2018 Mustang Gt Issues

[Bullitt66]

Surely if this is common it needs sorting by Ford
Who can afford an out of warranty engine rebuild ????

Agree

But it depends the on the % failure rate, the % approved warranty claims of those failures, cost of those claims, cost of developing & implementing a countermeasure, and the feasibility/durability of the countermeasure.

Ford is a business and not a car enthusiast

Just my opinion but I would imagine Ford have already tried 1 or 2 simple solutions which were not 100% successful, hence there’s still issues With later cars.

Equally, if statistically only a few fail each year, it will not even get on Fords radar. And it will only gather some swell when the cars are older and start failing more frequently- by which point they’re out of warranty so zero cost to Ford

Yes this affects brand image, BUT people are still queuing up to buy a Mustang, even to the point of using the name as halo effect on an otherwise dull electric family sedan....

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[500PLUS]

Yes can’t believe how the values have held on my 3 year old car

 

[andyturbo2000]

Get the Ford Protect Gold warranty. I got three years on my 2016 I purchased in 2020...best decision I ever made. Cost £599 and had about 7k+ work done in the last year.

 

[500PLUS]

Was gonna go for that
What work did u have done ?

 

[Gregs24]

What's the situation with Ford and them completing a free end of warranty inspection like BMW do?

I think it's a pretty poor show if it's not offered.

All marketing guff. Why do BMW need to do an end of warranty inspection - what have they been doing at servicing if they are not checking the car properly ?

 

[Gregs24]

until it goes pop, your oil cooler was good one. Maybe I'm wrong but from what I've read basically any year can have it go wrong cause Ford quality control is quite frankly a total joke. We should all be swapping the stock unit out for a non OEM replacement but I've also read some Australian companies replacement was fck too and it caused the same issue. Cars, who'd have them eh

A self defeating argument somewhat. You say we should all be swapping them out but that the replacement non OEM parts fail as well.

How many have actually failed out of the hundreds of thousands of cars sold?

All cars have weaknesses but if you spend too much time on forums you would never drive anything for fear of impending doom.

 

[Gregs24]

Surely if this is common it needs sorting by Ford
Who can afford an out of warranty engine rebuild ????

There was a modified part fitted from 2017 and failure rates after that are much lower. When you build 100's of thousands of cars pretty much all individual components will fail on an odd car.

 

[raptor17GT]

A self defeating argument somewhat. You say we should all be swapping them out but that the replacement non OEM parts fail as well.

How many have actually failed out of the hundreds of thousands of cars sold?

All cars have weaknesses but if you spend too much time on forums you would never drive anything for fear of impending doom.

oh I never said they're all bad I said I've read in any year of model it can go. The Australian guys had a thread going re the oil cooler change and some of them had issues with the non Ford replacement so yes non OEM parts can fail just as easily. Very different point of view.

I do drive the car but beforehand (certainly before a good thrashing), check the oil, check the coolant, check the tyre pressures and check the wheel nuts are tight. Warm it up with gentle driving and then use the revs where it's safe to. It's my only car, i dont have the option to nanny it

I'm looking forward to tanning round the north of Scotland worried more about how much fuel I have left v distance to next petrol station rather than is the engine going to go pop cause the oil cooler failed.

 

[wenklaw]

All marketing guff. Why do BMW need to do an end of warranty inspection - what have they been doing at servicing if they are not checking the car properly ?

Because of conditioned based servicing on BMWs which I'm not a massive fan of, 3 years would for many be 12 months from the last service and another 12 months to the next.
All depends on miles per year etc if it's relevant, you could be out of sync so it would be nice of ford to do a free end of warranty check regardless of if the car was due a service or not.

Not really guff my friend just a decent level of after care service

 

[Harebear72]

My Car is a March 2016 and so 2 years out of warranty. When the car was 3 years old I asked Fords for an extended warranty and was told they dont do it and you would need to take it out when the car was NEW !!! No one asked me and so I did not bother. I have 3 services carried out form Fords and the car was all OK.
Since its now out of the Warranty I had it serviced Last year by GT101 and this is going to be my go to garage for servicing and repairs (If and when it needs it).

I also have a Merc GLE which will be 3 years old next month and so am in the same dilemma. Mercs do offer an extended warranty which is £42 a month or £464 for the year. I have looked at outside warranty firms and they all want £55 plus and I cant decide how good the cover is. As far as I'm aware my car is fine so I have decided to just save £55 per month and save this just in case.

I know we have all had problems with our Mustang but fingers crossed mine appears to be all OK and I have just stopped worrying about it and am enjoying it as and when I can.

 

[Michael_vroomvroom]

Here in Spain I got 7 year/100,000 km extended without asking (dealer said it was an "extra" for me, and I would have to pay for it at other dealers, but I'm not at all sure about that).

Not exactly sure what it entails (mentions mechanical and electrical), but since it was included I'm hoping for the best. Also listed as "extended warranty" is active on the Ford Pass app for me.

 

[andyturbo2000]

Was gonna go for that
What work did u have done ?

puddle light
Reverse camera
Both rear calipers seized
New discs and pads x 2 due to above
Evap core - dash out job
Tyre pressure monitor leaking
Bonnet replace and paint due to corrosion
Boot lid replace same as above
Starter motor replaced this week as car wouldn’t start

 

[v8hgt]

puddle light
Reverse camera
Both rear calipers seized
New discs and pads x 2 due to above
Evap core - dash out job
Tyre pressure monitor leaking
Bonnet replace and paint due to corrosion
Boot lid replace same as above
Starter motor replaced this week as car wouldn’t start

That list and the oil cooler covers most of the common faults. You missed front wing (fender) corrosion. Oh and the finish on the wheels corrodes off no matter how clean you keep it in a dry environment. And the cam covers will leak oil all over the place until the plugs fail and kill the engine because they don’t bolt them on properly in the factory.

We should be more positive and start listing the items that just work every time and don’t seem to rust to dust. The glove box Lid seems pretty sturdy.

 

[GR11M]

oil cooler and puddle lights replaced on mine.

I realised pretty quickly that Ford were going to be no help once they had my money. All the work on mine that I couldn't do was done by a local garage, where I supplied the parts and documentation for the installs.

I got treated better by Hitchin Audi with a second hand car I didn't even buy from them than I did buying a new car from Stevenage Ford.

I love the car and loved the price but the compromise in having those is the reduction in build quality and customer service.

Would I buy from Ford again, probably not, but it's difficult to say where my next purchase will be, with the whole car industry in a state of transition to electric.

 

[wenklaw]

Would I buy from Ford again, probably not, but it's difficult to say where my next purchase will be, with the whole car industry in a state of transition to electric.

My feelings to a point, one car that may be of interest is the next M2 apparently RWD and S58 twin turbo, 400bhp+ which sounds appealing. Circa 50k after BMW discounts.

I love the GT but compared to my M2 it isnt filling me with the confidence of keeping it past it's warranty.

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