MODELYEARINDEX

Ford Mustang Mach E

1,146 complaints across 1 scored model years and 21 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford Mustang Mach E Full report
C
Grade 2021–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Driver Assist 201
Electrical 139
Fuel System 44
Weakest

2021

Best

2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2021
1.00× 590 C
2022 P
0.51× 238 C
2023 P
0.40× 210 B
2024 P
0.17× 85 B
2025 P
0.04× 23 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

21 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V315000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2023 1,076,138
25V863000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:PARK PAWL 2024, 2025 272,645
25V404000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE 2021–2025 197,432
24V594000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR 2023, 2024 86,852
26V487000 STRUCTURE:EXTERIOR TRIM 2023–2025 86,543
22V412000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM):SOFTWARE 2021, 2022 48,924
25V885000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE 2025 45,047
26V417000 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT 2021–2023 42,784

+ 13 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 Mustang Mach E
Complaints in window
590
Severity-weighted
749
Model median (weighted)
749
vs model median
1.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
13
Open investigations
1
Score 56.7 C