What did you do to your UK S550 Mustang Today

[SCP440]

Not always. modern cars are very finniky and something like a battery past its best can cause all sorts of odd problems.
A mate who has his own garage was telling me when ever you get a car in with a fault code and no apparent running problems take a note of the code and clear the codes. He recently had a Renault in that he had replaced the crank position sensor on as well as a couple of other sensors over a 4 month period and it turned out it actually needed a new battery. He had tested the battery and it passed but when he spoke to the Renault dealer they said it would be the battery as they had notice from Reanult saying this was a problem and battery needed to be replaced at 70% life.
Has your car had a decent run recently ? If not take if for a 40 mile run including some fast road.
Just because your car starts does not mean a battery is not knackered.

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[Arashk998]

Not always. modern cars are very finniky and something like a battery past its best can cause all sorts of odd problems.
A mate who has his own garage was telling me when ever you get a car in with a fault code and no apparent running problems take a note of the code and clear the codes. He recently had a Renault in that he had replaced the crank position sensor on as well as a couple of other sensors over a 4 month period and it turned out it actually needed a new battery. He had tested the battery and it passed but when he spoke to the Renault dealer they said it would be the battery as they had notice from Reanult saying this was a problem and battery needed to be replaced at 70% life.
Has your car had a decent run recently ? If not take if for a 40 mile run including some fast road.
Just because your car starts does not mean a battery is not knackered.

That’s very reassuring, thanks.

Last Monday took it for a 40miles return trip. Today I noticed the engine light first time starting it since then.
Happy to continue monitoring it but Im planning a Scandinavia road trip in mid-June and want it diagnosed and sorted by then…

 

[SCP440]

Will the car go into limp mode if it does come back on ?
Get your battery tested and if you have not replaced it in the last 4 years I would fit a new battery for a trip to Scandinavia for what they cost.
Worse case replace the sensor before you go.
What ever you do get comprehensive vehicle travel insurance, the last thing who ever you take the policy out with will be to transport the car back so they will do the best to repair in my experience.

 

[Arashk998]

Will the car go into limp mode if it does come back on ?
Get your battery tested and if you have not replaced it in the last 4 years I would fit a new battery for a trip to Scandinavia for what they cost.
Worse case replace the sensor before you go.
What ever you do get comprehensive vehicle travel insurance, the last thing who ever you take the policy out with will be to transport the car back so they will do the best to repair in my experience.

Never went into limp mode or felt loss of power but I’m still waiting for the light to come back on after clearing it today morning.
Will look into battery, sensor and insurance. Thanks

 

[SCP440]

I have a battery tester if you are not to far from me ?
Be carefull of Halfords as there tester will often say you need a new battery by default.

 

[Arashk998]

I have a battery tester if you are not to far from me ?
Be carefull of Halfords as there tester will often say you need a new battery by default.

Thanks, appreciate it.

Drove the car last night for 10/15miles ish, no further faults and battery voltage shows a steady 14v at idle/drive then 12v on ignition.

I'm hoping it was a false code, reluctant to get the sensor replaced if it doesn’t need replacing.

also checked the battery condition which seemed fine and also third-party so can’t be too old

 

[Arashk998]

Thanks, appreciate it.

Drove the car last night for 10/15miles ish, no further faults and battery voltage shows a steady 14v at idle/drive then 12v on ignition.

I'm hoping it was a false code, reluctant to get the sensor replaced if it doesn’t need replacing.

also checked the battery condition which seemed fine and also third-party so can’t be too old

So it’s been couple of weeks now with frequent drives over the weekends and no more signs of check engine light during driving.
What I did notice is that when i turn on ignition, the check engine lights flashes a few times then stays on as with battery and handbrake signs which is normal. When the engine is turned on, the engine light goes away. Now I forgot if this was normal sequence is the car is still trying to show the fault although no faults detected on OBD scanner..
Does anyone know please?

 

[Rilot]

Done a few things recently.

SmartTop roof controller - awesome. How it should have been from the factory.
Removed orange rear side reflectors and replaced with tinted items
Replaced rear light clusters with Vland sequentials. Went with a light smoke.
Added front bumper dive boards. Not sure about these.
Designed and added Mach1-like intakes for the front grille and then added spotlights inside them.
Tinted rear fog light and reverse light lens
Added a small boot lip spoiler
Adjusted the parking brake cable and added a locknut to the end of the threads to stop it backing out again
Bought IRS kit from Steeda and Eibach Pro springs. Having these fitted next month when the car is in for MoT
Drove it, a lot.

 

[The Spider House]

Done a few things recently.

SmartTop roof controller - awesome. How it should have been from the factory.
Removed orange rear side reflectors and replaced with tinted items
Replaced rear light clusters with Vland sequentials. Went with a light smoke.
Added front bumper dive boards. Not sure about these.
Designed and added Mach1-like intakes for the front grille and then added spotlights inside them.
Tinted rear fog light and reverse light lens
Added a small boot lip spoiler
Adjusted the parking brake cable and added a locknut to the end of the threads to stop it backing out again
Bought IRS kit from Steeda and Eibach Pro springs. Having these fitted next month when the car is in for MoT
Drove it, a lot.

Any pics?

 

[Rilot]

Any pics?

You wouldn't know it was detailed less than a week ago. The rain we had yesterday seemed to be 50% water, 50% sand.

Please ignore fake CF spoiler. It was a cheapie I bought to check fitment on the 'vert. I didn't want to spend £££ and then find I couldn't make it fit right.

 

[The Spider House]

You wouldn't know it was detailed less than a week ago. The rain we had yesterday seemed to be 50% water, 50% sand.

Please ignore fake CF spoiler. It was a cheapie I bought to check fitment on the 'vert. I didn't want to spend £££ and then find I couldn't make it fit right.

Very nice. Looks smart

 

[Kristian87]

My new GT deck lid emblem arrived in the post today. The current one started to fail last year - which is an oem badge.

now i just have to find time to fit it before my wedding day in 3 weeks time!

 

[The Spider House]

My new GT deck lid emblem arrived in the post today. The current one started to fail last year - which is an oem badge.

now i just have to find time to fit it before my wedding day in 3 weeks time!

Did the same to mine. Looks so much cleaner than the fake filler cap GT badge we got in the UK.

 

[WD Pro]

My new GT deck lid emblem arrived in the post today. The current one started to fail last year - which is an oem badge.

now i just have to find time to fit it before my wedding day in 3 weeks time!

That might be a OE badge, but is it an OE finish ? (It kind of looks like a chrome badge, that’s been painted).

Congratulations on the wedding !

I have to ask, what car are you getting ?

We were (very) lucky and ended up with this :

WD

 

[The Spider House]

That might be a OE badge, but is it an OE finish ? (It kind of looks like a chrome badge, that’s been painted).

Congratulations on the wedding !

I have to ask, what car are you getting ?

We were (very) lucky and ended up with this :

WD

Awesome car! And yeah, looking at the badge it looked painted. Mine is plastic

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