Common ISSUES on 05-09 Mustang S197

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  • @onlyfacts3502
    @onlyfacts3502 9 місяців тому +18

    What I love is that most of the issues I have ever had out of my S197 have been cheap, and DIY friendly.

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  9 місяців тому

      Very true!

  • @Gade757
    @Gade757 2 роки тому +30

    I had the same problem with alarm on my 2006 mustang. I solved the problem. The hood sensor located on the passenger side of the engine compartment. it is a hood sensor of bad design. the contacts are exposed. to fix slide the connector out you will notice it is slightly corroded. clean off with contact cleaner, spray a little into the connector slot plug in and no more problem. at least that was the problem on my stang.

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  2 роки тому +2

      I’ll have to give that a shot. Appreciate the info man!

    • @tatj83
      @tatj83 2 роки тому +4

      Mine had the same "two o' clock in the am" problem. Using a scanner I found the hood switch was bad. My cure was to just cut the wires and tuck them out of sight. If someone was trying to open the hood with the alarm set meant they were already in the car and if the alarm hadn't gone off by then......

    • @dootdoot1867
      @dootdoot1867 2 роки тому

      Thanks.

    • @brandonthemandamn
      @brandonthemandamn Рік тому

      Mine might be that but I figured it did it with weight in passenger seat signaling no seatbelt.

    • @bandenboy
      @bandenboy 20 днів тому

      also the door ajar switches could be the problem, cuz my 2007 gt/cs has the driver door switch broken and keeps upping and downing the window, and once locked and the window goes down, the alarm starts to scream. 20$ and 20 minut fix.

  • @klb12393
    @klb12393 4 місяці тому +4

    09 here, unclog those plugs behind the engine on both sides often, and carefully remove and preserve your leather panels and temporarily replace with plastic ones

  • @alsanderson4917
    @alsanderson4917 10 місяців тому +6

    Wet floor, change your cabin air filter and unplug the drain at the same time.
    Alarm... check the pin switch under the hood

  • @70MUSTANGMAN
    @70MUSTANGMAN 20 днів тому

    Just got a 2006 GT and I see some of these issues already. I’ll be proactive and fix the others before they become issues! Thank you!

  • @Hiazhunter
    @Hiazhunter 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for the information in this video. It is appreciated.
    I bought a 06' gt convertible with 25k miles on it, now the clock has 110k miles. The first issue I had was the alternator . I've replaced it three times now & the light on the cluster is intermittent.
    The alarm is nothing but a headache. What I found out on mine that there is a 3rd horn in the rt. 1/4 panel. The alarm was going off & it pissed me off. I reached in & pulled the wires out of it.
    On the water coming in the passenger side there's a "Smart junction box" that is in the pathway of water coming in. I pulled it out & cleaned up the corrosion & sprayed contact cleaner on it. Seems like it worked. The back glass on the convertible top started to separate from the glass/ top due to the adhesive getting old & hot. Living in Southern Nevada the temps reach 115° +, black top & interior add a little fuel to the fire. Hence, time for a new top. The list of things that suck about this S197 seems endless, but for some reason I still like the car.😂
    Thanks again for posting this video.

  • @samuelsuiaunoa5004
    @samuelsuiaunoa5004 2 роки тому +7

    156k on my V6 07 s197 and the only real issue I have had is the thermostat housing. That did cost me like $350 one day. But aside from that. My panels are fine. I'm. Im happy i have the plastic door panels lol. And the paint is a little rough but not too rough I think they changed the interior paint/plastics. All things considered. Has held up super well. I'm about to replace ball joints and tie rods. And that's it.

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  2 роки тому +2

      For that mileage, seems like the cars held up real well! Keep enjoying it my friend 🤝

    • @jameswilson7728
      @jameswilson7728 3 місяці тому

      07 v6. Only issue was my heater core hose and catalytic convertor. 240k miles

  • @bullittboost6046
    @bullittboost6046 Рік тому +4

    I used the coverlay replacement panels. They are plastic but do have a textured surface . I kept the fabric on the doors for sound deadening purpose. Inserts will fit much better if fabric is removed. Only issue I have had is it slightly lifted in the front point area. Not really noticeable.

