Faulty manual transmissions

[Nathan Provost]

Since I know many of you have manual mustangs, is there any validity to this article? Have a friend who’s looking to purchase one. Thanks.

Fed-Up Ford Mustang Owners File Lawsuit Over ‘Faulty’ Six-Speed Manuals

Ford's been hearing about this for almost a decade. Now, it's headed to court.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Scott "Elder" Harrison]

I read about this. Seems to have affected 3% of 2011-2019 models. And cars driven on track have higher incident of problems.

My 2015 hasn't had any issues, but I have very low mileage (~13000) and haven't even tried the line lock or launch control yet.

Ford made some upgrades to the transmission in 2015 with the S 550 model, so maybe I'll escape the problems.

I will add that I have 4 cars with different manual transmissions: T5, TKO, T600, and the Getrag MT82, and the MT82 shifts better and smoother than the others.

Also, one has to ask why Ford used the TREMEC TR-3160 in the GT350.

 

[Nathan Provost]

I don’t understand why they don’t use the TREMEC in the GT when Chevy uses it in their SS and ZL1.

 

[InProcess]

They did improve the trans since intro in 2011. It is known for inferior syncros. And lets not forget the crappy shifter design (front linkage attached to trans and rear to body). Also shifting when cold has been a recurring problem. Most have changed to a better trans fluid. Plus you have to remember that most of the problem comes about from drag racing, which seems to be popular with the Mustang crowd. On my 2013, higher redline and supercharger made things worst, but after fluid and new shifter, which attached to trans, no problem up to 35,000 when i sold it.