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2005 Ford Mustang GT problems
Owners have filed 213 complaints about the 2005 Ford Mustang GT with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 28.6% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of air bags at 23%.
Complaints213
Crashes13
Fires1
Injuries14
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 28.6% · 61
Air bags 23.0% · 49
Vehicle speed control 5.6% · 12
Fuel system, gasoline 5.6% · 12
Structure 3.8% · 8
Parking brake 3.8% · 8
Fuel/propulsion system 3.8% · 8
Power train 3.3% · 7
Severity
Of those complaints, 13 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire and 14 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Filings have fallen off, 17 in the last three years against 53 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 45,000 miles.
In owners' own words
All of the gauges in the gauge cluster have stopped working correctly, the speedometer registers over 80 mph when driving 20 mph. Gas gauge was the first gauge to start acting weird and now the gas and all other gauges do not register correctly. This seems to be a common problem and a safety hazard for this year model and a recall for the gauge cluster needs to be in order for all 2005 mustang owners. Electrical system · reported at 40,000 miles
My 2005 Ford Mustang GT has seen first the fuel gauge fail ( june 2010) and now the temp gauge fail (dec 2010). Both either don't work at all or give faulty random readings. Numerous others have complained about the same issues for the 2005. Ford dealer admits that they (galpin Ford, california) have seen this multiple times but refuse to make good on it. Electrical system · reported at 44,500 miles
I have a 2005 Mustang GT that when temperature drops below 50 my speedometer will stay at different speeds when I am at 0. Sometimes 40 70 when I am stopped. When you turn off key restart car it will usually drop gauge 5 to 10 mph. I have been reading online of numerous gauge failures on this year model. Sometimes my gas gauge will not work properly. Electrical system · reported at 50,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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