1vryfststang

Hello folks as you can tell I am new here to Mustang forums. I have a very interesting question I would like to have answered please. I recently purchased a 99 GT Stang (I love it btw) anyways sometimes when I am driving down the road I noticed that the mileage which is digital would be blank and not reading anything then sometimes when I shut the engine off and restart it the mileage is correct and works.....this is very odd to me do any of you guys have any suggestions.

Wishbone

I just posted a similiar question about my '01 before I read this. Glad to see I'm not the only one with this problem! Does your traction control turn off too when this happens?

Surley others have had this happen and knows a fix??

1vryfststang

Here is scoop....I have a 99 G.T...first one I have ever been in more less owned this year. I have rode in a 2003 that was equip w/ traction control, but it had a button u push mine does not.....I can c in the dash were it has a tire burning out but it never lights up..? so does mine have it being a 99? Sometimes my mileage just goes black and then comes back on eventually or even after restarting it does...Also my interior light will not shut off sometimes..kinda really confused PLEASE PELASE HELP...

72MachOne99GT

This might be way off base, but I know that a lot of Ford Trucks around the 99-0X range have wiring problems in the dash.

Either the mileage will go blank and randonly turn on, or the windshield wipers randomly set themselves off.

As for the T/C question. If you do not have the button down at the bottom by the shifter, then no. You're car is not equipped with traction control.

1vryfststang

That sounds like a good start....I wish someone else had the same problem and knew the fix to it.....what exactly is the traction control that is equip on some models...because mine is full posi during burnout.

72MachOne99GT

Traction control was an option on 99's I know, I'm not sure if sometime from 00-04 it became standard on GT's or not, but that doesnt matter.

All Ford did, was equip the car with a system that either cut fuel or retarded timing (something to cut power) when it sensed wheel slippage.

No differnet than any other kind of low traction helping system that can be found on tons of other cars.

I do know that a lot of people don't like it because its not very advanced. Snow is a biggy for some of the members here that dont like having power stolen when they get slippery in winter.

Personally, I dont mind it. It's saved my car 2 times, and embarrasssed me 10 times. ..lol..i'll take the embarrassment any day of the week.

m260gt

yea the trac control really does take the power. it actually steals a lot of it. i have first hand experience lol

1vryfststang

Do u guys believe that my gauge cluster is just messed up for it to be doing that with my mileage? and what about this interior light that sometimes will not shut off.....oh and about the cruise control why is there no indication light showing me it is on? lol I have a lot of problems to work out in this stang..

72MachOne99GT

Mine doesnt say if its on or not. The foot being off the pedal and the car still going tells me that...lol.

Not sure what to tell you about the light, or whats actually causing your mileage to not show up.

Maybe someone on here has experience and has fixed it up.

1999 GT

yea my 99 does the same thing...sometimes when i turn the car on none of the electronics go on....no radio, no milaege nothing