2011 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

ROUGH AND HARD SHIFTING IN 2011 MUSTANG GT MANUAL TRANSMISSION. EXPERIENCING ROUGH SHIFTING IN 1ST GEAR AND HARD SHIFTING IN 2ND GEAR WITH GRIND SOMETIMES. ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED RECENTLY SINCE I COULDN'T SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR IN THREE ATTEMPTS AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE REVERSE GEAR IS ALSO A PROBLEM. REQUIRES PUSHING DOWN TO ENGAGE INTO REVERSE BUT SOMETIMES POPS INTO 1ST INSTEAD OF REVERSE AND MOVES IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND GIVES ME A GOOD SCARE EVERY NOW AND THEN. THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE DEFECTIVE AND CAN/WILL RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. *TR

I OWN A 2011 FORD MUSTANG GT AND HAVE DIFFICULTY SHIFTING GEARS ,(1-2-3)WITH THE INABILITY TO GET IT INTO GEAR SEVERAL TIMES HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO BEING REAR ENDED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER AND AM TOLD THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION AND THAT THERE IS NO REPAIR. I GUESS IT IS CHEAPER FOR FORD TO PAY OUT A LAW SUIT FOR A DEATH THAN REPAIR THESE CARS, BE IT THE TRANSMISSION OR CLUTCH OR BOTH. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. THANK YOU *TR

WELL, MY CAR JUST NEARLY GOT ME INTO AN ACCIDENT TODAY ON MY WAY TO WORK. UPHILL CURVE ONTO A STATE HIGHWAY, RUN FIRST OUT, GO FOR SECOND AND.....NADA. GO TO THIRD, LUG-LUG-LUG, BECAUSE I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO 2ND. SPEED STILL DESCENDING. TRAFFIC AT MY REAR IS CLOSING IN ON ME, AND FAST. THIS IS A 60MPH ONRAMP. GO FOR FIRST, WALLED OUT. SECOND, GRIND. I WOUND UP HAVING TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF A CURVE AND TURN THE CAR OFF, THEN BACK ON AGAIN BEFORE IT WOULD LET ME GET INTO 1ST GEAR. STILL CAN'T GET INTO SECOND. I CRAWLED ALL THE WAY UP THE ONRAMP IN FIRST, UNTIL I GOT TO FLAT GROUND, THEN NEARLY REDLINED FIRST BEFORE SHIFTING TO THIRD TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND HEADED TO WORK. MY CAR WAS JUST IN FOR SERVICE ON THIS SHIFTING ISSUE LAST WEEK. THEY SWAPPED THE FLUID AND SAID THEY NEEDED TO ORDER PARTS (I'M ASSUMING CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, BECAUSE MINE FEELS LIKE IT IS ON ITS LAST LEGS, AND PROBABLY THE CLUTCH PEDAL ONE TOO, BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL STICKS ON REV-MATCHED DOWNSHIFTS...). I ALMOST PARKED IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SO I COULD CALL FORD ROADSIDE AND HAVE THEM TOW IT, BUT I HAD TO BE AT WORK. THESE THINGS NEVER SEEM TO HAPPEN WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT ENOUGH TO JUST SEND IT IN FROM EXACTLY WHERE IT SITS. THE DEALERSHIP I AM DEALING WITH HAS NOT CALLED ME BACK ABOUT THE PARTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THE PARTS SHOULD BE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. *TR

VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION BECOMES UNABLE TO UPSHIFT OR DOWNSHIFT WHEN NEEDED. DIFFICULT SHIFTING DURING CRITICAL PERIODS DECELERATING TO A STOP & ACCELERATING AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. BECOMES A HAZARD ON PUBLIC ROADS BY NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH PACE OF TRAFFIC. SHIFTER MAY POP OUT OF GEAR OR GET STUCK INTO A GEAR. FREQUENTLY NEEDS TO BE FORCED INTO GEAR.. 1ST & REVERSE WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE (2 HANDS). PROBLEM IS WITH THE 2011+ FORD MUSTANG'S WITH GETRAG MT82 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SHIFTING INTO & OUT OF REVERSE IS ALSO AN ISSUE WHICH CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL BACK UNCONTROLLABLY IN PARKING LOTS WITH CHILDREN. BIGGEST ISSUE IS 1ST GEAR, REVERSE, AND INOPERABLE 5TH GEAR SYNCHRONIZERS & MECHANICALLY UNSOUND INPUT SHAFT. *TR

VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION BECOMES UNABLE TO UPSHIFT OR DOWNSHIFT WHEN NEEDED. DIFFICULT SHIFTING DURING CRITICAL PERIODS DECELERATING TO A STOP & ACCELERATING AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. BECOMES A HAZARD ON PUBLIC ROADS BY NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH PACE OF TRAFFIC. SHIFTER MAY POP OUT OF GEAR OR GET STUCK INTO A GEAR. FREQUENTLY NEEDS TO BE FORCED INTO GEAR.. 1ST & REVERSE WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE (2 HANDS). PROBLEM IS WITH THE 2011+ FORD MUSTANG'S WITH GETRAG MT82 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SHIFTING INTO & OUT OF REVERSE IS ALSO AN ISSUE WHICH CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL BACK UNCONTROLLABLY IN PARKING LOTS WITH CHILDREN. BIGGEST ISSUE IS 1ST GEAR, REVERSE, AND INOPERABLE 5TH GEAR SYNCHRONIZERS & MECHANICALLY UNSOUND INPUT SHAFT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 FORD MUSTANG MANUAL TRANSMISSION, SECOND GEAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE CAUSING A DRASTIC SLOWING OF THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC. THIS ALMOST RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME CRASHING INTO THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. THIS ALSO OCCURRED AT LEAST 2 OTHER TIMES BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH OF 2011. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY, WENT TO DOWNSHIFT TO MAKE AN EXIT CUTTING ACROSS BUSY TRAFFIC, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT. IT WAS STUCK IN GEAR. I JAMMED IT OUT AND THEN IT WOULD NOT GO BACK IN! I NEARLY CAUSED A SEMI TO CRASH TRYING NOT TO HIT ME SINCE I WAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *TR

THE MT-82 TRANSMISSION IN MY MUSTANG HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT SINCE PURCHASE. NOW WITH ONLY 800 MILES ON THE CAR, I FIND MYSELF ENCOUNTERING DAILY INCIDENTS WHERE I AM UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND OR 2ND TO 3RD WITHOUT NOTICEABLE GRIND AND RESISTANCE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY OCCURS WHILE ACCELERATING AND THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME IS PROBABLY NOT PREPARED FOR MY CAR TO SLOW DOWN SO MUCH WHILE I FIGHT THE SHIFTER. *TR

ACCELERATING ONTO INTERSTATE ON RAMP TRIED TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. SECOND GEAR DID NOT ENGAGE. THE RPM'S SPIKED DUE TO THE CAR BEING IN NEUTRAL BECAUSE OF IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE GEAR. THE CLUTCH PEDAL THEN STAYED ON FLOOR UNTIL RPM'S CAME DOWN. VERY SCARY! MUSTANG ONLY HAS 600 MILES ON IT AND IT DOES NOT SHIFT WELL, ESPECIALLY 1ST TO 2ND SHIFT. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A BUSY ROAD AND WAS MERGING ON TO A FREEWAY ON-RAMP THAT ALSO SERVES AS AN OFF-RAMP. WHEN I MERGED AND TRIED TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT IN TO 3RD GEAR. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY AND SINCE I WASN'T BRAKING, THE PERSON BEHIND ME COULD ONLY TELL BY HOW QUICKLY HE/SHE WAS GETTING CLOSE TO ME. NO BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED SO NO BRAKE LIGHTS WERE SHOWING. AFTER A FEW SECONDS I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN 3RD GEAR AND CONTINUE ON. LUCKILY THE PERSON BEHIND ME AND BEHIND HIM/HER WAS ABLE TO REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH AND NOT RUN IN TO MY REAR END. THIS OCCURS ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS. AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES PER WEEK WILL MY CAR NOT BE ABLE TO GET INTO A GEAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FIX FROM FORD. THE ONLY FIX IS TO CHANGE THE FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED TO NOT IMPROVE THE PROBLEM. *TR