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Rant time...what's the worst thing about your Mustang?

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Here are my irritants:
  1. Car doesn’t come up in the Mode I left it in, it always reverts to Normal.
  2. Can’t test the driver’s door after locking it with the key fob in my pocket; the car will unlock.
  3. I would like to be able to scroll through any parameter I select for display, instead of only scrolling through the Trips, TPMS, and Mileage display pages. I would like to cycle through the pages that are available in all Modes when I have selected Trip/Fuel display.
  4. I would like a locking fuel door.
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I've mentioned on other threads that putting people in the back of a Mustang was banned by the Geneva Convention. It's a shelf people!
Not at all! The other week I had my grandson in the back in his rear facing seat, his mom in the passenger seat and my son behind me. Admittedly, I didn't have to drive far with my son behind me (thankfully, I was eating the steering wheel). Some people say they have trouble putting the car seat in the back but I've found a simple solution, I just cycle the top.
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It also cost more per option when they are seperated. I don't care, I want a la carte.
Agreed. While I like the digital dash and upgraded interior, I really only wanted the heated wheel, and would have paid a premium to only get it. Of course, in a sense I did pay a premium, it cost me CDN$2000.
 

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The worst thing about mine is the build quality. Of all the brand new mustangs I've bought over the years, every single one has had a list of little niggles, always different from the last. I don't even care anymore. It's expected.
 

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The worst thing about mine is the build quality. Of all the brand new mustangs I've bought over the years, every single one has had a list of little niggles, always different from the last. I don't even care anymore. It's expected.
Have you ever visited a car assembly line? There's a reason they need unions to protect their jobs, a trained monkey might do it better.
 

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MT-82. Only issue with it so far. If they had an option for the Tremec it'd be the first box id check on the build sheet.
 

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The two things about my BULITT that turn my crank, are all about FORD being cheapass….The deletion of the dual horns on 2019 Mustangs. Fixed, but at a cost probably 10x what FORD saved. Second is the fact that FORD decided that because my car is a manual and I can't have remote start, I shouldn't be able to check to see if my car is locked using the FORD Pass app, or lock or unlock it using the App. Lame, and not something that can be easily fixed, as the cost would be prohibitive....
Have only scanned the other 25,000 complaints, so don't know if this has been mentioned, but why the hell don't Mustangs have grab handles?! I let my son drive while he was on leave this weekend and I kept reaching for a hand hold when he turned hard right. Christ almighty, my GF's '11 Fusion has them on all 3 non-driver seats; Ford can't put just one in a 'Stang?
 

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Do you have the Steeda clutch spring? It's only about $20 and simple to install. And just as easy to go back to stock if you don't like it. Clutch feel is much better since I swapped that in.
Sort-of..it's in my glove box..LOL

I bought it then proceeded to break the plastic mount while installing it. My needlenose vice grips slipped off. There was no replacement clip back then and even now it's ridiculously priced, so I've just been driving it without a spring for three years. It's a lot better than it was, but it still annoys me. I would be surprised if it's much better with the steeda spring. I know how to drive it smoothly but it just shouldn't have to be as much focus as it is. I've never driven a manual car that was so unforgiving.
 

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Ok, after checking out 13 pages of whinings, it appears I may be the only one who is irritated by the turn signal detent design. On more than one occasion, I've thought I just moved the lever for the 3 cycles, only to discover the next time I look at the gauges, the turn signal is still on like I'm some geriatric in his Buick. I guess the turn signal indicator on the hood was meant for me...should have kept it after '17, or make the "full-on" detent snap like breaking the stem of a champagne flute like GM cars of the 70s and 80s.
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The hood blinker was only in the 2016.

Boom.
 

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The hood blinker was only in the 2016.
Not to mention it only reminds you if the driver side is left on unless you are driving a convertible standing up.
 

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The worst thing about a Mustang is that I can't afford one.

6 Dacias = 1 Mustang at UK pricing.
 

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The only issue I have with the car so far is that the door panels rattle a bit when I play something with bass.

Outside of that it's a great car.
 

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My rear view mirror vibrates with the bass from the Shaker sub woofer.
 

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Besides having to remember that reverse gear is now on the opposite corner of the gear pattern, I'm honestly not a fan of it letting me back into reverse right after I've come out of it. Cuz I'm trying to go into first at that point.
 

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Besides having to remember that reverse gear is now on the opposite corner of the gear pattern, I'm honestly not a fan of it letting me back into reverse right after I've come out of it. Cuz I'm trying to go into first at that point.
Having reverse be on the opposite side from first makes tons of sense to me because you'll never get that wrong. I said it elsewhere, but I had to train myself to leave the reverse collar alone because I accidentally put it in reverse once when a light turned green. That said - I've not had the situation where it lets me back in reverse after the lockout does its thing. I drop the collar and shove the shifter up and left and off it goes into first.
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