2000 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

ENGINE ALMOST STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP MAKING THE STEERING HARD. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN, AND SHOULD BE A RECALL!! SHOULD LOOK INTO IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE (IAC) AS THE POSSIBLE CAUSE.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 FORD MUSTANG V6, AND I HAVE AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER (MAGIC FORD, IN VALENCIA CA ITS BEEN IN THE DEALER FOUR TIMES) CANT FIX AND CANT FIND OUT WHATS WRONG WITH THE CAR. WHENEVER I DROVE THE CAR AND IT GETS HOT AND WHEN I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND TRY RESTARTING THE CAR, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START, I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE ENGINE COOL OFF, THEN THE CAR WOULD START, IT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I STOPPED AT THE GROCERY STORE, AND TRY STARTING THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START, SAME THING WHEN I STOPPED AT THE GASOLINE STATION, I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT GETS COOL OFF BEFORE THE WOULD START AGAIN. HERE ARE THE HISTORY OF THE ONGOING PROBLEM, THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER THE WARRANTY, THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY DONT KNOW THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE COMPUTER WOULD NOT GIVE OUT ANY CODE, SO THEY CANT FIX THE CAR, BUT THEY KNOW THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. SECOND TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER, THEY FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE KEY, AND THE IGNITION, SO THEY HAVE TO REPROGRAM THE KEY TO SEND SIGNAL TO THE IGNITION, (I HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY, WHEN THEY COULD HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST TIME.) THIRD TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THE FUEL PUMP WAS LOOSE AND THE BATTERY CABLE WAS LOOSE (I DONT THINK SO) A WEEK LATER, FOURTH TIME I TOOK THE CAR BACK, STILL DOESNT KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH THE CAR, ITS BEEN IN THE DEALER FOR 3 DAYS NOW. I DONT KNOW WHAT IM GOING TO DO WITH THIS CAR. PLEASE ADVICE.

IN ORDER TO SHIFT MY 2000 MUSTANG GT INTO REVERSE, I HAVE TO FIRST SHIFT THE CAR INTO FIRST GEAR AS THE REVERSE GEAR IS NOT SYNCHRONIZED. THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS BOUGHT FROM CLAIMS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL YEAR BUT THE ISSUE IS NOT STATED IN THE MANUAL AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN INFORMED OTHERWISE. FURTHER, EVEN THOUGH I SHIFT THE CAR INTO FIRST BEFORE GOING TO REVERSE, I STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING THE STICK INTO REVERSE PERIODICALLY. THE PROCESS IS INCONVENIENT - WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO SHIFT INTO TWO GEARS JUST TO GET TO THE ONE I WANT?*AK

VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS; VEHICLE COULD ONLY BE OPERATED WITH FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AT ALL TIMES TO ALLOW FUEL TO FLOW; VEHICLE ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE COMING TO A STOP AT RED LIGHT WHEN ENGINE STALLED; VEHICLE WOULD NOT CONTINUE IDLING ON A COLD START. PER DEALER, THE IAC VALVE NEEDS REPLACING...EXPECTED ON FORD AUTOMOBILES(MUSTANGS AND EXPLORERS, SPECIFICALLY). *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH IN INCLEMENT WEATHER TAPPED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE SKID INTO A GUARDRAIL. *AK

VIBRATING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN THE A/C IS ON AND THE CAR IS EITHER ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURED. *JB

THE IAC VALVE KEEPS GOING BAD IN MY 2000 FORD MUSTANG GT. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED BY MY LOCAL SHOP FOR $300 EACH (INCLUDING THE TOW TO THE SHOP SINCE THE CAR WAS INOPERABLE).*AK

THE IAC VALVE IN MY 2000 GT MUSTANG HAS GONE BAD. CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH IDLE AND COLD STARTUP. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ALL ACROSS THE BOARD WITH MANY MUSTANG OWNERS. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO THE LIGHT AND A RECALL SHOUDL BE MADE.*AK

THE VEHICLE SHIMMIES AT ABOUT 62 OR 63 MPH, THEN SMOOTHES OUT AT HIGHER SPEEDS. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE REAR END SHIMMY SIDE TO SIDE. YOU CAN FEEL THE ROOF MOVE. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THE SHIMMY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT AND STATED ALL NEW MUSTANG CONVERTIBLES SHIMMY. *NLM