Ford Issues a Recall for ONE Single 2024 Mustang Over Incorrect Repair

One unlucky 2024 Ford Mustang owner will need to take their pony car back to the dealer after a software update wasn’t completed properly.

It’s not exactly a secret that Ford has issued more recalls than any other automotive manufacturer over the past couple of years, and through the first half of 2025, it leads the pack by a large margin. In all fairness, The Blue Oval is working to ensure that previously-issued recalls are covering all impacted vehicles, and as such, it’s issuing follow-up recalls – which inflates that particular total by a large margin. However, while most of these recalls pertain to thousands – or upwards of a million vehicles in some cases – the latest only covers one single 2024 Mustang.

Strange as it might be, Ford has issued a recall for one 2024 Mustang, a unit produced at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan on June 26, 2024, after it was repaired incorrectly under a previously-issued recall. That action was centered around the pony car’s digital instrument cluster, which in some models fails to illuminate when one starts the vehicle, or when they’re driving it.

That’s obviously not ideal for safety’s sake, given the fact that one won’t be able to see how fast they’re driving or if the car is displaying any warning lights, but it also means that affected Mustang models fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 101, “Control and Displays” and 102, “Transmission shift lever sequence, starter interlock, and transmission braking effect,” according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

After going through its list of vehicles that had received the remedy for this problem – a software update – Ford determined that one singular Mustang was marked as complete, though it apparently wasn’t. Trouble is, the dealer that performed the software update didn’t upload it properly, which is why it wasn’t rectified at that time. The good news is, that Mustang owner can get the issue resolved easily by taking it to their local dealer for a proper software update, which won’t cost them anything.

Ford plans to mail a notification letter to this one impacted Mustang owner by September 15, but they can also look to see if they’re the unlucky person that owns that vehicle by checking their FordPass app – or going to the NHTSA website and entering their vehicle’s VIN, alternatively.

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Brett Foote

Brett Foote has been covering the automotive industry for over five years and is a longtime contributor to Internet Brands’ Auto Group sites, including Chevrolet Forum, Rennlist, and Ford Truck Enthusiasts, among other popular sites.

He has been an automotive enthusiast since the day he came into this world and rode home from the hospital in a first-gen Mustang, and he's been wrenching on them nearly as long.

In addition to his expertise writing about cars, trucks, motorcycles, and every other type of automobile, Brett had spent several years running parts for local auto dealerships.

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