Vehicle suddenly downshifted on it's own from highway speed and set several malfunction indicator lamps, nearly caused a highway speed collision. Checked codes afterwards and P1500 Vehicle Speed Sensor malfunction code was present, this is a known issue with this type and make of vehicle but this vehicle has somehow been omitted from a safety recall.
2013 Ford Mustang transmission complaints
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The contact owns a 2013 Ford Mustang. The contact stated that twice while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle began to jerk as the vehicle independently downshifted without warning. After each failure, the contact was unable to accelerate above 35 MPH. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where the battery and other engine parts were replaced; however, three days later, the failure recurred. Upon investigation, the contact linked the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 12V190000 (Power Train, Exterior Lighting). The contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer where she was informed that the VIN was not under recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 112,000.
This an update to November 13, 2021 the federal safety agency ID NUMBER: 11440318 The problem continued and I could not risk an accident so I brought it to my Ford dealer who was able to replicate the problem and diagnosed it as failed sensors in the "Molded Lead frame". The work was performed(copies attached) and there has been no recurrence of the problem. The same problem that was in the recall for 2011-2012 Mustangs! "Randomly while driving there is the engine revs up but car does not go any faster, no response from the throttle, no power. It slams down into lower gear, at one time the rear wheels screeched. My wife was driving this time, we were in traffic and was almost rear ended. She will no longer drive the car. Sometimes the wrench light would come on when it was slamming into a different gear then go away after shutting the engine off. I had someone check for codes but none were found... more..."
Randomly while driving there is the engine revs up but car does not go any faster, no reponse from the throttle, no pwower. It slams down into lower gear, at one time the rear wheels screeched. My wife was driving this time, we were in traffic and was almost rear ended. She will no longer drive the car. Sometimes the wrench light would come on when it was slamming into a different gear then go away after shutting the engine off. I had someone check for codes but none were found. On 1 occasion I took a video on my phone while driving at asready throttle and the speedometer was all over the place, up at 40 down to 20 up then down to 0. I had the spark plugs, pcv, evap purge valve, throttle body replaced and it is not fixed. the car has 49K miles. We have owned this car since new. It happens more often now but I cannot replicate it on demand.
My 2013 Ford Mustang had some problems with down shifting, and my daughter took it several times to the dealer, they said it is probably the throttle body, so I replaced it, and thought that everything was fine. So on September last year my daughter was in an accident due to the car downshifting to first gear, the tires locked up and she swirled to some freeway wire retainers. Thankfully she was OK, So thinking that the throttle body went bad again I replaced it, and last week, I almost got rear ended because the same thing happened to me. The car shifted abruptly to first gear, locking the tires and rear swaying side to side.
Vehicle intermittently hesitates to accelerate after coming to a complete stop.this first occured in 2019 and only happened a hand full of times until november 2020. In recent instances it has repeatedly stalled at stop lights and in traffic situations where I need to slow to a near stop, such as a yield or sharp turn.the rpms jump high and engine revs but doesn't hardly move for several seconds, after which it jerks suddenly forward and a yellow wrench light comes on in the dashboard. It has become a daily occurence and mechanics have suggested it to be related to a computing error that the ford dealership should address.
My mother bought this car brand new, the neighbors hacked into the sync system once and had issues out of radio since, but she's not concerned over that, the 6speed transmission will shift on its on, be running 55 and downshift to first, and go to pull out in 6th and had almost got her hit more than once , I hooked computer to it reset everything to factory except the my key and bluetooth which neighbors hacked, but I took down the rd and driving normal to set shifting points, I was in a 60 MPH zone going 55 and luckily no one was behind me it decided that 1rst gear was nessasary gear at 55 and I fish tailed until I shifted into n, but she is older and just paid it off, and now since police wouldn't help us against their own family I. Wash co tn we had move and her car is only way she had to work, my cars are also electronically disabled at this time , only car I have is manuel trans and she can't shift gears, she helps everyone and is a nurse yet we can't get an one help her and where she moved had broke her , please tell me a way I can get her a reliable fix, from what I've seen ford should went a recall. She has no choice but to take her chances since my car gas tank was sugared , it's getting worse and only does in certain areas near sub stations for some reason.and I am disabled but not drawing anything just work on cars, since gateway auto body shut down, trying my best just get by. Any help or references would be appreciated . Ty
Vehicle will suddenly not accelerate while driving - randomly. The car had no response. At times, wrench light will be on - other lights too. After turning off car, the problem seems to go away, but it has repeated and frequency seems to be higher. This is very dangerous as this happens in highways or exists, the car is basically with no response.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford mustang. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle downshifted into first gear with the service engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the output speed sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v075000 (power train) however, the VIN was not included. The dealer was not contacted however, the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 159,000.
