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1524 messages, Last post on Oct 24, 2006 at 9:05 PM
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Since it is fuel vapor that causes the problem, I was wondering if people noticed the pump shutoff to occur more frequently during warmer periods of the day. I know that you should try to buy your gas in the morning because during the day if its a hot day, the gas expands and since you are paying for volume, you don't get your money's worth... I think the problem also occurs more frequently if you try to add gas to a tank that is already half full or more. Mark. |
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Replying to: mschmal (Oct 14, 2006 10:01 am) I also think it's important for all of you to note that this is not unique to the Mustang. A couple of weeks ago I was getting my car filled and while there a guy with a brand new Corvette and someone with an SUV (I think it was a Suburban) were also having problems. The station attendant (in NJ we don't have self-serve) tried maneuvering the pump in different angles until those vehicles were filled. On a recent service apt. at the dealership I overheard a woman complaining about her Mercury having a similar problem.
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Replying to: 40yearswaiting (Oct 15, 2006 6:05 am) I realize that every car may have this problem at some point, no matter the make or model; my parents have an F-250 (or F-"something" anyway) that has a temperamental second tank. If they don't pump the gas in just perfectly, it locks and then they must wait hours to try to refill, because no amount of moving the nozzle around gets them anywhere. On my own Explorer, I had the pump shut off on me a couple of times, but just backing the nozzle out of the tank a bit fixed the problem immediately, and then I just pumped that way all the time and never had an issue again. If I can figure out what the trick is with the Mustang, I guess that's okay, but the impression I'm getting is that it's not consistent in what you have to do to get the Mustang tank to fill, even with each individual car. I absolutely hate things that don't act the same way all the time; either work properly, or have a workaround that's consistently effective, but don't give me the in between stuff, I just don't have time or patience to figure it out every time. I'm like that with computers, too. 
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Excuse my anger and my language, but this *&^%$#fg car is gonna get me killed! First was just annoyances, I can't put gas in it, the old vapor lock thing, I have to wait and wait to pull out into busy traffic, the old throttle lag thing, last week, I pulled out into traffic from a side street there was a car coming faster than I thought, so I hit the gas, well it took off like a trooper, then,,,,,,the transmission TOTALLY DISENGAGED.......just UP AND QUIT.....only lasted a few seconds, but geeeeeze a few seconds is all it takes for a semi truck to shove you off a damned cliff!!!!!!!! THENNNNN today pulling off the interstate off ramp, the car just "DIED" for a few seconds....I've never seen anything like it....it simply went totally limp so to speak, then took off so hard it jerked my head back. What if that had happened ON the interstate at 80 mph? I'd be toast! I"ve been reading this forum since I got my car, and I see a lot of you are having similar problems. My dealer is trying to get an address for me to as "high up" in Ford as we can go. Would you all join me in a writing campaign before someone is damaged WAY beyond simple annoyance? I love my car, but it's not worth getting run over for! 
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Replying to: sally_not (Oct 15, 2006 1:26 pm) When you say died, you mean the engine shut off? There is a TSB regarding throttle lag on certain cars after cruising on the highway then comeing to a stop haveing throttle lag.. This is caused by airbubbles forming in the fuel pump and the fix is to replace your fuel pump. Someone mentioned that you can recalibrate the electronic throttle also. I'm not trying to imply that something is not wrong with your car, I just wouldn't be surprised if there was somethign that someone was missing. I would strongly encourage anyone that is failing to get redress at the dealership level to try a different dealer. Ask around to find out if there is a dealer in your area with a particularly good service department. I've worked for dealers where the sales floor was A+ and the service department was F-. Mark. |
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Replying to: sally_not (Oct 15, 2006 1:26 pm) |
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Replying to: 07stanglady (Oct 13, 2006 11:17 am) In another forum a member posted instructions on what they did to resolve the problem since changing the tank didnt solve it. Maybe your mechanic can do this. And if it works we can bring joy to the world. http://ratstangrestoration.com/05_mustang_tank.htm
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Replying to: pambo (Jul 20, 2006 12:32 pm) Thanks |
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I am hearing noise in the rear of my 2007 Mustang GT/CS. Mine was a whining noise around 60-65mph. The dealer has now replaced the ring & pinion twice now. However after resetting the pinion depth about 5 times to get pattern correctly the noise is gone but now I have a bad vibration at about 60 mph and also at 75 mph only! They tried to re-index the drive shaft but no luck. I now also here a noise when turning sharply at very low speeds. I was wondering if any one has seen any of these problems I have?
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Replying to: bemmer (Oct 18, 2006 12:48 pm) |
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