2005 Ford Mustang GT Brakes Problems

ENGAGED PARKING BREAK ON 5-SPEED MANUAL CAR OVERNIGHT. FOLLOWING MORNING AFTER COLD WEATHER (BELOW FREEZING), STARTED SMELLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND NOTICING SMOKE WISPS COMING FROM REAR TIRES AFTER DRIVING FOR ROUGHLY 5-10 MINUTES. FRICTION BURN OCCURRED ON BOTH REAR DISC BRAKES. REAR DRIVER SIDE DISC DEVELOPED A CRACK THROUGH THE DISC WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. DISCS HAD >1000 MILES ON THEM AT THE TIME. LOST BRAKING ABILITY AND E-BRAKE WOULD NO LONGER ENGAGE SO UNABLE TO PARK ON ANY INCLINE UNTIL FIXED. *JS

NHTSA ID

10585609

Incident

Jan 10, 2014

PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED OVERNIGHT WHILE PARKED. TEMPERATURES WENT BELOW FREEZING. NEXT MORNING, RELEASED PARKING BRAKE AND BEGAN DRIVING. ACCELERATION WAS SLUGGISH AND I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. REAR BRAKE DISCS WERE EXTREMELY HOT AFTER .5 MI OF DRIVING. UPON REMOVAL OF THE WHEELS, THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE PAD HAD BEEN GLAZED AND WAS EXTREMELY HOT. BRAKE CALIPER FROZE IN THE ENGAGED POSITION DO TO MULTIPLE CRACKS AND DETERIORATION OF THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE BOOT. FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL DESPITE REPORTS OF PARKING BRAKE CABLE FAILURE CAUSING POOR BRAKING WHILE MOVING OR NO BRAKING WHILE PARKED AND CARS ROLLING IN TO TRAFFIC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10552030

Incident

Jan 15, 2013

Mileage

55,000 mi

ISSUE 1 BACK WHEN I HAD LIKE 30K SOMETHING BRAKE CABLES FREEZE. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER AND TOLD THEM BUT THEY HAD TO BILL ME $120 TO CHECK IT OUT AND ANOTHER $500 BUT DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM ISSUE 2 FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FLOODING WHEN THE DRAIN PLUG CLOGGED UP AT PASSENGER SIDE ISSUE 3 ALTERNATOR WENT BAD AS WELL AS THE BATTERY ISSUE 4 VEHICLE STARTED IDLE UP AND DOWN ISSUE 5 CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AND I GOT 5 CHECK CODES ANOTHER ISSUE WAS I WAS DRIVING PULLED UP TO A STOP LIGHT STARTING TO MOVE AGAIN PUT IT IN 1ST GEAR AND THE VEHICLE DIDN'T TAKE SAME TIME IT TOOK LIKE 3-4 SECOND BEFORE I MOVED OUT. I THEN SMELL SOMETHING BURNING LIKE BRAKE PAD SHREDDING ABS SENSORS IDLE SPEED AND OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10500958

Incident

Feb 22, 2013

Mileage

42,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD MUSTANG GT CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE IGNITION WAS STARTED A CABLE DETACHED FROM THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,600 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

NHTSA ID

10473936

Incident

May 15, 2012

Mileage

48,600 mi

THE E BRAKES FREEZE AND WONT RELEASE SO THE E BRAKES IN THE WINTER ARE USELESS IF YOU USE THEM, YOU ARE STUCK.

NHTSA ID

10372762

Incident

Dec 12, 2010

Mileage

85,000 mi

I HAVE A 2005 FORD MUSTANG.. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT EMERGENCY BRAKE PROBLEM.. I JUST HAD MY EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLES REPLACED AT A LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE EMERGENCY BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE BRAKES WERE STILL HOLDING UNTIL A SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEELS.. MY CAR DIDN'T PASS MY STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD THE CAR.. *TR

