The Lemon Index$467 middle bill · most between $390 and $680
Lower than the $600 middle bill owners of all 76 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 72,000 miles (10 reports).
Ford Mustang owners reported paying a median of $467 for a throttle body replacement, with the middle half of bills between $390 and $680. That's from 10 owner reports (10 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50050%
- $500–$1,00050%
- $1,000–$2,5000%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 10 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2005 Ford Mustang1too few for a middle
- 2006 Ford Mustang1too few for a middle
- 2010 Ford Mustang1too few for a middle
- 2011 Ford Mustang4$528 middle bill
- 2012 Ford Mustang2too few for a middle
- 2014 Ford Mustang1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2011 Ford Mustang50 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Ford Mustang40 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2016 Ford Mustang19 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2013 Ford Mustang16 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Ford Mustang16 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Ford Mustang14 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a throttle body / loss of power. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
5.0 Coyote V8 · Modular 5.4 / 5.8 supercharged
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P2135 P2111 P2112 P2101 P2119 P0121 P0122. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Ford Mustang reliability by year
- Throttle body replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Ford Mustang owners reported
Engine replacement (14) · AC evaporator replacement (10) · Brake repair (8) · Clutch replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11221444, 11143571, 10853947, 10824479, 10766669, 10763826, 10668045, 10598184, 10573942, 10468070.
Quick answers
How much does throttle body replacement cost on a Ford Mustang?
Ford Mustang owners reported a median of $467, and the middle half paid $390 to $680, from 10 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Ford Mustang throttle body replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Ford Mustang middle bill of $467 is lower than the $600 owners of all 76 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Ford Mustang repair costs come from?
From 10 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Ford Mustang years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2011 (50), 2012 (40), 2016 (19) Ford Mustang named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.