1. There is no foot dragging. The average lemon law case in California takes 6-9 months to complete. Mine has been in process since April.

2. There is no "more" to the story. In fact, two Ford dealers examined my car... FSEs drove the car... Service managers and technicians drove the car... they all agreed there was no sign of abuse and are baffled as to what is going on other than to say they've seen it before and they're waiting on Ford for next steps.

 

April 2011? Seems this should have been happening LONG before then. Maybe it is just me, but I feel like this has been going on for years now.

Either way, if it truly is even in the lemon process what do you have to gain by continuing to slam Ford on every forum and car website you can post on? What is YOUR end game here that I feel in the dark on?

With the lemon process initiated, your communications to or about Ford really should be irrelevant.

 

jmatero, would you PLEASE stop muddying the water with truth and facts?!?

 

Please post all you like just keep it over on www.allfordwhiners.com!

 

+1

Jmatero does not seem to have a fair perpective anymore. I can't say I would if my car was giving me problems, but either way he lost perspective. I love going on long rants too, but there is a time and place for it.

 

It's just you. Made their last repair attempt in March, asked for a replacement, they said "no". I do not "slam" anyone. I post to provide facts when others post "there is no issue" or attack owner's experiencing transmission failures blaming them. Ford needs to fix these cars. This has nothing to do with me.

 

I know right? Again, I can see how folks not familiar with the transmission thread at AFM could be in the dark about the extent of this. There are multiple posts there daily from new owners in this mess and getting no help from Ford yet some folks here continue to discount the facts and simply shoot the messenger.

 

Let me remind you as to the point of this thread. The OP asked:

When owner's post things like "there is no issue... Owners don't know how to drive" or "it's a small number of owners and besides swapping the fluid fixes it" they are posting false information... Information that is anything but helpful to the OP.

Heck, the transmission thread just today has a hoard of "rookies" who had their fluid swapped and a couple hundred miles later, their grinding and lock-outs are back... and they're mad as hell. And that is posted there every day.

If you believe this is a minor issue affecting very few owners you haven't done your research or are in denial. The OP ofnthis thread deserves a truthful answer.

I advise him to not take my word for it... But to go to that thread and read the posts from just the past 48 hours let alone all 6000 posts.

 

I would have believed this if not for all of your negative posts on every car site that posts any article concerning the Mustang.

You've made it personal (maybe rightly so) whether you want to admit it or not which severely skews your objectivity.

 

I still think that the fluids that are being used in these cars are a major cause of the damage. It doesn't make sense that so many can experiment with fluids swaps on their own and solve their problems. I think the factory fill fluids have the wrong additive package causing slow synchro engagement causing....you know the rest. Just my two cents. Again the occasional tranny failures due to factory defects can't be explained and solved by this but as stupid as it sounds so many cars out there have resolved notchy and grinding in cold temps with just finding the fluid that the tranny agrees with.

Again this is just my input when I look at the whole picture from all the forums out there.

EDIT: That QDC crap was designed for a dual clutch design on that **** fiesta. Does not make any sense why they are recommending changing to that fluid even when the supposed typo in the owners manual removed the QDC fluid as the recommended fluid.

 

Owners of MT82-equipped cars at AFM are reporting they received calls from the NHTSA. This is usually the first step in beginning a defect investigation. Historically, Ford responds to these types of vehicle problems after being forced by the NHTSA so the 53 reports are, indeed, setting alarms off. For anyone experiencing shifting issues with their 2011/2012 Mustangs with manual transmissions, please take just a few minutes to file an online complaint with the NHTSA at the following link:

FILE AN ONLINE VEHICLE COMPLAINT

Thanks everyone!

 

Sorry....back on topic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MGMULSGJOU

great video post about the transmission issue

 

From Wikipedia:

You, sir, are the epitome of a troll.

To REALLY keep this on topic, owners are now receiving calls...and followup emails... from the NHTSA:

Hopefully, this investigation will lead to a permanent fix for anyone experiencing shifting issues with their Mustangs.

 

If a fix really comes wouldn't it be something that they'd have to do to all MT-82s and not just those that are currently experiencing issues? Just curious...

 

It depends on what the issue is. If it's some kind of build or assembly inconsistency, they could recall the vehicles to inspect the part(s)... And replace those showing signs of trouble. The car has been on the market just over a year now. And 2012's just a few months. We're hearing from owner's of both now so if the part(s) are failing with so few miles, and I owned one I felt was ok... I'd want the suspect part(s) installed anyway.

 

Ive been trying for the past 3 months to make this tranny come apart. Any suggestions?

 

Apparently all you need to do is let JMatero drive it.

 

 

Maybe jmatero is a secret plant from Chevy.

Either way, this is clearly being blown way out of proportion, and he has lost credibility.

 

I beg to differ considering the numbers of PMs and emails I get from owners daily. Currently, owners are in the process of setting up appointments with the NHTSA to have their cars inspected by their engineers. Let's see what they uncover.