By Eve 
Ford just dropped a bombshell: over a thousand fire-breathing Mustangs with dealer-installed superchargers might have a dangerous glitch. These aren’t your grandma’s grocery-getters; we’re talking about 1,048 high-octane beasts packing Whipple’s 3.0-liter blower kits, the kind that turn Ford’s Coyote V8 into an absolute animal with 810 horsepower.
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Turns out, the problem isn’t the supercharger itself—it’s the performance tune messing with the car’s brains. The aftermarket tweaks can override the failsafes meant to stop runaway acceleration. Normally, if a throttle sticks open, the computer slams the brakes on the party. But with this wonky calibration? The engine keeps screaming even when your foot’s off the gas.
No wrecks (thankfully), but Ford isn’t taking chances: they’re telling owners to park these stallions until dealers can flash the fix. And let’s be real—if you dropped five figures on this kit, you definitely didn’t expect a software hiccup to bench your ride.
At $10,500 a pop, this ain’t some backyard eBay special. The kit’s legit—twin-screw blower, intercooler, the works—and usually bulletproof when installed right. But modern muscle cars? They’re more silicon than steel these days. One rogue line of code, and suddenly your pavement-chewing monster forgets how to behave.
Dealers are already on it, rolling out updates before these Mustangs turn into unplanned rockets. It’s a wake-up call: when you push factory tuning to the edge, sometimes the software can’t keep up with the horsepower.
Shawn Henry