Purchased a 2013 ford mustang automatic transmission on 5/31/2020. Inspected vehicle on 6/6/2020 and came out having a bad transmission with internal clutch damage and valve body damage. When driving vehicle skips heavily for 1 to 2 gear making the car unsafe to drive.
I purchased a used 2013 ford mustang boss 302. The car only has 9,000 miles on it. It only comes with the 6 speed manual transmission. It has a clunky shift between 1st and 2nd gear and 5th gear. You must shift very slowly when it is cold or it will grind the gears. I have looked at several ford boss302 facebook groups and everyone states they will have clutch lockout if they shift at high RPM's and ultimately will have transmission failure due to a clutch that is unable to provide enough clamping power to hold the flywheel when shifting. Numerous users stated that as soon as they upgraded to clutches by mccleod, exedy, or mantic, the problems immediately went away. They all state it is not the transmission, but the faulty clutch that causes the transmission to fail eventually. The boss 302 engine has a 7,500 RPM redline which is higher than the other coyote 5.0 liter engines. The clutch can not handle this high RPM limit. So, basically ford sold a performance car that you can't drive anywhere near its limits because of the faulty clutch/transmission. They should be required to replace the stock clutch with a higher quality aftermarket clutch. If they replace it with the same ford clutch, the problem will repeat.
In a nut shell, look up ford tsbs: 13-4-9 and 13-6-8. 2013 mustang, 65,700 miles, with 6-speed auto (6r80) transmission will suddenly get stuck in 5th gear when starting or when cruising at highway speeds. Very dangerous when pulling out into traffic or an on-ramp and suddenly stuck in 5th gear with no ability to accelerate. Not to mention potential road range from drivers behind a car that can't move when the traffic light turns green. The orange wrench, airbag, low fuel indicators illuminated, the speedometer needle drops to zero, odometer, trip meter, "miles until empty" meter all display dashes while driving. Symptoms will clear after an ignition key cycle, but return. Trouble codes (dtcs) p0720 is sometimes stored in the powertrain control module. I'm currently stuck with a >$900 repair bill to replace the lead frame attached to the valve body in the transmission. Please increase scope of existing recall for other years/models with the same 6r80 transmission problem. Ford csp 16n02 has already extended coverage for 10 years, 150,000 miles on other vehicles with this same tranny, so it's incomprehensible the 2013 mustang isn't covered as well.
Similar to notice 10091155, my 2013 mustang gt is exhibiting symptoms of either a) speedometer drops to zero, car violently downshifts at 70 MPH, locking the rear tires, b) speedometer dropping to zero, odometer going blank, car downshifting to 5th gear, and "wrench" indicator illuminating, or c) speedometer momentarily dropping out and transmission downshifting unexpectedly.
While driving my car it went into a "limp mode". It has happened several times but this particular day I was crossing an intersection and my car just lost power. I was almost smashed on each side. A wrench light popped up on my dashboard and the car would not move. I was literally stuck in the middle of the intersection. I had to place the car in park and turn it off for 3 minutes. It started back up but it still does it at least 5-6 times a week. I had the throttle body cleaned and it still does it. I am only the second owner of this vehicle and I take good care of it. I love the mustangs, but if I would've know of this very serious safety issue, I wouldn't have bought it. I can be driving at 60mph and this will happen. This is very dangerous and frightening. I've read that some previous ford models have been recalled for this same issue. I don't understand why the mustangs haven't been. This is unacceptable by ford. When I called them they just told me to keep my receipts. I cannot believe they are doing this to people.
