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#78 of 119 Battery by waterdr Jan 07, 2008 (4:54 pm)
Folks, ponies are meant to have their legs stretched. Storing a car in the winter and dead batteries go together like ham and cheese. My 2000 GT Vert does the same thing. I usually just buy a new battery every March or April....goes with the territory.   The worse thing you can do is run it ocassionally for short periods of time. Builds up a lot of condensation in the exhaust too when you do this.   If you just lay it up for the winter, pull the battery out and store it inside the house. Then, in the spring, use a deep-cycle charger to boost it up and install it.   Each time the battery goes dead, the computer will have to reprogram itself too....it is not just the radio pre-sets. You are supposed to start the car and let it idle until it warms up before you drive it too. This ensures that the idle speed is set correctly and allows the car to be out of "open-loop" mode.
#79 of 119 Brake lights not working in 1995 Mustang by nchandler Jan 14, 2008 (12:21 pm)
Brake lights quit working on car. We have checked all bulbs, fuses etc. The switch works but it is not getting power so we are assuming there's a short since the cruise control quit working couple months before that.   We are not sure where to start to look for shorts etc. and was hoping someone might have some suggestions. Replies to this message: rbright13 (Mar 12, 2008 5:33 am)
#80 of 119 Re: What gets on my nerves and Battery TSB. [mschmal] by veight Jan 24, 2008 (8:54 pm)
Replying to: mschmal (Jan 03, 2008 7:40 am) You have a legit beef on trashing Ford for no reason. I've driven or owned Fords for 37 years and my daddy and grand daddy before me.   But the TSB does not provide information on the battery that has been driven for long drives then goes dead in 3 days followed by a miraculous recovery and sits in storage for 3-4 weeks and starts up fine. We all have more of a life than to sit around making this crap up.
#82 of 119 Re: What gets on my nerves and Battery TSB. [mschmal] by rbright13 Mar 11, 2008 (8:58 am)
Replying to: mschmal (Jan 03, 2008 7:40 am) dude thats bs.! ford products are not any different than any other maker out there , I got a 1999 mustang GT and the battery keeps going dead, I put a new duralast gold battery in and fully charge it with a charger , and in 2 days it was dead . There isnt any car made out there that uses that much stand-bye power to kill the battery in within 27 hrs of sitting!! The alt. is the main source for the battery draining that quick , if it is bad. Just because it it charges doesn't mean it is good.  I had a bad a** stereo systems hooked up in my cars in my younger days , and I could jam them all day long and still crank my car up with no problems
#83 of 119 Re: Brake lights not working in 1995 Mustang [nchandler] by rbright13 Mar 12, 2008 (5:33 am)
Replying to: nchandler (Jan 14, 2008 12:21 pm) its says that there is a recall on taillights .make sure that your car has been fix from this recall before paying alot of money
#84 of 119 Re: Turn signal light stays ON [otterway] by bandit10 Mar 25, 2008 (6:14 pm)
Replying to: otterway (Jul 09, 2006 12:36 pm) This just a thought. I had this happen to my Toyota. It turned out the rear bulb was burned out and that's why my turn signal on the dash stayed on. And my front signal stay on constantly. Just a guess.
#85 of 119 Re: cruise control [specialed] by rbright13 Mar 29, 2008 (4:16 pm)
Replying to: specialed (Jul 30, 2007 6:28 am) from what I heard ,is that under the hood on the pass. side there is a hole on the fender where the hood closes that when it rains the water goes into that hole and then goes back where the cpu is .water gets into the cpu and messes-up . That got to be true because where the cpu is mounted , the water can get to it. The cpu is on the pass floor behind the kick panel under the dash. when you remove the cpu the area behind there is where the water is coming from. If it was me , I would remove the cpu and seal off that area , then make sure that the inside of the cpu is dry Replies to this message: mygt350r (Apr 04, 2008 3:43 pm)
#86 of 119 Re: cruise control [rbright13] by mygt350r Apr 04, 2008 (3:43 pm)
Replying to: rbright13 (Mar 29, 2008 4:16 pm) i have a moderately modified 05 GT and my cruise control quit working. The light does not even come on. I took it to ford and they hooked it up to the computer and tried to briefly trouble shoot the problem. We checked alot of sensor and switches that all seemed to be working fine. He told me to bring it back another time (because he was originally fixing a recall). Does anyone have any suggestions other than fuses? That is the only problem i have had.
#87 of 119 98 Mustang Electrical Mystery by niquea2484 Apr 09, 2008 (10:55 am)
Hello, I have a 98 Mustang V6 automatic 3.8L engine. My problems first started when my aftermarket cd player gave out and wouldn't eject the cd and I couldn't adjust the volumn. I ended up pulling the whole player out of the dash and disconnecting it. Shortly after this, my odometer stopped at about 163,000 miles and my check engine light came on. Couldn't find anything wrong, car working fine otherwise. Then my emergency brake light came on even though my brake wasn't engaged. Started to have difficulties getting the car started, especially in cold. Battery meter and power started fluctuating for no apparent reason. Had battery tested, it was bad, bought new battery. Seemed to solve the problem for a while. Then, power started fluctuating again and finally all gauges went out and car died. Assumed bad alternator. Got new alternator, installed it and seemed to fix the problem. Car worked great for 3 days, no fluctuating power, starting fine. Day 4, car completely dead, only clicks when I try to start, power locks not even working. Did the bad alternator drain my new battery or could I possibly have another bad alternator? Also, have been having what I assume are transmission problems, car jerks at certain speeds when accelerating, worst at 45mph. Would this have anything to do with my electrical problems? Could it have to do with the emergency brake light being on? Could I have messed up some important wires in the dash when I took out my cd player? Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really need a new car, but just can't afford it right now. Thanks Replies to this message: 96gt (Jun 25, 2008 10:30 am)

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