2004 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

I DOWN SHIFTED MY CAR AND FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE PEDAL CAUGHT ON THE CARPET. I COULD NOT GET IT TO RELEASE AND HAD TO SHUT OFF THE IGNITION ON THE FREEWAY, PULLED OVER, AND PARK THE CAR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SPEED OF 100+MPH WAS REACHED. *JB

GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK UNDER CARPET. I WAS PASSING SOMEONE AND THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK. I NEARLY WRECKED, BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. FOUND THE PROBLEM , HAD TO CUT THE CARPET SO IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. IT IS APPALLING THAT A POORLY DESIGNED CARPET COULD CAUSE POTENTIAL DEATHS. FIX THIS!*JB

I WAS PROCEEDING THROUGH INTERSECTION ON A LEFT HAND TURN LANE DRIVING IN THE WRONG GEAR FOR THE SPEED AT WHICH I WAS GOING(20 MPH), I DOWN SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR AND THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR FOR A HALF A BLOCK HEADING TOWARDS THE NEXT INTERSECTION THAT HAD A RED LIGHT FOR ME. I COULDN'T STOP THE CAR SO I TURNED THE KEY OFF. AFTER LOOKING AT THE PEDAL I NOTICED THE CARPET DOESN'T FIT RIGHT LIKE IT'S SHORT AND MY GAS PEDAL ARM IS EXTREMELY WEAK AND BENDS TOWARDS THE TRANSMISSION SCRAPING THE CARPET THROUGH THE RANGE OF UP/DOWN MOTION. I THINK THE CARPET IS HALF THE PROBLEM THE OTHER HALF IS THE GAS PEDAL ARM. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GAS PEDAL RUBS THE CARPET. I PULL THE PEDAL OFF OF THE CARPET EVERY SO OFTEN WITHIN DAYS THE PEDAL IS RUBBING IT AGAIN. *JB

WAS DRIVING ON OPEN FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30PM ON 10/17/05 WHEN DRIVER HEARD LOUD "POP". SHORTLY AFTERWARD, DRIVERS VISION WAS OBSCURED THROUGH BACK WINDOW ON THE FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE. WHEN DRIVER ARRIVED HOME HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY OBJECT STRIKING THE VEHICLE. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AND WAS TOLD THAT FORD DID NOT CONSIDER IT A DEFECTIVE PART. WHEN DRIVER NOTIFIED HIS INSURANCE CARRIER, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THEIR GLASS INSTALLER WAS AWARE OF THE SPONTANEOUS REAR WINDOW EXPLOSIONS OCCURRING IN THE 2002-2004 MODEL YEAR OF MUSTANGS. DRIVER IS HAVING DEALER REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND REPLACED PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. *JB

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2004 FORD MUSTANG , WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN UPON ACCELERATION THE GAS PEDAL STUCK( BECAUSE OF CARPET) CAUSING HER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AS SHE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ON WET PAVEMENT . SHE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE TOTALING THE CAR AND SHE WAS ALSO HURT WHEN HER FACE HIT STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM

DT: THE CALLER'S SON PULLED INTO A GAS STATION WHEN BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. HE WAS GOING ABOUT 2 MPH, AND HE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER CUT THE AIRBAG OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THEY PUT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG BACK IN. THE DIAGNOSTIC SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. CALLER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE SCRAPES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. THIS WILL NOT BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE CALLER SAID THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS. MANUFACTURER SIDED WITH DEALER AND SAID SHE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS.*AK *NM

DT: 2004 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 15-20 MPH THE BRAKES DID NOT LET GO, THE ROAD WAS WET. THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 22,2005. VEHICLE HIT A CURVE, NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE CONSUMER STATED THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER,AND VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN REPAIR SHOP BEING FIXED. DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY WERE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM FORD. THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL FORD CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BACK. THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, INCLUDING RIMS, FRONT BUMPER, AND ALIGNMENT. *AK

WHILE ACCELERATING MY GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK UNDER MY CARPET AND MY ENGINE RPM'S SHOT UP AND MY ENGINE ALMOST BLEW BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET MY GAS PEDAL UNSTUCK, I FINALLY HAD TO CUT MY ENGINE OFF SO MY ENGINE WOULDN'T BLOW;I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE FREEWAY WAS CLEAR AND NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. *NM

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 MUSTANG COBRA, THE GAS PEDAL BECAME STUCK AT WIDE OPEN THROTTLE. I SHIFTED THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND IT BOUNCED OFF THE REDLINE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS BEFORE I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I NEARLY GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO STOP THE CAR. I FOUND THE GAS PEDAL TO BE STUCK AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE EDGE OF THE FLOORS CARPET. NOW I DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING IS BROKEN ON MY CAR. IT HAS LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON IT AND IS JUST OVER A YEAR OLD. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED FROM THIS, AND IT IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE CAR AS I KNOW FROM INTERNET FORUMS IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE. *JB

2004 MUSTANG - I HAD JUST PURCHASED MY MUSTANG THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK CAUSING INABILITY TO CONTROL MY SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY, RESULTING IN A TICKET . THE NEXT TIME THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK WAS ON CITY STREETS .TOOK CAR TO FORD DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *NM