mustang_gt808

Hey guys I got a 2005 mustang gt 30,000 miles my gas gauge reads full which is not and when I turn it off it's goes down Lil below the middle line readings Lil less then half tank so what can I do?

mustang_gt808

anyone? now its reading full when my car is off

Nuke

It sounds like the stepper motor in the gauge. The '05s and early 06's have chronic stepper motor issues in the cluster.

mustang_gt808

ill try and buy that when i turn on the car and watch the fuel gauge move i can hear like a tick tick tick tick sound almost like a watch is winding

mustang_gt808

so im gonna buy the stepper motor my rpm is not working too but the sell it in 6 so i can use it on my rpm and should work too right?

wayne613

http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Six-2005-2...d30abc&vxp=mtr

Similar searches with "mustang stepper motors", etc, should get you what you're after. There are several walk-thru's available on this forum alone if you search on "stepper motor".

mustang_gt808

thanks wayne i found a old thread someone made way back then ob this same forums. and i priced it on amazon and is gonna cost $35.00 with 6 stepper motor and special tools I'm hope it works! i just bought this car last week and I'm pretty bummed out

wayne613

I wouldn't be, that, the water leak TSB, plug changes(spark plugs are 2 piece that tend to break when pulled for 05-mid08's), the alternator being craptacular, and parasitic drain issues from the shaker head-unit are just about all the major issues if you can call them that, that you're likely to get. See TSB's under articles, and mustang tsbs on the site main menu.

This is a decent one, just ignore the solder removal bit being that hard, if you've done a bit of soldering work before it should be cake, if not, view a couple youtube vids of tutorials on it. Solder-sucker and/or braid, good to go. And yes, you definitely want to do them all if you're going to do this. So get 6, if you have a 6 gauge cluster.

Most of this stuff other than the water leak one (if left untreated for an extended period) are more annoying than true cuss-for-an-hour problems.

mustang_gt808

wow thank you!

2005Redfire6

Stepper motor for sure, had the same issue.