[Illini]

Is this a regular ford dealership or a used car lot? If it's a ford dealership I'd think for the sake of selling a car they could hook it up to a scanner and pull the codes to determine the problem. seeing how it's used , the ses light could be a bad o2 sensor or the previous owner might have put on an offroad pipe and didn't get the mil eleminator(does away with the ses light). The gas cap could be loose and that could cause the light to come on, but thats easy to fix, just check it. But the "car could have been filled while it was running" excuse is crap. I do that all the time and the only thing mine does is take a while for the fuel needle to come up, 5-10 minutes, instantly if you turn the car off. As far as the clutch pedal pressure goes, thats fairly subjective. My pedal feels light to me but I'm used to manuals that are in heavy duty applications, it might feel heavy to you and light for me. Have a friend that is more experienced test drive to see if it's you or the pedal is really firm. If it's is firm it could have an aftermarket clutch( most performance clutches are heavy) in it or the cable/quadrant could be rubbing( eating through the outer sheath). I doubt that since it has so few miles on it. No flame intended but I suspect that it's probably just you. My girl's eclipse's clutch could be manipulated by a 5 yr old. If your used to something like that the stang's clutch would seem heavy> What ever you do don't buy it until they pull codes for the ses light. Good luck.