NHTSA ID

10361462

Incident

Oct 10, 2010

Mileage

70,000 mi

1. WATER LEAK IN PASSENGER SIDE KICK PANEL, HAS SHORTED SMART JUNCTION BOX, NOW TRACTION CONTROL DOES NOT WORK (CAUSED THE REAR WHEELS TO SPIN OUT ON WET PAVEMENT AT 35 MPH AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HIT A CURB AND BENT 3 RIMS AND UNDER CARRIAGE DAMAGE) AND HAS CAUSED OTHER SAFETY RELATED PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING. WITH A/C ON, CAR IDLE WILL DROP AND SOMETIMES STALL OUT, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES (VERY SAFETY RELATED). FORD KNEW OF WATER LEAK ISSUE WHEN VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED, THEY PUT A LITTLE PLASTIC COVER OVER SJB COMPUTER TO DEFLECT LEAKING WATER INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ON PASSENGER SIDE BEHIND KICK PANEL NEAR DOOR HINGE. NO DEALER WILL REPAIR THE ISSUE WITHOUT BUYING A NEW SJB AND PROGRAMMING FOR OVER $600. 2. ALSO REAR BRAKES STICK AFTER USING EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS IS IN A WARM CLIMATE, NOT COLD CLIMATE. IF I EVER HAVE TO USE MY E-BRAKE IN AN EMERGENCY THE REAR WHEELS WILL LOCK UP AND BE EVEN MORE OF A HAZARD AND DANGER. BOTH THESE ISSUES ARE VERY SAFETY RELATED. I TRIED SEARCHING YOUR DATA BASE AND COULD NOT EVEN SELECT MUSTANG IN THE VEHICLE LIST. SEARCHING THE INTERNET YOU WILL FIND LITERALLY HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS WATER LEAK AND SJB DAMAGE ISSUE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I AM CURRENTLY THINKING OF SUING FORD FOR THE WATER LEAK AND WRECK THIS CAUSED. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING A PEDESTRIAN WHEN THE TRACTION CONTROL FAILED IN THIS ACCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10282247

Incident

Aug 13, 2009

Mileage

85,000 mi

PARKING BRAKE ON MY 2005 FOR MUSTANG GT FREEZES SHUT EVERY WINTER. SHERIDAN FORD IN WILMINGTON "REPAIRED" PROBLEM ONCE. NEXT COLD DAY WAS FROZEN AGAIN. NOW IT IS IN AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM. EVERY COLD DAY BELOW 30 DEGREES THIS HAPPENS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10257619

Incident

Feb 5, 2009

WHILE DRIVING, CAR CAME TO A STOP WHILE MANUALLY SHIFTING GEARS. WHEN SHIFT COMPLETED, CAR MOVED VERY SLUGGISHLY, AS THOUGH BRAKE WERE BEING APPLIED. OVER NEXT MILE, BECAME PROGRESSIVELY MORE DIFFICULT TO PROCEED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10255326

Incident

Jan 16, 2009

Mileage

29,917 mi

SERIOUS LEAKING ISSUES ON NEW FORDS MODEL 05 THROUGH 08. MY BRAND NEW CAR HAD LEAKING UNDER THE FLOORBOARD WHICH CAUSED BLACK MOLD AND OTHER MOLD TO GROW CAUSING HEALTH AND OTHER PROBLEMS. IT HAS ALSO CAUSED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN OTHER FORDS. BRAKE LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING, POSSIBLE AIR BAG MALFUNCTIONS. FORD KNOWS OF THE ISSUE AND IS NOT HAVING A RE-CALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10227534

Incident

May 10, 2008

Mileage

12,000 mi

I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY PARKING BRAKE FREEZING ON MY 2005 FORD MUSTANG GT LAST WINTER. I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP AFTER IT THAWED 3-7-07 - THEY SAID NO DAMAGE WAS DONE, BUT THEY WERE OUT OF PARTS. I TOOK IT IN LATER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT WARRANTY IT UNLESS THEY SAW THE PROBLEM. NOW A YEAR LATER IT IS STUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AGAIN - I AM MISSING WORK BECAUSE OF IT. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL YET???? IT IS BAD ENGINEERING, AND BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT JOE COOPER IN MIDWEST CITY, OK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10215945

Incident

Jan 24, 2008

Mileage

14,300 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD MUSTANG GT. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE SLIDES OFF AND CAUSES THE BRAKES NOT TO RELEASE. AS A RESULT, THE REAR BRAKES BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE; THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD TO APPLY THE CLUTCH AND THE VEHICLE SPUN VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 37,000. UPDATED 02-25-08 *BF UPDATED

NHTSA ID

10215777

Incident

Jan 17, 2008

Mileage

37,000 mi

THE VEHICLE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT RELEASE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 25 DEGREES AND HANGS UP UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED, BUT IT CONTINUES TO HANGUP. *NM

NHTSA ID

10182298

Incident

Jan 10, 2007

Mileage

30,000 mi

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2005 FORD MUSTANG WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 16500 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER REAR BRAKES KEEP SEIZING AFTER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS BEEN ENGAGED. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHANGED HER REAR BRAKE CALIBERS AND HER REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY, BUT SHE CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS FAILURE AFTER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS BEEN ENGAGED. THE DEALER RECOMMEND FOR HER NOT TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, BUT SHE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND SHE NEEDS TO USE IT OFTEN. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 32 DEGREES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10179013

Incident

Jan 11, 2007

Mileage

16,500 mi