2008 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

PAINT ON UNDERSIDE AND FRONT EDGE OF THE HOOD IS BUBBLING UP, ALSO THE PAINT IS DELAMINATING AROUND THE REAR GLASS, THE REAR QTR GLASSES ARE DELAMINATING, THE INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR GLASS IS LOSING ITS BACKING. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE EXPIRED I NOTICED PAINT BUBBLES ON THE FRONT LIP OF THE HOOD. I WAS STILL TWO YEARS AWAY FROM PAYING OFF THE VEHICLE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOOK PHOTOS AND RECOMMENDED A COMPLETE HOOD REPLACEMENT. FORD REFUSED TO FUND EVEN A PORTION OF THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM. INTERNET MUSTANG FORUMS HAVE MULTIPLE THREADS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. APPARENTLY IT BEGAN WITH MODEL YEAR 2004. I CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME. I CONTACTED THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. THEY CONTACTED FORD AND FORD REFUSED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY SENT ME AND THE MASS AG A LETTER STATING THAT THEY WOULD NOT HELP AND THEY WOULD NOT TALK TO US ABOUT THE PROBLEM ANYMORE. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOOD. I WAS RECENTLY FORCED TO PURCHASE AN AFTERMARKET HOOD BECAUSE THE PAINT WAS GONE FROM SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE STOCK HOOD. I ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE A NEW STOCK HOOD BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN ON THE NEW HOOD. *TR

THE SOFT CONVERTIBLE TOP ON MY CAR IS DRY ROTTED AND FALLING APART. IT IS A TAN TOP. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MINE, HOWEVER SINCE THIS, I HAVE NOTICED ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TAN TOP I HAVE SEEN, EVEN ON THE NEWER CARS, ARE THE SAME AS MINE AND ARE PEELING ALL ALONG THE EDGES. THEY ARE FALLING APART PERIOD. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY DEALER DEFECTS THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED IT IS PATHETIC. THE TRUNK SCREWS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE LINERS DOWN, FALL APART AND COME LOSE. NOTHING YOU DO CAN HOLD THEM IN PLACE. WAY TOO MANY ISSUES TO LIST RIGHT NOW. I JUST WISH FORD WOULD STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ITEMS AND MAKE THEM RIGHT. THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL CARS AND I LOVE MINE, I JUST HATE THAT IT IS PUT TOGETHER CRAPPY AND SLOPPILY. *TR

I WAS MERGING ONTO THE I-5 FREEWAY NEAR A BIG MALL WITH FAIRLY HEAVY TRAFFIC AND I "FLOORED" IT, OR CLOSE TO FLOORING IT, TO GET UP TO SPEED TO MERGE. I GOT ONTO I-5 AND LET UP ON THE GAS AT ABOUT 60 MPH TO GO WITH THE FLOW, BUT I COULD HEAR THE ENGINE GROWLING AND THE CAR JUST KEPT GOING FASTER. THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK! I STEPPED HARD ON THE BRAKE BUT IT BARELY SLOWED THE CAR. I THEN TRIED TAPPING THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE LITTLE MOVEMENT JUST MADE THE CAR GO FASTER AND DID NOT UNSTICK THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS REALLY CLOSE TO A MAJOR COLLISION, I COULD NOT GO INTO ANY OTHER LANE AND I WAS VERY QUICKLY APPROACHING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF I SHOULD PULL THE HAND BREAK OR TURN THE CAR OFF WHEN I THOUGHT TO USE MY LEFT FOOT TO PULL BACK ON THE AFTERMARKET FLOOR MAT. I DID THIS WITH MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ISSUE RESOLVED JUST BEFORE HITTING ANYONE. I WAS 85% SURE IT WAS THE FLOOR MAT, BUT THEN WHEN I GOOGLED THE ISSUE, I SEE PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT SAME STORY AND IN THOSE INCIDENTS IT WAS NOT THE FLOOR MAT. I TOOK THE MAT OUT AT AS SOON AS I COULD. WHEN I GOT HOME I TRIED TO SEE IF I ACTUALLY COULD MOVE THE AFTERMARKET RUBBER MAT AND IT DID NOT REALLY MOVE. SO NOW I AM 85% SURE IT WAS THE CAR AND NOT THE MAT. NOT BEING 100% SURE OF WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM HAS ME VERY NERVOUS. *TR