My vehicle is doing the exact same thing as this recall #19s07 - 6r80 transmission unexpected downshift into 1st gear. My VIN says there is no recall yet it is happening to my car on a semi regular basis 2-3 times per week. I do not have the money to take it to my local ford dealer and feel this VIN should be recalled for this problem. The car just drops down into 1st gear irregardless of speed. It is a danger to myself and other drivers around me. I am writing this desperate email to the federal safety agency to please put my car on this recall asap and also documenting the fact I am telling you about this problem in case there is a future accident for insurance purposes and a law suit waiting to happen. Please help me. This vehicle is dangerous and needs repair today. I do not have the money to take it to ford. I know what ever the costs it will be 500-1000 or more. Please recheck my VIN: [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
From a stop, car wouldn't shift pass first gear. Had to stop, restart car. Wrench and empty gas warning lights came on. While traveling, car suddenly downshifted into first gear. Empty gas warning light came on. Had to pull over, restart car.
Car shifts down by itself and shows dashes on the odometer as the speedometer gets stuck on zero. It alse shows wrench light when this happens. The 2013 mustang has 6r80 transmission and the dealership is charging me 950$ to fix the car. They said they will replace the molded leadframe.
I was driving down I-35 in the arbuckle mountains in oklahoma going 70mph when my car suddenly disengaged the cruise control and downshifted to first gear. It felt like the brakes were being applied forcefully and then the car returned to driving normally. This happened two more times until I was able to pull off on the shoulder as I had almost gotten into an accident the first time it did it. During this time the car was in the drive selector and when the problem would happen the car would show it had entered sport mode and then the downshifting would occur. This would happen without warning and suddenly, without any input from me. This terrified me as I was going at such a high speed and it was sprinkling out and a car was following closely behind me. Luckily I was not involved in an accident. We had the vehicle towed to a nearby ford dealership to be looked at and are awaiting the results. As I researched the problem later that night I found that many ford 2011-2012 vehicles had been recalled for the exact same issue. Mine is a 2013 model and was not included in the recall, therefore I was unaware of any problems with the vehicle.
I was shifting my car into 3rd hear and the shifter got stuck causing the transmission to not let me get out of gear this happened in my neighborhood.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford mustang. When the contact shifted into third or fourth gear, an abnormal noise was heard and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to hodges ford (13452 ga-251, darien, ga 31305, (866) 390-7709) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 31,000.
Was driving my 2013 mustang home from my parents house the car didn't want to shift or move even at full throttle stop in the middle of the road shut the vehicle off and restarted it drove home just fine. Went to drive it later that night and again car didn't want to shift nor move but this time I lost my speedometer and all my digital display in the center went blank. As the days and weeks went by the problem started becoming more frequent so I took it to an auto zone to get the codes checked had codes p0720 and p0722 (output speed sensor inside molded lead frame) come up on the code reader. I then called my cousin who is a ford dealer mechanic to look up my codes and he told me to come by the shop and showed me what the codes were from the software from ford they used. We then looked up to see if there was a recall on the part and found a recall from ford for the 2012 mustang with the 6r80 which is the same auto transmission that I have. The cut off build date for the recall was february 2012 and my vehicle was made in august of 2012. I also read of other people with the same year and transmission that I have having the same issues as me. I called ford customer service to see if I they would extend the recall to cover 2013 mustangs they said they would not. I personally have had multiple times where the shifting has almost caused a wreck. An instance here recently was I was pulling out of the parking lot of the company I work at and the car started off fine then stalled and didn't want to go and almost got t boned. Another instance was a couple days before thanksgiving and I was headed to my parents house and just merged onto the highway and the car started acting up and could of easily caused a pile up near the ramp and got someone killed.bought the car from a ford dealership with 34k miles now has about 76k miles.
Loss of power to the engine while driving. When this happens, the service wrench and check engine light comes on. Also, a sort of shuddering noise comes from the engine. When this occurs, I can not accelerate. The car pretty much goes limp and I have to pull over and restart my car. It could be from an electronic throttle body failure. This has happened five times.
