Ford Mustang Mach-E Years to Avoid — and the Years to Buy
Every Ford Mustang Mach-E model year from 2021 to 2026, benchmarked against each other with 1,227 federal complaints, 21 recall campaigns, and the odometer readings owners put in their reports.
Avoid: 2021. These years top the Mustang Mach-E's complaint rankings by volume and severity.
The method in one line: every NHTSA complaint for this model is counted, weighted for crashes, fires, injuries, and deaths, and each year is measured against the Mustang Mach-E's own worst year — full methodology.
Under investigation. Federal regulators currently have an open defect investigation on the Ford Mustang Mach-E.
Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS
On April 25, 2024, NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24012) to assess BlueCruise, a partial driving automation system available on certain vehicles manufactured by Ford Motor Company (Ford). NHTSA opened the investigation after the agency received…
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The trouble strip
One cell per model year. The whole answer in one glance — click any year for the full report.
The defining problem
Electrical tops the Ford Mustang Mach-E file with 314 complaints, concentrated in the 2021 model years, most often reported around 30,696 miles. The year pages break down what fails and when.
Every year, ranked
| Year | Verdict | Complaints | Recalls | Top problem | Trouble index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Few reports | 3 | 2 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | Few reports | 23 | 6 | — | 3 |
| 2024 | Too early to call | 85 | 4 | Electrical | 13 |
| 2023 | Below average | 210 | 5 | Electrical | 36 |
| 2022 | Below average | 242 | 9 | Electrical | 43 |
| 2021 | Avoid | 664 | 13 | Driver assistance | 100 |
Technical service bulletins
Beyond complaints and recalls, 858 manufacturer communications — service bulletins, service campaigns, warranty extensions — are on file for the Ford Mustang Mach-E. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.
Browse the Ford Mustang Mach-E TSB list by year →
Questions buyers ask
What Ford Mustang Mach-E years should I avoid?
Federal complaint records point to 2021 as the Ford Mustang Mach-E years to avoid — they drew the highest volume of serious complaints relative to the model's other years.
What is the most common Ford Mustang Mach-E problem?
Electrical tops the Ford Mustang Mach-E file with 314 complaints, concentrated in the 2021 model years, most often reported around 30,696 miles.
Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. Counts cover the Ford Mustang Mach-E only, scored against this model's own worst year — not against other models. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.