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Old 08-07-2011, 03:06 PM
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Default NHTSA opens investigation into 11-12 6-speed woes

well i hope they find the issue, my boss clutch pedal sticks to the floor at high rpm on 3-4

http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2011/0...sion-problems/
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Old 08-07-2011, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ShaneM
well i hope they find the issue, my boss clutch pedal sticks to the floor at high rpm on 3-4

http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2011/0...sion-problems/
Thats terrible and whats worse there isn't much they can do about it right now.
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Old 08-07-2011, 04:48 PM
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I remember this issue. Some guys found a fix for this. They ordered a gt500 pedal assembly and replaced the GT pedal assembly.

Funny, I thought all '12 GTs had upgraded pedal boxes. I would have never bought hat he Boss is using the faulty pedal boxes.
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Originally Posted by JIM5.0
I remember this issue. Some guys found a fix for this. They ordered a gt500 pedal assembly and replaced the GT pedal assembly.

Funny, I thought all '12 GTs had upgraded pedal boxes. I would have never bought hat he Boss is using the faulty pedal boxes.
I think the problem is that it's not one consistent error with these trans' but rather it's like every one of them has their own mess of errors. Lots of grinding in some, some plain don't let you shift into certain gears, some just have weird clutch setups that have bolts backing out etc, lol it's like the new transmission is a mystery box of crap. The question is....what flavor will it be! lol.

I'm glad to see the gov't looking into this though, I have an automatic but I feel terrible for everybody that has been running into problems from the get go. Just not a fun thing to deal with on a brand new car purchase.
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not being able to shift is a big issue, you go to pass someone and need to shift and it wont go into gear, someone is going to get killed that way. the weird part for me is that it only happens on the 3-4 shift at high rpm.
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1st year model run, never a good idea. Just saying
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1st year model run, never a good idea. Just saying
Yeah but if they don't fix it soon the problems are gonna run through the 2012s and into the 13s... Inexcusable.
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Very disappointing to hear. Luckily I haven't had any problems at all with mine in 24,000 miles, but that sucks people are still having issues, especially with a 2012 Boss. I think it was Evolution or Lethal performance that had the same clutch pedal sticking to the floor issue and they had a thread on it and how they fixed it. I'm not "glad" the government is getting involved, but I hope it lights a fire under Ford's rear end to get this resolved.

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Old 08-08-2011, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by aaquib1992
Yeah but if they don't fix it soon the problems are gonna run through the 2012s and into the 13s... Inexcusable.
Very true!
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I did a piece for one of my other sites on this topic and used Shane as a reference:

http://www.torquenews.com/106/ford-m...ssion-problems
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