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Has anybody heard of this?

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  • Start date Start date Aug 27, 2005

Adrenal

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My friend Jason who has an identical '05GT to mine came over today and
during our conversation told me that his girl friend was following him
one day at 70+ MPH and noticed the rear bumper seemed to be very
loose and moving in and out very quickly and that she thought the
license plate was about to come loose.

After stopping, he checked the bumper, pulling it from the bottom under
the license plate and it was very "loose". After checking it out he was told
it was common only to GT bumpers. He took it to his dealer and they knew
about it and put some sort of bracing on it and now it is very solid.

I tested my bumper and it is also very sloppy. Has anybody else heard
of this and if so what was done to correct it?


GTYUP V8
 

05 BLK-BLK

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Mines a bit sloppy as well. My T/A was the same way...I just got up under the rear and installed a few zip ties. I'll probably take it in and have Ford deal with it however.
 

DukeOfValencia

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Mine's the same. I had a look under the bumper and there is a weak little bracket held in place with "push-in" style clips. Bad design. I plan to take it in to see what they can do.
 

Adrenal

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Here are some pics Jason sent me showing the added support bracing his
dealer added to his rear bumper.

http://2005stang.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=225&pos=0

http://2005stang.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=225&pos=1

http://2005stang.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=225&pos=2
 
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