2005 Ford Mustang Gt

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

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

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

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.