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#59 of 119 Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [flmustang] by blustang Dec 06, 2007 (2:04 pm)
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. Replies to this message: veight (Dec 18, 2007 8:01 pm)
#60 of 119 Mustang 2005 indicator problem by ljsstang Dec 10, 2007 (3:11 pm)
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 Replies to this message: cccompson (Dec 15, 2007 6:14 am)
#61 of 119 Re: Mustang 2005 indicator problem [ljsstang] by cccompson Dec 15, 2007 (6:14 am)
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.
#62 of 119 Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [blustang] by veight Dec 18, 2007 (8:01 pm)
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
#63 of 119 Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [blustang] by veight Dec 18, 2007 (8:08 pm)
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. Replies to this message: blustang (Dec 19, 2007 8:47 am) cccompson (Dec 19, 2007 6:07 pm) veight (Dec 19, 2007 6:53 pm) cccompson (Dec 20, 2007 3:51 pm)
#64 of 119 Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [veight] by blustang Dec 19, 2007 (8:47 am)
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!
#65 of 119 Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [veight] by cccompson Dec 19, 2007 (6:07 pm)
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. Replies to this message: veight (Dec 19, 2007 6:53 pm) cccompson (Dec 20, 2007 3:51 pm)
#66 of 119 Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [cccompson] by veight Dec 19, 2007 (6:53 pm)
Replying to: cccompson (Dec 19, 2007 6:07 pm) I totally agree with the intermit ant nature of the battery going dead. My Stang could set 6 weeks or 3 days - totally unpredictable. Thats why I quizzed the dealer techs so closely my be they got lucky and caught the radio when it "cycled just right" and recorded the current draws by chance. All I know is it more than Ford Engineering has done for me. All Ford wanted to do was go to arbitration not fix the problem Replies to this message: cccompson (Dec 20, 2007 3:51 pm)
#67 of 119 Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [veight] by cccompson Dec 20, 2007 (3:51 pm)
Replying to: veight (Dec 19, 2007 6:53 pm) Please update us after they do the swap.
#68 of 119 Re: 2005 GT electrical issue(s) [blustang] by raymon31 Jan 03, 2008 (6:16 am)
Replying to: blustang (Dec 06, 2007 12:36 pm) I have the same problem that many others have reported. My car is completely dead after siting a week or longer. I have a 05 GT with 33,000 miles. I don't drive this car very much in the winter. Last winter I did not have this problem. The dealer keeps replacing the battery. I suggest everyone who has had a similar problem to ask your dealer for some names and addresses of Ford employees you can call/write and complain. The dealers operate separate from Ford, so we should try getting to the source of this problem, Fords cheap and poor engineering.   In a previous post, danieldalton2003yahoo.com said he has had the same problem. He has already contacted Ford employees about the problem. He said to email him for the names. I plan to do so.

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