07 Mustang little problems

The shoulder harness on my Mustang gets tighter and tighter and tighter;
it never stops getting tighter. I have to pull slack into it about
every 10 minutes. They replaced the reel under warranty but it is only
slightly improved. None of my other cars do this. Any one else have
this? How did you fix it?

Second. The brakes. This is the spongiest brake pedal I have ever had
on a car. It was bled but no improvement. Are they all like this?

Thanks,

Norm

| The shoulder harness on my Mustang gets tighter and
tighter and tighter;
| it never stops getting tighter. I have to pull slack into
it about
| every 10 minutes. They replaced the reel under warranty
but it is only
| slightly improved. None of my other cars do this. Any one
else have
| this? How did you fix it?

You should be flattered. Your 'Stang' loves you. LOL.

Seriously, are your physical dimensions accomodated by the
seat and wheel adjustment. My wife who is small, drives with
the seat full up and forward and has complained about the
same issue, occasionally, while its not affected me. Also
G-Force activates the lock reel and after that, every time
you breath, it gets tighter, and will reel you in like a
trout. You will appreciate this if you ever experience high
G decelaration (crash). You might get home again with your
egg unbroken.

| Second. The brakes. This is the spongiest brake pedal I
have ever had
| on a car. It was bled but no improvement. Are they all
like this?

ABS can have that affect due to the front rear weight
differential in rear wheelers. Can you lock em up? Find an
empty wet parking lot and jab 'em. Uneven tire pressure can
also affect ABS sensors. Brakes need to be cleaned too.

Mustang brakes are amongst the best factory performers. 70
ft @ 60 mph. Moose vs Mustang...If Mustang can't stop, Moose
wins.LOL Our 2006 work very well.

This happened to us one night in 1988 driving in my 5.0
litre, 5-spd, white LX...Two moose in our lane, one for me
....one for the wife, walking ass on to us ...almost
invisible...full lights up with aux's on ...in a turn...I
spied them at the very last second and floored the
brakes...right to the fire wall. From 70 mph she bounced
once and stopped. Broke a band in one of her Gaterbacks.
400.00 bucks but still alive.

The seatbelts worked too...

I wondered about my 07 GT when I bought it because it also seemed al little
soft. Then I had someone pull out in front of me while I was driving. I
hit the brakes hard and the car stopped in very short order. Without the
ABS I would most certainly locked them up and slammed into the other car. I
was amazed at how short the distance was from the time I hit the pedal and
when I came to a stop. As for the seatbelt problem, I haven't experienced
that at all in the 10 months I have had the car.

"...." > wrote in message
...
> As for the brakes, the performance mgr said they are all like that. I
> tried two others on the lot and they are the same. He said the ABS
> bleeds off pressure.
>
> It's just crappy engineering. The rental I drove while they were
> working on my car (Pontiac Grand Prix) had ABS and that pedal was fine.
> It went down a 1/4 inch and then stopped firm as can be. Thank heavens
> because I had occassion to slam on the brakes a couple of times. So, in
> a normal car, how fast you stop is related to how hard you press on the
> brakes....not like mine where it is the *distance* you move the pedal
> which controls the rate of deceleration.
>
> This tuning, or rather lack of tuning, has really frustrated me in my
> attempt to heel and toe when I am in the mood to "motor". It is made
> worse by the damn drive by wire throttle, which when you smack it to
> blip the throttle for a downshift only goes up to 1200 rpm when you
> really need to zing it to 3 or 4 thousand to make a smooth rev matched
> downshift.
>
> Lazimodo wrote:
>
>> | The shoulder harness on my Mustang gets tighter and
>> tighter and tighter;
>> | it never stops getting tighter. I have to pull slack into
>> it about
>> | every 10 minutes. They replaced the reel under warranty
>> but it is only
>> | slightly improved. None of my other cars do this. Any one
>> else have
>> | this? How did you fix it?
>>
>> You should be flattered. Your 'Stang' loves you. LOL.
>>
>> Seriously, are your physical dimensions accomodated by the
>> seat and wheel adjustment. My wife who is small, drives with
>> the seat full up and forward and has complained about the
>> same issue, occasionally, while its not affected me. Also
>> G-Force activates the lock reel and after that, every time
>> you breath, it gets tighter, and will reel you in like a
>> trout. You will appreciate this if you ever experience high
>> G decelaration (crash). You might get home again with your
>> egg unbroken.
>>
>> | Second. The brakes. This is the spongiest brake pedal I
>> have ever had
>> | on a car. It was bled but no improvement. Are they all
>> like this?
>>
>> ABS can have that affect due to the front rear weight
>> differential in rear wheelers. Can you lock em up? Find an
>> empty wet parking lot and jab 'em. Uneven tire pressure can
>> also affect ABS sensors. Brakes need to be cleaned too.
>>
>> Mustang brakes are amongst the best factory performers. 70
>> ft @ 60 mph. Moose vs Mustang...If Mustang can't stop, Moose
>> wins.LOL Our 2006 work very well.
>>
>> This happened to us one night in 1988 driving in my 5.0
>> litre, 5-spd, white LX...Two moose in our lane, one for me
>> ...one for the wife, walking ass on to us ...almost
>> invisible...full lights up with aux's on ...in a turn...I
>> spied them at the very last second and floored the
>> brakes...right to the fire wall. From 70 mph she bounced
>> once and stopped. Broke a band in one of her Gaterbacks.
>> 400.00 bucks but still alive.
>>
>> The seatbelts worked too...
>

