Yep.... I'm sure the New York Times is monitoring AFM.

 

I meant it in reference to the NHTSA investigation, and all the threads on the forums being a visible internet presence, which has to of impacted sales a little.

 

Thank you for the update, Grifftech. I did get your PM a few weeks ago and escalated your case. I've been so sick, I didn't even notice your case was already opened. Definitely keep me posted.

Have you brought yours into your dealer, kn7671? Let me know if there is anything I can do to help!

Deysha

 

Thanks Deysha, I just want to make sure they don't just sweep me under the rug and hope I go away. But at the same time I don't want to be calling every couple days to see if they have driven a 6MT to compare my car to.

I just want my car fixed is all, a 10 month old car shouldn't sound like this.

Should have bought the Camaro instead (jk'ing)

 

With all these manual transmissions messing up on peoples Mustangs I am wishing now I would have gotten an automatic. I have 4K on my 11 and so far no problems. Just notchy going into each gear.

 

You could say that for most companies. Not just Ford. Stocks suck right now compared to their peaks

 

Well when the market goes down like it has. I don't know of one company that is as old as ford that still has stocks close to their peaks.

 

I am 100% sure that the mt82 iusses have 0% to do with stock price. No one at the a firm is going "oh crap cbaty08 said something on a forum, sell sell sell"..

 

I hope that somehow this issue with these MT82s can get some national news coverage or some sort of investigative report done outside of the NHTSA inquiry and really shed some light on this and then maybe Ford will do something. One can dream

 

I just think the loudest whine is from the owners that think forums are a negative pr campaign headquarters.

 

 

i think the news has some better stories to cover...not many people in the general public really give a s**t unless they are owners; it just doesn't apply to them. news stations are like any other tv program and they live off of ratings.

if people were dying because of it then i could see it getting some coverage (like the toyota acceleration thing). otherwise it just isn't really that interesting outside of the mustang community. plus, will all the other car recalls that happen almost every day, it would be an even bigger snoozefest.

 

I'm still waiting on the ABC 20/20 Mustang show that Matero promised me.

 

Well, 14000 miles and still no problems. I am having the fluid TSB accomplished on Wednesday, because it was hard to shift last winter, and I am curious to see if this helps. I figure with this many miles on the tranny it can't hurt. I am not going to replace the Ford fluid with anything aftermarket until the NHTSA investigation is complete and my warranty is gone.

 

Just had a new transmission issue on my 2011 GT. 16K miles, no issues, cruising on a trip in 6th gear and suddenly transmission just went. Dealer says it was a "bearing failure that took the other bearings and a couple shafts out with it" Any news on the investigation?

 

Investigation? I wouldn't count on that; most transmissions are fine.

Did you ask for warranty work?

 

Yes, it's been at the dealer for over a week now. After stalling a couple days, and then saying they didn't think it was the transmission as I'd suggested, but rather the rear end, and then saying they needed to look into that to ensure this wasn't due to warranty-voiding misuse, they finally came back and said "well it wasn't the rear end, it WAS in fact the transmission, so we'll get that over to the transmission guy to take a look at it." I mentioned the NHTSA investigation into them and of course the service manager said he hadn't heard of any problems. They did a cost analysis and are just replacing parts, but if these things are having so many issues, I wonder how long it will be before taking it in again.

 

Lololololololololololololol

 

Well, I am pushing 14500 now and like you, have had no problems; however, with your failure I am beginning to wonder. When you say the transmission suddenly went, did it grenade on the highway or just lose all gears resulting in a roadside tow? Was there any particular sound before it failed? Any warning at all?

 

No... not there, but in a much larger outlet.... an old August article from jalapolik that has been cross-referenced back on itself a thousand times by Matero and a thread on AFM that has the same five posters making 90% of the traffic.

Unless it is a safety issue it will never see the light of day in the media; perhaps on a facebook page the he frequents to raise visits on it.