2000 Ford Mustang
3.8L v6
Stock gears/diff
t-5 manual tranny

I recently loaned my car to my mom for a week or two while hers was in the shop. When I got it back, my car is making a terrible "drone" noise in reverse. It only happens in reverse, so I'm not sure if its the tranny going out. In drive gears, the tranny works fine. It is still tight, doesnt miss gears or have any slippage at all. Just in reverse, it makes a TERRIBLE sound. It's almost like something is grinding? Im not sure, I was told tranny mounts. Any input?

 

Make sure you check your trans fluid if it is low make sure that you only use automatic transmission fluid in there or some serious damage will occur.

Dan

 

Its a manual.. i need auto tranny fluid? lol..

And the fluid is level'd off.. I checked that.

 

Reverse is a straight cut gear, it will always make noise, if you never noticed it before, check your hearing.

If it's gotten worse, slap your mom, she must have been doing burnouts in reverse backing out.

 

Slapped her.. bad idea.

But still.. this is a terrible sound.. its not like the normal sound the car used to make. Mounts?