2012 Ford Mustang Engine Problems
- 28
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 28 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- throttle body · 13 records
- check engine · 8 records
- failure mileage · 8 records
- wrench light · 6 records
- engine light · 6 records
- failure failure · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 12 |
| 60–100k mi | 7 |
| 30–60k mi | 6 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine
While driving, at any spreed, without warning, the engine will just stop driving. The wrench light comes on, and you have to be lucky to not have traffic, as you have to pull over, turn off ignition, and restart. Check engine light illuminates. Code: p2111. This happened yesterday, and several times in the past 2 years.
ODI 11110011
Engine · Service Brakes · Wheels
I bought this 2012 mustang from carmax in october of 2017 i have reported carmax to several different consumer protection agencies do to the fact they have committed fraud and deception inspire i got in touch with carmax explained that this vehicle has cosmetic and mechanical problems and issues this finance company is in with carmax i explain to carmax nothing they don't care i got sold a vehicle that has a thirty…
ODI 11052680
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
Hola el problema comenz 2 meses despus de haberlo adquirido cuando lo enscendia despus de minutos empezaba a temblar cascabelear como si se ahogara y se kisiera apagar le prendi luz del check engine repentinamente y lo lleve al dealer donde lo adquir y dinero todo ests bien no tena problemas al paso del tiempo regreso el problema paso lo mismo ahora cuando llenaba el taque de combustible y era ms notorio cmo…
ODI 11089546
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford mustang. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a complete loss of power and the maintenance warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic throttle body was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately…
ODI 10907550
Engine · Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford mustang. While driving various speeds, the wrench sensor and check engine sensor indicators suddenly illuminated. The vehicle also failed to accelerate normally. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin was not available. The failure mileage was 80,000.
ODI 10917632
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford mustang. The contact stated that the vehicle randomly stalled without warning. The contact was able to get the vehicle to restart, but it stalled more than three times afterwards. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided no remedy. The approximate failure mileage…
ODI 10896857
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford mustang. While driving approximately 60 mph, the wrench warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle lost acceleration. The contact pulled the vehicle off the road and turned off the engine. Once restarted, the vehicle performed normally. The failure recurred. The dealer diagnosed that the throttle body failed and needed replacement. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was…
ODI 10944423
Engine · Power Train
While driving car suddenly loses power and shows wrench light and goes into limp mode. Trouble codes shown p2111 and p2112. This can happen any time during driving and has happened in heavy traffic potentially dangerous consequences.
ODI 10863896
Engine · Power Train
During initial acceleration after a left turn, shifting from 1st into 2nd gear, the vehicle shook wildly and violently rocked side to side and lost power. This was the second identical occurrence on city streets while accelerating out of left turns. On both occasions, had to make immediate moves to the right lane before power was restored. Based on other reporting and research, it appears to be an issue of throttle…
ODI 10863229
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
Wrench light comes on, followed by check engine light. Car goes into fail safe mode, down to about 2 mph; rpms fluctuate dramatically. Happens on the highway, and during normal street driving. Seems to be in the throttle, the same thing as in the recalled ford focus throttle plate actuator.
ODI 10787184
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving in the expressway at 60 mph when suddenly my car lost power on the acceleration. A wrench tool appear and the dashboard on the rpm clock ... At that moment the car desaccelerate almost to 30 mph and i was unable to gain speed. I went to a side of the road, turn it off and restarted the car. Everything appear to be normal but the first thing i did was go to the dealer. They run a test on it and told me…
ODI 10780603
Engine
Failure of the throttle body assembly. The vehicle went into the "limp home mode" similar to the recall of ford escapes and others with same v-6 engine assembly.
ODI 10744316
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While entering the freeway in rush hour traffic, my car went into "limp mode", the wrench light came on as did the check engine light. I had to pull over on the shoulder of the freeway, turn the engine off and restart it. This has happened a couple of times in the past couple of days- mostly while driving on the freeway. It is very scary to be driving on a houston freeway, have this happen and need to safely…
ODI 10735557
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
While merging on a local highway at 15 mph the wrench warning light came and the car went into limp mode. I was lucky the right hand lane had break in traffic and i was able to get off the road. The limp turned in no acceleration and was unresponsive to the gas pedal. I turned the car off and waited 1 minute and restarted the car - everything was back to normal. I drove directly to my mechanic and had him scan for…
ODI 10716874
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Was driving around 50mph on city streets when all of a sudden car lost power and went limp. Wrench light came on and car was making a weird noise under the hood like it was struggling. Couldn't accelerate and i had to coast to the right hand side of the road. Turned the car off and then back on and everything was okay. This has happened 3 times since within a 8 month time period driving at various speeds. Each time…
ODI 10811612
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford mustang. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed the electronic throttle body needed to be replaced. The repair was made to the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 29,000.
ODI 10722255
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Power Train
Driving down the highway full speed in heavy traffic, and engine just shuts down. Wrench light and check engine light come on. Have to coast through traffic to pull off to the side of the road and stop. Restart the car a couple of times, and then it's fine. Took to ford dealer, who said i had a bad throttle body. Charged over $800 to repair. Completely losing power while driving down the highway is definitely a…
ODI 10668045
Engine
While my son was driving on the freeway, the vehicle suddenly decelerated, down to about 20 mph, forcing him to limp to the side of the freeway, where there was no shoulder. After turning the vehicle off, letting it sit for a minute, and turning it back on, it accelerated fine. I took it to the ford dealership, where it was diagnosed as a faulty throttle body and motor assembly. It cost $683.32 to repair. I googled…
ODI 10653849
Engine · Power Train
2012 ford mustang throws check engine light and wrench going into "limp mode" (car cuts all acceleration, and just idles). I had to pull to the side of the road, and shut vehicle off. Vehicle returned to normal after one or two turn ons. This will occur every other day, and multiple times in a day. Very dangerous if it was to happen while merging in traffic. This is not covered under ford powertrain or emissions…
ODI 10617374
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford mustang. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was not able to restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,000 and the current mileage was unknown. The vin was not…
ODI 10604374
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford mustang. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician was unable to diagnose a failure. No repairs were made to the vehicle and the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,000.
ODI 10604364
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Upon taking off from a stop light car stalled and lost all engine power. Car started again but stalled just as guiding to breakdown lane on overpass. Had to have car towed to ford service where they determined it was a bad throttle body. Throttle body was replaced. Ford service spoke of known issues with the throttle body in focus models but was not aware of any throttle body issues with mustang. *tr
ODI 10552544
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
I had two incidents of unintended acceleration in my 2012 ford mustang gt automatic transmission premium pkg. These two incidents occurred on the same day march 5, 2013. The first was after i picked up my car from its garage of several weeks at lunch and drove back to work. I had gone about two blocks from my garage and was braking to slow down to make a right hand turn when the car down shifted and accelerated by…
Crash reported
ODI 10503717
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Service Brakes
It was a clear and warm day in southern california. Roads had no dirt, water, debris, etc..i was driving about 35-40 and had just gone in to 4th gear. My 2012 v6 mustang suddenly swerved to the left really hard forcing me in to the left lane and almost in to another vehicle. Then to the right which almost made me lose control. Felt like each tire was locking up independently. The traction control light was flashing.…
ODI 10504639
Engine · Power Train · Unknown Or Other
The problem with the vehicle started when i tried to start it. When i turned the key the vehicle took a few seconds longer than usual to start up. As i began driving down the highway my vehicle wouldn't shift gears out of 40mph and caused the engine to have high rpm. When i turned off the engine at a gas station and tried to start it back up. Vehicle would not start and i had to get it jumped. Vehicle still doesn't…
ODI 10489334