Manual transmission has problems going into gear. Synchros are being replaced a second time with less than 60k miles and this car has never been on a race track. There are times when I've tried merging onto a freeway only to find myself not being able to get into 5th gear. Now I'm told my clutch has to be replaced. Something seems wrong. Although a 2013 my car was purchased in 2012 and I imagine has the same parts as those who filed complaints resulting in an investigation of the 2012 mustang transmissions.
Approximately 150 miles into a trip while traveling on interstate in 6th gear at 80 MPH I had to slow for break lights ahead. Tried to downshift into 5th and immediately the tach red lined and the transmission would not engage. Tried to go back to 6th and same issue. Used the foot brake to slow to a stop and was able to drive in 1st through 4th gear or reverse. Drove to nearest ford dealership in 4th gear for repair. The external diagnosis was fine so the tech went to remove the transmission. He noticed the vent cap missing off the transmission and only 1 qt of fluid left. There was a burnt smell and metal shavings in the assembly. The transmission was replaced due to catastrophic failure. Just 3 days prior to this the car had been serviced and the transmission, cap, fluid all checked out well. The tech at the dealership explained the pressure inside the transmission could cause a major burn-off of the fluid if the cap came off as it appeared. So a slow leak was not the case here. The removal of the vent cap was the root cause.
I was unable to shift gears while driving and the service dept advised I had bad synchros and was fixed under warranty. Fast forward a couple of months and had difficulty switching gears from 1st to 2nd had really bad grinding and would take a couple of times to shift. Then, when starting my car from my house, I was unable to get the gear into reverse while the car was on. It just wouldn't go in to gear... Not any gear in fact. I had to turn the car off and put it into reverse and then turn the car on. While the clutch was fully pressed down the car started moving backwards when I removed my foot from the break. (the car was level and that never happens). Then after backing up I couldn't get it out of reverse. I had to turn the car off and put it in 1st and then start the car. The same thing - it moved with the clutch in and couldn't get it out of gear. I had the car towed to the dealer's service department. After the tow, for whatever reason, they were able to drive the car without issue. I'm not used to driving a car with such transmission problems that can't be diagnosed.
Okay, I've had this incident a couple of times already. I was getting off the highway and a wrench icon came on the dashboard, I took it to the ford dealership where I purchased the vehicle at. The ford dealership found nothing, and it has happened several more times after I took it. I'm driving and the wrench icon comes on, I have no acceleration, I press the gas and it won't speed up. I have to be pulling over and turning off the car for a few minutes.
Noticed I couldn't get the car (2013 boss 302 - bought new) to shift into 3rd gear at higher rpms. (not on the track, just on the freeway). Mentioned to local dealer and it was brushed off because the car was so new. Well, it still happens and seems to be worsening. Only 3rd gear and only higher rpms. When trying to get into 3rd it just grinds and does't latch.
Cannot shift from forth to fifth in my car and 2nd gear experiences a lock out / missed shift and will not go in to 2nd. Bad transmission and syncro. Problems
Increasing speed to merge onto kellogg in wichita, kansas westbound from oliver and transmission began to jerk, then in a very short time span, about 2-3 seconds, entire vehicle shut down. Dealer did some repair work but the car has had numerous electrical incidents including failing to start, shutdowns, failure of pass side window to go all the way down, failure of climate control causing fogged windows, speakers shorting out, trunk opening on its own, and so forth. Numerous, but still small percentage of automatic transmission (6r80) issues that seem to match mine. No error codes suggest intermittent fail of contacts at passthru connector, possibly related to poorly seated connector insert. Bare wire was discovered in pass door when windows was serviced. Vehicle should be investigated for the transmission failure to issue tsb as needed to correct was well as investigation into wiring harness. Note - we have had 3 incidents where the problems could have caused crash.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford mustang. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the clutch prevented the vehicle from accelerating. After the contact shifted into gear and released the clutch, the vehicle continued to idle. The failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing, but the results were unknown. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 18,000.
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