2012 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FULL SPEED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND ENGINE JUST SHUTS DOWN. WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. HAVE TO COAST THROUGH TRAFFIC TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP. RESTART THE CAR A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THEN IT'S FINE. TOOK TO FORD DEALER, WHO SAID I HAD A BAD THROTTLE BODY. CHARGED OVER $800 TO REPAIR. COMPLETELY LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE! FORD HAS AGREED TO FIX DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODIES ON OTHER MODELS, BUT NOT THE MUSTANG. THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE THE SAME PROBLEM, AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY FORD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A LOUD METAL-ON-METAL GRINDING NOISE. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS PROGRESSING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BALL JOINT, BUSHINGS, SUSPENSION, SHOCKS AND BOTH CONTROL ARMS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE DAYS LATER. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CRASHING INTO A CURB. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT A FIELD ENGINEER WOULD FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT WHEN THE CONTROL ARMS WERE REPLACED, THEY WERE NOT REPLACED WITH THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER PART BECAUSE THEY WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED, DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH, FORCING HIM TO LIMP TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, WHERE THERE WAS NO SHOULDER. AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, LETTING IT SIT FOR A MINUTE, AND TURNING IT BACK ON, IT ACCELERATED FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY. IT COST $683.32 TO REPAIR. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT MANY FORD MODELS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE MUSTANG HAS NO EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM LIKE THE FUSION AND A FEW OTHER MODELS DO. THIS WAS TERRIBLY DANGEROUS. MY SON COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

ON OCT 30, 2014 I WAS SHIFTING TO 2ND GEAR AND THE ENGINE BUCKED, LOST SPEED, THEN THE "WRENCH" SYMBOL ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THE LIMP HOME MODE ACTIVATED. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED IT AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. I DROVE IT TO AN AUTO SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT DETECT A MALFUNCTION CODE. TODAY, NOV 5, 2014 WHEN LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SAME LOSS OF SPEED OCCURRED IN 2ND GEAR AND THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I DROVE BACK TO THE LOCAL AUTO SHOP AND THEY DETERMINED THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE SOLENOID WAS BAD. FORTUNATELY, MY INCIDENTS HAPPENED AT A LOW SPEED. THIS COULD BE CATASTROPHIC AT HIGH SPEED, RUNNING THE RISK OF A HIGH-SPEED, REAR-END COLLISION. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AS I WAS EXITING THE CAR POWERSTEERING GAVE OUT AND WAS LEFT WITH NO MANUBILITY. WAS ABLE TO POWER THRU AND GET TO THE DEALER RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF THE EXIT. DEALER SAID IT DID PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY BECAUSE TECHNICALLY IT DOES NOT MAKE THE CAR MOVE. BUT WITH OUT IT YOU CAN'T MOVE THE CAR NO POSSIBLE STEERING. DEALER SAID THEY HAD THE PART IN STOCK DUE TO OTHER 2012 MUSTANGS WITH SAME PROBLEM ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE FOCUS AND F150 HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AND HAVE BEEN CALLED BACK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE MARKER LIGHT WAS CORRODED. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BULB, BUT IT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

TODAY WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE AT A INTERSECTION AND SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T LET ME INTO 2ND. NOW IF THIS JUST HAPPENED ONCE I WOULD LET IT GO BUT THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE CONSIDERING IT CAUSES MY CAR TO SLOW WHILE I'M TRYING TO GET INTO GEAR WITH TRAFFIC COMING AT ME. THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HOOD IS SHOWING SIGNS OF CORROSION UNDER THE PAINT. FORD KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL NOT COVER THE DEFECT PAST THE STANDARD RUST THROUGH WARRANTY MILEAGE. *TR

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. DASH LIGHT CAME ON AS VEHICLE STARTED LIMPING TO STOP IN TRAFFIC. *TR

I HAD JUST LEFT MY HOUSE AND PULLED OUT ONTO THE ROAD. AS THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR SUDDENLY SHOOK AND SHUDDERED AND WOULDN'T RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. THE WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON THE DASH. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND WOULDN'T GO OVER 3 OR 4 MILES AN HOUR. I PUT ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS, AS THERE WERE VEHICLES COMING UP BEHIND ME ON THE TWO-LANE ROAD AND THEY HAD TO GO AROUND ME. IT WAS VERY SCARY NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER VEHICLES. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE, NO PRIOR WARNING OF ANY ISSUES. PRELIMINARY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT OTHER FORD VEHICLES HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THROTTLE BODY FAILURES, WITH VERY SIMILAR DESCRIPTIONS TO THIS ISSUE WITH MY 2012 FORD MUSTANG.