2011 Ford Mustang complaints

UNABLE TO SHIFT CAR IN REVERSE AT FIRST ( TRYING TO BACK INTO PARKING SPACE. ) THEN COULD NOT GET THE CAR INTO ANY GEAR AT ALL FOR ABOUT 30 TO 60 SECS. *TR

I HAVE A 2011 FORD MUSTANG SHELBY GT500 AND I WAS WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT FINALLY I HAD A CLEAR SHOT TO GO I STARTED TO GO TURNING LEFT WENT TO SHIFT IT IN 2ND GEAR AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO 2ND IT JUST GRINDED FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN WENT INTO GEAR SECONDS BEFORE A CAR WAS COMING AND SLAMMED ON ITS BRAKES BARLEY HITTING ME. THEN ANYTIME AND EVERYTIME I MERGE INTO TRAFFIC GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY SHIFTING FROM 4TH TO 5TH GEAR MY 5TH GEAR GRINDS OR DISAPPEARS AND I SOMETIMES GET RAN OFF THE HIGH ONE TIME I ALMOST GOT REARENDED. MY REVERSE AND 5TH GEAR WERE GRINDING BAD AROUND 1700 MILES BROUGHT IT TO FORD THEY REPLACED 5TH REVERSE FORKS AND SYNCROS STILL DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM STILL DOES IT TODAY AT 2700 MILES. PLEASE HELP ME THANKS. *TR

AC COMPRESSOR CLUTCH WENT OUT CAUSING COMPRESSOR MOTOR TO LOCK UP SENDING METAL SHAVINGS INTO AC! *JS

UNSUSPECTING SHIFT ISSUE, SOME WHAT DANGEROUS. SHIFTING PROBLEM, ALMOST OVERNIGHT 24 HOUR PERIOD. DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT, 6 SPEED MANUAL. REPEATED TECHNICAL SERVICE REPORTS FOUND ONLINE, ABOUT FLUID, ABOUT BOLTS LOOSING, SHEERING OF PINS AND SIMILAR ISSUES WITH 6 SPEED TRANS. FORD WON'T DISCUSS FIXING ANYTHING, I AM TOLD THAT "ABUSE" HAS CAUSED THE ISSUES. I AM LOOKING INTO REPAIRS AT PRIVATE SHOP. FORD NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THERE SHORT COMINGS, AND NOT DUMP IT ON CONSUMERS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN A THUMPING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE. THE VEHICLE STEERED TO THE RIGHT DESPITE THE CONTACT HOLDING THE STEERING WHEEL IN A STRAIGHT POSITION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE PROPERLY AND EMITTED A BANGING NOISE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE ALSO FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE MULTIPLE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,500.

MT-82 TRANSMISSION HAS BEGUN TO WHINE . *TR

THE OPERATING FREQUENCY OF PWM (PULSE WIDTH MODULATION) LED'S (LIGHT EMITTING DIODE) IS TOO LOW FOR SOME VIEWERS! THE EXTERNAL LIGHTING DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO. 108 SPECIFIES THAT LAMPS MUST BE STEADY BURNING. FORD HAS FAILED TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT MAKING FOR A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE FOR NIGHT TIME DRIVING. THIS AFFECTS THEM AND OTHER DRIVERS BEING NEAR THIS VEHICLE WITH THE DIMINISHED SAFETY MARGIN. NOTE: ALL NEWER FORD'S (CAR'S, POLICE CARS, BUSES, TOW TRUCKS, TRUCK, ETC...) USING LED'S ARE AT FAULT, THE OPERATING FREQUENCY IS TO LOW MAKING FOR A VERY DANGEROUS NIGHT TIME SITUATION!!!!! THIS MUST BE REVIEWED AND CORRECTED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT AT APPROXIMATELY 6PM ON 1 MARCH 2012. I SHIFTED FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND WHEN I DID, THE CLUTCH PEDAL STAYED ON THE FLOOR. I COULD SMELL EXCESSIVE CLUTCH WEAR AFTER THE INCIDENT. I AM THANKFUL THAT I AM AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY. NOW THE CLUTCH STAYS ENGAGED AND YOU CAN NOT SHIFT IN TO ANY GEAR WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING. FORD HAS REFUSED TO WARRANTY THE REPAIRS. MILEAGE AT THE TIME 27,000. *TR

I READ SEVERAL DETAILS ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING DIFFICULTY SHIFTING IN HIGH REVS OR WHEN DRIVING FAST BUT I DO NEITHER. I TRAVEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER AND END UP REDUCING MY SPEED IN ORDER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGE OR EVEN SPEED UP JUST TO "HUNT" FOR THE NEXT GEAR. ON THREE OCCASIONS THIS HAS CAUSED ME CONCERN WHILE DRIVING ON SURFACE STREETS BECASUE TRAFFIC IS HEAVY AND SOME PEOPLE DRIVE VERY FAST AND CLOSE. I AM GETTING READY (NEXT WEEK) TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM EXAMINE THE PROBLEM BECASUE IT IS CAUSING ME CONCERN ABOUT MY SAFERTY AND THAT OF FAMILY MEMBERS. MY WIFE DOES NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT ANYMORE BECASUE SHE WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING SHIFTING DIFFICULTIES. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A VIBRATION OCCURRING WHILE SHIFTING OR GETTING READY TO SHIFT THAT HAS NEVER OCCURRED IN ANY OTHER MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED. *TR

WHEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON A STRAIT LEVEL ROAD DOING 25 MPH I TAPPED THE BRAKES THEN MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SURGE FORWARD AND BACK. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE CAR WAS HAVING ISSUES. WHEN I WENT TO PULL OVER I PRESSED THE BRAKE AND IT WAS HARD LIKE A ROCK AND WAS PULSATING, I THEN KICKED THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD AND EVERYTHING RETURNED TO NORMAL. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR THE 3RD TIME AND THEY SAID NO PROBLEM FOUND. *TR

THE "SERVICE AUTOTRACK" LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS PULLING OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE IN THE MORNING, AND THE POWER TO THE BACK WHEELS WAS REDUCED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE, AND WAS INFORMED OF A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE GPAS SYSTEM THAT COULD CAUSE THE STEERING TO FAIL. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE VEHICLE, AS IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THIS GPAS SYSTEM DEFECT. FORD IS NOT CURRENTLY MANUFACTURING REPLACEMENT GPAS SYSTEMS, THEY HAVE OUTSOURCED TO AN OUTSIDE COMPANY (PER THE FORD CUSTOMER CARE REPRESENTATIVE) AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE SIX WEEKS TO GET THE PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,009 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,950.

AFTER SEVERAL MILES UPHILL, THE VEHICLE HAD BEGUN TO TRAVEL DOWNHILL. AFTER LESS THAN ONE MILE, THE STEERING WAS UNRESPONSIVE; DRIVER'S INPUT ASSUMED HYDRAULIC RESPONSE. THERE WAS NONE. THE VEHICLE HIT THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN; VERY NARROW SHOULDER DIDN'T ALLOW FOR ERROR. THE CAR OVERTURNED. THE 'BLACK BOX' LOCATED IN THE STEERING WHEEL COLLECTS A VOLUME OF DATA EXCEPT ONE IMPORTANT FACT: STEERING WHEEL ANGLE. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS POSITIONED TO MISS THE MOUNTAIN BUT NOT TO ENTER THE ON-COMING LANE. THE STEERING DIDN'T REACT. WHY WAS THIS ESSENTIAL DATA NOT RECORDED WHEN MANY OTHER TRIVIAL COMPUTATIONS ARE PRESENT? I BELIEVE FORD UNDERSTANDS THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM AND OMITS THE STEERING WHEEL ANGLE BECAUSE OF LIABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS RENTED FROM HERTZ. THEY FAILED TO ADVISE THE CUSTOMER OF THE SLOW RESPONSE OF ELECTRONIC STEERING. SECOND: PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS POSITIONED HIGH AND THE HEADREST PROTRUDES, MAKING AN OCCUPANT OF AVERAGE SIZE 'SLOUCH' TO AVOID THE UNCOMFORTABLE STRAP. REGARDLESS, THE SEAT BELT TRAVELS ALONG THE PASSENGER'S NECK AND TIGHTENS WHEN THE VEHICLE OVERTURNS. THE 'ACCIDENT' CAUSED AN 85% CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION. MY WIFE SPENT 10 DAYS IN A TRAUMA CENTER BECAUSE OF THIS HORRIBLY POSITIONED SEAT BELT AND UNRESPONSIVE STEERING. A FRIEND WHO HAS A DOCTORATE IN NURSING ADVISED US DURING THE HOSPITALIZATION. SHE RECENTLY RENTED A MUSTANG AND WAS WORRIED WHEN THE STRAP BISECTED HER THROAT. GO SIT IN ONE! IT'S ALL THE EVIDENCE YOU NEED. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL

THE CAR BEGAN TO HAVE INTERMITTENT SHIFTING PROBLEMS ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AND THEN LURCH AND MAKE A POPPING NOISE (FIRST TIME IT DID THIS, I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD BUMPED MY CAR IN TRAFFIC). I DISMISSED IT THE FIRST FEW TIMES IT HAPPENED. THEN IT BEGAN TO HAPPEN ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS, NOT AS BAD AS THE FEW PRIOR TIMES BUT MORE FREQUENTLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BACK IN JULY OR AUGUST 2011 AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER THAT I TOOK THE CAR IN 3 MORE TIMES AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. FINALLY THIS WEEK, I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND NOW THEIR CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT IS HANDLING MY CASE. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE TUESDAY AND I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY THEY THINK IT IS A BAD SHIFTING SOLENOID AND HAVE ORDERED THE PART. I'M NOT EVEN CONFIDENT AS THIS POINT, IF REPLACING THE SOLENOID IS GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. I WANTED TO MAKE A COMPLAINT AS I KNOW YOU ARE INVESTIGATING FORD MUSTANGS FOR THE SHIFTING ISSUES. I AM CONCERNED AS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND ACCELERATE. I BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY REASON THE ISSUES ON MY CAR HAVE FINALLY BEEN ADDRESSED IS BECAUSE I CALLED FORD DIRECTLY. IT APPEARS ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE ON LINE, FORD MAY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE SHIFTING PROBLEMS SINCE MID LAST YEAR BUT THE CONSUMER HAS B

