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Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [flmustang]
by tayl0rd
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Sep 06, 2007 (4:50 am)
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Replying to: flmustang (Sep 05, 2007 4:15 pm)
A bad ground can cause a battery to not hold a charge. It's discharging on something.
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Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [flmustang]
by blustang
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Dec 06, 2007 (12:36 pm)
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Replying to: flmustang (Sep 05, 2007 10:10 am)
Just wondering if there was anything ever diagnosed with your issues. I have an 05 'stang that is having severe electrical problems, this car is my "baby" and has only about 5500 miles on it. I'm in MN it can't be driven in the winter and it only comes out on nice days...no rain for this car. Anyway, the battery was completely dead about a month ago and would not hold a charge. The dealership replaced the battery but blamed the lack of charge on the fact that I use a trickle charger in the winter to winterize my car. Ok, sure, I ran with that idea...never really believed it, but i am not a mechanic either. However, a week ago I went to start the car and the battery, yep the brand new one, was dead. Took it back to the dealer..."everything is fine, the only problem is that you have driven it only 30 miles in the last 3 weeks." That's when I got irritated with them. They don't know if I have started the car and idled it for any length of time to hold a charge or not (no I haven't, but that still shouldn't matter for a brand new battery). I am looking for any ideas what could be going on with the car at this point, any others that have had similar system issues.
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Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [blustang]
by flmustang
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Dec 06, 2007 (1:10 pm)
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Replying to: blustang (Dec 06, 2007 12:36 pm)
Not really. Ultimately, the dealer said that the battery had an internal short. I'm not ASE certified, but I have been working on cars for a number of years, and that diagnosis was new to me. Replaced the battery, and things have been OK. As far as your car, since it is sitting, you can always take the approach of just disconnecting the battery when it is going to be parked. Yes, you will have to program the radio stations/clock when you get ready to drive it, but that should save the battery. I had an '84 Vette that had the same issue--if it sat for more than 24 hours, it wouldn't start. Eventually, installed a trickle charger that mounted on the vehicle itself--had a short lead that I would plug in if storing the vehicle. When ready to drive, I would just unplug, store the lead and that was all. However, I am not sure if a vehicle mounted trickle charger would void a factory warranty. The Vette was out of warranty, so it was not an issue.
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Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [flmustang]
by blustang
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Dec 06, 2007 (2:04 pm)
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Replying to: flmustang (Dec 06, 2007 1:10 pm)
Thanks for the suggestions! I am still taking the route of annoying the CRAP out of the dealers at this point since there is the warranty and playing one dealer against the other...that may get me somewhere. I actually do have a trickle charger hooked up on my 'stang because I had always had the intent of this not being driven in the winter. With the trickle charge on they still replaced the original battery and I am now on the 2nd battery that was dead after 3 weeks. We will see what happens with it, since the warranty is up in April...definately not getting winterized this year though.
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Mustang 2005 indicator problem
by ljsstang
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Dec 10, 2007 (3:11 pm)
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Hi, I am having a strange problem. My right hand side indicators stay on (not flashing but on) after I turn the engine off. They are also on while the engine is running. It looks like I had switched on parking lights on one side (I am not aware that my car has parking lights like this) and that they can't be turned off. Has anyone come across this kind of problem and a possible fix?
Thanks.
LJ
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Re: Mustang 2005 indicator problem [ljsstang]
by cccompson
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Dec 15, 2007 (6:14 am)
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Replying to: ljsstang (Dec 10, 2007 3:11 pm)
Just guessing - check to see if the front or rear bulb is burned out or loose.
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Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [blustang]
by veight
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Dec 18, 2007 (8:01 pm)
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Replying to: blustang (Dec 06, 2007 2:04 pm)
 Hey got a positive trouble shoot from my Ford dealer last month.
500 Shaker in the 2005GT is drawing 1.4 amp with CD s loaded in the changer and .02 amps with no CDs in changer with radio off. He's got a new radio on order for me but they are back ordered for 3 months. Best feeling I've had since the first time I smoked the tires
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Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [blustang]
by veight
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Dec 18, 2007 (8:08 pm)
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Replying to: blustang (Dec 06, 2007 12:36 pm)
Fellow MN Stang - try removing all your CDs from the changer each time you get out of the car and see if your battery stays up. Mind did after I started playing one cd at a time and always pulling them out when parked. 
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Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [veight]
by blustang
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Dec 19, 2007 (8:47 am)
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Replying to: veight (Dec 18, 2007 8:08 pm)
Ironically, I had emptied the CD player after the new battery was dead and it hasn't been acting up since. Gonna do some testing of this...re-load the CD Player and see what happens. Thanks for your info, I COMPLETELY get what you mean about the best feeling since smoking it the first time!
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Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [veight]
by cccompson
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Dec 19, 2007 (6:07 pm)
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Replying to: veight (Dec 18, 2007 8:08 pm)
Interesting post and a theory not heretofore suggested. Unfortunately, that sounds like a PIA.
My battery stays up when the car sits for weeks if the radio is turned off and the anti-theft system is not engaged.
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