How many small issues is too many small issues?

[Spang550]

Hey everyone, just wanted to vent a little/get some thoughts from the community about my Stang. Specifically it’s a 2020 GT Base with Performance Package and 10 speed. Got it for a steel in 2021 with 156 miles on it from the dealer only. I’ve put 37k on it since and it was reliable save one wheel bearing going bad at 15k until this past march. First I had a timing chain cover leak, get it back from the dealership and a week later I smell oil again. This time it’s an axle seal leak. Get it back, cars fine for a month then I start hearing a noise when I steer, turns out I need a new steering gear, get that replaced and now my rear axle is making a metallic tink noise when I power brake and sometime when I swerve or accelerate (will update when I get it fully diagnosed Monday. It could be related to my incompetent dealership messing something up for reasons I won’t bore you with). It’s all been minor issues but the past 4 months have been nothing but pure frustration and annoyance with a car I love. I’d have to imagine I’ll fix every broken thing at some point and it’ll be good since this is abnormal for these cars (thank God I have the 100k bumper to bumper). Has anyone else had an experience like this? Like I said I’d imagine eventually everything will be fixed but if this keeps up for another 2 or three issues in short order I’ll start to wonder if I have a Monday or Friday car. I am not interesting in a 650 or GT350. Given these things are going away I was planning to keep this this car indefinitely unless I could ever afford GT500 money. I guess my question is at what point in terms of number of issues would y’all think my specific example of Mustang goes from “just keep working through them, it’ll eventually be fixed since they aren’t power train” to you have a bum example, sell it and stretch for a Mach 1. (Which theoretically I’d prefer but I don’t want to spring for one cause I have better things to spend money on) XD

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[RagmopInKona]

It is a machine , when used and used spiritedly things fail.
As long as the repairs are done correctly and it isn't your daily driver that you need every day. Work though it .

 

[geep81]

If you're driving it hard I guess I'd expect some things to go. I drive mine fairly hard and have had a few issues like yours.

I also had one wheel bearing go out, around 7k I think it was.

My steering rack shit the bed, that was a big deal out of warranty but Ford helped pay for it because it's so abnormal I guess.

I've got about 27k on mine now, and neither of those things would normally fail on cars but we do drive some different beasts I suppose.

 

[Spang550]

It is a machine , when used and used spiritedly things fail.
As long as the repairs are done correctly and it isn't your daily driver that you need every day. Work though it .

It is a daily driver. However, I work from home currently so it’s not as inconvenient as it would be if I didn’t. However, if the frequency of issues for my specific car doesn’t slow down, a lot, after this axle issue, I’d want to see if another example is sturdier.

 

[Spang550]

If you're driving it hard I guess I'd expect some things to go. I drive mine fairly hard and have had a few issues like yours.

I also had one wheel bearing go out, around 7k I think it was.

My steering rack shit the bed, that was a big deal out of warranty but Ford helped pay for it because it's so abnormal I guess.

I've got about 27k on mine now, and neither of those things would normally fail on cars but we do drive some different beasts I suppose.

Oh for sure! Plus it’s an American car so my bullshit tolerance with it is higher. Still having 5 issues in 37k is somewhat high, unless this is just a rough patch and things spread out again.

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