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2011 Ford Mustang engine complaints
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Was accelerating to merge with traffic on freeway when my car would not shift and the clutch pedal depressed to the floor. I was in the middle of merging and lost the ability to shift or control why vehicle. It created a very unsafe situation and ford issued a recall for this very same issues for earlier mustang.
While driving at different speeds, the car will just loses control of the gas pedal. It goes into a coast mode. You have to coast to safety and turn off the ignition and restart. My daughter was almost hit by an 18-wheeler on the bypass going about 50 MPH. Sometimes, it will do this one time per day, sometimes every few minutes. I have only had this car 2 months when this problem began. I have contacted a dealership about the problem, and it will cost at a minimum $600.00. I have read the complaints filed, and feel that this should be placed under a recall for these vehicles. My vehicle has 56,000 miles on it, and should not be having these issues. If you were on an interstate or major highway, there might not be a way to exit before causing a major wreck.
I was driving the car on a city street at approximately 30 MPH. When I accelerated, the engine started extreme shaking and then shut down. Fortunately, no one was behind me, so I did not get hit. I then was able to restart the car, but each time I stopped at a light, the car would stall out again. I was able to get to a nearby ford dealer. They repaired the car free of charge (it was under warranty) and told me that the issues was that there was a defective computer chip which caused the engine to shut down. Ford has not contacted me to discuss the incident.
I was traveling on a major highway at the speed limit (75 MPH in this area of texas) and had just changed lanes when the car would not go, I kept pushing the accelerator and the car would not go. Fortunately, I was able to coast off the highway and was able to go up an off ramp and pull off the shoulder of the road. The mustang started to make a noise and shuttered, so I turned off the engine being afraid that the engine would be damaged. I was able to start the car again and was able to pull into a parking lot and call for help. The engine started to shutter again and the accelerator would not work. Also, luckily a ford dealership was with a mile so I was able to drive to it and was told it was a stuck throttle body and charged a deductable for a defective part that ford should have had a recall on a long time ago. I could have been hit from behind while on the busy highway and injured or killed. Also my transmission fills very "jerky" at times when slowing down or after stopping and starting again from a red light or stop sign. I am very glad that my mustang is still under warranty.
While driving under normal conditions the engine service light came on. I checked the computer codes and received a p2111 code which indicates a stuck open throttle actuator control system.
Car stalls while driving. Every time I drive it stalls when applying the gas mildly. Error code p2112 throttle body actuator stuck closed. No carbo no hit, clean throttle body.
I was driving on the freeway approximately 65 MPH when my throttle light went on (wrench) , my car lost power and began to idle. Extremely frightening, I had cars coming at high speeds almost getting rear ended. My car accelerator gave out completely going into "safe mode". I found myself having to go through construction cones in order to pull over somewhere semi safe. I turned my car off and turned it on again. This time the engine light went off as well as the throttle light. Again my car was undriveable. As I got home the car was scanned. Received two engine codes p2111 & p2112. All having to do with the throttle body .
Was traveling on a freeway when a the care lost power and began slowing down. A little wrench icon appeared. I there was no place to pull over so I turned on flashers and rode on the highway until the care stopped. Traffic behind me swerved to avoid my car. I restarted the vehicle and continued on my way. The vehicle failed 3 more times on the way home.
Just a few of the issues I had while my car . I was told there was no problem with my car after I almost got killed twice because it would not down shift into lower gears at highway speeds. Trans will look up once shifter is in between gears and will not go into gears still speed and RPM slow down. Most evident when trying to go from 6th to 4th. I was almost in an accident twice because I was not able to down shift to get out of the way of a oncoming traffic. Had a cracked rim that was obviously a casting defect. Had a ticking in the engine after long trips. . 5.0 sounded like a diesel.
Bought this 2011 ford mustang on april 8 2011. Everything was fine for about this first month. Car did not want to start when clutch was pressed down had 800 miles at the time, classic ford 1st dealer said needed a clutch adjustment? Its hydraulic there is no adjustment on them! They had the car for about 6 hours to tell me that. Clutch still felt funny ,started hearing grinding, shifter would get stuck in r,1,2,3,4 gears then it went out stuck in 2nd gear! 2nd dealer jim hudson ford took it to had it for 3 weeks before I got it back car had 6,000 miles on it needed a brand new clutch system from what ford said. It was not a recall on the car they said it was a bad design! Still is not right for ford to push it under the rug like its not a big deal. These cars cost too much for us to be having problems with them and most our children that ride with us. I would like to know more info about this please thanks.
2011 mustang gt with 6477 miles, with 6 speed manual transmission. Taking off from a stop sign and attempting to shift from 1st gear to 2nd gear, resulted in only being able to shift from 1st gear to neutral. Once the shifter moved into the neutral position, the vehicle is no longer able to shift into any gear. Had to coast the vehicle to a safe stopping point with no engine power and towed to the nearest dealer for repair. This is the 2nd incident with the transmission on this vehicle in less than 1 year, with the prior incident being a faulty slave clutch cylinder. (this vehicle is not equipped with the 'skip shift' feature that is meant to increase gas mileage by locking out certain gears.)
Heading up a hill and heard a loud grinding sound. Car stopped in place and would not go anywhere when pressing on the gas. Tried putting the car in reverse and would not move at all. Also tried putting in neutral and it still would not move. Had car towed to ford dealership and the service department checked the car out and stated that the transmission "grenaded" as it stated on the work order. I got to see what the transmission looked like. It had pieces of metal everywhere and the long bearings were all shattered into pieces. A new transmission was ordered and placed in the car.
2011 mustang gt with manual transmission- inability to shift into 3rd gear. It almost caused an accident as I was stuck slowing down into on coming traffic. The car is been in the shop multiple times. Also has severe knocking in the engine that goes way after 5 minutes. Ford states this is piston rattle and they tried a software fix. Nothing helped.I'm afraid of the engine damage or catastrophic engine failure while driving. There are youtube videos posted labeled 2011 mustang knock. Ford is aware... They referred me to it(at least the service tech did. Ford is doing nothing!!! The car has been in the shop 5-6 times and there is under 5000 miles. The car had only 300 miles on it when they had to replace the gas tank pump because it dropped to zero at with a half tank of gas left. There is a bulletin on this. Help before some gets hurt by the transmission problem or the engine blowing out!!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford mustang gt. The contact stated that the check engine light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the vehicle had a defective after market programmer and as a result, the engine exhibited an internal motor failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance and voided the warranty. The VIN was not available and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 7, 800.
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