JUST A FEW OF THE ISSUES I HAD WHILE MY CAR . I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH MY CAR AFTER I ALMOST GOT KILLED TWICE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT DOWN SHIFT INTO LOWER GEARS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TRANS WILL LOOK UP ONCE SHIFTER IS IN BETWEEN GEARS AND WILL NOT GO INTO GEARS STILL SPEED AND RPM SLOW DOWN. MOST EVIDENT WHEN TRYING TO GO FROM 6TH TO 4TH. I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT TWICE BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO DOWN SHIFT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HAD A CRACKED RIM THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A CASTING DEFECT. HAD A TICKING IN THE ENGINE AFTER LONG TRIPS. . 5.0 SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL. *TR

PURCHASED NEW 2011 MUSTANG GT. BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH GEARS BEING VERY NOTCHY AND DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. I HAVE HAD 2 ACCOUNTS WHERE I WAS NEARLY REARENDED WHILE COMING OFF A YIELD DUE TO THE FACT THAT 4TH GEAR WOULD NOT SHIFT IN PLACE. 4TH GEAR CONSISTENTLY LOCKS AT HIGH RPM, 5TH GEAR GRINDS, AND ALL GEARS ARE HARD TO MANAGE IN BELOW 60 DEGREE TEMPERATURES. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A MONTH AND A HALF, GOT IT BACK AND WITHIN 2 WEEKS THE SAME PROBLEMS AROSE. CURRENTLY BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP. FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO RESOLVE THIS RECURRING ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR... FIRST AT A LITTLE OVER 1000 MILES THE CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO FIRST OR REVERSE WITHOUT A LOT OF FORCING AND DOUBLE CLUTCHING... LOCAL DEALER SAID OF WE NEED TO SWAP YOUR TRANSMISSION FLUID TO FULL SYTHETIC AND IT'LL WORK LIKE NEW. THAT DID NOTHING SOON THE CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO FOURTH GEAR AND WOULDN'T DOWNSHIFT TO THIRD GEAR EITHER. IT WENT BACK TO.THE SHOP THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT EVEN THE TECH SAID IT WASNT 100% FIXED AND THAT IT MAY PERIODICALLY MESS UP. SOON THERE REPAIRS GOT WORSE THE CAR WOULD COMPLETELY LOCK REAR WHEELS DURING SIMPLE DOWNSHIFTS OR UPSHIFTS. THEY REPAIRED AGAIN. AT ONE POINT ON THE INTESTATE IT LOCKED UP AND THE PERSON BEHIND ME LOST CONTROLL AND SPUN INTO.THE GRASS OFF THE ROAD.. IT WENT IN AGAIN FOR REPAIRS THIS TIME THE CLUTCH NEEDED ADJUSTING AND THE FIXED SOME.FAILED PARTS... THEN THE REAR STARTED LEAKING THIS PAST THANKSGIVING AND I WAS STUCK.IN MYRTLE BEACH AND THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER THERE AND THE PART THE NEEDED TO.FIX THE CAR WAS ON BACK ORDER. I'M A 22 YEAR OLD GUY WITH SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS TRYING TO.ENJOY.MYSELF BUT THE STRESS FROM THIS CAR IS KILLING ME AND THE CAR HAS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN IT... FORD SAYS THERE SORRY BUT WON'T REALLY DO.ANYTHING ITS SPENT OVER 80 DAYS IN THE SHOP. FOR SAID I NEED A LAWYER OR THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME. I HAVE FILED MULTIPLE CRC COMPLAINTS BUT.FORD CLOSES THEM WHEN THEY SAY THE CARS FIXED WHICH IT NEVER IS. CURRENTLY THE CARS

I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT AT APPROXIMATELY 8PM ON 6 JAN 2012. I SHIFTED FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND WHEN I DID, THE CLUTCH PEDAL STAYED ON THE FLOOR. I COULD SMELL EXCESSIVE CLUTCH WEAR AFTER THE INCIDENT. I AM THANKFUL THAT I AM AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY. NOW THE CLUTCH STAYS ENGAGED AND YOU CAN NOT SHIFT IN TO ANY GEAR WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING. MY CAR IS NOW PARKED AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR ALMOST ONE MONTH DUE TO WAITING PARTS COMING FROM THE STATES TO WHERE I AM STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA. THE FORD SERVICE CENTER HERE HAS BEEN VERY FRIENDLY AND WILLING TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THEY IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE AS MY CLUTCH. FINALLY, SOMETHING GAVE WITH MY MUSTANG AND HOPEFULLY CAN GET THE PROBLEM FINALLY RESOLVED AND CAN ENJOY MY CAR. *TR

