Clutch Pedal/linkage problems of the 2015 Ford Mustang

The clutch pedal of my Mustang failed at just over 90,000 miles. I was driving in my neighborhood when the pedal was no longer able to be operated safely and required twisting my leg in order to push the pedal down. After limping the vehicle home, I inspected the pedal and found that weld that joined one side of the pedal arm to the pivot bar had broken off completely, and the other side had cracked. This allowed significant lateral movement of the pedal, which caused it to hang up in the assembly when pushing it in. There was no abuse loading of the pedal through the life of the car. As a mechanical engineer, I can say with confidence that the weld that broke off was bad/cold, and that once it broke, shifted all the pedal loads to the other side, resulting in its failure. This design is not robust to typical manufacturing quality variations due to the welds being only 90 deg around the circumference. My failure is only one of dozens that have been reported in model specific forums and on social media. I have encouraged others with this issue to report theirs.

2015 Ford Mustang gt premium with performance pack and all options. The car has 28000 miles and I purchased it April 15, 2015. At that time it had a little over 26000 miles. The following is what's happening. May 4, 2017 I heard a popping noise coming from the clutch pedal while driving to work. It did it during the day so I pulled the vehicle into my shop to look at the clutch pedal to see where the noise was coming from. The link from the clutch master cylinder to the pedal was lose and making a popping noise. I re secured the link by pressing the rod back onto the pedal. Saturday may 6, 2017 at 11:12 am the noise came back and while driving I pushed the pedal fast four times and the link came lose while driving. I coasted to a stop and look at the pedal again and saw that the master cylinder push rod came completely off. I reconnected it and before I continue driving the car contacted courtesy Ford in conyers, GA and set up an appointment Monday may 8, 2017 at 7 am. Also doing this time the vehicle cut off several times. It happens when I'm sitting at a light and the vehicle is idling, coasting in neutral, coming to a stop, turning. The vehicle has cut off at least 11 times and I have documented it. Also I recorded two videos with my phone. After the vehicle continued to stall, I decided to park the vehicle for the week end and plan to take it to the Ford dealer for these and other problems.