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Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang
by pdxshedevil
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Aug 03, 2009 (4:38 am)
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When I shut the overdrive off today all of a sudden the whole computer rebooted while I was doing at least 25-30 MPH, however the car kept running. at first I thought loose battery cable, but I again turned the overdrive off and again the system shut down and rebooted. After figuring some of what was going on I quit turning the overdrive off and the car ran fine all the way home. This is on a 2005 Ford Mustang V.6
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- #2800 of 2847
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Re: Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang [pdxshedevil]
by tayl0rd
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Aug 03, 2009 (5:31 am)
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Replying to: pdxshedevil (Aug 03, 2009 4:38 am)
That is a weird issue, but it begs the question, "Why are you turning off OD, anyway?" And what do you mean "the whole computer rebooted?" You need to give us more details of what happened. What lights/messages were displayed on the dash? Were all the gauges still working? From the info you provided, it doesn't sound like a computer "reboot" at all; at least not the engine computer. If that was the case, the car would've stopped dead. It may be an issue w/ the Transmission Control Module (TCM.)
Details, please.
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Re: Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang [tayl0rd]
by pdxshedevil
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Aug 03, 2009 (3:55 pm)
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Aug 03, 2009 5:31 am)
I was turning off the overdrive as there was a long line of mustangs on our tour to the beach which was a bumpy winding road and it seemed that I did not need to use my brakes as much with the overdrive off (the engine would slow enough as not to need the brakes all the time. The first time it happens I heard a slight pop from somewhere under the dash and then all of a sudden all my instrument lights lit up as they do when the car is being started,my radio has to be reset as it also lost power, and it automatically restarts it in overdrive, so not knowing I drove a while longer and then again turned off the overdrive and within 5-10 minutes it did it all over again. I tested my theory one more time and it happened again. For the remainder of the trip I left the switch alone and the car ran fine.
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- #2802 of 2847
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Re: Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang [pdxshedevil]
by tayl0rd
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Aug 04, 2009 (8:31 am)
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Replying to: pdxshedevil (Aug 03, 2009 3:55 pm)
... I heard a slight pop from somewhere under the dash...
Blown fuse.
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- #2803 of 2847
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Re: Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang [tayl0rd]
by akirby
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Aug 04, 2009 (8:52 am)
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Aug 04, 2009 8:31 am)
Blown fuses don't magically start working again.
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- #2804 of 2847
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Re: Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang [akirby]
by tayl0rd
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Aug 04, 2009 (9:30 am)
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Replying to: akirby (Aug 04, 2009 8:52 am)
No, they don't. But if the circuit takes a different path when the OD is engaged vs. disengaged... Got it? 
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- #2805 of 2847
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Re: Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang [tayl0rd]
by akirby
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Aug 04, 2009 (11:50 am)
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Aug 04, 2009 9:30 am)
But then it should happen every time the OD is disengaged. If it only happens intermittently then that would point more to a loose connection or computer problem rather than a blown fuse. Not saying it's impossible - just improbable based on the symptoms.
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Re: Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang [akirby]
by pdxshedevil
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Aug 04, 2009 (4:12 pm)
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Replying to: akirby (Aug 04, 2009 11:50 am)
I will let all of you know what Ford has to say as I just dropped the car off, and found out that the car was actually dying and restarting, I never knew an automatic could restart itself while driving down the road. Most of my cars have been OLD POS'S.
Thanks for your responses.
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- #2807 of 2847
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Re: Has anyone heard of this problem with the 2005 mustang [pdxshedevil]
by pdxshedevil
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Aug 04, 2009 (9:21 pm)
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Replying to: pdxshedevil (Aug 04, 2009 4:12 pm)
Just picked the car up from Ford and they found nothing wrong with it and no error codes, The only thing that they can figure at this point is that it possibly vapor locked.
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