2011 Ford Mustang: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Aug 6, 2025 · Transmission · 48,000 miles · AK

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Mustang. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated that the transmission, on occasion, did not shift into second and third gear. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with a failed clutch pad. The contact was informed that the clutch pad needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure and did not assist. The contact was informed to contact the federal safety agency Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 48,000.

Filed May 22, 2018 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · NC

Transmission does not shift properly. Hesitation when upon initial take off and inconsistent shifting. Causes hazardous condition when you expect the vehicle to go and the transmission does not engage.

Filed Aug 5, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 66,000 miles · CA

I was driving on the freeway going 60mph when all of a sudden my cars power just cut off and it went into limp mode and had the worst idle at 1100 RPM until I turned off the vehicle. I then turned it back on and the limp mode light went away but a few more miles up it cut power again and almost caused a wreck as I had to quickly think and get to the side of the freeway. It happened 2 more times that day til I got it home and got the engine code p2111. I found out later its a faulty throttle body that they used in fusions and other models and everyone is having this same issue of it randomly cutting off. It's a faulty throttle body that should be recalled!

Filed Nov 11, 2015 · Engine · 49,000 miles · OH

Car stalls goes into limp mode no warning .very bad on freeway cant get off the road I have had 3 close calls a light comes on am told by ford dealer it could be the throttle body but no codes are showing up.I have looked on line and this seems to be a problem with this car and other ford cars.ihave talked to the dealer and he said the throttle body is not covered by warrenty these cars should be corrected they are dangerous I hate to drive the car my car is still under warrenty.

Filed Oct 17, 2015 · Engine · 49,000 miles · OH

Wrench light comes on looses power goes into limp mode very dangerous cant move off the road my book says its the throddle control took it to the dealer said they cant find any problem no code .

Filed Jun 21, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 78,000 miles · FL

Driving down an interstate a wrench came on the dashboard and car went into limp mode. Pulled off turned the car off and restarted it. Got to the destination ok but on the way back home the wrench came on again. Looked at the code and saw it was the p2111 code. It happened 4 times in the way, losing power and shaking. Taking it to ford tomorrow to find out if it covered under the warranty. There was no recall in the car,however, I am noticing a lot of people are having this issue. This is a safety issue and should have a recall on it. From what everyone else is saying ford is not doing anything to help or fix the problem.

Filed May 21, 2015 · Acceleration · 42,187 miles · IN

While driving 65 MPH on the interstate my vehicle went into "limp mode" causing the vehicle to drastically slow down and requiring evasive action to get to the shoulder during heavy traffic. This has never happened before and I went to the dealership and was advised that the fault code was "p21111 thottle actuator control system stuck open".

Filed Sep 24, 2014 · Driver assistance, Transmission · 55,100 miles · TX

This began as of last thursday. I have a 2011 ford mustang that I bought just last august. As I was driving on the freeway, a wrench light came on and my car seemed to have stalled on me. I thought maybe it was because it was pouring down raining so I was able to pull over into a parking lot since I was exiting the freeway. I turned off the car after it seemed to vibrate a bit, waited a few moments, turned it back on and it seemed fine. I was able to get home and park it only a few miles from where it happened. I had a doc appointment later that day and was able to get there. It was when I was on my way home that it happened again, on the freeway! It occurred again the next day (friday) as I was leaving from work. I was on the freeway again in busy traffic and it happened twice except the second time, my engine light came on. My dad took it to a mechanic, it was hooked up to the computer and no code came back. Coolant was put in it and the engine light went off. The throttle body was cleaned. Everything was fine afterwards. Today, I'm driving to work and it goes into limp mode twice on the freeway while drivers are swerving around me! This is not safe at all! I have extended warranty on my car so this is going to have to be fixed asap. To anyone else having this problem, please be careful. Once it goes into limp mode, your speed will drastically decrease and you will not be able to accelerate. It is scary because not all parts of the freeway have a shoulder to pull over...this needs to be a recall before someone is seriously hurt. I've read up on other owner's issues and saw that there have been quite a few wrecks behind this.

Filed Jul 28, 2014 · Engine · 35,591 miles · GA

Was driving on interstate, without warning went into limp mode, which I had to pull to side of road, turned off motor to reset, but every time I take off it goes in limp mode, I took it to dealership to have them take a look at they said that it's not under warranty any more and that the repair would be almost 1100 dollars.

Filed Jul 26, 2014 · Transmission · 46,500 miles · TX

At high RPM's in 2nd gear would not shift into 3rd twice this happened. On normal road conditions noticed 3rd was like neutral so I would have to go from second to fourth then in doing that 4th gear was having issues whether I'm up shifting or downshifting 3rd and 4th no longer work under any condition they feel like neutral so now I only can us 1,2,5,6 I no longer have a 3 and 4 . So while at track car never went passed second and the drive home was missing 2 gears just like that.

Filed Jul 10, 2014 · Acceleration, Electrical · 68,000 miles · GA

My wife ,who is three months pregnant, was driving down the road when the wrench light came on and vehicle lost power and went into what I am hearing is "limp mode". The car losses power , never shuts off, it reduces the rpms to about 600 and speed to about 10 to 12 MPH. When this happened to her she just barely got off the road before an 18 wheeler hit her from behind. When I arrived on scene I cut the vehicle off for about 10 sec. Then started it back up and it ran fine. This happened twice more before the check engine light came on. When I scanned the car trouble code p2111 displayed saying failed throttle body. I reset the computer went to the dealership and was told it would be about $170.00 andthere was about a 50% chance they would not be able to determine the problem so I kept my money and left. Doing some research on the internet I have found many different forums where people with mustangs are having the same issue with their etb ( electronic throttle body) on their vehicle but ford says there is no issue. While doing my research I found where ford issued a customer satisfaction program no. 13n03 on fusions, escapes, and milians for a defective ebt but the mustang is not covered or acknowledged even though the problem described is the same exact issue that im having. This has happened to us about 10 different times since the first instance. It's a known issue as far as I am concerned and a major safety issue. Please help.

Filed Jul 6, 2014 · Fuel system · 39,000 miles · KS

2011 mustang 3.7. At various speeds the vehicle went into limp mode. Displayed code p2111.