Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 02/19/2013 | 72000 | ||
| I was at a stop sign... while driving in first gear about to switch to second... the car rpm redline.. everyone who has this car manual knows that this car chirps 2nd gear with or without tcs on... it was like power shifting without using the gas pedal.. the car was sideways.. brakes wouldnt work.. tried to get the car straight again but the car whipped around the other way and did a 180... long story short.... totaled!!! | |||
| 12/23/2008 | 45000 | ||
| My speedometer and tachometer stopped working around 45000 miles. i took this to the ford dealership as there is numerous complaints online about this problem expecting this to be fixed. they said it was uncommon and i was out of warranty and would have to pay for this. this should be a recall by ford for repair. | |||
| 12/14/2011 | 85000 | ||
| During rain, the entire electrical system shut down. radio, windows, headlights, taillights, turn signals, hazards, door locks, keyfob, fuel gauge, oil pressure, coolant temperature gauge, hand brake indicator, traction control system, brake switch (for taking car out of park), starter (once the car is turned off, it will not start again). any substantial rain results in water pooling in passenger side foot area, and saturation of fuse box area, which provides concerns for a vehicle-wide loss of electrical power and brake/steering control. i have looked at several online owners' forums and there are numerous cases of this commonly-documented safety problem. i have had the vehicle in for this exact issue before and the problem could not be located (or reproduced)during rain, the entire electrical system shut down. radio, windows, headlights, taillights, turn signals, hazards, door locks, keyfob, fuel gauge, oil pressure, coolant temperature gauge, hand brake indicator, traction control system, brake switch (for taking car out of park), starter (once the car is turned off, it will not start again). any substantial rain results in water pooling in passenger side foot area, and saturation of fuse box area, which provides concerns for a vehicle-wide loss of electrical power and brake/steering control. i have looked at several online owners' forums and there are numerous cases of this commonly-documented safety problem. i have had the vehicle in for this exact issue before and the result is the problem could not be located (or reproduced) | |||
| 10/19/2010 | 66000 | ||
| I am having problems with my speedometer. the needle on the speedometer often gets stuck at a certain speed and will not move when i accelerate. it also starts at 60 and 80 mph as if it were 0. when this happens the needle goes the max distance as if i were driving 100+ mph. | |||
| 10/13/2011 | 65621 | ||
| My 05 mustang gt is a standard and i was coming out of a construction zone in a town out onto a highway. i was going about 20 mph in the construction zone, and pressed on the accelerator to speed up. when i took my foot of the gas peddle to shift gears i noticed the peddle didn't come up with my foot, and that the car was still accelerating. at this time i went ahead and shifted into neutral, and was now going about 60 mph. i then tried to jam my foot under the gas peddle to lift it up. i'm not sure if me trying to get a little bit of my shoe under the peddle to lift it worked, or if it came back up on it's own. but it did come back up, and it only lasted a few seconds. but if coming to a stop sign or stop light this could be a very dangerous situation in a car with 300 hp. i have not talked to ford garage about this problem yet. as it just happened less then an hour ago. instead i looked up the issue on the internet, and found several people with this problem. some of the complaints were about family members with this issue, because their incident resulted in death for that person. several others have also stated that ford garage was not able to replicate the problem, and did nothing to the vehicle. | |||
| 12/15/2010 | 73000 | ||
| Intermittent speedometer failure began at about 50k miles. once the car stops and is restarted it seems to reset itself. recently at 73k miles the oil pressure guage stopped working and has not worked for the past 2 months. | |||
| 02/06/2009 | 62078 | 1 | |
| When sitting still at stop lights my mustang gt 2005 would lung forward while i still had mt foot on brake. also after making a rolling stop i would press down on accelerator to go and i would not go i had to push it really hard to go. i almost got hit a couple of times when taking off across traffic lanes. also the jumping forward while stopped at lights i almost hit cars in front of me i had to make sure and stay at least a car length away while stopped. i took it in to a ford dealer and he said mymass air flow sensor was bad and my throttle body,that controls my throttle. over 600.00 dollars. *tr | |||
| 03/27/2008 | 6485 | 2 | |
| Windshield wiper motor failure. first occurrence was sept 20 2007 was told the wiring had some corrosion on it and was replaced. march 27 2008 i experienced a stuck accelerator (another complaint filed) while getting on the freeway and car was towed to dealer, no wipers or radio after the accelerator problem. dealer calls to say that the wiring had corrosion on it again. i | |||
| 11/27/2006 | 5620 | 2 | 04/16/2005 |
| 1st time it happened i was going about 45 mph and as i was accelerating to pass, the car just kept accelerating by it self, i then began to tap the gas pedal with my foot and as i got closer to the vehicle in front of me i had to brake and put the vehicle in neutral,while in neutral the vehicle idle returned to normal. i then went home and at this point believing it was possibly being caused by the floor mat i removed same. the 2nd time i had just made a right turn and gave it a little gas when the vehicle began to accelerate on its own, as i applied the brake the vehicle did a 180. while i holding the brake down the rear wheels began to spin, i was then able to put the vehicle into neutral and turn it off. when restarted it was back to normal. i then took it to a ford dealer the next day, they however were unable to duplicate the problem during the two days they had it, thus no repairs were done , i was told to come back if it happens again, i was also told by the dealer that they contacted ford and that they had no other complaints like this. i then contacted ford motor co. and was told there was nothing that they can do, and when asked if they could replace any parts that could cause this problem due to the extreme danger of this problem they refused. note my vehicle only has 5700 miles on it. *nm | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 03/27/2008 | 6485 | 1 | 04/13/2005 |
| While getting on the freeway, the accelerator got stuck, tapped on the gas pedal several times to try and release it ..still accelerating. rpm's was buried in the red zone the whole time and you could smell something burning. tried pressing on the brakes, brake pedal goes to the floor with no results. i was able to get off to the berm on the freeway, shut the car off and coast to a stop. the car was towed to the dealer who claims they could not find any error codes during diagnostics but could recreate the problem. they said it my floor mats had gotten up under there. not buying it the 2004 mustangs had the same problem. *tr | |||