While driving car shuts off. No steering. Harmonic balancer fail off. Hit a ditch.
2007 Ford Mustang engine complaints
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2007 ford mustang. Attorney representing consumer writes in regards to vehicle fire and seeks assistance from vehicle manufacturing company. *smd on december 25, 2011, the vehicle was parked with the engine off, when suddenly it exploded in the owner's driveway. The incident was reported to ford. However, they denied any liability.
I have reported this problem before but since then two other people who have driven my car have experienced it. I now warn anyone who has to drive my car that it drives by itself. I have received dirty looks from people, been yelled out, due to this problem. It accelerates on its own. I will be behind someone at a light, foot on brake and it will start revving. They think I am messing with them. I will be in neutral and it will drive faster. I will be in reverse slowly and it floors. I had to be taken to emergency by a neighbor. I warned her and when we were returning home, she pulled in my driveway and it just started to speed up fast. She nailed down the brake. It scared her to death. She thanked me for warning her because otherwise we would have crashed and been hurt. She won't ever drive my car again. I had my car in valet in las vegas at green valley ranch and the guy working was pulling the car around to me and it was revving really high and wanting to speed. He was apologizing profusely. He kept saying he was not showing off or playing around. He kept saying he was driving slow, please don't think he was acting crazy and he parks ferraris! I told him it was okay and that my car drives itself and that I knew he wasn't responsible. He said he will never park another one of these again. He needed his job. How many people have to have this problem before ford will acknowledge there is one. Is this like the whole toyota thing? If there is a large lawsuit can I be contacted? Does someone have to die first before they do anything? I know there are many more complaints on this issue than on this site. I have seen them but people seem to think this is useless. Is that correct? I would love to know
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford mustang. The contact stated that the engine made knocking and pinging noises while driving at various speeds or while parked. The contact mentioned that the failure occurred suddenly. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the contact was informed that there was low engine oil and in result the engine needed to be replaced. The contact also mentioned that the oil pressure indicator failed to illuminate. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 27,000.
I'm not sure how to explain because I don't know much about motors but I'll try. There was a squeak in my car it would come and go. I broke down on the highway. The mechanic said the harmonic balance broke which broke the crank senor. The car just died on the highway. The mechanic said it is common in mustangs in fact he just replaced one last week. I don't drive my car often as you can tell it only has 40,000 miles on it and it is a 2007 and when I bought it, had 3 miles on it.. Now my question is if there is a recall on this and I already had this happen to me do I get paid back..
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford mustang. The contact stated that as the vehicle was being serviced, the private mechanic diagnosed that the harmonic balancer needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 101,000.
My 2007 ford mustang has had a water leak under the passenger side area that has and is still causing electrical shortage in the car. Everytime it rains water gets into the vehicle and causes major damage. Ford dealership will not repair it under warranty and my out of pocket expenses to fix this problem would be enormous. This water leak is a tsb on ford's site which means they know something is wrong with the 05-09 models. My car is now out of commision and will not start. I have replaced two batteries over the last year because of the water leak causing shortages in my car. This car is now a lemon beccause of the severe water damage ford has caused my vehicle to receive. I have a vehicle that will not start and ford will not repair without payment. I am sending this complaint so that a recall can be issused so I can repair my car. Ford knows there is a major problem and has done nothing about this. This is a $35,000 vehicle and only 5 years old and the engine won't even start. This issue is a major electrical hazard and is a danger to myself and my children.
I pulled off the freeway into a rest stop area. My foot was on the brake, and only on the brake. I stopped in a parking space and moved the automatic transmission lever from drive to park. The RPM instantly increased from approximately 600 RPM in drive to approximately 6000 RPM in park. I took my foot off the brake pedal and gave the gas pedal a quick tap. The RPM returned to normal, about 750 RPM in park. The dealership inspected the car, but could not find anything wrong. They contacted ford, who maintained the incident could not have happened the way I described it. They further told the dealership not to perform any repairs unless a similar incident recurred. The dealership thinks the problem is with the fly by wire, throttle body and/or control of the flow system. *tr the consumer had concerns about brake fluid. The owner's manual stated to use dot 3 brake fluid. However, the dealer used dot 4 brake fluid. Updated 11/09/15.
Harmonic balancer/crankshaft pulley came apart on a 2007 ford mustang v6 while driving. It had less than 37000 miles on it. Luckily, all that happened was serpentine belt slipped off, which I realized immediately when I lost power steering. I was near home and got home safely. This could be a major problem if it happened at highway speed. Replaced by my mechanic, who says that he has seen this numerous time in the past, and that ford now sells an "updated" part for the vehicle. This suggest to me they know there is a problem, but don't want to pay to replace it.
Tl* - the contact stated the throttle on his 2007 ford mustang gt became stuck, he had just shifted into 2nd gear. He was traveling at 25 MPH, but does not remember what speed the vehicle reached before he was able to stop. The contact stated that he stepped on the brake and turned the power off to the engine to slow down the vehicle and coasted to the side of the road. There were no warning indicators or lights. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle and the throttle again became stuck. The failure mileage was 2489 miles. The vehicle was towed to a ford dealership. The contact has not yet spoken with the dealer. *jb updated 6/9/08 *cn the engine RPM increase instantly and caused the vehicle to speed up out of control. The consumer was a told the vehicle had a faulty mass air sensor. Updated 06/09/08
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