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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

glaad i came across your page! just got a 4.0 for 2k 106k miles and im excited to do the small mods to it! i'll be following for more content!

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

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.

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.

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.

Great vid sub’d !

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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..

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 ?

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...

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

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?

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

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

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.

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.

I just had my door panels redone at upholstery shop.

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

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

Put plastic inserts in my doors and never looked back

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

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