Collision Assist Fault MY21.5 GT Coupe

[GT 550]

Deno. Mate. You're approaching this the wrong way. Rental cars can be therapeutic. What have you got to lose by 'exploring its performance envelope' and keeping a few km off your own car at their expense?

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[-Armoured-]

Deno. Mate. You're approaching this the wrong way. Rental cars can be therapeutic. What have you got to lose by 'exploring its performance envelope' and keeping a few km off your own car at their expense?

I agree.

I can confirm that the MG zs has the worst possible suspension setup, and can assure you they can not take on a moderate speed bump at 60km/h.

 

[GT 550]

Excellent real world engineering field test. Can we also safely say it plough understeers in roundabouts if entering at 80 km/h?

 

[-Armoured-]

Lol I'm not sure why but when I returned it, the trip computer was showing 13.5L/100km. Not sure how a 1.5ltr can do that. It's not like I was red lining it frequently. I can confirm the rev limiter works well in the MG zs.

 

[geep81]

Does Australia have a lemon law? I would be heading that way soon man.

 

[GT 550]

Sadly, no

Consumer protection here is pretty lame

 

[geep81]

Sadly, no

Consumer protection here is pretty lame

Then I hope they solve OP's issues real soon.

It was a slow process when I had to do a buy back, and it would have been easy to get frustrated with it all but I stayed sane and it ended up pretty good. Ford is slow, but they did eventually rectify things.

I believe talking to their RAV dept (not sure if that exists in Australia) helped push things along for sure. I just explained everything to them, and it would be weeks in between phone calls/hearing from them sometimes, but it helped me out. Sounds like OP is getting that since the engineers are involved, so I believe he'll be OK in the end.

Sorry for your frustrations OP. And I would take the rental care even if it sucks. I think them having to pay for that helps expedite them wanting to fix your issues.

 

[Dingo]

FRIDAY UPDATE - Last lot of fault codes sent to Ford Engineers, new software sent and uploaded.

Told ALL Fault Codes are currently not occuring during Test Drive, EXCEPT now it shows a "Throttle Position Sensor" fault, new part ordered, complete Throttle Body as Sensor is not a seperate part, hope it arrives by Wednesday.

 

[GT 550]

Jeez. TPS now???

This is so squirrely it almost seems like an earth issue

 

[DFB5.0]

Does Australia have a lemon law? I would be heading that way soon man.

There is are official "consumer laws" but it's made so you have to jump through moving hoops to act on it though.

 

[Stevefreestyle]

There is are official "consumer laws" but it's made so you have to jump through moving hoops to act on it though.

Consumer Law is only a Safety Net, to protect the consumer if the manufacturer refuses to accept responsibility and remedy the Fault or Defect, in a "Reasonable" time / manner.

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[Stevefreestyle]

FRIDAY UPDATE - Last lot of fault codes sent to Ford Engineers, new software sent and uploaded.

Told ALL Fault Codes are currently not occuring during Test Drive, EXCEPT now it shows a "Throttle Position Sensor" fault, new part ordered, complete Throttle Body as Sensor is not a seperate part, hope it arrives by Wednesday.

So it was predominately a Software Issue (plus a Throttle Position Sensor). Hope this finally solves it for you.

 

[DFB5.0]

There is actually a current stop sale on all Mustangs at the moment due to a software issue, both Ford Australia and US are working on a fix. I’m wondering if your car has this software problem.

 

[GT 550]

Is that Mustang or Mach-E? Searched but couldn't find anything for Mustang. The sheer number of current recalls for many makes is staggering:

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/recalls/page-2/

 

[Stevefreestyle]

Is that Mustang or Mach-E? Searched but couldn't find anything for Mustang. The sheer number of current recalls for many makes is staggering:

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/recalls/page-2/

Your link is to US Market Cars. This affects all Australian 2022 Mustangs from about a month ago. This was apparently informed by an official Aust Dealer Notification (1) 2022 Mustang PRODUCTION DELAYS | 2015+ S550 Mustang Forum (GT, EcoBoost, GT350, GT500, Bullitt, Mach 1) - Mustang6G.com

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