CONTACT REPORTS DRIVESHAFT FAILED. PART REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. REPLACEMENT DRIVESHAFT FAILED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. DRIVESHAFTS ARE RIPPING THEMSELVES IN HALF WHERE THEY ARE STAMPED FROM THIN SHEET METAL. IF THE DRIVESHAFT FAILS WHILE DRIVING, NOT ONLY WILL THE CAR NO LONGER HAVE POWER TO MOVE BUT MAY GO OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASH. *TR

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

MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEM, MANY TIMES I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN 2ND AND 5TH GEAR THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO SHIFT WITH CLUTCH ALL THE WAY IN. IN SECOND GEAR I AM AROUND 10 MPH AND AT 5TH GEAR I AM AROUND 50 MPH - 60 MPH. DURING COLD START THE SHIFTING TO SECOND GEAR IS EVEN MORE IMPOSSIBLE AND IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT SPECIALLY WHEN CROSSING INTERSECTION BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DOES NOT GO INTO 2ND GEAR RIGHT AWAY. *TR

SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR CLUNKING SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TR

I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE TO GREEN. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT IN TO 1ST OR 2ND GEAR. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT IN TO 3RD GEAR AND GET THE CAR MOVING BEFORE COMING A ROAD HAZARD. *TR

?TRANSMISSION NOTCHINESS ?OCCASIONALLY UNABLE TO GET INTO GEARS (NOT DUE TO SKIP SHIFT) ?CLUTCH MAKES OCCASIONAL CLUNKING NOISES ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS ?COLD SHIFTING EXACERBATES PROBLEMS (WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF BY TSB) DANGEROUS EXPERIENCES: ?NOVEMBER 18TH: I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT FROM THIRD GEAR TO FOURTH GEAR AS I WAS PASSING A SEMI. I WAS UNABLE TO GET INTO GEAR (SHIFTING CORRECTLY: CLUTCH DEPRESSED, CALM SMOOTH GEAR CHANGE), AND I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AT 35+ MPH. THIS LIFE THREATENING EXPERIENCE MOVED ME TO TAKE THESE ACTIONS. ?DECEMBER 5TH: AS I WAS TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP FOR THE THIRD REPAIR ATTEMPT, I WAS TURNING LEFT AT AN INTERSECTION AND HAD TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND (AT 2000 RPM SO NO SKIP SHIFT ISSUE). I WAS UNABLE TO ENTER THE GEAR AND WAS VULNERABLE TO ACCIDENTS BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. I FINALLY SHIFTED INTO THE SECOND GEAR WITH A LOUD GRIND, AVOIDING A COLLISION WITH A BUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AND INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE CLUTCH PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH HAD BURNED OUT. AS A RESULT, THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,700.

THE CLUTCH MAKES A CRACKING NOISE. WHEN I SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST AND 3RD IT CAN BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURE. THE SYMPTOMS ARE NOT CONSISTENT. *KB

I TOOK DELIVERY ON MY 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT/CS IN LATE OCTOBER OF 2010. IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES ON IT. FROM THAT DAY FORWARD IT WAS A LITTLE STIFF TO GET IT TO GO IN TO ANY GEAR. I HAD GROWN A CUSTOM TO IT AND JUST ASSUMED IT WOULD SMOOTH OUT SINCE IT WAS A NEW CAR. NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY CAR AS A DAILY DRIVER FOR A YEAR THE ISSUES HAVE JUST INCREASED. SOMETIMES YOU CANNOT GET THE CAR TO SHIFT IN TO 1ST GEAR WITHOUT ATTEMPTING SEVERAL TIMES. IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 2011 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SHIFTED FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR AND THE CLUTCH PEDAL REMAINED ON THE FLOOR. I HAD READ ABOUT THIS BUT IT HAD NOT HAPPENED TO ME YET. SO I WAS NOT TO SHOCKED WHEN IT HAPPENED. MY CURRENT INCIDENT AS OF 19 NOV 2011 WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM 4TH TO 5TH ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO SHIFT IN TO 5TH GEAR. I HAD SLOWED DOWN AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT FROM 2ND THROUGH 6TH AND AGAIN, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT IN TO 5TH GEAR. ON 20 NOV 2011, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT IN TO ANY GEAR. I AM NOT SURE IF IT IS JUST THE TRANSMISSION OR CLUTCH, MAYBE IT IS BOTH OF THEM BUT IT IS FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW CAR AND PAY ALMOST $40,000 FOR IT AND IT DOES NOT WORK WELL. THIS IS SOMETHING I DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS AND IT HAPPENS MORE IN COLDER WEATHER FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING IN TO THIS MATTER. *TR

INABILITY TO SHIFT INTO GEARS WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC OR WHILE TURNING LEFT ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER POWER SEATS WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACK. *TR

BRAND NEW MUSTANG GT/CS 2011 HARD SHIFTING IN 1ST, 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH. HARD SHIFTING INCLUDED GRINDINGS, LOUD NOISE AND SOME TIMES SIMPLY CAN NOT SHIFT. PROBLEM IS MORE EVIDENT WHEN ENGINE IS STARTED IN THE MORNING. OCCASIONALLY WHILE SHIFTING I COULD FEEL THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS PUSHING THE SHIFT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION I AM TRYING TO SHIFT. *TR