    • @Pierre578
      @Pierre578 Рік тому +1

      really ? I want to change my panel to red but overlay say is better with fabric on and that the panel are not designed for door without oem cover . I'll willl remove the door panel entirely so I can put some weight on them

  • @SuperflyLamar
    @SuperflyLamar 7 місяців тому +1

    The door panels… my 09 has both inserts missing, I just took an interior brush, cleaned all the loose junk off it, made an improvement, still might remove all the glue, but once it’s not flaky and discolored it looks halfway decent

  • @generolmatt4
    @generolmatt4 Рік тому +2

    The door panel is a common problem. It's a piece of foam that is glued to the vinyl that falls apart from the heat and sun. I had a shop with commercial grade glue it back on. I have also used coverlay. They are good but doesn't fit as well as vinal.
    I did have drains clog and drain into my passenger side sadly. Cleaned those out and got the water underneath the carpet and on top.
    I have not had those other issues hopefully I won't.

    • @yanshi_1
      @yanshi_1 3 місяці тому

      just a tip for future people reading these comments:
      a good diy fix for the door panels is a pre molded, solid piece to replace the vinyl. they go for about $100 and usually come with silicone glue that holds up to 120°F Vegas heat.

  • @Cobra_427
    @Cobra_427 Рік тому +1

    I actually just pulled 2 black door panels out of a salvage yard to replace my gray ones (in the process of converting my gray interior to black) the leather on the driver side is absolutely perfect somehow, never seen the factory leather not peeling off before, if the passenger one was goodI would leave it but it's not so it's getting the plastic inserts

  • @scooby45247
    @scooby45247 4 місяці тому +1

    water can also get inside the doors so make sure to pull the drain plugs on the bottom of the door and rinse it out if you hear sloshing..

    • @klb12393
      @klb12393 4 місяці тому

      How

    • @scooby45247
      @scooby45247 4 місяці тому

      @@klb12393 it can get in thru the window seal and the drain plugs are just on the bottom of the door.. sometimes leaves or stems can get in there and clog the drain.. 2 minute job..

  • @estimatedintoeyes
    @estimatedintoeyes 2 роки тому +5

    pretty much hands down every time if your coolant gets too old and inefficient if you don't change it you will blow a thermostat and or water pump

  • @richarddonegan4666
    @richarddonegan4666 10 місяців тому +1

    Upholstery glue fixed my door panels. Perfectly without taking apart..... Just glue and duct tape..😮No other issues just alternator, cam sensor and one coil needed the 13 years I owned my 06...

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  10 місяців тому +1

      Good to know 👌🏻

    • @richarddonegan4666
      @richarddonegan4666 10 місяців тому

      @@SVTEvan And I raced it a lot..

  • @dootdoot1867
    @dootdoot1867 2 роки тому +1

    I use "wurth klebfix" super glue for my side inserts. Take your time apply push. Take some fabric push it into the void and compress it with a board and clamp it. Green painter tape to hold the edges in. Make sure you apply in optimum climate. Not to hot, cold, wet..works with old adhesive on it.
    Heat cycles and extreme cold cycles are brutal on the foam. Ford bought the vinyl with foam already attached. Then they glued to door panels at an assembly plant. Fords glu holds.. the vinyl manufacturer did not lol. Options are, to glue every 8 years, or to replace with leather at upholstery shop for about 2k

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  2 роки тому +1

      Good to know! I’ll give it a shot

    • @PBRichfield
      @PBRichfield Рік тому +1

      I used weldwood vinyl top adhesive. Its a contact cement so if you wait the prescribed time before rolling (yes with a sound deadener roller) the two materials together, it will not come off.... evar! To compete the job I simply tucked the edges in with the backside of a folding utility blade knife.

  • @prodbyvito
    @prodbyvito 2 роки тому +4

    Mine is suspension I done fixed everything on it but it makes this noise like a bolt is loosening idk how to explain it but it annoys me lmaoo

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  2 роки тому +2

      Mine ended up being the bolt on the top of the driver side strut. Ended up somehow getting loose. Torqued it down and the noise went away.

  • @thug2244
    @thug2244 Рік тому +1

    Yes sir, there is a fuse box exactly where that water is leaking into the car at - I don't have that problem thankfully - but you better pay attention to that area

  • @HgRicky
    @HgRicky 2 місяці тому

    You can actually pull out two drain plugs in the back of the engine bay to prevent it from clogging up and leaking water inside

  • @wanted-33
    @wanted-33 Рік тому +1

    After looking around, as I understand it any glue you try on the panel inserts will eventually let go because of the fiber backing on the insert itself. I just bought an '07, and the dealer had the the plastic panels installed for me. While it's just more plastic to go with all the other plastic in the interior, it looks fine. Also, on the alarm I have nothing. But, maybe there is a seperate fuse for the alarm you could pull from the fuse box.

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  Рік тому +3

      Definitely going down the plastic route to replace mine. Tired of looking at it lol. And I did discover the alarm was/is getting set off because of the hood latch sensor. It has slight play and tricks the PATS system into thinking it’s getting broke into - theft mode which activates the alarm.

