My advanced trac light was on-dashboard. I took it into dean sellers ford (2600 w maple rd, troy, mich 48084) and was told that I needed to replace the epas because it failed. This car has only 25,400 miles on it and the cost was $1047.00 plus labor of $505.50. Total cost $1549,00 plus I had to pay $60,00 for a rental car. A car with this many miles on it, should not need to have this kind of repair (epas component) replaced. This was a defective component and I believe that ford motor company should honor the replacement of this part, labor and rental car by issuing a credit this is a safety issue that should not be charged for.
2011 Ford Mustang driver assistance complaints
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Traction control applying when pulling out in traffic .this was not under hard acceleration.
Twice while accelerating to get up to highway speeds, on clear, flat, dry, and smooth pavement the advanctrac system activated for no reason. It starts by very aggressively pulsing the front right brake, followed by the rear left brake, then alternating brakes all the way around causing the car to swerve almost out of control, at higher speeds like 65-70 it probably would cause total loss of control. The advanctrac also cuts engine power along with the hard swerving makes it even more difficult to avoid a crash in multiple lane highway traffic. This last for about 15 seconds, but it is 15 seconds of out of control highway terror. After shutting off the car on the 2 occasions it then drives for a while like it never happened. When the ford dealer cannot replicate the problem, and it does not record any error or diagnostic codes in the cars computer system. So ford says there is nothing they can do to fix this safety problem. Talking with other mustang owners I found out I am not the only one with this exact same problem with advanctrac, and one other that I know of said he also filled a complaint on here, he said it was complaint number - 10430166. He also said that ford could not duplicate the problem and he also had no codes, so ford would not fix his problem. Somehow we have to get to the bottom of this malfunction, it is supposed to be a safety system to help protect you from a crash, not a computer malfunction that causes a crash when the driver is doing nothing wrong on good road conditions. Please help!
The "service autotrack" light came on as I was pulling out from a parking space in the morning, and the power to the back wheels was reduced. I took the vehicle to the dealership for service, and was informed of a manufacturer defect in the gpas system that could cause the steering to fail. The dealership kept the vehicle, as it is unsafe to drive due to this gpas system defect. Ford is not currently manufacturing replacement gpas systems, they have outsourced to an outside company (per the ford customer care representative) and it is going to take six weeks to get the part.
Approx. 1-2 times a month, after leaving my house and driving a short, paved street going to the main road, my advancetrac light on the dash will start blinking, indicating the stability control system has been activated. Along with this the right front brake will be activated by the ABS system. Typically will happen for 10-15 seconds then as I come to a stop to turn on to the main road it will stop. When I then turn on to the main road, as I am accelerating, this will happen again. Sometimes the brake pulsating the front right wheel is light and not too intrusive. Sometimes, if accelerating hard enough, the system will cut engine power, and alternately pulsate the front right and rear left brakes, nearly pulling me out of my lane, as I fight to drive straight. Again this lasts for about 10-15 seconds. After which car behaves perfectly fine, like it never happened. It never leaves any diagnostic codes in the computer system, or any trace that it ever happened, the ford techs have never been able to replicate the problem, and I can not make it happen on command. Is totally random.
Test driving 2011 ford mustang shelby cobra gt 500. Pulled out of parking lot slowly onto roadway and when straight depressed accelerator for hard acceleration. Vehicle accelerated for a fraction of a second, then began spinning both rear wheels and violently and without warning went out of control and spun around in road hitting curb resulting in severe damage to wheels, body and suspension. Vehicle traveled aprox. 100 feet from point where the vehicle entered the roadway and where it struck curb facing the opposite direction. Traction control system (advance trac) had not been turned off. No advance trac warning lights were illuminated on the instrument cluster. Vehicle reached speed of aprx. 35 MPH and was in 1st gear (manual shift) no injuries to driver or passenger. Traction control system failed to prevent rear wheel spin. Road was paved and dry. Could have caused severe injuries. Would never had attempted hard acceleration knowing system would not prevent wheelspin as advertised by ford.
Tl*the contact owns a 2011 ford mustang shelby gt500. After driving out of a parking lot at 35 MPH and depressing the accelerator pedal with force, both rear wheels began to spin causing the vehicle to fish tail and spin out of control.the traction control failed to stop the vehicle. The vehicle settled on the other side of the road facing the opposite direction. There was extensive damaged to the vehicle and it was towed to the dealer. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The dealer will repair the vehicle for $15,000. The manufacturer stated that they would give him a call within 24 hours. The failure mileage was 100.
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