2003 ford mustang svt cobra. This is my second 2003 cobra (the first was involved in an accident). Both cobra's have and had problems with stalling, which causes a near complete loss of braking power (the brakes must have the engine running in order for them to work, unlike some vehicles), which is potentially extremely hazardous to my safety, as well as any other vehicle, pedestrian, children, or animal near me. It happens on deceleration at low speeds driving around town. There is a massive amount of documents going on that shows nearly 40% or more of 2003 cobra owners are having the same issues. Ford has updated the PCM 2 times already for the 2003 model year, and the problems still exist! Here is a link to a site with many owners reporting the problems: http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25697.
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2003 mustang cobra. Vehicle stalls on deceleration causing loss of power brakes and steering. Car starts right up after stall but this has happened a dozen or more times first thing in the morning or after the car has sat for an extended time.
The car sometimes stalls and the brakes and power steering turn off. Very dangerous, I almost got hit by a semi truck.
In december of 2002 I purchased a 2003 svt cobra mustang from satcher ford. This car had a number of problems which caused ford to replace the engine, re-flash the computer, replace clutch. This car had a stalling problem that left me afraid to drive it. When you would depress the clutch, the car would sometimes stall. This would cause the loss of brakes and steering and nearly caused an accident. Ford finally agreed to buy back the car and get me another car, but I am having the same stalling problem with that 2003 cobra as well. Satcher ford has indicated that they do not have a fix yet. Ford need to look at this problem because it will get someone killed if they do not correct it.
Consumer states that when they push on the clutch and release the gas vehicle will stall out.
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