  • @rustyaxelrod
    @rustyaxelrod Рік тому

    My ‘08 randomly pops the trunk release. Just driving along, check the instruments and I’ll have a “TRUNK AJAR” message and yes, it’s popped. Luckily the springs are weak so it doesn’t open up, just unlatches.

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  Рік тому

      I’ve had the same thing happen multiple times

  • @zheozymark7743
    @zheozymark7743 2 роки тому +2

    Another issue is the rear bumpers paint will chip or get webs

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  2 роки тому +3

      Haven’t personally experienced that yet but good to know! Thanks

  • @ari7394
    @ari7394 3 місяці тому

    hey so i got mine and the lights inside the car stay on even after the car is off and locked. i can see thru the window that those lights stay on and sometimes only the passenger side turns off

  • @shaun787max
    @shaun787max Рік тому +1

    I get that water leak I cleaned out the windshield gutter but I still get it , I’ll have to look into getting new black rubber panel thing from around the doors and roof of the car hopefully that fixes it

    • @Cobra_427
      @Cobra_427 Рік тому +2

      It's not just the cowl drains, check the AC drain too, I bought my car and the rubber grommets in the cowl were already removed for better drainage, mine ended up being the AC drain being clogged, dripped in the exact same spot

    • @billywalsh5467
      @billywalsh5467 7 місяців тому +1

      Gaskets under outside window trim rot and leak.

  • @grantnumrich9719
    @grantnumrich9719 Рік тому

    thank you,,,,, I have a 2008 bullitt rebuild to a nascar level power of 900 hp to rear wheels but have my fuel guage be very slow and will not show full! so I as you dont know why these guages wear out so quickly. I only have 10 thousand miles on this car

  • @daizydixon4069
    @daizydixon4069 8 місяців тому

    My 07 fuel gauge is jacked too.. When I start the car, it shows how much fuel i have... then it drops to E after about a minute. When it hits about 1/4 tank, it goes back to showing how much gas i have.... which is nice so I dont have to guess and I've never run out.

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  8 місяців тому

      Yeah seems to be a very common issue on these cars. Gets quite annoying at times since mine literally refuses to work lol

  • @juniormorales1990
    @juniormorales1990 9 місяців тому

    I got a 08. N got those exact problems too. But. Still love my Stang

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  8 місяців тому

      Great car even with the quirks

  • @williamjohnson5081
    @williamjohnson5081 3 місяці тому

    I like your red floor mats
    Where did you get them

  • @imslowbutimgood542
    @imslowbutimgood542 Рік тому

    i have a 2010 GT premium, if i set the alarm with the windows down occasionally a fly will set it off .....im assuming they have the same security system ?

    • @Cobra_427
      @Cobra_427 Рік тому

      You may have the motion sensors on your dome light, if you have two spots on each side of the dome light housing that look like small speakers, you have motion sensors

  • @weirdmeisterinc
    @weirdmeisterinc Рік тому

    look for the cltch pedal connection plastic piece..can break right away in front of a crossing...esp. with harder clutch

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  Рік тому

      Never heard that one before

    • @jacobramirez4586
      @jacobramirez4586 2 місяці тому

      Yeah I made my own from a grade 8 1/2 bolt,

  • @steveparsons3498
    @steveparsons3498 Рік тому

    I've replaced the stepper motors. mine is a base model gt so the door panels are hard plastic so no issue there. Just wait till you have to change spark plugs lol. 233k miles and still drive it like I stole it.

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  Рік тому

      233k miles and still running strong is awesome!

  • @Sukit-l1n
    @Sukit-l1n 10 місяців тому

    It's the smart fuse box .It's from the clog drain when it fills with water it comes in and fuse box gets wet it makes the car do all kinds crap alarm goes off for no reason,windows hose up and down about a inch or two days tweaks out all bad

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  10 місяців тому

      👍🏻

  • @thatgmguy6055
    @thatgmguy6055 Рік тому

    I had a bad ground and ours was tweaking and the alarm was acting up after fixing it no problems for almost 2 years

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  Рік тому

      Good to know. I’ll look into that!

  • @TeresaLowrance-n7p
    @TeresaLowrance-n7p Місяць тому

    Check your body control module, water has caused damage.

  • @patmissaski
    @patmissaski 6 місяців тому

    Clutch pedal will break loose. Use lots of glue on that leather door strip. Lots of glue!

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  6 місяців тому

      I’ve been putting it off for too long. Gotta get it glued back on.

