During the raising of my convertible top the mechanism failed leaving the top half way up. The damage is so bad the top will not go up or down. The dealer says it will cost $6,000 to repair. The car is a 2005 and has only 43,000 miles and the top has not been cycled that many times. My extended warranty does not cover the top. I feel that this failure has occurred very early in the life of the vehicle and the cost of repair is 1/2 the value of the vehicle. I did not abuse the top because the raising and lowering is all automatic and can not be abused.
2005 Ford Mustang body complaints
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Major leak - when it rains water leaks into the passenger side soaking floor. Comes from under the dash - electrical wires are there etc.
Whenever it rains my 05' mustang cv accumulates about an inch of water on the passenger side and it takes forever to dry out. The cv top is brand new and does not leak as far as I can tell. I've seen other people complain about this on a few different blogs online. What's the deal?
Fuel tank and inlet tube fails to fill properly. Gasoline splash back on to motorist at filling station. Tried to put convertible top down, catastrophic failure of convertible top frame and hardware. No forewarning.
2005 mustang convertible top failure. No prior warning of failure. I took it the the ford dealer in lugof, sc (james ervin ford) to seek repair. Dealer said they did not repair failed convertible tops, I should take it to a body shop. I explained that the top had failed after just 42.000 miles on the car and that ford had issued 2 tsb. They did not investigate the tsb and refused repair.
1)rattle sound coming from exhaust area when taking off in car. 2)cd's skip or won't play sometimes with shaker 1000 3) passenger side airbag light comes on and off while driving all the time by itself. 4) having trouble filling tank with gas at most gas stations. 5) have been hearing a squeak sound coming from drivers side dashboard near windshield area.
One week after car purchased paint flaking off and car has blue smoke coming from exhaust at start up. Car has been painted since then 3 times and to date paint is flaking off and you should see all of the buffing scratches from the dealership(town & country ford/bessemer, al) trying to correct their mistakes. I might add this is a roush mustang. Car has been in 2 times for blue smoke and service department can't duplicate the problem(common statements made by ford's service department). Ford motor company refuses to even send a representative out to look at the vehicle. To say the least they do not stand behind their products and we will never purchase another one. We are in the arbitration process at this time with this vehicle. I would not recommend a ford to anyone. Read all about their problems online before you purchase. I wish I did.
2005 mustang convertible. 6 months old 3,000 miles on it..pressing button to put up top and something snapped comes to find out the bracket connected to the motor snapped in half. An engineer came out and made notation of this. The entire frame was replaced. No rental car offered and car was gone for about 10 days. Can you say customer service!!!!!!!:( as for the AC/heat constant clicking noise heard every 30 seconds.dealership say this is normal . I may be a women but come on...fess up...we pay alot of money for a vehicle we should not be going through this.
Dt: the consumer has 2005 ford mustang. When the consumer was driving south from grass valley during the day, he could not see the instrument panel. The consumer believed that it was due to the instrument panel being located too far into the dashboard. The consumer said that at night he could see the instrument panel fine. If the vehicle passed into some type of shade during the day the instrument panel would become visible. The consumer says that he just got off of highway state route 49 and noticed that when traveling with the sun behind or in front, he could not see the instrument panel. Anytime that the vehicle was shaded the instruments could not be seen easily. This was a safety problem due to not being able to see what speed the vehicle was traveling at. When changing speed zones, not being able to see what speed vehicle was traveling at caused the issue. *ak
Initial problems: 1. Pin strip on driver side was peeling off 2. A/c vent fell out of console 3. Convertible top got stuck in the down position. Stopped by closest dealer because I was on vacation and we pulled the top back up. Brought it to a local dealer for repairs and they said it was not covered under warranty because the entire convertible top frame was twisted. They stated this was because I most likely had driven while the top was half way up/down. After several weeks ford engineers decided to cover the repairs for the top. Took the dealer five weeks to get all parts and replace the top. 4. Gas tank replaced because gas pumps would constantly cut off while refueling. 5. A/c makes popping noise every once in while. Current issues: 1. Noise in front end while turning at slow speeds 2. After car warms to driving temperature, there is a thumping noise heard in engine, very prominent in interior 3. Driver side exterior door handle sticks in the out position 4. Convertible top making a thud noise when raising and lowering top 5. Exhaust is making a popping noise when if engine is revved right after starting the car 6. Slight vibration/rattling noise coming from console while car idles 7. A/c making popping noise every once in while.
The tunnel down the center of the car gets extremely hot at the front of the tunnel near the pedals. When the bare metal of the tunnel is touched it is hot enough to induce a burn. Dealer contacted ford and told me it was "normal". As the plastics and carpeting touching the tunnel age, I am concerned this may present a fire hazard. After reviewing posts on two mustang forums, others apparently have experienced this problem as well. The car is a gt v8 with a manual 5-speed transmission.
Dt: contact states. The pinion gear (which the consumer says is part of the rear end) is bad on his 2005 convertible ford mustang diagnosed by the dealer. The manufacturer says there is no fix for this. The dealer says they cannot get the parts because ford will not relinquish the parts. The dealer and the manufacturer tells him there is an indefinite backorder on the parts. The vehicle has 4500 miles on it. He also cannot put the convertible top up or down on the vehicle. The motor on the top is blown up and the dealer and the manufacturer do not have a new one and refuse to give him the old pump back. They have told him there is no fix for the convertible top. He can only put one half gallon of gas in the car at a time because the gas pump clicks on/off telling him the gas tank is full. The dealer has diagnosed that the gas tank is bad and has ordered a new gas tank that will be there on 7-29-05 which is covered by the warranty. Other was selected as the component for the pinion gear because the consumer was not sure where the pinion gear was located .
Dt: 2005, ford, mustang. Consumer cannot read instrument on a sunny day with sun glasses. Consumer says dealer knows about problem, but has not done anything about it. Instruments\ panel is enclosed in a deep tube type panel, and because of this cannot get enough light to be visible.
Dt: the latch that holds the convertible top onto windshield came loose and unlatched while driving 75 MPH. The convertible top went backward, no debris came off, but papers flew out of car. Dealer reported that the convertible latch must not have not have been latched. No repair yet, dealer has the vehicle. Very windy outside, heading into a head wind when incident occurred. Vehicle h had no other problems, and there was no warning.
Passenger door was different color than rest of vehicle. Dealer tried to repaint but screwed up now vehicle has serios paint flaws
While driving a normal highway speeds the hood will shake. On winding days the hood will vibrate and twist violently. The hood latch and hinges are tight. Hood is made of thin aluminum and is to flimsy to tolerate the wind load. With time I believe hinges will loosen and the problem will worsen.
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