2011 Ford Mustang: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Sep 8, 2022 · Transmission · 90,000 miles · IN

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Mustang. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle was hard shifting with a delay while shifting gears. The vehicle was taken to the dealer however, the mechanic stated that there was no failure found and that the VIN was not under recall. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 90,000.

Filed Nov 1, 2016 · Steering · CA

When turning steering wheel during parking would hear a clunk sound. When vehicle was at dealer for transmission issue and recall work, dealer advised that the steering column needed to be replaced.

Filed Dec 17, 2013 · Transmission · 34,300 miles · FL

The ford vehicle showed the following signs at the time of shifting into higher gears, transmission failing to synchronize, slow reaction, harsh shifts, grinding gear noises at low and high RPM.

Filed Jul 19, 2012 · Transmission · 350 miles · NC

The transmission displays grinding noises and difficulty upshifting from 2nd to 3rd or 4th to 5th when the clutch is pressed all the way down. I have issues getting car into 1st gear from neutral at a red light sometimes. Transmission will not allow me to go into reverse when clutch is pushed down to floor during cold starts. Transmission feels and sounds clunky when shifting into all gears. This is what happens when we have our transmissions made in china. Skip shift is not causing damaged synchros, broken shift forks and shattered gear teeth inside the numerous failed mt82's; low quality components and materials is causing it.

Filed Dec 8, 2011 · Transmission · NY

Shifting from 1st to 2nd gear clunking slipped out of gear transmission problems.

Filed Dec 6, 2011 · Transmission · 3,000 miles · AR

?transmission notchiness ?occasionally unable to get into gears (not due to skip shift) ?clutch makes occasional clunking noises especially at low speeds ?cold shifting exacerbates problems (will be taken care of by tsb) dangerous experiences: ?november 18th: I was accelerating onto the highway to merge with traffic. Attempted to shift from third gear to fourth gear as I was passing a semi. I was unable to get into gear (shifting correctly: clutch depressed, calm smooth gear change), and I was forced to drive off the road at 35+ MPH. This life threatening experience moved me to take these actions. ?december 5th: as I was taking the vehicle to a dealership for the third repair attempt, I was turning left at an intersection and had to shift from first to second (at 2000 RPM so no skip shift issue). I was unable to enter the gear and was vulnerable to accidents being stuck in the middle of the intersection for several seconds. I finally shifted into the second gear with a loud grind, avoiding a collision with a bus.

Filed Nov 3, 2011 · Transmission · 444 miles · DE

Brand new mustang gt/cs 2011 hard shifting in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Hard shifting included grindings, loud noise and some times simply can not shift. Problem is more evident when engine is started in the morning. Occasionally while shifting I could feel that the transmission is pushing the shift in the opposite direction I am trying to shift.

Filed Oct 31, 2011 · Transmission · AZ

2011 ford, mustang gt 5.0, manual 6 speed: early 2011 (jan-feb) I have taken the car in numerous times to the rodeo ford service repair center about the grinding and rough shifting from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd. A ford service ticket has been opened to track the issue and dealer repairs made. The dealers service manager has driven the vehicle, with me present, and has noticed the same grind and rough shift pattern as described. The service center implemented the technical service bulletin tsb 11-3-18, 'the increased shift effort may be the result of the increased viscosity of the transmission fluid in cold weather'?. The weather in az does no''t get that cold and it continued even during the summer months. I had also requested that the 1st to 4th skip shift be disabled, with no change in shifting. I drive the car approximately 10 miles a day to get to work, but I do no''t drive it like I would like to, I have to be extremely careful not to pull out in front of anyone. Current mileage is 2,900 miles.

Filed Oct 20, 2011 · Transmission · 2,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford mustang gt. The contact stated that when attempting to shift gears manually from first to second, the vehicle would skip second and shift into third gear, distorting the vehicles speed. Also, when shifting from first to second gear, the vehicle would exhibit a clunking and grinding noise. The dealer was notified of the defect, but the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 2,000 and the current mileage was 7,500.

Filed Oct 5, 2011 · Transmission · 7,100 miles · MI

Rough, irregular shifting, most noticeable shifting from 1st gear on this manual transmission. Seems to lock you out of gears at any given time. Also while down shifting, I.e. Exiting off the highway onto an exit ramp, have experienced a similar problem. From 6th gear, the transmission locked me out of 4th gear and forced me into 2nd gear. This caused a massive and sudden decrease in speed causing the vehicle behind me to slam on their brakes in order to avoid rear-ending me. Persistent grinding noise and feel while the car is being shifted, as if the gears are not meshing when shifted. Noticeable in the feel of the stick and audible at times as well. This is noticeable in most gears in particular 2nd thru 5th. The transmission constantly makes a hard clunking noise when it is put into first gear from neutral. This clunk can be heard and felt in the car clearly. I've had this vehicle to the dealer several times, keep getting the run-around, I.e., "that is normal", "our tech's couldn't reproduce the problem" etc...standard dealer deflection.

Filed Sep 2, 2011 · Transmission · 2,600 miles · ID

Owner of a 2011 mustang gt with 6 spd manual transmission. Have had problems with rough shifting since 2000 miles. Have taken it into ford dealership 3 times so far. One time my transmission actually started leaking and ford was able to fix the leak but not the shifting. Rough shifting occurs in 1st-2nd-3rd gear. Sometimes I get stuck at lights trying to force it into first gear. Ford has had tech's drive it multiple times and they tell me its normal, that's as far as the investigation has gone. I have 10,000 miles on the car and the shifting is only getting worse. Taking it into a new ford dealership to see if they will be more helpful in finding out what the problem is and actually fixing it. Very disappointing with the way ford treats their customers.

Filed Aug 28, 2011 · Transmission · 6,200 miles · NE

Here's what I'm experiencing. 1. Clutch pedal sticks to floor at higher RPM shifts (5000 plus) and will not release until RPM has lowered to less than 3500 RPM. Doesn?t matter what gear I?m shifting into. 2. I was locked into 2nd gear when clutch pedal was stuck to floor. The shifter would not allow me to pull out of 2nd to go to 3rd until I slowed down (less than 3500 RPM) and clutch released. Then once I pushed the clutch back in after it released I was able to shift from 2nd to 3rd. 3. At a higher RPM shift (5000 plus) I was not able to shift from 2nd to 3rd. I was locked out of 3rd gear. I was getting onto the interstate and I had to slow down and then at a lower RPM (about 3500-4000) then I was able to shift into 3rd. 4. Transmission will not allow me to go into reverse and 1st gear sometimes when clutch is pushed down to floor while the car is at a stop. If I let the clutch out and double pump it then it will let me but the transmission feels and sounds clunky. 5. Not allowed to shift from 1st to 2nd sometimes and when it does finally go into gear, it feels like the shifter doesn?t fully engage into 2nd. 6. Really hard sometimes to down shift back to 1st from any gear while driving with clutch fully depressed to floor. 7. Sometimes there is a slight grinding noise going into 2nd with clutch fully depressed to floor. 8. Slight grinding into 3rd sometimes with clutch fully depressed to floor. 9. Slight grinding into 5th sometimes with clutch fully depressed to floor. 10. Transmission feels and sounds clunky when shifting into all gears.