  • @4MetalGuitarists
    @4MetalGuitarists Рік тому

    I'm so glad my mustang isn't the only one with an alarm sensor problem. It's linked to the sensitivity in the module behind the glove box. I tried to have my dealer turn it down when I bought the car but no luck. I just turn the key in the lock to lock the driver door and that doesn't alarm the system. 05 V6 fyi. It was so bad that a car driving down my street while the car was in the driveway would set it off.

  • @kamryn7496
    @kamryn7496 Рік тому

    On my 09 gt the cluster works good but u can hear the rpm gadge make noise when it moves kinda annoying

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  Рік тому

      Yeah mines almost totally given out

  • @jonjonsin824
    @jonjonsin824 26 днів тому

    Spark plugs. Spark plugs. Spark plugs. The biggest issue on these cars are the spark plugs. If you have an 07 1/2 -09 you're good but anything previous you'd better be very careful removing plugs.. They are 2 piece and they break notoriously. If they break they drop into the cylinder then you have a big issue. The door panels are the #2 most common. The plugs are #1. Kinda shocked you have a mustang and don't know there is a fuse box in the passenger kick panel. Not being rude but know your stang bro. It's an honor to own a mustang. If you have the leak that results in water getting in the passenger side that is #3 most common and worst problem. It can ruin the entire fuse box and it can travel where the computer is and also ruin the computer which is minimum $1000. If you have an auto trans. #4. Be sure to never follow what Ford states that this transmission can go over 100,000 miles without service. Tell that to a trans guy and he will laugh his @$$ off. It needs to be done at normal increments. Maybe 25,000 miles MAx. Or you will be getting a rebuild as I did.... These are the top 4 problems for the 05-09. I have never even seen the gauge issue. Hope it doesn't happen to me. That will drive me insane and I would have to have that fixed or I'd go crazy

  • @jorgecastro4309
    @jorgecastro4309 7 місяців тому

    Im looking at a 2008 Mustang convertible with 100,000 for 12,000
    Absolutely beautiful car and 🤔 of pulling the trigger on getting it. What do y'all think?

    • @brosiphous
      @brosiphous 19 днів тому

      Too expensive you could find a much lower mileage mustang for a little more

  • @NP-ek7dl
    @NP-ek7dl 2 роки тому

    Great vid sub’d !

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  2 роки тому

      Greatly appreciate that 🍻

  • @onlyfacts3502
    @onlyfacts3502 9 місяців тому

    Put plastic inserts in my doors and never looked back

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  7 місяців тому

      I certainly need to do that

  • @gloomdoomer
    @gloomdoomer 2 роки тому

    I just had my door panels redone at upholstery shop.

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  2 роки тому

      Nice! Need to get mine done sooner than later

  • @luisherrera8444
    @luisherrera8444 Рік тому

    Its not the body lines the water goes in through the cabin filter remove the little plugs and it should be better than how it was

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  Рік тому

      Correct

    • @allenwood2255
      @allenwood2255 9 місяців тому

      They are duck bill plugs pull them out put screen over the top of it keep all debris out of there

    • @billywalsh5467
      @billywalsh5467 7 місяців тому

      Check you exterior window trim gaskets. They rot and leak..

  • @Gmny1MOA
    @Gmny1MOA Рік тому +1

    Every single one of these 05 to 09 cars did that w the door cards....ford should have been forced to take every single car back and fix it w something that would solve the problem...thats the worst looking garbage

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  Рік тому +1

      I agree. Such a bummer and eye sore

    • @karenwall2051
      @karenwall2051 Рік тому

      I just painted mine black like interior but my fan motor sounds like machine guns going off was few seconds now it’s got worse any idea to how fix that w-o taking whole dash apart

    • @jacobramirez4586
      @jacobramirez4586 2 місяці тому

      Mine did start bubbling off until it was 17 yrs old , got my money's worth.
      Re-did them with gator skin at an upholstery shop for $400

  • @imslowbutimgood542
    @imslowbutimgood542 Рік тому +1

    i bet the paint missing off your button came from a woman driving your car before you bought it haha ..... seriously, i had the same thing with mine and it hasnt worn any in the last 5 years cause i don't have rings or nails lol

  • @rebelvision8247
    @rebelvision8247 2 місяці тому

    Alarm goes off by itself? Is not the car but you have a ghost in your car , is very common for mustang!!

  • @diablaracing4952
    @diablaracing4952 2 роки тому

    Thank you for letting me know ahead of time to be prepared for these awesome video can’t wait for 1k subs 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🥹

    • @SVTEvan
      @SVTEvan  2 роки тому

      Of course bro! And thank you! ❤️