DRIVING MY 2008 FORD MUSTANG GT HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE THROTTLE GOT STUCK WIDE OPEN I PLACED ON MY WEIGHT ON THE BRAKE AND IT DID NOTHING I THEN THREW IT INTO PARK AND THE CAR RED LINED AT 8000+ RPMS I HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME AND A PARKED CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT CAR REVVED OUT AGAIN DID IT AGAIN EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL. *TR

THE GAS PEDAL WILL BE STUCK ACCELERATING, AND WILL NOT STOP. THE MAT WAS NOT EVEN ON THE FLOOR WHEN THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AND ALSO A BACK ROAD, HIT THE BREAK DOES NOT STOP OR DISENGAGE THE VEHICLE; TAP PEDAL DOES NOT DISENGAGE SPEEDS UP MORE AND REMAINS STUCK. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND LUCK IS THE ONLY REASON AN INJURY HAS NOT OCCURRED. *TR

SEPT 14 2013. 1400 ON US 59S I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE, AND A FUNERAL PRECESSION WAS EXITING RIGHT SO WE SLIGHTLY DECELERATED AND SWITCHED TO THE MIDDLE LANE. AS I ACCELERATED TO ACQUIRE THE HIGHWAY SPEED LIMIT THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK; IMMEDIATELY I KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND TOLD FIANCE TO CALL 911. I BEGAN TO CONTINUOUSLY PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH MY ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT. IT SLOWED THE CAR TO APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND IF I TRIED TO LIFT MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE EVEN MORE. ON THE PHONE WITH 911 --207PM-- WE WERE TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I MOVED MY CAR TO THE LEFT LANE AND THEN TO THE LEFT SHOULDER LANE. (DURING THIS TIME I WAS CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO BRAKE AND SHIFT MY CAR TO NEUTRAL BUT IT WOULDN'T BUDGE; STILL BRAKING WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL, I TRIED TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE) FIANCE QUICKLY RE-DIALED 911 TO GIVE OUR LOCATION AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND THAT THIS WAS AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY. THE 911 OPERATOR TOLD MY FIANCE THAT A POLICE DISPATCHER WOULD BE CALLING HER BACK, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED WE NEEDED HELP IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WE WERE APPROACHING ON SLOWER TRAFFIC. VERY QUICKLY AFTER, THE LEFT SHOULDER LANE ENDED SO I WAS FORCED TO MOVE THE CAR INTO THE FARTHEST LEFT LANE. IT SOON BECAME APPARENT THAT WE WOULD NOT AVOID A COLLISION, AND MY CAR HIT THE BACK OF A YELLOW SCION TC GOING APPROXIMATELY 100MPH. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED RIGHT AWAY, MAKING IT UNCLEAR IF WE HIT ANY OTHER CARS. THE FINAL IMPACT THAT STOPPED OUR CAR WAS A CONCRETE BARRIER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. MY FIANCE AND I IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE CAR AND STEPPED AWAY WHILE WE SIGNALED FOR HELP. WITHOUT A DOUBT OUR LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM US DUE TO THIS EVENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,334.

WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. THE MERGE IS RIGHT BEFORE A BRIDGE SO I HAD TO CREEP ACROSS UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ENGINE DID NOT STALL BUT THERE WAS NO CONTROL IN THE GAS PEDAL. HAPPENED AGAIN EXACTLY ONE WEEK LATER. THANKFULLY TRAFFIC WAS ABLE TO PASS ME AND NOT REAR-END ME SINCE CAR SPEED DROPPED QUICKLY. THROTTLE BODY IS BEING REPLACED TODAY. *TT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 MUSTANG SHELBY GT 500 AND STOPPED ON A HILL AND WHEN TRYING TO START CLUTCH SLIPPED AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. I HAVE DRIVEN MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARS ALL MY LIFE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR WITH 6000 MILES WITH CLUTCH FAILURE. I CONTACTED FORD AND WAS INFORMED BY THEM THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I DID SOME INTERNET RESEARCH AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE LOOKING FOR HELP FROM FORD AND HAVE RECEIVED THE SAME RESPONSE. I HAVE SHARED MY RESEARCH AND I HAVE RECEIVED GENERIC ANSWERS. FORD IS VERY AWARE OF THE INFERIOR CLUTCHES THEY PUT IN THESE CARS AND ARE ONLY TRYING TO EVADE A RECALL. I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP CONVINCING FORD TO DO THE HONORABLE THING ESPECIALLY THE HIGH COST OF THESE CARS. IF YOU DO YOUR OWN INVESTIGATING AND YOU WILL FIND MULTIPLE PROBLEMS BEING DISCUSSED ON THE INTERNET. THANKS *TR