2012 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD BOUNCE ERRATICALLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP ACCELERATING AND INDEPENDENTLY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

IT WAS A CLEAR AND WARM DAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ROADS HAD NO DIRT, WATER, DEBRIS, ETC..I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35-40 AND HAD JUST GONE IN TO 4TH GEAR. MY 2012 V6 MUSTANG SUDDENLY SWERVED TO THE LEFT REALLY HARD FORCING ME IN TO THE LEFT LANE AND ALMOST IN TO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THEN TO THE RIGHT WHICH ALMOST MADE ME LOSE CONTROL. FELT LIKE EACH TIRE WAS LOCKING UP INDEPENDENTLY. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS FLASHING. FELT LIKE I GOT A FLAT AND THAT MY CAR WAS BRAKING ALL BY ITSELF. I TRIED TO THROTTLE UP A SECOND LATER TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND IT HAD NO RESPONSE. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PULLING OVER I HIT THE BRAKES AND THEY SOUNDED LIKE METAL ON METAL, FELT ROUGH AND LIKE THE ABS WAS ENGAGING. ONCE STOPPED I CHECKED THE TIRES AND ALL WERE FINE. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND WAITED A SECOND. TURNED IT BACK ON AND ALL SEEMS FINE. THIS MADE ME ALMOST CRASH IN TO ANOTHER CAR!!!! THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON FORUMS LIKE THIS ONE HTTP://WWW.ALLFORDMUSTANGS.COM/FORUMS/2011-MUSTANG-TALK/352383-ADVANCTRAC-ALMOST-CAUSED-MAJOR-WRECK-9.HTML COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

I HAD TWO INCIDENTS OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN MY 2012 FORD MUSTANG GT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PREMIUM PKG. THESE TWO INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY MARCH 5, 2013. THE FIRST WAS AFTER I PICKED UP MY CAR FROM ITS GARAGE OF SEVERAL WEEKS AT LUNCH AND DROVE BACK TO WORK. I HAD GONE ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM MY GARAGE AND WAS BRAKING TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN WHEN THE CAR DOWN SHIFTED AND ACCELERATED BY ITSELF WHILE I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. I WAS GOING ABOUT 5 MPH WHEN THIS ALL STARTED. IT LASTED FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND THEN THE CAR RELEASED AND STOPPED THE ACCELERATION AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND MAKE MY RIGHT HAND TURN. I CONTINUED ON BACK TO WORK AND COMPLAINED TO MY CO-WORKER ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HOW I WAS BEGINNING TO BECOME AFRAID OF THE MUSTANG. HE IS MY WITNESS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING BEFORE THE SECOND INCIDENCE OCCURRED. LATER ON I LEFT WORK TO GO HOME AND ON THE WAY HOME IT HAPPENED AGAIN A SECOND TIME ONLY THIS TIME MUCH STRONGER. I WAS IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC GOING UNDER INTERSTATE HWY 820 BRIDGE IN FORT WORTH TO GO UNDER THE BRIDGE AFTER GOING THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON EACH SIDE TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN TO GET ON THE WEST BOUND IH820. WELL BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC YOU HAVE TO STOP AT ONE LIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND THEN AGAIN STOP TO GET THROUGH THE SECOND LIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE TO TURN LEFT. ANYWAY THERE WAS A LARGE SEMI-TRUCK HAULING ROCKS IN FRONT OF ME AND I STAYED BACK ABOUT 60 FEET SO AS NOT TO GET THE ROCKS ON NEW CAR. HE WENT DOWN TO THE OTHER LIGHT WHICH WAS RED AND STOPPED I WAS GOING ABOUT 5 MPH AGAIN AND STARTED TO BRAKE WAY BACK FROM HIM BECAUSE OF THE ROCKS AND THE RED LIGHT. THE CAR AGAIN ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHILE I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. I FOUGHT IT THE WHOLE WAY BUT IT WOULD NOT LET RELEASE TILL 15 FEET FROM TRUCK. I THEN CRASHED. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! *TR

