Are ford mustangs bad in rainy or snowy weather?

Question

I am looking into getting a ford mustang, but I have heard that they are not good in bad weather and are really bad in wrecks.

Answer 1

ARGUABLE. The Ford Mustang is a rear-wheel drive. The powerplant sends torque to the rear wheels via a drive shaft. They move the car while the front wheels steer.
In a front wheel drive car, the front wheels have the powerplant torque, they drive and steer the car.

The topic is arguable because it depends on who you talk to. I am a four cylinder "import tuner guy", comfortable with front wheel drive, but many muscle car v8 enthusiasts swear by a rear wheel drive. ( The car I drive is an All-wheel drive TSi turbo Talon.)
When a RWD(rear wheel drive) loses control, the front skids side-to side. When a FWD(front-wheel drive) loses control, the rear end skids side-to-side.
Inexperienced drivers find FWD easier to gain control with when they lose their s***.
However, most VERY experienced drivers, as well as ALL race car drivers, prefer the controls of a rear-wheel drive.

I would say go with a FWD unless you would like to practice controlled-slides (drifting).

Answer 2

I have a 1999 40th Anniversary issue mustang. I love the car, but it has what is called trac loc. I don't have a positive trac rear end( where both wheels in the rear pull) only single trac, but with the trac lock it the computer senses if one wheel is spinning and not getting traction and it will activate the other wheel for a short time to get you out of a mud hole or something to that effect.
It works pretty well, but if the road is wet when you are pulling out from a stop sign or just having to get out into traffic quickly, it will bark the tires and spin even if I try hard not to. It is just the nature of the thing as a sports car. It is made to get going and get going fast.
Driving on snow and ice is a joke. It will not stop, no matter what. If it is going and you put on the brakes with pump and stop kind of recommended stuff for putting on brakes in the snow, it will slow down to a crawl, but to stop it is not going to do it. The wheels lock up and it slides and slides and slides. The only way I kept from rearends vehicles in front of me when I got caught in a snow storm at work was to turn it slightly to the right or left if it would turn that way. It was a hairy trip home and i have not driven it in the snow since. And I probably never will, but I won't give up my little horsey for a few days of snow driving out of the 365 in a year.
I was told if I put chains on it would stop that completely or studded tires. I have another vehicle that is a four wheel drive and so I just drive it in snowy weather, but the gas mileage on it really stinks. The mustang get 27 miles to the gallon on the interstate and around 21 in town and it is 7 years old and never had to have a plug replaced yet.
In short, mustangs are great, I love mine and in 2009 I am going to get the 50th anniversary edition if I can bear to give up the one I already have!

Answer 3

I have a convertible Ford Mustang and live in Chicago, Illinois where we have really bad weather. Ford Mustangs happen to have the highest safety rating concerning rollover accidents. Due to the wide wheel base and low height apparently this car is one of the safest for it's size. I love this car, and always am happy when summer comes so that I can put the top down. If you buy one, enjoy!

Answer 4

Not so bad in rainy weather, but in snowy weather yes. This is because all Ford Mustangs are rear wheel drive (RWD). Meaning that the rear end can easily spin out of control, for a very safe vehicle, it should be a front wheel drive (FWD). So it pulls itself and not propels itself. Will be alot better in bad weather.

Answer 5

You heard right. As a matter of fact depending on one's perspective, they can be bad in any weather. If you are of Jewish ancestry, check the ashtray for your ancestors. Henry Ford was a mohjor proponent of anti-semitic thought and propaganda in the United States, and even had a newspaper devoted to this hideous purpose. They are also significant gas guzzlers in spite of their small size.

I had a Mustang as my first vehicle. ( Before I knew more.) I will never own another. I am not sure to this day which was the most awful, the car or the dealerships that I took it to for all the repairs.

Answer 6

No but most drivers are. I owned a 1965 Mustang 289V8 4 speed transmission, I drove it in rain snow and on ice and had no problems. People just fail to use good driving skills and good sense, during bad weather It is always the car they drive at fault.

Answer 7

If mustangs are still built with rear-wheel-drive, you're going to find they slither around when the road is slippery. The reason is that if you give it more gas, you're giving power to rear wheels which will spin them, not pull forward like a front-wheel-drive car. You'll need to learn to drive differently in bad weather...the way all of us old folks had to learn when all cars were rear-wheel-drive. RE: accidents, the best advice, of course, is not to get into one. I tend to think the Mustang's accident performance statistics reflect the fact that reckless drivers are more likely to buy Mustangs and get them into accidents through their own driver error.

Answer 8

I drive a v6 Mustang. It's somehow worse in rainy weather than snowy. Hydroplaning is ridiculously common.

Answer 9

Yes, they SUCK in rainy and snowy weather. The V6 isn't that bad, but the rest are terrible. As for wrecks, they do pretty good because they are so big.

Answer 10

A friend of mine has a newer mustang and say's that it is horrible in rainy weather and doesnt even try to drive it in snow