2013 Ford Mustang

WAS DRIVING MY 2013 MUSTANG HOME FROM MY PARENTS HOUSE THE CAR DIDN'T WANT TO SHIFT OR MOVE EVEN AT FULL THROTTLE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT DROVE HOME JUST FINE. WENT TO DRIVE IT LATER THAT NIGHT AND AGAIN CAR DIDN'T WANT TO SHIFT NOR MOVE BUT THIS TIME I LOST MY SPEEDOMETER AND ALL MY DIGITAL DISPLAY IN THE CENTER WENT BLANK. AS THE DAYS AND WEEKS WENT BY THE PROBLEM STARTED BECOMING MORE FREQUENT SO I TOOK IT TO AN AUTO ZONE TO GET THE CODES CHECKED HAD CODES P0720 AND P0722 (OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR INSIDE MOLDED LEAD FRAME) COME UP ON THE CODE READER. I THEN CALLED MY COUSIN WHO IS A FORD DEALER MECHANIC TO LOOK UP MY CODES AND HE TOLD ME TO COME BY THE SHOP AND SHOWED ME WHAT THE CODES WERE FROM THE SOFTWARE FROM FORD THEY USED. WE THEN LOOKED UP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PART AND FOUND A RECALL FROM FORD FOR THE 2012 MUSTANG WITH THE 6R80 WHICH IS THE SAME AUTO TRANSMISSION THAT I HAVE. THE CUT OFF BUILD DATE FOR THE RECALL WAS FEBRUARY 2012 AND MY VEHICLE WAS MADE IN AUGUST OF 2012. I ALSO READ OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEAR AND TRANSMISSION THAT I HAVE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS ME. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO SEE IF I THEY WOULD EXTEND THE RECALL TO COVER 2013 MUSTANGS THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT. I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE THE SHIFTING HAS ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK. AN INSTANCE HERE RECENTLY WAS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT OF THE COMPANY I WORK AT AND THE CAR STARTED OFF FINE THEN STALLED AND DIDN'T WANT TO GO AND ALMOST GOT T BONED. ANOTHER INSTANCE WAS A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND I WAS HEADED TO MY PARENTS HOUSE AND JUST MERGED ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STARTED ACTING UP AND COULD OF EASILY CAUSED A PILE UP NEAR THE RAMP AND GOT SOMEONE KILLED.BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP WITH 34K MILES NOW HAS ABOUT 76K MILES.

LOSS OF POWER TO THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE SERVICE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO, A SORT OF SHUDDERING NOISE COMES FROM THE ENGINE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, I CAN NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR PRETTY MUCH GOES LIMP AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART MY CAR. IT COULD BE FROM AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES.

MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS PROBLEMS GOING INTO GEAR. SYNCHROS ARE BEING REPLACED A SECOND TIME WITH LESS THAN 60K MILES AND THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN ON A RACE TRACK. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I'VE TRIED MERGING ONTO A FREEWAY ONLY TO FIND MYSELF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO 5TH GEAR. NOW I'M TOLD MY CLUTCH HAS TO BE REPLACED. SOMETHING SEEMS WRONG. ALTHOUGH A 2013 MY CAR WAS PURCHASED IN 2012 AND I IMAGINE HAS THE SAME PARTS AS THOSE WHO FILED COMPLAINTS RESULTING IN AN INVESTIGATION OF THE 2012 MUSTANG TRANSMISSIONS.

APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES INTO A TRIP WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE IN 6TH GEAR AT 80 MPH I HAD TO SLOW FOR BREAK LIGHTS AHEAD. TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT INTO 5TH AND IMMEDIATELY THE TACH RED LINED AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. TRIED TO GO BACK TO 6TH AND SAME ISSUE. USED THE FOOT BRAKE TO SLOW TO A STOP AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IN 1ST THROUGH 4TH GEAR OR REVERSE. DROVE TO NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP IN 4TH GEAR FOR REPAIR. THE EXTERNAL DIAGNOSIS WAS FINE SO THE TECH WENT TO REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION. HE NOTICED THE VENT CAP MISSING OFF THE TRANSMISSION AND ONLY 1 QT OF FLUID LEFT. THERE WAS A BURNT SMELL AND METAL SHAVINGS IN THE ASSEMBLY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED DUE TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. JUST 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS THE CAR HAD BEEN SERVICED AND THE TRANSMISSION, CAP, FLUID ALL CHECKED OUT WELL. THE TECH AT THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION COULD CAUSE A MAJOR BURN-OFF OF THE FLUID IF THE CAP CAME OFF AS IT APPEARED. SO A SLOW LEAK WAS NOT THE CASE HERE. THE REMOVAL OF THE VENT CAP WAS THE ROOT CAUSE.