SHIFTING INTO 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GEARS HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SOMETIMES IT GRINDS, AND SOMETIMES IT WON'T EVEN GO INTO GEAR. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARS FOR 15 YEARS, AND SOMETHING IS REALLY WRONG WITH THIS TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I HAD THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALER 3/4/2013, AND ALL THEY DID WAS CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SAID IT WAS RESOLVED. DROVE IT HOME AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED, AS IT IS STILL DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS. FORD NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A FIX IMMEDIATELY AND FIX OUR MUSTANGS. *TR

(2ND OWNER) EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE SHIFTER/ SHIFTER LINKAGE. THE VEHICLE MISSES SHIFTS AND WON'T ENGAGE MAINLY DURING 2ND-3RD SHIFTS. FOR A PERFORMANCE AUTOMOBILE THIS IS THE WORST CLUTCH AND SHIFTER COMBINATION I HAVE EVER SEEN. SHIFTER CONSTANTLY WILL NOT ENGAGE AND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HAS POPPED OUT OF GEAR DUE TO NOT BEING FULLY ENGAGED. LINKAGE SOUNDS CLUNKY AND IS NOT SMOOTH IN ANY WAY. *TR

V6 AUTOMATIC SHIFTING PROBLEMS. VEHICLES TRANSMISSION HAS HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION. OFTEN WHILE MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY, OR CHANGING LANES TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE. UPON ACCELERATION RPM'S WILL RISE BUT VEHICLE DOES NOT INCREASE SPEED. FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS IT SHOULD. *TR

TRANSMISSIONS 3RD GEAR SYNCHRONIZATION PLATE FAILED. THE CAR IS LOCKED OUT OF THAT GEAR. *TR

I DRIVE A 2012 V6 MUSTANG 2DR COUPE BASE .I WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ONTO I40/I85 WHEN TRIED GO TO SECOND GEAR WHEN IT WOULD NOT GO. I TRIED FORCING IT BUT WAS AFRAID I WOULD SNAP THE SHIFTER SHAFT SO I WAS FORCED TO SLOW AND THEN IT FINALLY WENT INTO 2ND GEAR. THIS WAS THE OTHER DAY 1/12/13. SO THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SAME THING WHEN YOU GET ON THE PEDAL THIS HAPPENS AND ON OCCASION IT WILL GO INTO 2ND BUT WILL GRIND.THIS HAS HAPPENED MAYBE 10-20 TIMES BOTH GRINDING AND JUST NOT GOING INTO 2ND GEAR. SO I KNOW THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FORD AND THE MUSTANGS OF 2011 AND 2012 FROM OTHER MUSTANG OWNERS I HAVE TALKED TO EITHER ON FORUMS OR IN PERSON. WHEN I ATTENDED MUSTANG WEEK IN MYRTLE BEACH SC IN 2012 SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD THIS ISSUE AS WELL. SO WHAT CAN I DO? THE DEALERS THAT I HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP TO IN MY AREA HAVE TOLD ME IT WAS THE WAY I PUSH IN CLUTCH ( CLASSIC RESPONSE) I FIND HARD TO BELIEVE SINCE I AM 34YR AND HAVE HAD 9 VEHICLES IN MY LIFE ALL MANUALS AND I SHIFT ALL THE SAME THROUGH EVERY GEAR. MY HANDS ARE TIED CAUSE NOW MY WARRANTY IS OUT. I HAVE MY 4YR SON WHO RIDES WITH ME ALOT AND I AM A DAILY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE AND I AM CONCERNED OF MY SONS AND MY SAFETY. PLEASE HELP. *TR

THE REAR DEFROST CABLE DETACHED FROM MY WINDSHIELD CAUSING ME NOT TO BE ABLE TO DEFROST THE REAR WINDOW. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE AS I LIVE IN A COLD WEATHER AREA AND I CANNOT KEEP THE BACK WINDOW CLEAR. I HAVE SEEN A FEW COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS ON FORD FORUMS. *TR

THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE STARTED WHEN I TRIED TO START IT. WHEN I TURNED THE KEY THE VEHICLE TOOK A FEW SECONDS LONGER THAN USUAL TO START UP. AS I BEGAN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT GEARS OUT OF 40MPH AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO HAVE HIGH RPM. WHEN I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AT A GAS STATION AND TRIED TO START IT BACK UP. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND I HAD TO GET IT JUMPED. VEHICLE STILL DOESN'T SHIFT GEARS. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 1 YEAR AND 1 MONTH OLD SINCE I PURCHASED IT. *TR