2011 Ford Mustang: whining or grinding noise

Filed Apr 3, 2012 · Transmission · 20,000 miles · IL

Mt-82 transmission has begun to whine .

Filed Sep 1, 2011 · Transmission · 1,600 miles · IL

2011 ford shelby mustang gt500 transmission problems. Grinding and difficulty downshifting into 4th and 2nd. Loud whining in 1st gear.

Filed Aug 10, 2011 · Transmission · 3,000 miles · SC

Problems shifting car into gear. Gears are notchy and almost impossible to shift into first when car is cold. Transmission making whining noises in 1-4 gears.

Filed Aug 10, 2011 · Transmission · 4,500 miles · FL

Car get stuck in gear,clutch wont work so you cant put in gear at a stoplight or slow down!,rough shifts,trans whines real loud,clutch pedal sticks to the floor!

Filed Aug 9, 2011 · Transmission · 2,000 miles · CT

Since the car has been in my possession, 3rd gear has always had issues. It grinds from time to time, and the transmission pushes me out of 3rd gear when my foot is completely down on the clutch. It has also developed an increasingly loud whining noise throughout all the gears while accelerating. The shifts when cold are rough, doesn't feel as it should.

Filed Aug 8, 2011 · Transmission · 800 miles · NJ

Transmission grinds from 1st-2nd when cold and intermittently when at operating temperature. Tsb for "rough shifting" has been performed. Whining from transmission started around 800 miles and still remains. When attempting to shift into 3rd gear vehicle frequently locks me out leaving me slowing down in traffic to find a gear that will engage. Also experience lock out when down shifting into either 2nd or 1st gear. These erratic shifting issues are a daily occurrence and I'm concerned for my safety in the vehicle.

Filed Aug 8, 2011 · Transmission · 3,800 miles · FL

Transmission in my 2011 ford mustang gt 6-speed manual, (presently @ 4900 miles)has issues of trying to enter second gear on various occasions. As well as a terrible whining noise started around late 3000miles.

Filed Jul 27, 2011 · Transmission · VA

Loud whine from under hood area, possibly mt82 manual transmission, heard from 2.5k-3.5k rpms and in gears one to four when up shifting. Whine only heard when car is in motion. Whine is not heard when in reverse gear. Clunking noise can sometimes be heard with 1st to 2nd up shift and is somewhat difficult to shift at times. Engagement of gears can be audibly heard and 'felt' in the drivers seat during the rough 1st to 2nd shifts. Have had this trouble since new with 112 miles on the car starting out. Now car has approximately 275 miles. Whine noise has become noticeably louder over a short period and more frequent already. 1st to 2nd hard shifts becoming more frequent even over short period of time. Regardless whether car is warmed up or not, whine and hard shift frequency seems unaffected. I have not ran the engine speed over 4k rpms since purchased. Have reported to the service department at cavalier ford of chesapeke, va, left cell and work number including work times and have had no feedback as promised from any tech as of the time of this writing. I have read and heard of many 2011 mustang owners with the manual transmission having these same symptoms; sometimes with dangerous results on the road.

Filed Apr 24, 2011 · 1,012 miles · WA

I was proceeding from a stop sign to merge with on-coming traffic and was not able to enter 2nd gear and only after shifting into 3rd instead was able to avert being hit. It was not due to the 1st to 4th skip shift feature. The car has already been into ford (for a technical service bulletin repair for the transmission) to fix the shifting problem, but the vehicle is still hard to shift in lower gears and now has transmission whine. This is very dangerous! Many others are affected by this problem. Ford needs to recall this transmission.

Filed Apr 16, 2011 · Transmission · 9,000 miles · OH

Mt-82 transmission has a constant whine sound through 2,3,4 gear and won't engage in 3rd after 5k rpms. 5th gear constantly grinds. Currently in repair.

Filed Mar 24, 2011 · Transmission · 14,400 miles · MO

I had an issue today that was dangerous and had potential to cause an accident. My car's shift lever became stuck and wouldn't go into gear and I had to force it back to the neutral position while coming to a stop light.. The manual transmission in my 2011 ford mustang gt has been whining and grinding gears since the clutch was replaced due to a design flaw (only to get the exact same clutch assembly), and will be going back to the dealer march 29th to hopefully get the trans replaced (w/ the exact same trans that has all these known issues). I imagine this would happen again between now and when the car is taken to the dealer, this is my only and first brand new car, I shouldn't be having these dangerous problems, let along taking my brand new car to a dealership to keep getting repaired over and over again because the failing parts are just being replaced w/ the same parts only to fail over and over again. Ford needs to step up and replace this trans w/ an entirely different/dependable manual transmission. I have owned 7 mustangs, and this brand new one has had more transmission/clutch problems then any car I have ever had.. Worse off its the most $$ I have ever spent on a car as well.. $30k. For parts that keep failing.

Filed Feb 18, 2011 · Transmission · 500 miles · CA

Vehicle has been in 7 times for manual transmission grinding during gear changes leading to an inability to engage gears with 1st and 2nd being the most problematic. In emergency situations when you must accelerate quickly, valuable time is wasted just trying to get the car into gear...which proves impossible. These cars are equipped with a "skip shift" feature that locks out 2nd and 3rd for fuel economy and a message is displayed on the dash. Multitudes of owners are reporting they are unable to engage 2nd gear with no warning of it being locked out on the dash. They replaced the transmission at only 2500 miles and then changed the viscosity of the fluid used which ford claims is the solution. However, I and others getting this repair are discovering it does nothing to fix the issue. In fact, it only makes the shifting worse and causes whining from the transmission. This is happening to many 2011 mustang owners with the mt82 6-speed manual transmission (both v6 and v8). There are close to 1000 posts from owners experiencing the same safety issue on this website: http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/2011-mustang-talk/268693-official-2011-mustang-manual-transmission-rough-shifting-thread-66.html#post2429852 to date, ford has been unable to fix this problem.