I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS WHILE DRIVING AND THE SERVICE DEPT ADVISED I HAD BAD SYNCHROS AND WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. FAST FORWARD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND HAD DIFFICULTY SWITCHING GEARS FROM 1ST TO 2ND HAD REALLY BAD GRINDING AND WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF TIMES TO SHIFT. THEN, WHEN STARTING MY CAR FROM MY HOUSE, I WAS UNABLE TO GET THE GEAR INTO REVERSE WHILE THE CAR WAS ON. IT JUST WOULDN'T GO IN TO GEAR... NOT ANY GEAR IN FACT. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND THEN TURN THE CAR ON. WHILE THE CLUTCH WAS FULLY PRESSED DOWN THE CAR STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE BREAK. (THE CAR WAS LEVEL AND THAT NEVER HAPPENS). THEN AFTER BACKING UP I COULDN'T GET IT OUT OF REVERSE. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND PUT IT IN 1ST AND THEN START THE CAR. THE SAME THING - IT MOVED WITH THE CLUTCH IN AND COULDN'T GET IT OUT OF GEAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT. AFTER THE TOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT ISSUE. I'M NOT USED TO DRIVING A CAR WITH SUCH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT CAN'T BE DIAGNOSED.

OKAY, I'VE HAD THIS INCIDENT A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY. I WAS GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND A WRENCH ICON CAME ON THE DASHBOARD, I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT. THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOUND NOTHING, AND IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES AFTER I TOOK IT. I'M DRIVING AND THE WRENCH ICON COMES ON, I HAVE NO ACCELERATION, I PRESS THE GAS AND IT WON'T SPEED UP. I HAVE TO BE PULLING OVER AND TURNING OFF THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES.

NOTICED I COULDN'T GET THE CAR (2013 BOSS 302 - BOUGHT NEW) TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR AT HIGHER RPMS. (NOT ON THE TRACK, JUST ON THE FREEWAY). MENTIONED TO LOCAL DEALER AND IT WAS BRUSHED OFF BECAUSE THE CAR WAS SO NEW. WELL, IT STILL HAPPENS AND SEEMS TO BE WORSENING. ONLY 3RD GEAR AND ONLY HIGHER RPMS. WHEN TRYING TO GET INTO 3RD IT JUST GRINDS AND DOES'T LATCH.

INCREASING SPEED TO MERGE ONTO KELLOGG IN WICHITA, KANSAS WESTBOUND FROM OLIVER AND TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK, THEN IN A VERY SHORT TIME SPAN, ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS, ENTIRE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. DEALER DID SOME REPAIR WORK BUT THE CAR HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL INCIDENTS INCLUDING FAILING TO START, SHUTDOWNS, FAILURE OF PASS SIDE WINDOW TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, FAILURE OF CLIMATE CONTROL CAUSING FOGGED WINDOWS, SPEAKERS SHORTING OUT, TRUNK OPENING ON ITS OWN, AND SO FORTH. NUMEROUS, BUT STILL SMALL PERCENTAGE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (6R80) ISSUES THAT SEEM TO MATCH MINE. NO ERROR CODES SUGGEST INTERMITTENT FAIL OF CONTACTS AT PASSTHRU CONNECTOR, POSSIBLY RELATED TO POORLY SEATED CONNECTOR INSERT. BARE WIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN PASS DOOR WHEN WINDOWS WAS SERVICED. VEHICLE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE TO ISSUE TSB AS NEEDED TO CORRECT WAS WELL AS INVESTIGATION INTO WIRING HARNESS. NOTE - WE HAVE HAD 3 INCIDENTS WHERE THE PROBLEMS COULD HAVE CAUSED CRASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD MUSTANG. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CLUTCH PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. AFTER THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO GEAR AND RELEASED THE CLUTCH, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO IDLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE RESULTS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.