ORIGINAL: harrison Before I had a chance to get many k’s on the car, the coolant reservoir started overflowing. That was repaired.
I searched, but couldn't find much about this problem. Do you know what was wrong with the reservoir and how it was repaired? My girlfriends is doing the same thing, but its not over heating or showing any other problems. The cap feels loose all the time, do you think a new cap would do the trick or a whole new reservoir, or could this be a more serious problem?
Man I was hoping I didn't have to add to this thread but alas, it's my time to spill the bad news.
My automatic transmission is leaking fluid. The bottom of the engine from the front bumper to the oil pan is clean. No leaks, just normal dirt from the road. But from the bell housing back is covered in red transmission fluid. Blowback has it spread almost down to the rear of the car.
I'm taking it to the dealership this week to get it fixed. The bad thing is, yesterday my transmission slipped at a red light. I was stopped and then gave it gas and all it did was rev, then it slowly engaged and I started going forward a little then it surged and I accelerated at normal speeds. Coincidence that this happens after I find a tranny leak? I think not.
The car is a 07 V6 with only 4600 miles on it! This should not be happening to car that's only 6 months old. Arrrgghh!!
< Message edited by mtnpunk91 -- 7/6/2007 11:43:33 AM >
If your going to keep driving it until you get it to the shop you better add some tranny fluid or it's going to go from a leak to a failure real quick.
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ORIGINAL: mtnpunk91
Man I was hoping I didn't have to add to this thread but alas, it's my time to spill the bad news.
My automatic transmission is leaking fluid. The bottom of the engine from the front bumper to the oil pan is clean. No leaks, just normal dirt from the road. But from the bell housing back is covered in red transmission fluid. Blowback has it spread almost down to the rear of the car.
I'm taking it to the dealership this week to get it fixed. The bad thing is, yesterday my transmission slipped at a red light. I was stopped and then gave it gas and all it did was rev, then it slowly engaged and I started going forward a little then it surged and I accelerated at normal speeds. Coincidence that this happens after I find a tranny leak? I think not.
The car is a 07 V6 with only 4600 miles on it! This should not be happening to car that's only 6 months old. Arrrgghh!!
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If your going to keep driving it until you get it to the shop you better add some tranny fluid or it's going to go from a leak to a failure real quick.
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ORIGINAL: mtnpunk91
Man I was hoping I didn't have to add to this thread but alas, it's my time to spill the bad news.
My automatic transmission is leaking fluid. The bottom of the engine from the front bumper to the oil pan is clean. No leaks, just normal dirt from the road. But from the bell housing back is covered in red transmission fluid. Blowback has it spread almost down to the rear of the car.
I'm taking it to the dealership this week to get it fixed. The bad thing is, yesterday my transmission slipped at a red light. I was stopped and then gave it gas and all it did was rev, then it slowly engaged and I started going forward a little then it surged and I accelerated at normal speeds. Coincidence that this happens after I find a tranny leak? I think not.
The car is a 07 V6 with only 4600 miles on it! This should not be happening to car that's only 6 months old. Arrrgghh!!
Yeah I know. :-)
But how much do I add when I do? Is there danger in adding to much?
The stupid automatics dont have anyway to check the transmission fluid levels!
Of course if it fails and the tranny dies at least it's under warranty.
< Message edited by mtnpunk91 -- 7/6/2007 12:17:03 PM >
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I guess i've been lucky, i've had my 2006 Mustang since October "05" and it just rolled to 20k on the odometer, and I haven't had it in the shop even one time yet. The only problem i've experienced is those aggravating plastic rivet screws tha keep popping out of the trunk trim pieces. Hell, I just pop em' back in and i'm good to go.
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well ford is doing it to themselves. toyota is the king of the world and ford is getting nothin but bad publicity. and it sure doesn't help when you got so many lemons. mine been to the dealership twice. love the car, annoyed with the quality. i'm sure there are worst out there but damn! a great looking/performing/classic car like the mustang doesn't deserve this!!!!!
My car came with defective upper strut mount assemblies. "The Thunk" 4 months & 3 letters to Ford ( one to Bill Ford ), and the Mustang Engineers sent new assemblies to my dealer. Dealer discovered leaky struts as well. Should getting a brand new car fixed be such a hassle? I think not. This has been my only problem, but it ruined the new car joy.
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Granted I've only had my 07 for a few weeks - - and my problem was a sloppy dealer problem not a Ford problem....
The first day I had my car home I dropped a piece of wire from my GPS install between the driver seat and the console. When I reached down there for it I sliced my finger wide open on a RAZOR BLADE that someone had left in the car when they were getting the window sticker off!!!
Guess you never know what you are going to get now a days.....
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My Stang has been good to me for the most part. I did have a big issue with it about two months back with it reving really high and then shutting itself down. It had to be jumpstarted for the engine to come back on. It was as if the computer had gone mad. This happened about five times... twice in heavy traffic. It was very embarassing, too. I took it into the dealership multiple times and they wouldn't do a damn thing because they couldn't find any codes on it and it wouldn't mess up when they drove it. Apparently the codes get erased each time you jumpstart the car, so finally the code came on and I didn't jumpstart it. Luckily it started by itself and I drove it in the next morning and they pulled up the code and fixed it. The throttle had been shorted out. So in the end the problem was fixed, but Ford was really difficult with it and they wouldn't lend me a car because the warranty doesn't cover that.
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My '05 coupe was in the service dept way too much as well.....the auto transmission just died one day - the linkage fell off!! The brakes were always making noises, the passenger airbag said it wasn't on even when someone was sat there. On the last occasion that the brakes were playing up they had just unloaded the "05 vert that I now drive - the only issue with that was the header seal needed some adjustment, oh & the Shaker 500 plays up every now & then too.
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