2012 FORD MUSTANG Complaints

2012 MUSTANG GT 5.0 BUILD 2/11. SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR HAS A LITTLE GRIND BUT FEELS BETTER OR COMPLETELY GOES AWAY AS THE CAR WARMS UP, ALSO WHEN TURNING SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND HAS A GRIND NO MATTER IF THE CAR IS WARMED UP OR NOT. I HAVE ALSO BEEN LOCKED OUT OF 3RD GEAR UNDER ACCELERATION. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY CONCERN AS I HAVE TO DEAL WITH AN INCONSISTENT TRANSMISSION. *TR

NOTICED A TRANSMISSION LEAK WHILE ROTATING TIRES. TOOK IT TO MY FORD DEALER, WHO EXAMINED THE LEAK AND INFORMED ME THAT THE FORWARD TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILED. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION TO REPLACE THE SEAL. UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS INTERNAL DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION. THE CAR IS 2 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 5700 MILES. DEALER SAID THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY MUSTANG TRANSMISSIONS AND THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN.

I AM SENIOR CITIZEN AND LOVE MY 2012 MUSTANG, EXCEPT THAT THE V-6 MODEL DOES NOT HAVE A SPARE TIRE WHEEL. I AM GREATLY CONCERNED THAT IF A LARGE PIECE OF METAL RUINS MY TIRE OR CAUSES MY TIRE TO BLOW OUT, I WILL BE STRANDED ON A BRIDGE, RURAL ROAD OR THE INTERSTATE, WITHOUT A SPARE TIRE TO GET ME TO SAFETY. I WOULD HAVE TO BE STRANDED UNTIL HELP ARRIVED, AND WHAT IF AT NIGHT, AND I CAN;T GET A NEW TIRE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. THIS, I FEEL IS A SAFETY MATTER FOR THE MOTORIST. A MINI SPARE SHOULD BE STANDARD ON ALL CARS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT STOP WHILE YOU ARE STRANDED AND ATTACK OR ROB YOU. EVEN THE POLICE CAN'T HELP YOU WITH NO SPARE TIRE, AND YOU HAVE TO SIT IN A DANGEROUS PLACE UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. I COMPLAINED TO FORD AND THEIR REPLY WAS BUY A GT V-8 MODEL WHICH DOES COME WITH A SPARE TIRE AND WHEEL. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY COMPLAINT AND THAT FORD SHOULD SUPPLY A MINI SPARE TIRE AND JACK AT LITTLE OR NO COST. THANK YOU. UPDATED 08/31/11 *BF

WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND IT WONT GO INTO 2ND GEAR, IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS BLOCKING THE GEAR AND IT ALSO HAS DONE IT GOING FROM 2ND TO 1ST. DURING ONE INSTANCE WHEN I WAS TURNING AND TRIED TO SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR AND COULDN'T I WAS ALMOST HIT BY AN ONCOMING CAR BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GO AROUND ME AT THE LAST SECOND. I ALSO HAVE A VIBRATION IN THE TRANSMISSION AT AROUND 2500 RPM'S.

THIS VEHICLE IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. SHIFTING INTO REVERSE IS A CHALLENGE REQUIRING UNUSUALLY HIGH EFFORT TO ENGAGE PUSH-DOWN MECHANISM. SHIFTING INTO 1ST FROM STANDSTILL IS USUALLY DIFFICULT AND NOTCHY, SOMETIMES REQUIRING ME TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, EVEN WHEN I AM BLOCKING TRAFFIC. 1ST-2ND SHIFTING IS SOMETIMES UNCERTAIN AS IS 2-3, 3-4. DOWNSHIFTING INTO 3RD AND 2ND GRINDS SOMETIMES. CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED FULLY AT ALL TIMES DURING SHIFTS. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO FEELS AND SOUNDS VERY CLUNKY UPON CLUTCH DEPRESS/RELEASE. *TT

NEWLY PURCHASED 2012 MUSTANG COUPE V6 HAS UNUSUAL TROUBLE SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEARS ON THE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION.. THE SHIFTING IS NOT SMOOTH, AND FEELS NOTCHED AS YOU SLIDE IT INTO PLACE. INCIDENT OCCURS DAILY, AND CONCERNS ARE RISING FOR PREMATURE WEAR ON THE TRANSMISSION. CURRENTLY INQUIRIES HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. *KB

WHILE SLOWLY DRIVING AROUND SOME POT-HOLES ON A UNEVEN PAVEMENT IN A DET. MI. AREA , I FELT AND HEARD SOME LOUD SQUEALING FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. SECONDS LATER I NOTICED THE MANUAL GEAR SHIFTS WERE VERY STIFF AND HAD USE MORE EFFORT TO MAKE MANUAL SHIFTS. DAYS LATER, I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR MY 5000 MI OIL CHANGE AND INSPECTION.AFTER ORDERING PARTS, I TOOK THE CAR BACK AND BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BUSHING WERE CHANGED. I AM NOT SURE IF THE MECHANIC ALSO WORKED ON THE GEARBOX OR NOT. FOR ABOUT A WEEK THE GEAR SHIFTS WERE VERY SMOOTH, BUT THEY VARY NOW , FROM SMOOTH TO STIFF.

JUNE, 2012 (2012 NOT A DROPDOWN OPTION). I CURRENTLY OWN A 2012 MUSTANG RTR, THIS WAS PURCHASED THIS YEAR IN JUNE WITH 300 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ENGAGEMENT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION WITH GEARS 1-3 EITHER UPSHIFTING OR DOWNSHIFTING PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THE GATE. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE GEARS FAIL TO COMPLETELY SYNCHRONIZE WITH THE CLUTCH IN, RESULTING IN ANYTHING FROM A PARTIAL LOCK-IN, WHICH CAUSES THE GEARS TO GRIND, OR A COMPLETE FAILURE TO ENGAGE, WHICH REQUIRES A SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND REPEATED CLUTCHING TO GET A SYNCHRONIZATION TO OCCUR. CURRENTLY THE CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 1500 MILES AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES ON A COMPLETELY RANDOM BASIS. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AS NOTHING I DO BEHIND THE WHEEL CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN AT WILL AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED ABOUT THE NHTSA'S ONGOING COMPLAINTS WITH THIS ISSUE THAT I THOUGHT I SHOULD VOICE MY ISSUES AS WELL. WHILE THESE OCCURRENCES HAVE MAINLY BEEN CENTERED AROUND THE 2011 MODEL YEAR AND HAVE NOT YET RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, I DO NOT WISH MY MODEL YEAR CAR TO EXPERIENCE A CATASTROPHIC DRIVETRAIN FAILURE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN ACCELERATING AND SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEARS HE NOTICED THAT HE COULDN'T FULLY MOVE THE LEVER INTO SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR HAD IT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,400. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MT 82 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION -- WHEN SHIFTING GEARS BETWEEN 1-3 THE TRANSMISSION SHOWS SIGNS OF POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP AS IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE GEARS AT TIMES AND REFUSES TO GO INTO GEAR NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU ATTEMPT TO PUT IT INTO GEAR. ALSO, IT WILL OCCASIONALLY POP OUT OF GEAR DURING MODERATE TO HIGH ACCELERATION. HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING AT TIMES WHERE IT IS MOST CRITICAL SUCH AS ON THE HIGHWAY, PASSING A CAR, MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, OR CRUISING THROUGH TOWN THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO SHOWS SIGNS OF DIFFICULTY IN GEARS 4-6, PARTICULARLY 5TH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE GEAR.