As for the brakes, the performance mgr said they are all like that. I
tried two others on the lot and they are the same. He said the ABS
bleeds off pressure.

It's just crappy engineering. The rental I drove while they were
working on my car (Pontiac Grand Prix) had ABS and that pedal was fine.
It went down a 1/4 inch and then stopped firm as can be. Thank heavens
because I had occassion to slam on the brakes a couple of times. So, in
a normal car, how fast you stop is related to how hard you press on the
brakes....not like mine where it is the *distance* you move the pedal
which controls the rate of deceleration.

This tuning, or rather lack of tuning, has really frustrated me in my
attempt to heel and toe when I am in the mood to "motor". It is made
worse by the damn drive by wire throttle, which when you smack it to
blip the throttle for a downshift only goes up to 1200 rpm when you
really need to zing it to 3 or 4 thousand to make a smooth rev matched
downshift.

Lazimodo wrote:

> | The shoulder harness on my Mustang gets tighter and
> tighter and tighter;
> | it never stops getting tighter. I have to pull slack into
> it about
> | every 10 minutes. They replaced the reel under warranty
> but it is only
> | slightly improved. None of my other cars do this. Any one
> else have
> | this? How did you fix it?
>
> You should be flattered. Your 'Stang' loves you. LOL.
>
> Seriously, are your physical dimensions accomodated by the
> seat and wheel adjustment. My wife who is small, drives with
> the seat full up and forward and has complained about the
> same issue, occasionally, while its not affected me. Also
> G-Force activates the lock reel and after that, every time
> you breath, it gets tighter, and will reel you in like a
> trout. You will appreciate this if you ever experience high
> G decelaration (crash). You might get home again with your
> egg unbroken.
>
> | Second. The brakes. This is the spongiest brake pedal I
> have ever had
> | on a car. It was bled but no improvement. Are they all
> like this?
>
> ABS can have that affect due to the front rear weight
> differential in rear wheelers. Can you lock em up? Find an
> empty wet parking lot and jab 'em. Uneven tire pressure can
> also affect ABS sensors. Brakes need to be cleaned too.
>
> Mustang brakes are amongst the best factory performers. 70
> ft @ 60 mph. Moose vs Mustang...If Mustang can't stop, Moose
> wins.LOL Our 2006 work very well.
>
> This happened to us one night in 1988 driving in my 5.0
> litre, 5-spd, white LX...Two moose in our lane, one for me
> ...one for the wife, walking ass on to us ...almost
> invisible...full lights up with aux's on ...in a turn...I
> spied them at the very last second and floored the
> brakes...right to the fire wall. From 70 mph she bounced
> once and stopped. Broke a band in one of her Gaterbacks.
> 400.00 bucks but still alive.
>
> The seatbelts worked too...