so i randomly will play with the diagnostic system built into the computer to see if i had any trouble codes. up untill tonight i had NONE and now its reading a 5284. i checked to see what that means and it is a Oil Pressure Switch Failure whatever that means. has anyone else thrown this code? should i go to the dealership? i checked the diagnostics bc when i started my car after being at my friends house tonight the gas gauge read F when i knew i had 3/4 tank. i guess the sender is on that side of the tank ( i was parked on the side of the road so my car was at an angle) bc the gauge slowly returned to 3/4 tank. im kinda scared that my stang is broken so any help is appreciated

 

Im not to sure what that means, but not having enough oil pressure is bad, very bad. I would get that fixed and if you have another car to drive, drive it. Oil pumps are easy to get to. You could prolly do it yourself if you had to replace your oil pump. But for sure get it checked out.

 

Check out this thread It was started a little while before yours
DTC Code 5284 - oil pressure switch failure.... whats that?

 

How's your oil pressure? Does the guage work? Is the oil a "little" low maybe?

 

my oil pressure gauge shows up fine, right in the middle, im gonna go check the oil level and mabye disconnect my battery and try and reset the sensor

 

ha funniest thing ever.. i went to the ford dealership today and the technicians diddnt even know the self diagnostic system existed on the stangs. he was like did you buy this car used bc thats not stock. so i told him give me any 99 and up stang and ill prove it. so i guess i taught them all something new today

 

So I am guessing they couldn't tell you what the problem was seeing as how they had no clue bout the DTC reader.

 

are these present on 01 GT? if so where?

 

if your asking about the diagnostic system, all you have to do is hold down your odometer button while you are starting the car untill it says gauge and then you can go from there, mustang world.com has a how to article on it

 

Ya itll come up and say test and then all your gauges will come up and go back down and then you can start goin through the modes