2015 Ford Mustang Exterior Lighting

VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. MY HUSBAND RETURNED FROM AN ERRAND AND NOTICED MY VEHICLES BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WOULD NOT TURN OFF, EVEN WITH THE VEHICLE POWER OFF. I FOUND BROKEN PLASTIC PIECES ON THE DRIVER SIDE FLOORBOARD. WHEN I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM, RESULTS SHOW THIS IS A BROKEN BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH PAD. MISSING THIS PIECE MAKES THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON AND THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE, CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD.

THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN LAST SUMMER. MY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH PAD BROKE INTO PIECES WHILE I WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO A CITY HIGHWAY FROM A FREEWAY. SUDDENLY I COULD ONLY ACCELERATE FOR 2 SECONDS WHENEVER I STEP ON GAS, AND I ALSO NOTICED MY BRAKE LIGHT NEVER STOPS EVEN AFTER I TURNED MY CAR OFF. I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT AND GOT KILLED. THIS PROBLEM IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG NEW MUSTANG MODELS AFTER 2015. FORD IS NOT DOING ANYTHING, AND THEY WOULD CHARGE YOU $200 FOR THE WHOLE BRAKE ASSEMBLY WHILE I ONLY NEEDED A 50 CENTS PLASTIC PAD. MY DAD IS A CAR MECHANIC, AND HE WAS SURPRISED THAT A CAR IN 2015 WOULD HAVE A SUCH COMMON PROBLEM IN 90S.

WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, I BRIEFLY LOST ACCELERATION. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW MINUTES LATER, AND REPEATED A COUPLE MORE TIMES. I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE BEFORE AND THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS, OR ANY OTHER SIGNS OF MECHANICAL FAILURE. AFTER HAPPENING SEVERAL TIMES, LOSING ACCELERATION INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, A WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED "HILL ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE," AND THEN DISAPPEARED. NO OTHER WARNING MESSAGES OR DASH INDICATORS APPEARED, AND I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING RELATING TO HILL ASSIST IN MY SETTINGS. AFTER PARKING AND SHUTTING OFF MY CAR, I NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ON- I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN THEM OFF. I SEARCHED ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND FOUND A BLOG POST WRITTEN BY ANOTHER OWNER EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. THE OTHER OWNER FOUND SMALL FRAGMENTS OF A BROKEN PLASTIC DISC ON THE FLOOR MAT, BELOW THE PETALS- I FOUND THE SAME THING IN MY CAR. I WENT TO A NEARBY AUTO ZONE FOR ASSISTANCE AND WAS ADVISED THE BROKEN PIECE WAS A "BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH PLUNGER." ONE OF THEIR ASSOCIATES QUICKLY INSTALLED A $3.00 REPLACEMENT FOR ME, WHICH SEEMED TO FIX ALL OF THE ISSUES. I HAVE NOT YET TAKEN MY CAR TO FORD, BUT PLAN TO DO SO ASAP. EACH TIME I LOST ACCELERATION I WAS TRAVELING UP A HILL, AND IT WAS ONLY TEMPORARY- WITH NO OTHER SYSTEMS APPEARING TO BE AFFECTED. *TR

PAINT BUBBLE ON HOOD, REPLACED 3 RIGHT WINDOW MOTORS, LOW PRESSURE FUEL SWITCH, LITTLE PLASTIC BUTTON ON BRAKE LEVER DETERIORATES CAUSE BRAKE LIGHTS TO STAY ON CAUSING CAR NOT TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. CAR ONLY HAS 39000 MILES ON IT!! WINDOW MOTOR, PRESSURE SWITCH AND BRAKE LEVER COST $2000.00 TO REPAIR. REALLY UPSETTING SPEND OVER $30000.00 FOR A AUTOMOBILE THAN WITHIN 39000 MILES AND I NEED TO SPEND THIS KIND OF MONEY.

