Battery Cable Problems of Ford Mustang

My car was parked after driving around 2 miles and had been off for around 2 hours. When I returned to car, it would not start and gave me a message saying key was required. Dashboard lights, radio, air blower came on but engine would not turnover, just made clicking sound. I thought key fob was problem so tried the spare one. While waiting for husband to bring extra fob I noticed air coming out of bents smelled like sulpher. When spare fob did not fix problem, we checked the battery and found that the positive battery terminal had excessive corrosion and it was so hot that it was bubbling and the teninal bolt had completely corroded and fell off upon touch. Upon inspection, we also saw that the corrosion had also damaged the end of the battery cable. Five days prior my vehichle would not start after driving around 30 minutes and also said "key required" but when I took the fob apart th o look for battery and put it back together my car started on the next try. Other than that incident, there had been no prior warning that anything was wrong with the battery and I had no issues starting my car.

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Complete lighting failure while traveling at night. While driving home all of my lights began to flicker then completely failed, no headlights tail lights dash ( seemed to be a complete electrical failure ) initially thought engine had quit but no it was still running. I did get an engine code indicator light on the dash. Once pulled over I checked the battery cables both were tight still no lights in the process I had put the car in park, transmission locked in park. After a short while lights came back on . Everything seemed normal so I resumed my attempt to reach home however a few miles down the road it did it again. Next day I took the vehicle into the dealership where they told me they had to reprogram the computer. Vehicle so far has operated fine so far. Not sure if the problem was related to the chips in the keys or the anti theft system however if this had occurred on a remote road or highway it could very well have caused an accident. I had no electrical period including the emergency flashers. The battery , alternator , and fuses were all functional.

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1. Prior unrelated discussion with a tow truck driver advised me that he has had to tow in a couple of cars that are the same make and model as mine. He advised me that the positive battery cable were failing. He advised me to check it. 2. I checked my positive battery cable connection to the battery yesterday. There was severe corrosion and 1/2 of the connecting clamp was eaten away by corrosion at the positive side of the battery/cable. 3. I cleaned the connection as best I could but I will be calling Ford as vehicle is only 1 year old. Cable needs to be replaced before failure. There appears to be a problem as why is this happening in only 1 year? replacement of this cable seems to be only a temporarily fix.

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I have a 2000 Ford Mustang v6, and I have an ongoing problem that the dealer (magic Ford, in valencia CA its been in the dealer four times) cant fix and cant find out whats wrong with the car. Whenever I drove the car and it gets hot and when I shut off the engine and try restarting the car, and the car would not start, I have to wait until the engine cool off, then the car would start, it happened to me when I stopped at the grocery store, and try starting the car and it would not start, same thing when I stopped at the gasoline station, I have to wait until it gets cool off before the would start again. Here are the history of the ongoing problem, the first time I took the car to the dealer when it was still under the warranty, the dealer told me that they dont know the problem because the computer would not give out any code, so they cant fix the car, but they know that the car would not start. Second time I brought the car to the dealer, they found out that it was the key, and the ignition, so they have to reprogram the key to send signal to the ignition, (I have to pay because it was out of the warranty, when they could have fixed the problem in the first time. ) third time I took the car to the dealer they said the fuel pump was loose and the battery cable was loose (I dont think so) a week later, fourth time I took the car back, still doesnt know whats wrong with the car, its been in the dealer for 3 days now. I dont know what Im going to do with this car. Please advice.

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