I was traveling out of state on a lone stretch of highway in Arizona when the alternator failed, 6 months and 5 mile after the warranty expired. The car was towed to my friend’s mechanic in Tucson. The mechanic told me he installed a new alternator. At home while doing my own wrenching, I found that the alt was a rebuilt - which is ONE of the prime reasons why I do my own maintenance!
I have read about the S197 body style Mustang GT's (05-09) has problems with alternators going out very frequently. Bought my 06 GT at 65,000 miles and sold it at 80,xxx miles and had to change the alternator twice. Other than that, the car was perfect and I miss it...... Moral of the story. Great cars.
Not much of a complainer but this is the forth premium battery and third alternator and the car check charging system and battery lights are on again? But checks out with multimeter. Also, when the check charging system is on it has major delay in throttle response.
It was a cold night in Texas and I walked to my car and it wouldn't turn over. I thought it was the battery because as many of us are aware, the battery is always being drained on '06 Mustangs; obviously tried jumping it and it wouldn't. turns out the alternator had died.
I'm no car expert but I feel like an alternator should last more than 55k miles, it seems to be an important part (or something).
Alternator on my 2006 Mustang failed while driving. Couldn't alert other drivers but thankfully they stopped in time. Ended up causing traffic until I found a tow that was available. Originally I thought alternator gave you signals of failure, but mine just died on me. Not sure if it's happened a lot with this model year but I've had so many problems with this 2006 V6 that this situation became a pain in the ass. I'd give it up but it was my first car. Having to replace small defects here and there is making me become detached and promise never to buy another Ford made after 1990.
I'm also having problems with my electrical system where my RPM's get affected, maybe I have a bad battery now too. Soon to pour more money into this car. It's beautiful but not worth the headaches. Also had to replace the coil pack at 70k miles. No thank you Ford, but thanks for teaching me how to handle bad situations on the road...
Solution :Replaced alternator, other incident replaced coil pack. All Motorcraft parts changed to AutoZone parts.
- Aress A.,
san francisco, CA, US
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OK, i have only had this car for only a year two months after i got it the alternator went out. Had it rebuilt and it lasted two months. Went and replaced it because the mechanics said it could not be replaced because it was fried now the battery light is flashing and have only had this alternator on for a couple of months. i love my car i have had a 1996 mustang for 11 years it is still going and bought this one and it goes down every two months. Somebody please help!!!!
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I was traveling out of state on a lone stretch of highway in Arizona when the alternator failed, 6 months and 5 mile after the warranty expired. The car was towed to my friend’s mechanic in Tucson. The mechanic told me he installed a new alternator. At home while doing my own wrenching, I found that the alt was a rebuilt - which is ONE of the prime reasons why I do my own maintenance!
- Lew P., West Covina, US