MY WIFE NOTICE THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE STUCK ONE. TIRED SEVERAL DIFFERENT STEPS TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE REMEDIED. SUCH AS STARTING THE CAR, LOCKING UNLOCKING, NOTHING SEEM TO CARE OF THE ISSUE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE ON ONE OF THE MUSTANG FORUMS THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A LITTLE WHITE PLASTIC BUTTON ON THE BRAKE LEVER THAT DEPRESSES THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. THIS SEEMS TO DRY AND CRACK AND FALL OFF THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY ,SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS. SO INSTEAD OF LETTING THE CAR SET ALL DAY AND DRAIN THE BATTERY I HAD MY WIFE DRIVE THE CAR HOME. ON THE WAY HOME SHE EXPERIENCED A RUNNING ISSUE THE CAR SEEM TO SHUTTER WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. FORTUNATELY IT WAS ALL SIDE ROADS ON THE WAY HOME. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IT COULD'VE BEEN A BIG PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I'VE READ APPARENTLY THE CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE? SENSING THAT THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN APPLIED? FROM THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK INTO THE LITTLE PLASTIC BUTTON WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT TWO DOLLARS TO PRODUCE IS NOT AVAILABLE SEPARATE. THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS CAN BE REPLACED IS A BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY WHICH I READ IS APPROXIMATELY $300 PLUS LABOR. SOME PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING A RUBBER CLUTCH PEDAL BUMPER FROM TOYOTA AND PUTTING IN PLACE OF THE PLASTIC ONE FORD HAD. MY MAJOR ISSUE IS THAT IF SHE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE CAR SLOW DOWN TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD'VE HAPPENED. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE CAR DOES NOT RUN PROPERLY WHEN THIS PART FAILS. I'VE BEEN TOLD THE REPLACE PEDAL ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM THE ORIGINAL PART.

THE STOP PEDAL PAD BROK AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WERE ALWAYS ON. THE CAR STOPPED BRAKING AT ALL SUDDENLY! I DID NOT CRASH BECAUSE THE LOSS OF BRAKING HAPPENED WHILE PARKING IN A LOW TRANSIT STREET. FIRTS THERE WAS LOSS OF ACCELERATION RANDOMLY IN A HIGHWAY. I FOUND THE PIECES OF THE BRAKE PEDAL PAD IN THE CAR FLOOR. THIS IS A SEVERE RISK FACTOR FOR CRASH BECAUSE WHEN THE STOP PEDAL PAD BRAKES THE CAR WILL NOT BRAKE SUDDENLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, THE SPEED WOULD NOT EXCEED MORE THAN 40 MPH AND THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MULLINAX FORD (1210 N LAKE BLVD, LAKE PARK, FL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A SENSOR IN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FAULTY AND THE BRAKE PEDAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AND STAYED ON STEADY SO PEOPLE BEHIND COULD NOT TELL WHETHER OR NOT I WAS BRAKING ....WHEN DRIVING CAR WOULD DROP SPEED FOR NO APPARENT REASON LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT. I FOUND SMALL PLASTIC DEBRIE ON FLOOR MAT I GUESS IT WAS A WASHER TYPE THING FROM BRAKE SWITCH BRITTLE AND BROKEN IS PIECES? THIS ALL HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING.

A PLASTIC PAD ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL ARM THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH TO OPERATE CORRECTLY APPARENTLY DISINTEGRATED. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON CONTINUOUSLY. I NOTICED IT WHEN ITHE CAR WAS PARKED AT HOME, BUT DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED.

WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKE STOPLIGHT SWITCH PAD THAT ATTACHES TO THE BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY FAILS DUE TO IT BEING BRITTLE PLASTIC. THIS CAUSES THE ON BOARD COMPUTERS TO BELIEVE THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED AND DRASTICALLY SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO LESS THAN 50MPH AND PREVENTING ACCELERATION. I WAS ACCELERATING TO INTERSTATE SPEEDS WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THIS REDUCED MY SPEED FROM 60 MPH TO 47-50MPH WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. IT ALSO ILLUMINATED THE BRAKE LAMPS ON MY VEHICLE WHICH MADE IT APPEAR OTHER DRIVERS I WAS STOPPING ABRUPTLY. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP I COULD ACCELERATE UP TO 35-50MPH HOWEVER IT WAS INTERMITTENT ACCELERATION AS THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD AND SLOW DOWN. MY BRAKE LIGHT WERE ON THE ENTIRE TIME CONFUSING OTHER DRIVERS. PIECES OF THE BROKEN BRAKE LIGHT STOP PAD WERE FOUND ON MY FLOORBOARD ONCE I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE VEHICLE HOME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO MOISTURE BUILD UP. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THERE WAS REDUCED VISIBILITY. MIKE CASTRUCCI FORD (1020 OH-28 MILFORD, OHIO 45150) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL BY FORD. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NORMAL AND THAT IT WOULD BE REPAIRED PER A "ONE-TIME GESTURE". THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,800.