The vehicle has a surge/hesitation in overdrive between 1200 and 1600 RPM's and also in third gear at about 2000 RPM's. Dealer says they cannot find anything wrong but do acknowledge there is a problem. Dealership admits that ford service reps are aware of other cars with same symptoms.
2001 Ford Mustang transmission complaints
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Had manually shifted vehicle into neutral and was about to set brakes whenvehicle started to roll forward. It seems transmission slipped out of neutral into drive.
Was traveling approximately 5mph when for no reason air bags deployed. Vehicle then bumped into wooden fence. Driver suffered burns on arms.*ak consumer wrote in stating "the car was parked and when I got out of the car it rolled forward bumping a wood fence post and both air bags deployed".
Differential makes a popping noise when taking off in the mornings.
Traction control light on dashboard came on, and suddenly ABS locked up for a couple seconds while vehicle was just being driven out of a parking lot. Consumer contacted manufacturer, and was informed that ford was aware of problem. *ak
When driving there is a vibration when the car shifts into a higher gear. It does not shift smoothly from first to second gear, there is a grinding vibration. The dealer's technician said " they all do it, they don't make them like they use to".
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