apparently my hood opens and closes itself randomly while I drive. Over and over again
Some Quality Control Issues on the 2015's
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apparently my hood opens and closes itself randomly while I drive. Over and over again
You guys complaining about the machines will be first on the list for death camp visits when Skynet takes over. Ford should be ashamed letting some of these things get out the door, but I can't say I'm surprised with first runs of a first model year car. I'll never buy a first year car for this same reason.
Yet you guys are here in a Mustang forum. The Mustang is about as all-American as you will find.
There's always Kia, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, etc. for you guys to buy, but don't expect a 12.8 second bone stock car for $31,000.
It's inherent that on any car that most of us can afford, there will be issues. Nobody is forcing you guys to buy a Mustang.
My Mustang must have been one of the early QC failures as it never made it. They told me that it was destroyed at the factory level. Wonder how many earned a similar fate?
Corwin Senchuk
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Looked hard to find a 2015 Mustang but seeing the panel alignment issues in majority of them turned me off and bought a 2013 instead which has very little issues of QC compared to the 2015 I have seen. Found the exact 2015 car I wanted but went to go see it and hood, rear bumper, door alignment issues and had paint defects also. Felt to major of defects for a dealership to fix properly. Sales guy pretty much thought hey your buying a ford not a 100,000 BMW, went across street to Mazada dealer to see the new CX-3 and wow for 20,000 you can get a car with perfect alignment of panels and also a perfect paint job.
1st year run cars I always stay away from on any car. i bought an 06 lexus is 350 back then 1st year run the car had like 8 recalls. Bought my 2012 mustang gt 2nd year run of the 5.0 not a single issue with it. Now its completely modded and still no issues! The 16 mustang quality should be much better!
The biggest issue I have seen is that the panel tolerance on the S550 seems to be much greater than the S197. This allows for much more adjustability of the panels in the newer cars and far more margin of error while mounting.
Only issue mine had was the drivers fender was a little off so the hood gap was uneven and too close by the headlight. Pointed it out to my salesman and they fixed the gap while I was signing papers.
1987Turbogn
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My 15 has about the same gap problems. With more like a bump in the middle of my trunk lid. Doors do line up with fenders and quarters panel
When ever there is a new vehicle / body change, it envolves new tooling & launch teams. It's a slow starting process. You can blame upper management for setting unrealistic target dates. That's why they say to not buy the first model year or at least wait 6 months till they get the bugs out. Granted a lot of the first cars go to the crusher...
Stopped by my local dealer that has a 2016 Shadow Black PP GT and same QA issues persist. Here are a few shots I took. It was raining so paint issues weren't visible
BACK WINDSHIELD STILL CROOKED: (better than some but still cocked. Follow the line on the brake light and you can see)
Fender to hood alignment is jacked:
I MAINLY went to see if Ford has addressed the stamping issue of the metal that creates unsightly waves over the drivers side rear wheel
but it was pouring down rain so I bailed. LOL
Not good !! You know that guy at the end of the line that is suppose to check the fit and finish***Fire Him****!!!
Its an amazing car no doubt but they better get this cleaned up quickly before the new camaro comes out, otherwise theylle be giving the sales lead back to chevy!!!!
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