2009 Ford Mustang

I HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH SENSOR FAULTS PRIOR TO THE FIRST INCIDENT. AROUND MAY 22 I STARTED EXPERIENCING WATER LEAKING UNDER MY DASH BOARD FIRST WHEN I THRU A CAWASH. THEN IT RAINED AND WATER CAME AGAIN. THE TIRE PRESSURE FAULT AGAIN CAME ON AND I WAS OVER DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE SO I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THE TECH ADVISED ME TO GET THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND ADVISED ME THE LEAK WAS A DEFROST EVAPORATOR AND THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR WAS BAD AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY IF EXTENDED. HE SAID I NEEDED TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE WATER DAMAGE GUY TO CLEAN UP THE MILDEW AND MOLD DAMAGE TO THE CAR WHICH WOULD COST 400 NOT TO MENTION OTHER PARTS AND LABOR. SO I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AS LONG AS I DIDNT USE THE DEFROST EVAPORATOR THE LEAK WOULD BE CONTAINED. SO I USED IT ONLY ON SUNDAYS AND ONE THURSDAY FROM MAY 22 TO JULY AND HAD ONLY PUT ABOUT 700 MILES ON THE CAR. THE WEEK OF JULY 19TH WE HAD A TON OF RAIN AND I NOTICED THE FLOOR BOARD WAS SATURATED WITH WATER AND THE HUMIDITY IN THE CABIN MADE THE PANELS ON THE DOORS START TO PEEL AWAY AND THERE WAS CONDENSATION ON THE INSIDE OF MY WINDOWS AND DASH. SO I SOPPED THE WATER UP WITH MULTIPLE TOWELS. I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED AT THE TIME AND WAS WORRIED ABOUT HOW I WOULD HANDLE MYSELF AT THE DEALER. THAT NIGHT AT 235 AM ON JULY 19TH A POLICE OFFICER ADVISED ME THAT A NEIGHBOR HAD CALLED ABOUT AN ALARM GOING OFF AND THAT THEY SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. SO I COULDNT GET MY ALARM DEVICE TO WORK AND STARTED THE CAR THINKING IT WOULD STOP. WELL IT DIDNT, SO THE SHERIFF AND I AGREED TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY FOR THE CAR WAS EXPERIENCING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WHICH TRIGGERED MY HORN. AS I GOT TO THE HOOD YOU COULD SMELL FRIED WIRING BUT I DIDNT SEE ANY SMOKE MYSELF. WITH THESE CARS FROM 2005 WHY ISNT THIS A RECALL, DOES IT HAVE TO COST A LIFE TO MAKE A CHANGE? *TR

MY 2009 MUSTANG 6CID, WHEN DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE IN AN UP AND DOWN MOTION. THEN IT STARTED TO BECOME LOOSE IN A SIDE TO SIDE MOTION TO A LESS OF A DEGREE THAN THE UP AND DOWN MOTION. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND BY THE TIME I ARRIVED THERE IT HAD GOTTEN WORSE! THEY REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL ON WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FOR MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THE BRAKES INSPECTED, THE REPAIR SHOP DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE FAILING.THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BALL JOINTS ON THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

JUST BOUGHT A 2009 MUSTANG GT ON MARCH 13TH. TOOK IT TO THE STORE, AND WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAITING FOR A GREEN LIGHT. THE LIGHT CHANGED AND I PULLED THE CAR OUT. I WENT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, AND WHEN I LET OFF THE CLUTCH THE CAR ACCELERATED AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I PUSHED HARD ON THE BRAKES BUT IT CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED. IT THREW ME TO THE RIGHT LANE, FORTUNATELY NOBODY WAS THERE, AND OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AS IT KEPT SPEEDING UP. I HELD THE WHEEL TIGHT WHILE STILL CONTINUING TO TRY TO STOP THE CAR. BEFORE I KNEW IT I WAS IN A MUDDY DITCH, AND IT SLUNG ME AROUND AND THE REAR OF THE CAR UP ONTO THE BANK. THE THICK MUD GRABBED THE WHEELS AND SLOWED THE CAR DOWN ENOUGH THAT THE FRONT BUMPER WAS DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL OFF THE GROUND, IT FINALLY HAD STOPPED. I AM GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING WITH THE CAR AND HOPE THEY CAN FIND THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT. WE LOVE THIS CAR AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE SAFE IN IT. THANK GOD MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE NOT IN IT. THINGS COULD'VE ENDED BADLY, FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS NOT AROUND ME AND I WASN'T INJURED, ALTHOUGH DUE TO THE ROUGH RIDE IM SURE ILL BE SOMEWHAT SORE IN THE MORNING. HOPE THE PROBLEM GETS SOLVED SOON, EVIDENTIALLY IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS PROBLEMS. *TR

THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND THE AIRBAGS LIGHT IS FLASHING PER THE FORD DEALER THE AIRBAGS ARE NOT OPERATIONAL. FORD INDICATES THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO THE CAR BEING 6000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY SO IF I AM INVOLVED IN A CRASH I WILL NOT BE PROTECTED BY THE AIRBAGS, AFTER READING ONLINE COMPLAINTS THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON 2007 TO 2011 MUSTANGS. *TR

I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WITH 3 VEHICLES AHEAD OF ME. I HAD SLOWED DOWN ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE ROARED AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD INTO THE BACK OF THE PICKUP IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD THE BRAKE COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND THEN MY REAR WHEELS BEGIN SPINNING WITH THE MOTOR STILL ROARING. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PUT THE (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) CAR IN PARK AS IT SEEMED TO BE STUCK WHEN I FIRST TRIED TO GET IT OUT OF GEAR AND STILL THE MOTOR WAS REVVING UP AND STILL LURCHING FORWARD AND TURNED THE KEY OFF AND IT SHUT DOWN. MY FRONT BUMPER WAS DAMAGED IN THE ACCIDENT. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE SHOWING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. MECHANIC STATED NOTHING PICKED UP DIAGNOSTICALLY IN ORDER TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH THE ASSUMPTION WAS IT WAS EITHER THE TPS OR POSSIBLY A VACUUM LEAK. I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THIS CAR AND PRIOR TO THIS HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT, BUT NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE TP SENSOR OF THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT FRACTURED. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR KIT AND BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. THE METAL FILINGS FROM THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY WERE ALSO CLEANED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR SPORADICALLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND SUGGESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.