2005 Ford Mustang GT complaints

I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY PARKING BRAKE FREEZING ON MY 2005 FORD MUSTANG GT LAST WINTER. I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP AFTER IT THAWED 3-7-07 - THEY SAID NO DAMAGE WAS DONE, BUT THEY WERE OUT OF PARTS. I TOOK IT IN LATER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT WARRANTY IT UNLESS THEY SAW THE PROBLEM. NOW A YEAR LATER IT IS STUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AGAIN - I AM MISSING WORK BECAUSE OF IT. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL YET???? IT IS BAD ENGINEERING, AND BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT JOE COOPER IN MIDWEST CITY, OK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD MUSTANG GT. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE SLIDES OFF AND CAUSES THE BRAKES NOT TO RELEASE. AS A RESULT, THE REAR BRAKES BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE; THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD TO APPLY THE CLUTCH AND THE VEHICLE SPUN VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 37,000. UPDATED 02-25-08 *BF UPDATED

I HAVE A 2005 FORD MUSTANG WITH AUTOMATIC WINDOWS AND THE WINDOWS KEEP GOING DOWN BY THEMSELVES. THE WILL NOT STAY UP UNLESS THE CAR IS RUNNING. WHEN THE CAR IF OFF THEY ROLL DOWN AND WHEN YOU THEM UP AS SOON AS YOU OPEN THE DOOR THEY ROLL BACK DOWN. *TR

THE VEHICLE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT RELEASE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 25 DEGREES AND HANGS UP UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED, BUT IT CONTINUES TO HANGUP. *NM

MANY 2005 AND NEWER FORD MUSTANGS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK. IT IS VERY SLOW TO FILL, OFTEN TAKING MORE THAN 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETELY FILL. YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY DISPENSE THE FUEL INTO THE TANK, AS EVEN THE FIRST DETENT ON THE HANDLE FROM THE PUMP CAUSES THE PUMP TO AUTO SHUT OFF. MANY TIMES THE TANK WILL OVERFLOW, SPILLING FUEL ONTO THE GROUND, BECAUSE THERE IS NO AUTO SHUT OFF WHEN TRICKLING FUEL INTO THE TANK. I HAVE HAD MY GAS TANK REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. FORD SAYS THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FIX MY PROBLEM. OTHER MUSTANG OWNERS HAVE BEEN TOLD THE SAME THING. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. WITH THOUSANDS OF 2005 AND NEWER FORD MUSTANGS ON THE ROAD, THIS CAN BE A POTENTIAL EPA ISSUE WITH ALL THE SPILLED FUEL. NOT ONLY IS THIS A HUGE INCONVENIENCE FOR ALL MUSTANG OWNERS, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR ANY CAR TO NOT TAKE FUEL. MANY OWNERS HAVE RESORTED TO TURNING THE NOZZLE UPSIDE DOWN TO TRY AND TRICK THE FUEL TANK, SO IT WILL ACCEPT THE FUEL. I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM EVERY WEEK WHEN I REFUEL. WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO AND STRONG WIND GUSTS, IT IS DANGEROUS TO STAND OUTSIDE AND MONITOR THE GAS PUMP. *NM

VEHICLE HAS TSB FOR TANK BELCHING FUEL OUT OF THE TANK AND OR EARLY FILL UP SHUT OFF. TSB PERFORMED AND THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE NOT ONLY DOES THE FILLER CLICK OFF CONSTANTLY BUT MANY TIMES IS SPEWS FUEL FROM THE FILLER WHEN THIS HAPPENS SAME AS BEFORE THE TSB WAS DONE. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2005 FORD MUSTANG WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 16500 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER REAR BRAKES KEEP SEIZING AFTER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS BEEN ENGAGED. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHANGED HER REAR BRAKE CALIBERS AND HER REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY, BUT SHE CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS FAILURE AFTER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS BEEN ENGAGED. THE DEALER RECOMMEND FOR HER NOT TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, BUT SHE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND SHE NEEDS TO USE IT OFTEN. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 32 DEGREES. *JB

