After weeks and weeks of seaching for a dealer who would honor the X plan on a GT, I finally located one 80 miles from my home who had several GT's in stock. I saw exactly what I wanted on Ford Vehicles .com and even viewed the sticker over the internet. I arranged to purchase the car and picked it up last night. The salesman went over a few things about the car and I was on my way , a very happy camper. When I got home I decided to figure out the My Color display. Well, even though the sticker specifically stated " Interior Upgrade Package " at a price of $450.00 there is no MCD . All of the other components of the package are there including the 6 gauge insturment cluster , aluminum dash trim , shifter **** , door scuffs , everything except the controls for the display. This car was just built in Feb. and delivered to the dealer a couple of days ago. Has anyone had this experience also ? Is this how Ford is getting around the lawsuit or is my dealer trying to pull a fast one by adding the components. Seems like an awful lot of trouble to change out the gauge cluster and add everything else. The dealership will be my first phone call this morning , I guarantee you that !!

 

That's the first I've ever heard of that. I didn't think it was physically possible (unless disabling through the computer) to have the IUP without MYColor. I would guess there is a glitch with it and the service department will be able to take care of it for you. Good luck.

 

Congrats on your new ride! Regarding the MC, was the IUP listed on the factory sticker or was it listed on a dealer sticker as a dealer-installed option? Even if it is the latter, I haven't heard of any 6-gauge clusters without MC, unless the dealer installed the option and didn't hook up the MC controls, if this is possible.

Hopefully one call to your dealer will straighten this out for you!

 

It sounds like someone on the assembly line forgot to install the buttons. I'd think if the buttons were installed, the system will work. The wiring for the buttons is already in place.

 

Does the message center work? The same controls work the My Color.

 

Take it back to the dealer... looks like it was built on a Friday

Hopefully they'll install the buttons

 

Sorry to hear that. Although I must ask. As important as My Color is to the IUP, why would you have not checked that option out with salesperson, before you signed to purchase the Vehicle?

 

That is weird.. because "the parts man" (KC) was able to add MY Color to his stang that came completely without IUP by simply adding the cluster and the buttons. Theres a thread (sticky) regarding his installation in the Interior section of the forums if you want to check it out. :scratch:

 

You should. If it didn't have the MyColor display, the dealer should've notified you. Good luck, and tell us how it went.

 

ohh id be furious. the mycolor is a must for me and that car better have it my dealer is ordering it for me

 

Sounds like a mistake at the factory to me.

 

If it has the 6 gauge cluster it has MC.
Make sure you have the buttons.
Personally, I would have prefered the IUP without the MC feature.

 

Well , the dealer checked the invoice and sure enough, it was supposed to have My Color. The only thing missing are the control buttons above the radio, so hopefully all that they need to do is install the control buttons on the dash and I will be good to go. They assured me that Ford will do everything necessary to correct the problem and that their guess is that it was a factory error. And yes , the car was built on Friday 2-02-05 !!

 

Doh!

 

Amazing that this happened. Wonder if speed of production has had a negative effect on quality. My wife's new V6 was missing some screws holding the trim at the rear of the trunk. Hopefully only the buttons are missing. Please keep us posted.

 

 

With all of today's computerized, robotic assembly devices used throughout the process - including quality checks - how exactly is it that these automobiles can still suffer from "built on Friday" problems? UAW "It's Friday, let's knock off early" rule?

How does something like that get out of the factory? Obviously, there's no simple quality check inspection after the vehicles are built...which is something the import manufacturers insist upon.

God, we're growing fat and lazy in North America.

 

You better check your calendar again. 2/02/05 was a Wednesday!

 

I take it there are no buttons to change the readout of the message center or to reset the trip odometer, either?

 

I'm sorry , it was built on 2-04-05 ( Friday )