Hidden Features in the 2015 Mustang

[Chaos_Being]

That's pretty cool. I haven't seen that because I still haven't hit WOT in the car...that and I immediately set my gauges to red for night anyways. I may have to change the color when I get it broken in

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[Dragen]

Two things I found out this week:
1) if you should happen to accidentally drive off without the key, you can still re-start the car, if you do so within a few seconds of shutting off the engine.
2) if you lock the car via remote or the door handle, the power door lock buttons are disabled and the car cant be unlocked from inside.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Two things I found out this week:
1) if you should happen to accidentally drive off without the key, you can still re-start the car, if you do so within a few seconds of shutting off the engine.
2) if you lock the car via remote or the door handle, the power door lock buttons are disabled and the car cant be unlocked from inside.

That second one seems unsafe. I'm going to have to try that out, because I can't believe that's true.

 

[Blacksheep]

That's what worries me about this car. There is no physical tab to unlock the car. What happens when the electric circuit is fried in an accident? How do you manually open the door?

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

That's what worries me about this car. There is no physical tab to unlock the car. What happens when the electric circuit is fried in an accident? How do you manually open the door?

Every Ford I've driven going back to the '80's had a mechanical interlock that unlocked the door when you pulled an interior door handle. I'll be shocked if that's no longer the case.

 

[sldghmr]

My night gauges are blue and when I get to redline they change to red to alert me to shift.

Definitely a hidden feature that is really cool, but it is not new for 2015 ... it has been std. on all Mustangs since 2011 !!

Doug

This is very interesting to me.... I have a base GT w/PP and have hit the rev limiter at least 4 times...never has my gauges turned red. I'm starting to think this is a Premium pkg feature??

Is there anyone that does not have color changing gauges that has seen their tach go red at the rev limiter?

 

[Dragen]

That second one seems unsafe. I'm going to have to try that out, because I can't believe that's true.

Its true, the lock buttons are disabled. You can still open the door by pulling the handle, its just that the alarm is going to go off.

Im sure they toyed with the idea of taking the German route and disabling the inside handle too, but that teen that died in the locked, hot BMW a few years ago probably taught them the danger in that.

 

[dgc333]

Every Ford I've driven going back to the '80's had a mechanical interlock that unlocked the door when you pulled an interior door handle. I'll be shocked if that's no longer the case.

Every car regardless of brand that I have owned since the 70's did that. The only car I have run across that didn't is my 68 Barracuda, you have to unlock the door to open it.

I know it works on the Mustang because I have opened the door to get out when the engine is running and the doors are locked by just pulling on the door handle.

 

[Brn N Rubr]

That's what worries me about this car. There is no physical tab to unlock the car. What happens when the electric circuit is fried in an accident? How do you manually open the door?

Your key fob has an actual key inside of it. Look on the back, there are little pop tabs. There is a key slot on the driver's side door handle.

 

[drbrian722]

The integrated shift light is only on the premium trim cars.

 

[EcoboostJim]

On base model cars without toggle switches there are hidden driver modes . Using the traction control button.

 

[OrlandoJJ]

Not sure if this is new to Mustangs, but if you step on the brake and gas simultaneously, as in drying the brakes, the engine power output dies. No doubt, a result of the infamous Toyota unintended acceleration lawsuits.

 

[badass03ragtop]

Has nothing to do with being a vert. Most coupes without a frame around the window do this now. Even my Genesis Coupe did this.

It is simply to make closing the door require less force as the air inside the vehicle has an escape rather than being compressed.

 

[michaelmfl]

It is simply to make closing the door require less force as the air inside the vehicle has an escape rather than being compressed.

This is undoubtedly true, but it also is necessary for the window to clear the top edge of the seal. When I was at an indoor showroom they had disconnected the battery of one of the cars, and when I tried to open/close the doors the windows would catch at the tops because they didn't drop down a little as in normal operation. Made a nasty sound, too, that caught the attention of the salespeople!

 

[c3po]

This is undoubtedly true, but it also is necessary for the window to clear the top edge of the seal. When I was at an indoor showroom they had disconnected the battery of one of the cars, and when I tried to open/close the doors the windows would catch at the tops because they didn't drop down a little as in normal operation. Made a nasty sound, too, that caught the attention of the salespeople!

Funny, I was reading all the posts to this thread and decided to read through all of them before posting that same issue. I had the identical thing happen to me at a dealership, and I looked around after I had closed the door to see if anyone else had noticed. My first thought was that I felt bad for whoever was going to eventually buy the vehicle. That trim piece will need replacing, assuming countless other people have done what I did. I think most dealerships know of this, and power the windows down before disconnecting the battery. What I notice of these vehicles, though, is that they lose that new car smell!

With these things in mind, I don't think I'd purchase one that had been sitting in the dealership (if I even knew it was) unless it was my only option other than to order from the factory.

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