2011 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

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

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.

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