adidas04

I'm sure that MANY of you are getting tired of hearing about the transmission problems of the new 6-speeds (I am and I am affected by it!). I thought I'd share something I found today.
I wonder if after media attention Ford will issue a permanent fix? Kind of sounds like the only fix is a new manufacturer...

http://jalopnik.com/#!5792482/faulty...w-ford-mustang

I have become obsessed with Jalopnik..its a good automotive and motor sport news site for those who don't know it.

Nuke

That's the risk with the first (and sometimes 2nd) year model. With Ford leading the way recently by leading most domestics in reliability, it's only in their best interest to resolve this, pronto.

adidas04

I completely agree. I understand that they need time to really evaluate and properly fix the issue so that both the company customer benefit but I'm beginning to wonder if a fix will be issued at all...

majik755

Sad that the name synonomous with American car manufacturering is being burned by a Chinese transmission. A sign of the times, I guess.

MadStang40

Well, that's the risk you take when you buy from a chinese vendor. There's a reason why their number one export is lead-loaded 25 cent toys.

Derf00

That really sucks. i wonder if it has to do with the "skip shift" technology that Ford uses to increase MPG?

This just further highlightes the reason I never buy a first year build of a new model of car from ANY mfg. 2005 and early 2006 models were also plagued with several problems that did not appear in later years.

I hope no one gets hurt as a direct result from this true driving hazard.

alkemist

What I'm interested is how something like this even got through quality control. Ford must of rushed out the coyote engine and even with in house testing, you don't see problems occur until it gets into the hands of the general population. There are so many real world variables and all the not so smart things that people may do to cause the problems to arise.

As with software, you have alpha and beta testing. Except you can't do that with hardware such as cars, your first gen buyers are going to be the unfortunate beta testers. I'm not big on jumping into the pool and being a guenie pig after spending that much money.

adidas04

Thats a huge issue I have with this whole transmission thing. A wide percentage of all manual transmissions are having related problems...Ford's test mules had to of expereinced simular things.

2005Redfire6

Should have stuck with the tr6060...

Derf00

Not all new owners are reporting problems. What most do complain about is the skip shifting software.

Being that not all owners have the issue I would think it's possible that the handful of test mules that ford had were missed by this problem or that it didn't actually come up until the production area was put into full speed where things are whizzing by at a faster rate than for a handful of production test vehicles.