I have an 04 GT and for some reason it's hard to get into gear sometimes or it sticks a little but switching gears. Also it makes this noise almost like a grinding while going into reverse sometimes. Any idea would it could be?

Thanks in advance.

 

Maybe a bad clutch

 

Do you have an aftermarket clutch with the stock cable? Sounds like it isn't disengaging.

 

No everything is stock in the car. I've let 2 people drive the car and they tell me the clutch is very stiff I thought that was normal on mustangs.

 

cable sounds like it is a little stretched and needs to adjusted, where is it grabbing from the floor. If you still have the stock quad it has ( if it is working) an auto adjusting set up. you need to pull up or "lift" the pedal towards the drivers seat to get it to click.

never adjust a clutch for "feel" or "driving style" total myth adjust the clutch for function.

correctly adjusted the clutch will begin to grab about 1/2 way up its travel. If the clutch grabs right off or very close to the floor then it is adjusted to loosely and will cause difficulty putting into gears, cause the car to roll on flat surfaces and cuase premature clutch/transmission wear.

If the clutch grabs to high or at the very top of it travel then it is adjusted to tight ( or your clutch is wasted if adjusting the cable will not fix the high pedal!! ) a clutch that is giving to high will cause it to constanly disengaging when driving.

you want the clutch to grab about 1 1/2 inches or so of the floor and have about 1 inch of end play on the pedal when the clutch is released.

 

Thanks for the input I'll try that