2011 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES 2 WEEKS AFTER I GOT THE CAR. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH BY THE HEAD ENGINEER, THEY FOUND THAT FORD WAS USING 2010 BRAKES AND NEVER TOLD THE MECHANICS THAT THERE ARE 2011 BRAKES THEY SHOULD BE USING. I WAS NOT ONLY HEARING SQUEAKING BUT GRINDING. AS OF NOW, I AM IN A LEMON LAW SUIT. FORD SAYS I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RE-PURCHASE BUT THE LAW STATES IF THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE 3 TIMES YOU ARE ELIGIBLE. I LOVE MY MUSTANG BUT SAFETY IS #1. *TR

VEHICLE WILL NOT ENGAGE 1ST GEAR FROM A STOP LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY, GEARS 2,3,5 ON UP OR DOWNSHIFT ARE HIGH EFFORT WITH OCCASIONAL GRIND IN 3RD. IN MANY INSTANCES THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME IN HIGH TRAFFIC COMES CLOSE TO REAR ENDING MY VEHICLE. DOWN AND UNSHIFTING PROBLEM IS WORSE IN SLOW TURNS. *TR

MANUAL TRANSMISSION STARTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR AT RANDOM TIMES AT AROUND 6000 MILES. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE, INVOLVING GRINDS, AND AT TIMES DIFFICULTY EVEN GETTING INTO CERTAIN GEARS. I CAN SEE WHERE THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, IE: PULLING INTO FAST TRAFFIC, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY ENGAGE GEARS. MANUFACTURER OFFERS NO SOLUTION SO FAR, ADVISES "NORMAL" CHARACTERISTICS FOR THIS CAR. *TR

I, LIKE MANY OTHERS, ARE HAVING HORRENDOUS TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH ISSUES ON MY BRAND NEW FORD MUSTANG. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY OTHER FORUM MEMBERS OF ALLFORDMUSTANGS.COM TO COME HERE AND FILL THIS OUT TO GET OUT SERIOUS ISSUE KNOWN. IF GREATER DETAILS ARE WANTED I CAN BE CONTACTED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE MUSTANG IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SINCE THE 900MI (1.5 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE). THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY ARE HAVING TO BE REPLACED BY FORD BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ENGAGING CORRECTLY. FORD DEALERSHIP TRIED TO BLAME IT ON MODIFICATIONS DONE TO THE CAR. BUT AFTER GETTING AN ENGINEER ON SITE FROM FORD, THEY FOUND IT BE FAULTY CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY FROM THE FACTORY.

THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE CARS ARE STARTING TO FAIL LEFT AND RIGHT. IT TAKES NOTHING BUT A SHORT SEARCH ONLINE TO FIND THAT OUT. MY CAR IS NO DIFFERENT. THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR LOCKED ME OUT OF A GEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC CAUSING ME TO BE NEARLY REAR ENDED. I AM STARTING TO WORRY FOR THE SAFETY AND VALUE OF MY VEHICLE AND PASSENGERS. FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX THIS ISSUE OTHER THAN OFFER A FLUID CHANGE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS BEEN PROVEN TO NOT WORK BECAUSE I HAVE THIS 'FIX' AND MY PROBLEMS CONTINUE. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND RECALL THESE CARS AND FIX THE TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED.

OUR 2011 MUSTANG GT WITH 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS A TERRIBLE NOTCHY SHIFTER THAT I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT 2 TIMES TO MY DEALER. THE FIRST TIME THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH, AND THE SECOND TIME THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ACCORDING TO A TSB FROM FORD. I READ THE TSB ONLINE AND IT SAYS IT'S FOR CARS WITH DIFFICULT SHIFTING IN COLD TEMPERATURES (WHICH ISN'T MY ISSUE) BUT THEY INSISTED THIS WOULD FIX IT. IMMEDIATELY, THE SHIFTING WAS WORSE AND I'M HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE, SECOND AND THIRD. WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY QUICKLY, YOU CAN'T GET THE CAR IN GEAR AND THIS IS REALLY STARTING TO SCARE ME. THE DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NO OTHER FIX AVAILABLE SO I ASKED THEM TO GIVE ME A NEW CAR (MINE ONLY HAS 1400 MILES ON IT) AND THEY SAID "NO, THEY ALL DO THIS" AND IMPLIED I'M NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY, I'VE BEE DRIVING MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS FOR 40 YEARS. I KNOW HOW TO SHIFT. THIS PROBLEM IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. WHY AREN'T THEY RECALLING THIS BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT? *TR

2011 FORD MUSTANG GT. MY WIFE AND I WERE ALMOST KILLED LAST NIGHT IN THIS CAR. I WAS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY QUICKLY INTO AN OPENING AND SHIFTED 1-2 AND THEN WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. I TRIED TO SHIFT BACK DOWN INTO 2ND GEAR AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO ANY GEAR (4TH) WE HAD SLOWED SO MUCH CARS BEHIND ME CAME SCREECHING TO A HALT AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET REAR ENDED. THIS CAR HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. THE LAST TIME THEY CHANGED TO A NEW FLUID BUT THAT ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE. THIS IS DANGEROUS PLAIN AND SIMPLE AND MY WIFE NOW REFUSES TO DRIVE OR RIDE IN IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND WEBSITES DEVOTED TO ISSUE WITH THE MT82 TRANSMISSION SO I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. THESE CARS HAVE TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

1. NORMAL DRIVING IN BOTH COLD AND WARM WEATHER. 2. ROUGH SHIFTING MANUAL TRANSMISSION. OCCASIONALLY UNABLE TO ENGAGE 1ST OR 2ND GEAR FROM A STOP. OFTEN UNABLE TO ENGAGE 2ND GEAR WHILE MOVING. HAS NEARLY CAUSED ME TO BE REARENDED AT STOP LIGHTS A NUMBER OF TIMES. 3. FORD HAS ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND THE TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM COMES BACK ABOUT 2000 MILES AFTER SERVICE. *TR

I WAS PROCEEDING FROM A STOP SIGN TO MERGE WITH ON-COMING TRAFFIC AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ENTER 2ND GEAR AND ONLY AFTER SHIFTING INTO 3RD INSTEAD WAS ABLE TO AVERT BEING HIT. IT WAS NOT DUE TO THE 1ST TO 4TH SKIP SHIFT FEATURE. THE CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN INTO FORD (FOR A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REPAIR FOR THE TRANSMISSION) TO FIX THE SHIFTING PROBLEM, BUT THE VEHICLE IS STILL HARD TO SHIFT IN LOWER GEARS AND NOW HAS TRANSMISSION WHINE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! MANY OTHERS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS TRANSMISSION.