2011 Ford Mustang

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A DELAYED RESPONSE FROM THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND OR THIRD GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 10-30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE OLD TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A HIGHER GRADE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: 1003914 (POWER TRAIN: MANUAL TRANSMISSION) THAT WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE ON THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH,, I HAD TO MAKE A CORRECTION AND MOVE BACK INTO MY ORIGINAL LANE DUE TO SOMEONE WANTING TO CHANGE INTO THE SAME LANE AT THE SAME TIME. THE FRONT END SWAYED BACK AND FORTH OUT OF CONTROL. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AT 65 MPH ON 09/14/2012. ON 10/03/2012 I BOUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM. THEY INVESTIGATED THIS PROBLEM AND SAID THE MUSTANG V6 MODEL HAS A TENDENCY TO DO THIS AND SAID IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT $700 IN PARTS AND LABOR TO POSSIBLY FIX THIS PROBLEM.. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE FORD DISTRICT MANAGER AND HE DISAGREED WITH THE DEALERSHIP SAYING THERE ARE NO HANDLING PROBLEMS WITH THE 2011 MUSTANGS. *TR

MILD TO VIOLENT VIBRATION FROM MANUAL TRANSMISSION UPON DOWNSHIFTING FOR DECELERATION ON EXIT RAMP IN THE RANGE OF 5500-2500 RPM. MILD TO VIOLENT SHAKING FELT THROUGH CAR...STEERING WHEEL, SHIFTER, PEDALS...SEATS... ENGINE SPEED IS MATCHED TO TRANSMISSION SPEED PRIOR TO CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT. I'VE BEEN DRIVING MANUAL SHIFT CARS , MUSTANG GT, SMALL BRITISH AND AMERICAN CARS FOR OVER 35 YEARS. WHEN STAYING IN THIRD GEAR FOR EXAMPLE IN TRAFFIC THAT SPEEDS UP AND SLOWS DOWN, VIBRATIONS COME ON ABOVE 2500 RPM THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. MORE NOTICEABLE NOW IN THE WARM WEATHER. I DRIVE ABOUT 35 MILES EACH WAY TO AND FROM WORK. WHEN THE CAR IS THOROUGHLY WARMED, I EXPERIENCE IT EVERYDAY NOW IN THE WARM WEATHER. PLACED INTO FORD DEALER IN DECATUR, AL. HE KEPT THE CAR 4 COMPLETE DAYS AND AFTER WAITING FOR NEWS I WENT AND GOT IT BACK. AS I WAS LEAVING THE DEALER, THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO NEVER LOOKED UP FROM HIS PAPERWORK, SAID "WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING". WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE IT HAD 34000 MILES ON IT. NOW IT HAS OVER 36,000. THIS IS GETTING WORSE WITH AGE AND MILEAGE. I WONDER IF AT 50000 MILES IF THE CAR WILL BE UNDRIVEABLE? *TR

2011 SHELBY GT500 - BROUGHT THIS CAR IN FOR GRINDING INTO 2ND GEAR (ALL OTHER GEARS SEEM FINE..AT THE MOMENT). WAS TOLD THAT ALL FORD WOULD DO IS REPLACE 2ND GEAR, WHICH THEY DID AND WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IT WAS OUR DRIVING AND REPLACING 2ND GEAR IS ALL THAT THEY WOULD DO. WE WERE TOLD BY THE REGIONAL REP AND ENGINEER THAT...QUOTED - "WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CLUTCH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR BEFORE SHIFTING (ENGAGED). THE REASON IT WILL GRIND BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND AND NOT INTO THE OTHER GEARS IS BECAUSE VEHICLE HAS BIGGER JUMP IN RPM FROM 1ST TO 2ND. VEHICLE IS SHIFTING CORRECTLY AS DESIGNED.". TOTALLY DISAGREE...VERY UPSETTING SINCE IT IS THEIR FLAGSHIP CAR AND AM TOLD THIS IS ALL THEY WILL DO. *TR

