2011 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

GOING ON 10,000 MILES ON 2011 MUSTANG GT WITH MANUAL 6-SPD. AT FIRST SHOWED VERY NOTCHY SHIFTING, AND GEARS WOULD GRIND WITH CLUTCH DEPRESSED COMPLETELY WHEN COLD. PROBLEM WENT AWAY ONCE THE TRANSMISSION WARMED UP. TOOK IT IN TO FORD DEALER, THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, NOW YOU CAN FEEL A VIBRATION AND WHIRR/GRINDING NOISE SOMETIMES IN 1ST-3RD. EXTREMELY NOTCHY NOW, WILL FREQUENTLY NOT ENGAGE A GEAR IF UNDER ACCELERATION. I HAVE HAD 2ND AND 3RD GEAR REFUSE TO ENGAGE SEVERAL TIMES NOW WHILE ON A FREEWAY ONRAMP, WHEN PASSING, AND IN GENERAL HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL LOAD CONDITIONS. *TR

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION REFUSES TO GO IN TO REVERSE AT TIMES. ALSO GRINDS EVERYTIME WHILE SHIFTING IN TO 2ND GEAR FROM 1ST GEAR, MAINLY WHILE TURNING CORNERS BUT ALSO WHEN GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. TRANSMISSIONS PERFORMANCE DOES NOT IMPROVE AFTER COMING TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. TRANSMISSION IS CLUNKY AND JUST DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. NOT SMOOTH, NOT NEW CAR LIKE. *TR

TRANSMISSION IN MY 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT 6-SPEED MANUAL, (PRESENTLY @ 4900 MILES)HAS ISSUES OF TRYING TO ENTER SECOND GEAR ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. AS WELL AS A TERRIBLE WHINING NOISE STARTED AROUND LATE 3000MILES. *TR

TRANSMISSION GRINDS FROM 1ST-2ND WHEN COLD AND INTERMITTENTLY WHEN AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. TSB FOR "ROUGH SHIFTING" HAS BEEN PERFORMED. WHINING FROM TRANSMISSION STARTED AROUND 800 MILES AND STILL REMAINS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR VEHICLE FREQUENTLY LOCKS ME OUT LEAVING ME SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC TO FIND A GEAR THAT WILL ENGAGE. ALSO EXPERIENCE LOCK OUT WHEN DOWN SHIFTING INTO EITHER 2ND OR 1ST GEAR. THESE ERRATIC SHIFTING ISSUES ARE A DAILY OCCURRENCE AND I'M CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION HARD SHIFTING, ALSO PRONOUNCED VIBRATION ON DECELERATION AT APPROX 2500 RPM - 2200-RPM. DEALER CLAIMS IS NORMAL. *TR

NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING, MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND AT THIS TIME IT HAS ABOUT 10K MILES. SINCE I BOUGHT IT I NOTICED IT WAS HARD TO SHIFT INTO GEARS. OVER TIME IT GOT WORSE. IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT I COULD NOT PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND FIRST GEAR, I HAD TO START OUT IN SECOND GEAR. I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE SHOP TO REPAIR THE ITEM AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLUTCH PLATE. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT WAS A BRAND NEW CAR AND SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. I ALSO FEEL THAT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH THE DEALER WILL NOT ADMIT TO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AT 25 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFT SEIZED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SHIFT HAD TO BE FORCED INTO GEARS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,200.

CAR: 2011 MUSTANG V6 WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION MILES: 3600 THE PROBLEM: THE GEAR SHIFT IS VERY NOTCHY AND ROUGH, ESPECIALLY FROM 1-2 AND 2-3. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I WANTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AT A LIGHT AND MISTAKENLY GONE INTO THIRD GEAR FROM NEUTRAL BECAUSE THE GEAR REFUSES TO GO INTO 1 EASILY. SO I END UP NOT HAVING ENOUGH ACCELERATION TO BEAT ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE ALMOST HAD THREE CRASHES THIS WAY. OTHER TIMES SHIFTING FROM 1-2 OR 2-3 CAUSES AN INCOMPLETE SHIFT BECAUSE OF SOME RESISTANCE IN THE GEAR BOX. THIS LEADS TO A JARRING, LOUD GRINDING NOISE EMANATING FROM THE GEAR BOX. THIS ALSO LEADS TO LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND I HAVE BEEN ALMOST REAR ENDED A FEW TIMES. THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR ON AND OFF MOSTLY WHEN STARTING OFF FROM A STOP (FROM NEUTRAL) AND AT HIGH RPM GEAR CHANGES. RESOLUTION: I'VE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AS PER THE FORD TSB. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR A MILE AND THE PROBLEM STARTED OCCURRING AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR IN AGAIN ON THE INSISTENCE OF THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE DROVE IT AROUND AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE AS WELL. HE SAID HE WOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH FORD TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY FIX. HE GOT BACK TO ME A FEW WEEKS LATER AND SAID THAT FORD DOESN'T HAVE ANY RESOLUTION AND DOESN'T SEEM TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE. FINAL THOUGHTS: I THINK THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT A NEW CAR HAS THESE ISSUES. IT IS A GREAT CAR OTHERWISE. FORD NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AND FIX IT SOON. I'VE ALSO FOUND THAT SOME 2012 MUSTANGS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE GEAR BOX. IT IS APPALLING TO THINK THAT THE COMPANY WOULD CONTINUE TO USE THE SAME TRANSMISSION PARTS IN SPITE OF THE ISSUES IN THE 2011 MODELS. THIS IS AMOUNTS TO A BLAZEN DISREGARD TO CONSUMER SAFETY AND EXPERIENCE. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THE NHTSA PRESSURES THE CAR COMPANY TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND IF NO SUCH RESOLUTION IS FORTHCOMING TO FORCE THEM TO ISSUE A RECALL. SINCERELY AN UNHAPPY FORD DRIVER *TR

TRANSMISSION GRINDS 1-2, 2-3,3-4 SHIFTS INTERMITTENTLY. OCCASIONALLY LOCKED OUT OF GEARS. TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT FORD DEALER ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RETURN. AFTER MY TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT IT SHIFTED NICELY FOR ABOUT A MONTH. NOW IT IS BEGINNING TO GRIND AGAIN AND TODAY I WAS LOCKED OUT OF SECOND GEAR AND THIRD GEAR. I WAS LEAVING A LIGHT ON A HILL IN FIRST GEAR, WENT TO SHIFT INTO SECOND AND COULDN'T ENGAGE IT (NOT SKIP SHIFT RELATED AS I WAS OVER 3000 RPM), WENT FOR THIRD AND NO LUCK THERE, BY THIS TIME THE CAR WAS ALMOST BACK TO A COMPLETE STOP AND PEOPLE WERE SWERVING AROUND ME (VERY FRIGHTENING WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR). I PUT THE CAR BACK IN FIRST GEAR AND WAS ABLE TO SHIFT NORMALLY THROUGH 6TH GEAR. SINCE REBUILD DEALER CLAIMS TO BE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS APART I WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT 2ND GEAR WAS MISSING MORE THAN HALF OF THE DOG TEETH ON THE SYNCHRO RING. *TR

2011 FORD MUSTANG 6 SP MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SPORADIC PROBLEMS SHIFTING INTO AND FROM HIGHER GEAR. CAR HAS A TENDENCY TO ALMOST STALL FROM STOP. I HAVE LONG EXPERIENCE WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. VEHICLE DELIVERED 09/10/2010-SPECIAL ORDER MUSTANG PREMIUM V-6. *TR