Name something on your Mustang that's working as designed and is really irritating.

[Deleted member 13861]

Anything techy usually defeats me ..give me roll down windows a V8 and a manual shifter.

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[MattMPA]

I never checked how far mine goes back...perhaps it is 2"...but it;'s plenty far for me. Since I'm the only one driving the car, I set the #3 memory for all the way back. If I have to get out of the car with it running....I just hit "3"...

 

[KingKona]

Ok, I’ll bite.

I noticed that the trim panel next to my dead pedal is horribly out of place and intrudes on the dead pedal, so I can’t rest my whole foot on it.

Closer inspection revealed that the trim piece has a push pin, that is supposed to clip into the A-pillar sheet metal, but it can’t reach because there’s a fat wire harness that runs to the stereo amplifier that is preventing it from sitting in the correct location.

Minor in the grand scheme of things, but still annoying.

Please ignore the dog fur…. we have a Great Pyrenees and her white fur gets into EVERYTHING!

Jesus dude, vacuum the dog out of your car once in awhile.

 

[IPOGT]

Ok, I’ll bite.

I noticed that the trim panel next to my dead pedal is horribly out of place and intrudes on the dead pedal, so I can’t rest my whole foot on it.

Closer inspection revealed that the trim piece has a push pin, that is supposed to clip into the A-pillar sheet metal, but it can’t reach because there’s a fat wire harness that runs to the stereo amplifier that is preventing it from sitting in the correct location.

Minor in the grand scheme of things, but still annoying.

Please ignore the dog fur…. we have a Great Pyrenees and her white fur gets into EVERYTHING!

Dog fur in your Mustang is a good luck sign. If you don’t have any you need some.

 

[UPee]

As the title says, what ticks you off every time it behaves as designed?

On my car, it's "MAX DEFROST". Sure, crank the heat and fan all the way up when I activate it. But, when I push the button to turn it off, don't leave the damn automatic thermostat set at 85.

My issue is the poor 0-60 acceleration with M1 & A10 trans, due to wheel-hop & torque management. Torque In 1st gear is limited to about 67% in any mode. Then when it shifts to 2nd it spins a bit and the wheel hop management detects this and cuts the throttle to about 50% then it shifts early into 3rd. Took a while to figure out what was happening. Finally logged the data and saw what was happening.
Brought into local dealership who drove it and agreed with my data. They sent it to FORD engineering asking for direction. FORD responded, saying it was "NORMAL" and doing what it is designed to do!

 

[KingKona]

My issue is the poor 0-60 acceleration with M1 & A10 trans, due to wheel-hop & torque management. Torque In 1st gear is limited to about 67% in any mode. Then when it shifts to 2nd it spins a bit and the wheel hop management detects this and cuts the throttle to about 50% then it shifts early into 3rd. Took a while to figure out what was happening. Finally logged the data and saw what was happening.
Brought into local dealership who drove it and agreed with my data. They sent it to FORD engineering asking for direction. FORD responded, saying it was "NORMAL" and doing what it is designed to do!

"Wheel hop management"???

Please provide further details on this. First time I'm hearing of such a thing.

 

[TrueBlue22]

Jesus dude, vacuum the dog out of your car once in awhile.

Damn near every day, plus I use a carpet detailing scraper! Great Pyrenees shed RELENTLESSLY!!

 

[thunderstrike]

Unpleasant 6MT transmission noise at 2,000 RPM.

 

[TrueBlue22]

Dog fur in your Mustang is a good luck sign. If you don’t have any you need some.

It’s a constant when your dog is this big floof:

 

[Vlad Soare]

recirculation turns off due to CO2 build up in the cabin makes drivers drowsy. Especially if there are 4 people in the car.

No, it doesn't. There's no carbon dioxide sensor. There's just a dual humidity/temperature sensor, and the FCIM infers the probability that the windows would fog up based on those two input values. And most of the times its inference is incorrect. Or rather it would be correct if I didn't use the A/C. But I do use it, so fog is no concern.
I'm perfectly able to recognize when I can't breathe or when the windows are starting to fog up. I don't need a nanny. Never needed one for more than twenty years, so I definitely don't need one now.
I will try to figure out exactly what input of the sensor causes the FCIM to command the opening of the air flap, then I will trick the sensor into feeding false values to the FCIM, so that it never opens the flap on its own accord anymore. But it's still work in progress. I'm not there yet.

 

[Dana Pants]

No, it doesn't. There's no carbon dioxide sensor. There's just a dual humidity/temperature sensor, and the FCIM infers the probability that the windows would fog up based on those two input values. And most of the times its inference is incorrect. Or rather it would be correct if I didn't use the A/C. But I do use it, so fogging is no concern.
I'm perfectly able to recognize when I can't breathe or when the windows are starting to fog up. I don't need a nanny. Never needed one for more than twenty years, so I definitely don't need one now.
I will try to figure out exactly what input of the sensor causes the FCIM to command the opening of the air flap, then I will trick the sensor into feeding false values to the FCIM, so that it never opens the flap on its own accord anymore. But it's still work in progress. I'm not there yet.

it’s on a timer more or less. And the reason for the timer is CO2.

 

[Vlad Soare]

it’s on a timer more or less. And the reason for the timer is CO2.

It's not, because in summer I can drive for hours with the recirculation on, whereas in winter it will deactivate after five minutes. And in spring or autumn the time interval can be longer or shorter depending on whether it's a rainy day or not. It can be five minutes once, then ten minutes, then three, then half an hour, etc.
It's definitely a combination of temperature and humidity, which is fed to the FCIM by a sensor that's underneath the steering column.

But anyway, no matter what's causing it, it's a feature that works as designed but annoys me, which is why I've mentioned it.

 

[Mike Pfeifer]

It’s a constant when your dog is this big floof:

Is that a polar bear?!

 

[IPOGT]

It’s a constant when your dog is this big floof:

Damn near every day, plus I use a carpet detailing scraper! Great Pyrenees shed RELENTLESSLY!!

Probably as much as German Shedders (Shepherds) but like them, 100% worth it.

 

[David Schmidt]

Any driving/exhaust mode changes reset to default values when turning the car off and back on again.

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