MANY TIMES UNABLE TO SELECT AND ENGAGE GEARS WITH THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHILE ACCELERATING. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE MOST FREQUENT WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION BY PULLING OUT INTO FAST MOVING TRAFFIC, BUT UNABLE TO ACCELERATE DUE TO GEAR LOCK-OUT (USUALLY SECOND GEAR, BUT SOMETIMES THIRD AS WELL). *TR

MY 2011 MUSTANG HAS HAD SOME TRANSMISSION ISSUES FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. AFTER READING SOME OF THE FORUMS AND GETTING AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING (MANY OF WHICH I AM AS WELL), I CAN REPORT THE PROBLEM WHICH GOT NOTICEABLY WORSE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, 1. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR (EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED YOU REALLY NEED TO EXERT A LITTLE STRENGTH). 2. 1ST TO 2ND SHIFTS VERY ROCKY, AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A SMOOTH SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND WITHOUT THE CAR BUCKING. 3. WHEN SHIFTING AT A HIGHER RPM FROM THIRD TO FOURTH (SUCH AS WHEN ACCELERATING ON AN ONRAMP TO MERGE ONTO A HIGHWAY WHEN THE RPM MAY BE EXCEEDING 3500-4000 RPMS), THERE IS A TREMENDOUS GRIND IN THE SHIFT, AND TO AVOID I MUST SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL FROM THIRD WAIT A SECOND AND THEN ENGAGE INTO FOURTH. 4. WHEN DOWNSHIFTING I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END SEEMS TO BE ALMOST LOCKING UP ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED (THIS IS WITHIN THE LAST WEEK), AND ALL OF THESE ISSUES HAVE EXACERBATED THEMSELVES SINCE THE COLD WEATHER HAS ARRIVED. *TR

2011 FORD, MUSTANG GT 5.0, MANUAL 6 SPEED: EARLY 2011 (JAN-FEB) I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN NUMEROUS TIMES TO THE RODEO FORD SERVICE REPAIR CENTER ABOUT THE GRINDING AND ROUGH SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD. A FORD SERVICE TICKET HAS BEEN OPENED TO TRACK THE ISSUE AND DEALER REPAIRS MADE. THE DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER HAS DRIVEN THE VEHICLE, WITH ME PRESENT, AND HAS NOTICED THE SAME GRIND AND ROUGH SHIFT PATTERN AS DESCRIBED. THE SERVICE CENTER IMPLEMENTED THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TSB 11-3-18, 'THE INCREASED SHIFT EFFORT MAY BE THE RESULT OF THE INCREASED VISCOSITY OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IN COLD WEATHER'?. THE WEATHER IN AZ DOES NO''T GET THAT COLD AND IT CONTINUED EVEN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. I HAD ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE 1ST TO 4TH SKIP SHIFT BE DISABLED, WITH NO CHANGE IN SHIFTING. I DRIVE THE CAR APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES A DAY TO GET TO WORK, BUT I DO NO''T DRIVE IT LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO, I HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ANYONE. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 2,900 MILES. *TR

VERY NOTCHY TRANSMISSION AND CAN'T SHIFT GEAR AT CERTAIN RPM'S. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WOULD POP OUT OF GEAR ON THE HIGHWAY. ALL PROBLEMS STARTED APPEARING AFTER THE FIRST 1000 MILES. WHEN COMPLAINED TO FORD, I WAS TOLD THAT ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS ARE NORMAL. *TR

2011 MUSTANG GT WITH 6477 MILES, WITH 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN AND ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR, RESULTED IN ONLY BEING ABLE TO SHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR TO NEUTRAL. ONCE THE SHIFTER MOVED INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION, THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER ABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOPPING POINT WITH NO ENGINE POWER AND TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER FOR REPAIR. THIS IS THE 2ND INCIDENT WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR, WITH THE PRIOR INCIDENT BEING A FAULTY SLAVE CLUTCH CYLINDER. (THIS VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE 'SKIP SHIFT' FEATURE THAT IS MEANT TO INCREASE GAS MILEAGE BY LOCKING OUT CERTAIN GEARS.) *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DOWN SHIFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THERE WAS NO FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THERE WAS NO FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 455 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,000. UPDATED 11/14/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED FORD ENGINEERS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUNDS NOTHING WRONG. UPDATED 11/18/11*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS MANUALLY FROM FIRST TO SECOND, THE VEHICLE WOULD SKIP SECOND AND SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR, DISTORTING THE VEHICLES SPEED. ALSO, WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT A CLUNKING AND GRINDING NOISE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,500.

