Fan stayed on?

Hotter weather. The fan will stay on until it reaches a cooler temp.

Yea, the problem is with most cars, the gauge is actually a gauge, not just a useless needle. On our vehicles, whenever the temp. is within a certain range, it stays in the same position. It won't look like the vehicle is overheating by looking at the temperature gauge unless you're seriously at the overheating point.

Most electric fans have a range.. i.e. the fan will come on with the intent of bringing the coolant temp down by 20 degrees. If it fails to do so, it'll run until it receives the signal saying it's down 20 degrees. I personally live in Tucson and travel frequently between here and Phoenix, on sickly hot days (110+ ambient temp).. and I've never had it stay on when I shut down, even after idling in traffic with the a/c on, but maybe your cooling abilities are down a little bit from when the vehicle was brand new.

sgarlic said:

Yea, the problem is with most cars, the gauge is actually a gauge, not just a useless needle. On our vehicles, whenever the temp. is within a certain range, it stays in the same position. It won't look like the vehicle is overheating by looking at the temperature gauge unless you're seriously at the overheating point.

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Same goes for the Oil Gauge.

I wish the cluster was actually functional...and gave readings instead of a .5" range of NORMAL.

Yea.. Ford really didn't think of the true stang enthusiasts when they designed that cluster. Leave it to Ford though.