Well, getting this 2023 ST was an excercise in patience, ordered in March, received in December. It has also unfortunately been a complete lemon.
Problems:
1) Knocking noise at low speed passenger side when going over bumps and cracks. Replaced the entire passenger side front suspension to resolve. Ended up being the steering knuckle and strut I guess.
2) ACM continually fails. Limited sound being output on drivers side. Bluetooth calls result in severe static from drivers side. Right turn signal creates buzzing noise in drivers side speaker when on bluetooth call. Brake pedal application results in high pitch noise from speaker. Still unresolved. Checked an extensive list of connections and pins looking for faults to no avail and ended up finding the ACM was at fault. They replaced the ACM and it fixed the issue for a period of time them the drivers side speakers made a loud pop on a phone call and all the symptoms came back.
3) High pitch electrical whine on drivers side (at all times). Increases in volume when the brake is applied. No clue why this would be happening but it seems like it started after then messed around with the wiring harness. High pitched like those rodent deterrent devices.
4) Chassis resonance/vibration at highway speeds, primarily heard on drivers side. At first I thought it was maybe the Pirelli tires but it does the same thing with the Michelins. Between 84-87kmph there is a noise that can only be described as someone blowing on a bottle. You can feel a vibration in the floor. It basically goes away until you get over 110kmph. Found that some Ford tech decided to cut a hole in the undercarriage cover to access an electrical connection instead of dropping it. So now the connection is open to the salty snowy road spray. Other theory I have is there is lacking an isolation kit somewhere and the road vibrations are inducing the noise into the chassis.
5) Under hard acceleration, particularly going up a grade there is horrible grinding noise coming from under the car in the region of the center console/passenger seat. This is a new discovery. We'll see what they find out.
6) Door lock indicator rattle on passenger side. All you have to do is press down on the nub and it goes away until the next to you lock the door.
7) Somebody either dropped the tire into the car or hit it during it's month long stay at the dealership. Wrecked the PPF and scratched the wheel well trim. Not the end of the world but just another blight on this cars history.
I won't even mention how terrible the sync system is or the general stupid layout of the gauge cluster is. Like you have to be completely useless to feel that any of those layouts are a good use of space, but I knew that going into it. Other than these issues I love the car more than anything I've driven and really want to keep it but I'm starting to think I'm better off ditching the cursed thing and taking a loss.
Anyone else on here had any of these issues, had them resolved, or have any idea what might be the cause?
Problems:
1) Knocking noise at low speed passenger side when going over bumps and cracks. Replaced the entire passenger side front suspension to resolve. Ended up being the steering knuckle and strut I guess.
2) ACM continually fails. Limited sound being output on drivers side. Bluetooth calls result in severe static from drivers side. Right turn signal creates buzzing noise in drivers side speaker when on bluetooth call. Brake pedal application results in high pitch noise from speaker. Still unresolved. Checked an extensive list of connections and pins looking for faults to no avail and ended up finding the ACM was at fault. They replaced the ACM and it fixed the issue for a period of time them the drivers side speakers made a loud pop on a phone call and all the symptoms came back.
3) High pitch electrical whine on drivers side (at all times). Increases in volume when the brake is applied. No clue why this would be happening but it seems like it started after then messed around with the wiring harness. High pitched like those rodent deterrent devices.
4) Chassis resonance/vibration at highway speeds, primarily heard on drivers side. At first I thought it was maybe the Pirelli tires but it does the same thing with the Michelins. Between 84-87kmph there is a noise that can only be described as someone blowing on a bottle. You can feel a vibration in the floor. It basically goes away until you get over 110kmph. Found that some Ford tech decided to cut a hole in the undercarriage cover to access an electrical connection instead of dropping it. So now the connection is open to the salty snowy road spray. Other theory I have is there is lacking an isolation kit somewhere and the road vibrations are inducing the noise into the chassis.
5) Under hard acceleration, particularly going up a grade there is horrible grinding noise coming from under the car in the region of the center console/passenger seat. This is a new discovery. We'll see what they find out.
6) Door lock indicator rattle on passenger side. All you have to do is press down on the nub and it goes away until the next to you lock the door.
7) Somebody either dropped the tire into the car or hit it during it's month long stay at the dealership. Wrecked the PPF and scratched the wheel well trim. Not the end of the world but just another blight on this cars history.
I won't even mention how terrible the sync system is or the general stupid layout of the gauge cluster is. Like you have to be completely useless to feel that any of those layouts are a good use of space, but I knew that going into it. Other than these issues I love the car more than anything I've driven and really want to keep it but I'm starting to think I'm better off ditching the cursed thing and taking a loss.
Anyone else on here had any of these issues, had them resolved, or have any idea what might be the cause?