APPROX. 1-2 TIMES A MONTH, AFTER LEAVING MY HOUSE AND DRIVING A SHORT, PAVED STREET GOING TO THE MAIN ROAD, MY ADVANCETRAC LIGHT ON THE DASH WILL START BLINKING, INDICATING THE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. ALONG WITH THIS THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE WILL BE ACTIVATED BY THE ABS SYSTEM. TYPICALLY WILL HAPPEN FOR 10-15 SECONDS THEN AS I COME TO A STOP TO TURN ON TO THE MAIN ROAD IT WILL STOP. WHEN I THEN TURN ON TO THE MAIN ROAD, AS I AM ACCELERATING, THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. SOMETIMES THE BRAKE PULSATING THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL IS LIGHT AND NOT TOO INTRUSIVE. SOMETIMES, IF ACCELERATING HARD ENOUGH, THE SYSTEM WILL CUT ENGINE POWER, AND ALTERNATELY PULSATE THE FRONT RIGHT AND REAR LEFT BRAKES, NEARLY PULLING ME OUT OF MY LANE, AS I FIGHT TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. AGAIN THIS LASTS FOR ABOUT 10-15 SECONDS. AFTER WHICH CAR BEHAVES PERFECTLY FINE, LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED. IT NEVER LEAVES ANY DIAGNOSTIC CODES IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR ANY TRACE THAT IT EVER HAPPENED, THE FORD TECHS HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND I CAN NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN ON COMMAND. IS TOTALLY RANDOM. *TR

MY 6-SPEED TRANS WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, I ENTERED ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR AND WHEN I WAS ABLE AGAIN THE CLUTCH MADE A "POP" NOISE AND RAISED 3-5 INCHES TOWARDS MY FOOT. AFTER THAT INCIDENT I CANNOT SHIFT OR ACCELERATE AND THE RIDE IS ROUGH NOW. *TR

ROUGH, IRREGULAR SHIFTING, MOST NOTICEABLE SHIFTING FROM 1ST GEAR ON THIS MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SEEMS TO LOCK YOU OUT OF GEARS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. ALSO WHILE DOWN SHIFTING, I.E. EXITING OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO AN EXIT RAMP, HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM. FROM 6TH GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED ME OUT OF 4TH GEAR AND FORCED ME INTO 2ND GEAR. THIS CAUSED A MASSIVE AND SUDDEN DECREASE IN SPEED CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES IN ORDER TO AVOID REAR-ENDING ME. PERSISTENT GRINDING NOISE AND FEEL WHILE THE CAR IS BEING SHIFTED, AS IF THE GEARS ARE NOT MESHING WHEN SHIFTED. NOTICEABLE IN THE FEEL OF THE STICK AND AUDIBLE AT TIMES AS WELL. THIS IS NOTICEABLE IN MOST GEARS IN PARTICULAR 2ND THRU 5TH. THE TRANSMISSION CONSTANTLY MAKES A HARD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN IT IS PUT INTO FIRST GEAR FROM NEUTRAL. THIS CLUNK CAN BE HEARD AND FELT IN THE CAR CLEARLY. I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, KEEP GETTING THE RUN-AROUND, I.E., "THAT IS NORMAL", "OUR TECH'S COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM" ETC...STANDARD DEALER DEFLECTION. *TR

MT 82 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION FAILED TO DOWN SHIFT PROPERLY CREATING A NEAR MISS SITUATION DUE TO DRIVER NOT BEING ABLE TO SELECT LOWER GEAR TO POWER UP TO EXCEED OR AT LEAST MATCH THE SPEED OF ON COMING VEHICLE. THE ON COMING VEHICLE WAS A SEMI TRAVELING 55 MPH IN 55 MPH POSTED SPEED ZONE. HAD THE VEHICLE PERFORMED PROPERLY SUFFICIENT SPEED WOULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED AS TO NOT IMPEDE THE PROGRESS OF THE APPROACHING SEMI. A REASONABLE AND ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE WAS PRESENT PRIOR TO PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. DEALER WAS ADVISED AND PERFORMED A CHANGE OF FLUID TO A DUEL CLUTCH FLUID WHICH AND I INSTALLED AN AFTERMARKET SHIFTER (MGW SHIFTER) WHICH MADE A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT. I STILL BELIEVE A DESIGN ISSUE EXISTS. PLACEMENT INTO GEAR IS OFTEN DIFFICULT AND UP SHIFTING IS NOT SMOOTH AS IT SHOULD BE. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS DONE THIS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS THERE HAVE BEEN BUT THIS TRANSMISSION DEFECT IN THE 2011 MUSTANG IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE AMONG MUSTANG WEB SITES AND FORUMS. THE GENERAL FEELING IS FORD HAS NOT BEEN AS AGGRESSIVE AS THEY SHOULD BE TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN MY 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT HAS GIVEN ME PROBLEMS FOR THE PAST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INCIDENTS WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO 2ND GEAR. THE GEAR APPEARS/FEELS TO BE "LOCKED OUT". THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE PULLING OUT ACROSS ON-COMING TRAFFIC, AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS. I ALSO HAVE HORRIBLE GEAR WHILE/NOISE, AND GRINDING SHIFTS ALMOST ALL THE TIME. FORD HAS REBUILT MY TRANSMISSION, BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE CAR. THEY CLAIM THAT THIS IS "NORMAL" FOR THIS CAR. MY WIFE DRIVES THE VEHICLE, AND I FEAR FOR HER SAFETY. PLEASE HELP ME! *TR

