contact's calls to schedule the recall repair. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of…
The contact owns a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V711000 (Visibility) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The…
Mustang Mach-E years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Air Bags,vehicle Speed Control,service Brakes | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | Back Over Prevention | 12 | 1 |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 155 |
| Average complaints per series | 3 |
| Worst single series | 14 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 1.9 years |
A model average of 3 hides a worst series at 14. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the Mustang Mach-E?
By complaint volume, 2021, 2022 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which Mustang Mach-E years are the cleanest?
2022, 2021 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Ford Mustang Mach-E have?
458 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 2021–2022. Of those, 24 describe a crash and 1 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.