Any reliability concerns about a 2000 GT?

drivesideways46

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Hey everyone, I've got a 96 GT convert. that I'm thinking of trading in on a 2000 GT coupe. I'd appreciate any comments about problems or reliability concerns that have been experienced with a 2000 GT. It's been owned by a Ford mechanic, and comes with a Hurst shifter, Flowmasters, and 3.73 gears installed. And it's only got 46,000 miles! Sorry to sound like a salesman, but I want to switch and need a little more information. The two test drives went great and everything seems to work.

P.S. Is the 2000 GT still a t-45 or is it the 3650? I had a problem with my T-45 when I bought the vert.
 
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we love ours. previous owner did change IAC once, my 99 has had it changed twice and cleaned countless times since new.

T45 is your tranny, I have had no problems with mine and it has 80+k of total disregard for its well being
 
what is a IAC, and what does it do? also, how do i know if mine needs replacing? i have a 2000 and no probs so far after a year and a half (bought it at 7K miles and it now has 21k)
 
IAC

DerekStangGT said:
what is a IAC, and what does it do? also, how do i know if mine needs replacing? i have a 2000 and no probs so far after a year and a half (bought it at 7K miles and it now has 21k)

IAC...............Idle Air Controller
When they go bad they'll cause your car to stall often, at stoplights and such.


I had to replace mine as well...My 2000 GT is only driven on the weekends it has 30,000 miles. You will defiently love the 2000 GTs, I have had no transmission problems and it's only been in for oil changes minus the IAC controller.
 
Go Heels said:
IAC...............Idle Air Controller
When they go bad they'll cause your car to stall often, at stoplights and such.


I had to replace mine as well...My 2000 GT is only driven on the weekends it has 30,000 miles. You will defiently love the 2000 GTs, I have had no transmission problems and it's only been in for oil changes minus the IAC controller.

i stall somtimes when the car is still cold :shrug:
 
Stalling when Cold

That is exactly what mine did when it started to go bad. Eventually my car started cutting off everytime I pressed the clutch in.. :bang:

I'll have to look through my receits to see how much it was to have it replaced at the dealership, I also had them clean the intake as well. I think the guy that had the car before I bought it ran crappy gas through it too much.
 
Go Heels said:
That is exactly what mine did when it started to go bad. Eventually my car started cutting off everytime I pressed the clutch in.. :bang:

I'll have to look through my receits to see how much it was to have it replaced at the dealership, I also had them clean the intake as well. I think the guy that had the car before I bought it ran crappy gas through it too much.

dang, that sux. yeah i would appreciate the cost of the "procedure". i really dont wanna spend a lot for this little thing.
 
I've only had a few problems with my 00GT, which were repaired under warranty. I've had to change the IAC once (no problems since that). I also had a one fuel injector to go out (repaired under warranty). The only real big problem with mine was it had a leak in the rear of the car. I had it looked at and it was found were "Ford quality was not job 1" and that the trunk area was not sealed up completely. Look in your trunk were the weather stripping is you'll c 2 notches, one on each side of the trunk area not the trunk lid. They should be sealed with silicon. Well the one on my driver side was not sealed. It was completely open. So all the rain, car washes my Stang went through would leak into the spare tire well, the rear seats and under the driver's seat. It had rained so much one month I could go fishing behind my seat. Anyway Ford had the leak sealed and replaced the entire interior @ no cost to me. So now I'm happy with the car. No problems since that last repair and at the rate of me modifying the car I'll have all that factory Ford crap out of the car and replaced with aftermarket stuff :banana: .