2011 MUSTANG GT WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS PROBLEMS SHIFTING. I AM SOMETIMES UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO FIRST OR THIRD GEARS BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WILL LOCK ME OUT. I HAVE TO SHIFT AROUND TO VARIOUS OTHER GEARS TO SORT OF "RESET IT" AND GET IT INTO GEAR, OR GIVE UP ON THE GEAR I'M TRYING TO GET INTO AND USE A DIFFERENT GEAR INSTEAD. SOMETIMES I'LL TRY TO PUSH THE SHIFTER INTO 1ST GEAR AND IT WILL RESIST GOING IN. IF I TRY TO FORCE IT, IT WILL GRIND, EVEN WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED. THIS HAS BEEN UNSAFE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, AND I TRY TO NEVER SHIFT RIGHT BEFORE A LIGHT TURNS GREEN, BECAUSE I MAY BE LOCKED OUT OF FIRST AND HOLD UP TRAFFIC. I'M BASICALLY AFRAID OF SHIFTING INTO 1ST GEAR NOW. THIS STARTED AS SOON AS I GOT THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO HAVE A TSB PERFORMED AND THEY PUT IN SOME SPECIAL REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FLUID THAT IS FULLY SYNTHETIC. IT MADE THINGS MORE SMOOTH AND LESS KNOTCHY WHEN SHIFTING IN GENERAL, BUT THE LOCK OUT FEARS FOR 1ST AND 3RD GEAR PERSIST. *TR

FAULTY 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ANY TIME THE VEHICLE IS ON AN INCLINE 20 DEGREES OR HIGHER AND BEING SHIFTED FROM 2ND GEAR (AROUND 18-20MPH) TO ANY OTHER GEAR THE SHIFTER GETS STUCK IN NEUTRAL WITH INABILITY TO GO TO ANY OTHER GEAR UNTIL THE ENGINE RPM DROPS. THIS SHIFTING DELAY CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FORM 3 TO 7 SECONDS, BEFORE ANOTHER GEAR IS AVAILABLE TO ENGAGE. *TT

MANUAL TRANSMISSION, 2ND GEAR OCCASIONALLY CANNOT BE SELECTED ON ACCELERATION EVEN WITH CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED. CAR COASTS UNTIL ANOTHER GEAR IS SELECTED OR FORCED INTO GEAR BY "DOUBLE CLUTCHING". DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH PRESSURE PLATE BOLTS AND BLED CLUTCH LINES. PROBLEM OCCURS LESS OFTEN, BUT STILL THERE. BELOW 70 DEGREES AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 2ND GEAR GRINDS UNTIL UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND THIRD GEAR "KICKS BACK" THE SHIFTER. A YEAR AND 10000 MILES LATER NO CHANGE. PROBLEM IS SO RANDOM THAT DEALER CANNOT REPRODUCE ADEQUATELY TO GET FORD TO AUTHORIZE ANY REPAIR. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORTS IT IS "NORMAL" FOR A PERFORMANCE CAR TO CHANGE GEARS POORLY. *TR

WHEN I AM BRAKING AT ABOUT 3-5 MPH THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD (FEELS LIKE I WAS REAR ENDED BUT NO CARS BEHIND ME) OCCASIONALLY I WILL GO TO ACCELERATE AND CAN'T GET ABOVE 15 MPH I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON THEN IT'S FINE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT OFF FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL COME ON EVEN WITH A 250 LB PERSON SITTING THERE, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE TRY TO SHIFT THEIR WEIGHT BUT IT STILL COMES ON AFTER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING IT GOES AWAY. THE PEDDLE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES FEEL LOW AND I HAVE TAPPED MY BRAKES AND THE ABS ACTIVATED CAUSING THE BRAKES PULSATE AT 25 MPH. THE DRIVER SIDE ENGINE WILL INTERMEDIATELY SEQUEL AND THE CAR WILL IDLE EXTREMELY ROUGH, IT DOES IT MOSTLY AT IDLE BUT I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN AT A STOP LIGHT AFTER 1 HOUR OF DRIVING. ALSO I ALWAYS FEEL A TON OF ENGINE VIBRATION ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. *TR

I HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS CAR FOR 3 MONTHS. IT HAS 4400 MILES ON IT AND THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP. SOMETIMES I CANNOT GET IT TO GO IN TO GEAR, USUALLY 1ST, 2ND, AND REVERSE. IT WILL OCCASIONALLY JUMP OUT OF GEAR WITH NORMAL OPERATION. THIS CAR IS VERY UNSAFE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I LIVE IN THE DALLAS METROPLEX, WITH THE STOP AND GO TRAFFIC SOMETIMES A DRIVER DOESN'T SEE THE CARS IN FRONT STOPPED AND YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY. WITH THIS PROBLEM I CAN GUARANTEE THAT I WOULD GET REAR ENDED IN THAT SITUATION. EVEN AFTER SITTING AT A LIGHT I SOMETIMES AM GETTING HONKED AT SINCE I CANNOT GET THE CAR INTO GEAR. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL AS A HUGE ANNOYANCE. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR

