2001 Ford Mustang GT Convertible review from North America

Where do I start?

Clutch burnt out at 3500 miles. Warranty replaced.

CD player wouldn't eject CDs. Dealer refused to fix.

Shifter got stuck between gears from new (possibly cause of the clutch going out). Dealer wouldn't fix because he said it was normal and I laughed when he couldn't get it into gear to pull it out of the shop.

Warped head at 7500 miles. Dealer replaced it, but commented that I must have been running the car hard to cause this sort of damage.

Power front seat was broken after I got it back from the dealer after head work being done. Dealer replaced. Would also run hot after the head was replaced.

I'm a 63 year old man and I love the looks of the new Mustangs. I only used it to drive on sunny days up and down the back roads of Mass. I have been driving a stick all of my life, so the problem with the clutch wasn't from lack of experence.

The car had reasonably good performance, but was in the shop too much. The poor shifting of the car also made me nervous driving it in the city and I hate it when dealers blame engineers for designing something bad when it obviously broke and just needed to be adjusted/repaired, and they didn't want to do it.

I ended up trading it off for another Ram. Much happier, even without the convertible top. I loved the car, just not the constant breaking down of the thing and the poor service at the dealership. However, I did get quite a bit of satisfaction watching the dealer struggle for 5 minutes trying to put the car in gear.