willing
Junior Member
Hello, I just bought a 2012 mustang gt 5.0 last week. When I bought it was makeing some sounds in the front end when u turned the wheel a Lil to the right an left nothing horrible and as far as I could tell it drive fine an shifted great an what not. The guy I bought it from had it for 40,000 miles an was even driven it from Alabama to mishagin for work. He told me before he had it it had been a sum wrecks but he didn't no any details about them what so ever. Also its not a rebuilt or salvaged title. He told me that while he owned it the panhard bar was bent because some one hooked a chain to it an pulled him out when he was stuck in the snow an it would need to be replaced. So I took it to alignment/mechanic shop an told them I wanted every single thing underneath went through checked, fixed, an aligned an told him bout the noise an bent pan hard bar. So I get it back an they said it just needed new front struts, an front brake pads an alignment. Even said the bar wasn't bent. An as soon as I got it back something jus didn't feel rite. Brakes seemed worse an sounded worse, I got to noticing the after market wheels that came on which is a set with the wider ones in the back were all doing something different, the driver front is tilted inwards at the top, an the back driver wheel is out Farther then the back passenger, all 4 wheels are in different positions inside the fender wells, like one being more to the front an the other being the opposite. I also see one rim cracked, an other with sum curb damage, not horrible though but it's there. So next thing I noticed was the car looked like the car was dropping down towards the driver side on the front which I don't know if this is related but the struts they put on that side has some kind of like attention label/sticker going rite overthe top were the adjuster should be, there is not one on it though, there is on the other side. Next I noticed my panhard bar is most definitely with out a doubt bent after them telling me it wasn't an not only that the entire differential top to bottom, above it on the bracket, the entire side going from the differential all the way to the hub an every thing attached to it, was completely covered an I mean completely as in there was not one spot any were on the stuff I mentioned that didn't have a complete coating of the differential oil so so thick an canked an will only come with a scraper, except the bottom of the diff had fresh oil on it as well as all above the differential on the body an two small spots on both exhaust pipes, all fresh. There is nothing on the drive shaft but the differential is canked an coated completely were it connects to it. The bracket above the differential looks likes it's shot, I could reach up an move it side to side a Lil with my hand. An alot of stuff looks off an not as it should be or in the wrong spot, an dude jus got back from up north an was leaving to go back up there in it until I meet him an made him an offer on it the day before. So I've only drove it maybe fifty miles an had it week an on top of all that I've mentioned, now it seems to not have any power in 6th gear, unless ur doing over 80,5th 4th third seem to Rev high to were as u have to shift quick an at low speeds, first an second seem to be touchy an has a whining sound an also can here a whiney sound with it n neutral but goes away when u engage the clutch. An two days after the so called professionals fixed all that was wrong with it, I can fell every Lil bump I hit front an back, an can here a clunk sound in the front jus going over the Lil dip off from the hiway in to my driveway. Yall I know this I giant post with so much different stuff but I looked for a Mustang for 4 months, went to 4 different states looking, an every thing from 96 to 13 an 10grand to 18 grand all drove like shit, with really noticeable problems every were. I cashed in my 401k to get a car cause I had to have one, I'm taken the car monday to a highly rated shop that deals with rear ends an drve shafts an stuff like that, but I really could use some advice as to what I should do as far as the stuff the first shop did an didn't do as well as should have done, I paid 900 dollars for what they did do an I'm not sure if ant of it's rite, an them telln me every thing else was good an letn me drive off in it. I'm also hoping with all that I've said here as well as detailed pics I can add of everything, maybe I could get some answers as to what's truly the root of all this that seems to be all connected an spreading from. Also what I will be looking at as far as everything it's going to take to have all this fixed, replaced, rebuilt, or whatever needs to be done as well as recommendations as which steps to take, what to use, or best options. This car is all I got, I paid 10 grand for it and I'm stuck with it, I wanted something i could enjoy, depend on an Lil at a time make it my own along the way, an here I am paying for rides to work an I'm just nervous of the situation I'm in, that's why I'm here, everything I've been reading on here shows yall are passionate an know so much about these cars, an I don't know if my passion will be killed before it could start or if there is hope. Thank yall so much an I can't wait to get some input from yall instead of sitting here worrying to death of jus how bad this is. I'll get pics up soon
