so ive had my 2012 5.0 two weeks now and ive notcied that 2nd gear is always a pain to get into/ is clunky, even when i drag the gear out a little to avoid the skip shift feature. anyone else get that for there 2011+ gt's?

 

You are not alone:

https://mustangforums.com/forum/5-0l...ual-shift.html

https://mustangforums.com/forum/gt-s...2-mustang.html

 

sheesh! guess its not just me then.

 

I test drove an '11 Thursday. Other than it ran like a striped a$$ ape, I was not impressed with the shifting (like a stick in a bucket of grease), the clutch (same resistance as the accelerator), or the electric power steering. You would get used to the steering, but the other 2 is the reason I walked off of the lot. I will say this. From a 4k RPM punch, that is A LOT of get up and go. The car came w/ 3.73's. I really hope that Ford does something to correct the transmission / clutch problems. Is that something that you get used to? I felt like I could never find what gear I was heading to.

 

the rest of the gears were fine, mine has the 3.55's in it. it is anoying with he 2nd gear clunking though.

 

I dont know if you have seen this video, but this guy is having some issues too : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=HPmY2awSCsM

Jalopnik.com ran a cover story about the tranmission problems a month ago.

 

Just get the service bulletin done, have them put the ford dual clutch fluid in, mine shifts fine now. Do it soon before u start to wear out the syncros

 

does ford pay for the fliud?

 

yup..its a tsb

 

all these manual problems...ouch