Tiffany
New Member
Hello! I introduced myself briefly months ago. I bought this vehicle in August, drove it for a few months then garaged it throughout the winter. I'm just beginning to find out it has some "quirks". I had it on the road for the first time today since October. I have been starting it and idling it regularly throughout the winter and drove it up and down our street. I didn't have full coverage on it as I have the back seats out to address a convertible top leakage issue and we are getting ready to replace the quarter window motors. Yes, I drove around today without back seats and the rain channel removed. LOL! When I drove it previously one night in September I noticed a slight misfire when I had the headlights and the heat/blower on. It did it one night and I didn't notice it again. Fast forward to tonight.
The car drove like a dream all day today. I drove it around town, drove it on the freeway, etc. As I left to drive it home I put the headlights and the fog lights on (I do have moisture in one of my headlights). I had moisture in one of my previous Mustang's headlights and the headlights would randomly turn on and off. Tonight, as soon as I really stepped on the gas and went to shift into second it misfired and popped like crazy. I remembered that I thought the heater/blower had something to do with it months ago, however I didn't have it on tonight. It was light enough to safely drive without headlights so I turned them off. The misfiring and popping stopped even when I beat the shit out of it and shifted aggressively. I then stopped the car, turned both the headlights and fog lights on again and it misfired and popped like crazy. I then left the headlights on and turned off the fog lights. It still misfired, but not as badly with the fog lights off and only the headlights on. I know, less draw. It's had some quirks most of which seem to be electrical. I lose my stock radio presets upon the first start of the day. I also had it misfire a bit on the freeway doing about 65 when I put my windows up and down. The misfiring tonight was definitely worse with the headlights on than it had been previously. At that time, it seemed to be the heater/blower and drove fine with just the headlights on. I took it easy driving home with just the headlights on and it drove okay, but I could still feel it slightly misfiring when revving up to shift into second.
HELP! PLEASE!
Thank you!
Tiffany
The car drove like a dream all day today. I drove it around town, drove it on the freeway, etc. As I left to drive it home I put the headlights and the fog lights on (I do have moisture in one of my headlights). I had moisture in one of my previous Mustang's headlights and the headlights would randomly turn on and off. Tonight, as soon as I really stepped on the gas and went to shift into second it misfired and popped like crazy. I remembered that I thought the heater/blower had something to do with it months ago, however I didn't have it on tonight. It was light enough to safely drive without headlights so I turned them off. The misfiring and popping stopped even when I beat the shit out of it and shifted aggressively. I then stopped the car, turned both the headlights and fog lights on again and it misfired and popped like crazy. I then left the headlights on and turned off the fog lights. It still misfired, but not as badly with the fog lights off and only the headlights on. I know, less draw. It's had some quirks most of which seem to be electrical. I lose my stock radio presets upon the first start of the day. I also had it misfire a bit on the freeway doing about 65 when I put my windows up and down. The misfiring tonight was definitely worse with the headlights on than it had been previously. At that time, it seemed to be the heater/blower and drove fine with just the headlights on. I took it easy driving home with just the headlights on and it drove okay, but I could still feel it slightly misfiring when revving up to shift into second.
HELP! PLEASE!
Thank you!
Tiffany