(NOTE: CAR IS A MUSTANG GT 5 LITER) THIS INCIDENT FOLLOWED MY INITIAL DRIVETRAIN COMPLAINTS TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEIR REPLACEMENT OF MY CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY. ENTERING A HIGHWAY, I APPROACHED A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH IN 3RD GEAR, TAKING THE ENGINE CLOSE TO 6K RPM. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO 4TH WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL FULLY PRESSED TO THE FLOOR, THE STICK WOULD NOT BUDGE INTO THE 4TH GEAR SLOT. AS THE CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN, I TRIED OTHER GEAR SLOTS: 5TH, THEN 6TH, 4TH AGAIN, TO 3RD. NOTHING. FINALLY, I REMOVED MY LEFT FOOT FROM THE PEDAL ALTOGETHER AND NOTICED THE PEDAL WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR. AFTER PUMPING IT TO NO AVAIL, I WEDGED MY FOOT UNDER THE PEDAL TO KICK IT BACK UP. MY DRIVETRAIN WAS ONCE AGAIN RESPONSIVE. I WAS ALREADY AWARE OF A RUMOR THAT LATER MODEL MUSTANGS HAD HIGH RPM GEAR-SHIFTING ISSUES, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST PERSONAL OCCURRENCE FOR ME. BASED ON THIS SUSPICION, I ATTEMPTED TO RECREATE IT ON THE WAY BACK HOME AND I WAS ONCE AGAIN ABLE TO FREEZE MY CLUTCH TO THE FLOOR. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY IN FOR REPAIR, AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE REPLACING THE CLUTCH AND PRESSURE PLATE FOR THEIR NEXT FIX ATTEMPT. *TT

AT 150 MILES ON THE ODOMETER THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO GRIND SECOND GEAR WHILE TURNING LEFT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY CHANGED THE FLUID AS PER T.S.B. THERE WAS ZERO CHANGE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL AND WAS A 'BREAK IN' ISSUE. DESPITE DISAGREEING I DROVE IT UNTIL THERE WAS AROUND 10,000 MILES ON IT. AT THIS POINT IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT INTO SECOND WHEN TURNING LEFT WITHOUT PHYSICALLY FORCING IT TO THE POINT I WAS SKIPPING TO THIRD. ALSO THIRD GEAR HAD DEVELOPED THE SAME ISSUES INTERMITTENTLY. I TOOK IT BACK IN, AND THEY BLED THE CLUTCH. AFTER RECEIVING THE CAR I TOOK IT BACK THE NEXT WEEK, AS OBVIOUSLY IT DID NOT FIX ANYTHING. FORD DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE TECHNICIAN REPORTED ALL SYNCROS AND BLOCKING RINGS WERE EXTREMELY WORN AND SECOND AND THIRD GEARS SHOWED SIGNS OF WEAR. HE ALSO REPORTED THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING HAD SHOWED SIGNS THAT IT HAD BEEN VERY HOT. AFTER RECEIVING MY CAR BACK I NOTICED A DIFFERENCE, NOW THE SHIFTER LINKAGE HAD A NOTICEABLE POPPING/BINDING FEELING IN THE LINKAGE WHEN MOVING THE SHIFTER BACK AND FORTH IN THE NUETRAL POSITION. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS ABNORMAL, BUT THAT OTHER CARS ON THE LOT HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WHICH LATER I FOUND OUT TO BE A LIE. AFTER ABOUT 100 MILES IT HAS SHOWN THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS AS BEFORE INCLUDING THE NEW LINKAGE ISSUE. I DROVE THE CAR WITH THE TECHNICIAN WITH ME FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. I WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE WHEN TURNING LEFT. THE TECHNI

MY 2011 MUSTANG JOINED THE LIST OF BROKEN 6 SPEED MANUAL CARS. WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 5 GEAR CAUSING A STALL AT 45MPH OR SKIP A GEAR AND THATS SAYING IT LETS YOU HAVE 3RD GEAR. THIS PROBLEM IS SO BAD THAT FORD IS PAYING FOR RENT CARS WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO. I'VE ALREADY TRADED 1 2011 MUSTANG IN FOR FOR THIS ONE WITH BOTH HAVING TRANSMISSON HAVING ISSUES AT 12,000 MILES. THIS IS BECOMING A BAD JOKE OF A CAR TO SAY THE LEAST. IT IS ALSO VERY EASY TO GO BACKWARDS WITH FIRST GEAR GOING INTO REVERSE INSTEAD. TRANSMISSON IS A BAD JOKE. *KB

2011 FORD MUSTANG 3.6L ,6SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. 1ST AND 2ND GEAR IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS. I HAVE TO COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE STOP AND LET THE RPMS DROP DOWN TO ALMOST A IDLE BEFORE SHIFTING INTO 2ND. IF I DIDN'T DO THAT AND DROVE IT NORMAL 2ND GEAR WOULD "RAKE" BUT I LOVE MY MUSTANG AND WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO IT. I JUST WANT THE ISSUE RESOLVED. *KB