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Hello everyone!
I recently got delivered my 2022 Mustang GT M/T on the 27/07/22.

last Saturday was going on a cruise, after waiting for the engine block to get to temperature, I was coming out of my garage rolling down the hill on neutral when suddenly all the dash started to give me all these disabling messages such as active exhaust disabled and so on. Then, the final message was (Powertrain Malfunction/Reduced Power) see manual.

I Instantly switched off the car and switched it back on when the dash only displayed the wrench symbol. But sounded and felt like it was in some type of limp mode as it was on not all eight cylinders and no acceleration what so ever.

I drove back to the garage approx 1KM and turned it off, after 10 minutes I switched it back on and the dashboard was back to normal with no symbols or messages and the car back to its normal noise and power.

Now, sadly after this dilemma only after 7 days of owning my brand new dream car. The car developed the all famous typewriter ticking noise on idle and below 3000rpm.

I took it to the dealership, note thet it had only been 8 days since the car was delivered to me by them. So they told me that even though in the FordPass app it shows the notification of the malfunction on porwertrain, as it is no longer showing on the vehicles dashboard it can not be checked and that the ticking noise is normal.

I have a close friend of mine who has the same spec as mine from 2021 antimatter blue also M/T with 6000kms+ and he has had none of these issues not even the ticking noise and mine only has 840kms!

Can anyone please help?
I also have the Ford extended warranty package but I don’t know how to go about it as they have already said its “normal”.
 

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My ‘13 GT with 5.0L V8 has done the ticking thing on and off since I bought it new. Never worried me and the car now has 78,000+ miles, runs as good as new, and does not use any oil. No problem ever developed from it.


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Maybe you can go to the dealer with your friends car and say "why does my car make that noise, but his does not? it does not sound normal to me"

other than that, probably not much you can do; other than wait to see if the other issue shows itself again

make sure they recorded both issues so there will be a history showing that it was there from the start
 

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Try a different gas station and higher octane. Also I would try another dealer if changing fuel does not help. This does not sound right my 2015 GT 6 speed manual had a little valve rattle under low speed high torque but only with 87 octane. Funny thing is it will run well on 87 from some stations but not others. Owners manual says use 87. +1 on what JBERT said document everything or it did not happen.
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Thanks for the replies everyone! Although, the ticking noise I am not most concerned of due to the fact it is a common thing on Mustangs but the Powertrain Malfunction popped up again yesterday and I had to just switch off the vehicle lock it and power it up again to notice it wasn’t there any longer.

have any of you experienced the Powertrain malfunction warning? And if so what did it end up being?

TIA!
 

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An update on this issue**

basically, what happened was that the Mustang can only roll/cruise on neutral for limited time. Due to the powertrain sensors activating limp mode incase there is a malfunction and avoid causing further damage.

A rookie mistake, went from a 05’ Toyota Corolla to a 22’ Mustang GT 🤪

Done over 4000kms in three months and been in a dream ever since!
 

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Maybe you can go to the dealer with your friends car and say "why does my car make that noise, but his does not? it does not sound normal to me"

other than that, probably not much you can do; other than wait to see if the other issue shows itself again

make sure they recorded both issues so there will be a history showing that it was there from the start
There is your best answer....and video the 2 cars side by side..... document document document! The if an issue comes up, you are covered!
 
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