Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 02/06/2007 | 4450 | 1 | 09/11/2006 |
| 2006 mustang gt 4,445 miles transmission went out. would not replace with new had car for over 3 weeks. *jb | |||
| 12/23/2006 | 1100 | 2 | 10/27/2006 |
| Two incidents- one october 27, 2006 -transmission quit on an open highway 47 miles on vehicle second - december 23, 2006 - unintended acceleration - computer failure causing property damage. *nm | |||
| POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE - DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | |||
| 07/15/2006 | 7000 | 1 | 03/01/2006 |
| Squealing/grinding noise from rear end on low speed turns at 7000 miles. dealer identified the source as the rear axle and put in a new diff clutch pack. vehicle was fine for a few months but the same sound has returned, however it is intermittent and quieter. mileage is now about 14,000. rear ends should not be wearing out every 10k miles on a high performance vehicle. *jb | |||
| 11/26/2006 | 4700 | 1 | 06/18/2006 |
| Driving on interstate the car lost power momentarily and then resumed normal driving. within a few miles the vehicle began making a loud noise which sounded like a flat tire. upon beginning to move to side of road, tapped brakes and vehicle began rocking, shaking and screaming with metal on metal noise. vehicle was rocking front to back and fishtailing side to side. vehicle lost all power steering and had no brakes. upon disengaging brake, vehicle continued to make metal on metal noise, but was coasting with little steering. i was able to maneuver the vehicle onto an exit ramp, but upon nearing the end of the ramp i had to tap brakes again causing car to skid sideways, lock up and violently come to a stop. upon exiting the vehicle i saw a large part of the car on the ground, glowing orange. this proved to be the drive shaft. i was told that the rear differential disintegrated causing the failure. the rear end, rear driver spring, drive shaft and other components were replaced. this was such a violent incident it caused the clamp which holds the drive shaft in place to be ripped from the frame of the vehicle which caused a hole, which needed to be welded, to occur. old parts were confiscated to be returned to ford for review. *jb | |||
| POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE - DRIVESHAFT | |||
| 01/26/2007 | 4400 | 3 | 03/09/2006 |
| My 2006 mustang gt has been in the service department three times within 2 months time. when you make a left or right turn there is a grinding sound. they have installed 2 clutch packs (kit-axle dif, 3 gear and pinions, and a new flange. i know it is not the way the vehicle is driven. it was bought new in march 2006 and it only has 7000 miles on it and this is february 2007. the car is not beat at all. if these vehicles are supposed to be high performance vehicles. could you imagine what would happen if the rear end was to lock up? am i the only one having this problem? also there is a ticking sound that sounds like the valves are rattling, there is a tsb on the valves but dealership says that is not the problem. i only use bp and amoco gas, the gas that is preferred for the vehicle. *nm | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 05/27/2006 | 4 | 04/30/2006 | |
| On the 27th of may 2006 i took my mustang gt with only 1,069 miles to brunswick ford. the car was shifting like a 95 gt hard to shift on the way my fuel jet pump went out. they fixed the jet pump but said the trans was fine. at 3,556 miles i took it back for the transmission . it was making a winding sound they replaced the internals and the noise was still there. so they replaced the transmission. they had to bleed the clutch 4 times to get it to shift half way right .now at 5,713 miles the rear caliper was sticking. the replaced the caliper. and it left me stranded at work with a stuck caliper. this is a mustang gt not a pinto and ford needs to come up with a plan to fix this car. *nm | |||