AFTER STARTING THE CAR, THE TRANSMISSION STICKS AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. IT WILL GO INTO 1ST - 5TH BUT WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING INTO REVERSE. AFTER TALKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID ITS PROBABLY USER ERROR. THEY SAID THAT THE DRIVER PROBABLY JUST ISN'T PUSHING THE CLUTCH IN ALL THEY WAY. WELL, WITH ME BEING THE DRIVER, I KNOW THAT THE CLUTCH DOESN'T GO DOWN ANY FARTHER. *JB

1ST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS GOING ABOUT 45 MPH AND AS I WAS ACCELERATING TO PASS, THE CAR JUST KEPT ACCELERATING BY IT SELF, I THEN BEGAN TO TAP THE GAS PEDAL WITH MY FOOT AND AS I GOT CLOSER TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME I HAD TO BRAKE AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL,WHILE IN NEUTRAL THE VEHICLE IDLE RETURNED TO NORMAL. I THEN WENT HOME AND AT THIS POINT BELIEVING IT WAS POSSIBLY BEING CAUSED BY THE FLOOR MAT I REMOVED SAME. THE 2ND TIME I HAD JUST MADE A RIGHT TURN AND GAVE IT A LITTLE GAS WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, AS I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE DID A 180. WHILE I HOLDING THE BRAKE DOWN THE REAR WHEELS BEGAN TO SPIN, I WAS THEN ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN IT OFF. WHEN RESTARTED IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. I THEN TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER THE NEXT DAY, THEY HOWEVER WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM DURING THE TWO DAYS THEY HAD IT, THUS NO REPAIRS WERE DONE , I WAS TOLD TO COME BACK IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THEY CONTACTED FORD AND THAT THEY HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS. I THEN CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CO. AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO, AND WHEN ASKED IF THEY COULD REPLACE ANY PARTS THAT COULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM DUE TO THE EXTREME DANGER OF THIS PROBLEM THEY REFUSED. NOTE MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 5700 MILES ON IT. *NM

CANNOT FILL FUEL TANK. THE PUMP SHUTS OFF VERY QUICKLY AFTER ATTEMPTING TO FILL. FORD HAS SAID THAT IT IS A FLOW PROBLEM ON THE FUEL PUMPS. THEIR SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK. MY CAR ALREADY HAS THE UPDATED TANK AND I STILL CAN'T PUT GAS IN IT. THE DEALER SAID THERE HANDS ARE TIED BY THE MANUFACTURER SINCE THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, EXCEPT FOR THE CENTER BRAKE LIGHT. ALL THE LIGHTS, THE RADIO , THE OUTLETS, AND THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ALL THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATING, AS WELL AS THE DIGITAL READOUT GIVING WARNING MESSAGES. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE, AND EVERYTHING WORKED AGAIN. THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED BRIEFLY, WHICH MADE EVERYTHING FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY UPON RECONNECTING IT. THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED A SECOND TIME FOR A FEW HOURS, WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH IN THE RAIN AND SHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE. THE CONTACT LET UP OFF THE GAS, AND STEERED INTO THE SKID. THE STEERING DID NOTHING. THE VEHICLE SPUN 180 DEGREES, WHICH FORCED THE CONTACT TO ATTEMPT TO TURN THE VEHICLE IN A COMPLETE CIRCLE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER, HOWEVER THE TRACTION CONTROL PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM CORRECTING THE SKID. THE VEHICLE WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND BECAME LODGED IN ROADSIDE MUD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WATER HAD LEAKED ONTO THE VEHICLE'S CARPET CAUSING A MOLDY SMELL. THIS HAPPENED MORE FREQUENTLY ON A RAINY DAY AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT WATER HAD LEAKED THROUGH THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR, AND THE DOOR LATCHES COULD BE THE CAUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM. BUT THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT COULD GENERATE A WATER LEAK. *AK