AFTER I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE SHIFTER WHICH EMINATED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP APRROXIMATELY A MONTH OR MORE LATER AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER, TO THIS DAY THERE EXISTS A VERY NOTICABLE VIBRATION WITH INCREASING EPISODES OF DIFFICULTY CHANGING GEARS BETWEEN # 5 TO 2, EITHER SHIFTING UP OR DOWN. IT IS MORE NOTICABLE WHEN DOWN SHIFTING. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION I HAD TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR ABOVE WHAT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO FOR BECAUSE THE GEAR WOULD NOT CONNECT INTO PROPER PLACEMENT. THIS CAUSED A BRIEF BACK UP WHEN GOING ONTO THE FREEWAY WITH SEVERAL CARS BEHIND ME DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION BEING STUCK IN A PARTICULAR GEAR SETTING (#3). THIS CLEARED ONCE I CHANGED TO A LOWER GEAR RATIO. *TR

TWICE WHILE ACCELERATING TO GET UP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ON CLEAR, FLAT, DRY, AND SMOOTH PAVEMENT THE ADVANCTRAC SYSTEM ACTIVATED FOR NO REASON. IT STARTS BY VERY AGGRESSIVELY PULSING THE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE, FOLLOWED BY THE REAR LEFT BRAKE, THEN ALTERNATING BRAKES ALL THE WAY AROUND CAUSING THE CAR TO SWERVE ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL, AT HIGHER SPEEDS LIKE 65-70 IT PROBABLY WOULD CAUSE TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL. THE ADVANCTRAC ALSO CUTS ENGINE POWER ALONG WITH THE HARD SWERVING MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO AVOID A CRASH IN MULTIPLE LANE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. THIS LAST FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS, BUT IT IS 15 SECONDS OF OUT OF CONTROL HIGHWAY TERROR. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE CAR ON THE 2 OCCASIONS IT THEN DRIVES FOR A WHILE LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED. WHEN THE FORD DEALER CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND IT DOES NOT RECORD ANY ERROR OR DIAGNOSTIC CODES IN THE CARS COMPUTER SYSTEM. SO FORD SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. TALKING WITH OTHER MUSTANG OWNERS I FOUND OUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH ADVANCTRAC, AND ONE OTHER THAT I KNOW OF SAID HE ALSO FILLED A COMPLAINT ON HERE, HE SAID IT WAS COMPLAINT NUMBER - 10430166. HE ALSO SAID THAT FORD COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND HE ALSO HAD NO CODES, SO FORD WOULD NOT FIX HIS PROBLEM. SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MALFUNCTION, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFETY SYSTEM TO HELP PROTECT YOU FROM A CRASH, NOT A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION THAT CAUSES A CRASH WHEN THE DRIVER IS DOING NOTHING WRONG ON GOOD ROAD CONDITIONS. PLEASE HELP! *TR

WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT, IT MUST BE FORCE INTO 2ND GEAR. ALSO 5TH GEAR GRINDS AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE UNLESS ENGINE IS OFF, MUST SHIFT TO REVERSE, START ENGINE AND THEN VEHICLE WILL MOVE IN REVERSE. WHILE DRIVING THERE IS NO VIBRATION, NOR WHINNING NOISES. ONCE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN AND ENGINE IS COLD, CAN NOT SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR, AFTER VEHICLE HAS SET OVER NIGHT, CAN ONLY PLACE INTO 1ST GEAR BEFORE STARTUP. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION DISPLAYS GRINDING NOISES AND DIFFICULTY UPSHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD OR 4TH TO 5TH WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED ALL THE WAY DOWN. I HAVE ISSUES GETTING CAR INTO 1ST GEAR FROM NEUTRAL AT A RED LIGHT SOMETIMES. TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO GO INTO REVERSE WHEN CLUTCH IS PUSHED DOWN TO FLOOR DURING COLD STARTS. TRANSMISSION FEELS AND SOUNDS CLUNKY WHEN SHIFTING INTO ALL GEARS. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE OUR TRANSMISSIONS MADE IN CHINA. SKIP SHIFT IS NOT CAUSING DAMAGED SYNCHROS, BROKEN SHIFT FORKS AND SHATTERED GEAR TEETH INSIDE THE NUMEROUS FAILED MT82'S; LOW QUALITY COMPONENTS AND MATERIALS IS CAUSING IT. *TR