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Ford Mustang Power Train Safety Report | Oct 22, 2010
Reported on Oct 22, 2010
| THIS VEHICLE HAS A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WHICH IS UNUSUALLY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT, IN BOTH UPSHIFT AND DOWNSHIFT. AMBIENT AND VEHICLE TEMPERATURE ARE NOT FACTORS WHAT-SO-EVER. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN WITH THE CAR SINCE BRAND-NEW. SOMETIMES IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET INTO THE DESIRED GEAR AT ALL. SAFETY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED NUMEROUS TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN CROSSING TRAFFIC WHILE EXECUTING A LEFT TURN AT INTERSECTIONS, CAUSING DRIVER DISTRACTION AND VEHICLE SWERVING WHILE DRIVER IS STRUGGLING TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. ALSO WHILE MERGING WITH HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, ACCELERATION IS ABRUPTLY INTERRUPTED AND DRIVER IS DANGEROUSLY DISTRACTED WHILE STRUGGLING WITH THE UNCOOPERATIVE GEAR SHIFT. THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITS AN UNUSUALLY GREAT DEAL OF RESISTANCE TO GOING INTO THE NEXT GEAR IN SEQUENCE, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5 AND 5-6. THIS RESISTANCE IS SIGNIFICANT AT SHIFTS IN EVEN THE LOWEST RPM RANGE AND THE RESISTANCE INCREASES DRASTICALLY AND PROPORTIONATELY WITH THE INCREASE IN RPM OF THE ENGINE AT THE TIME A GEAR SHIFT IS ATTEMPTED. THE MOST DANGEROUS INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. USUALLY, I WILL DOWNSHIFT TO FOURTH GEAR AND ACCELERATE WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND THE CAR IN FRONT. AT THE POINT WHERE I AM COMMITTED TO MY ACTION, (BEING FULLY IN THE LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND PARALLEL TO THE OTHER CAR, I WILL EXPERIENCE AN UNSUCCESSFUL SHIFT AND BE FACED WITH HAVING TO EITHER ABORT MY PASSING ATTEMPT OR CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO ENGAGE THE GEAR SHIFT WHILE BEING DANGEROUSLY DISTRACTED BY THIS PROBLEM AT WHAT IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST INOPPORTUNE TIMES FOR A DRIVER TO BE DISTRACTED. I DO NOT LOOK FORWARD TO EXPERIENCE THESE DANGEROUS DRIVING PHENOMENA WHEN COMPOUNDED BY COLORADO'S WINTER WEATHER. | |
| Make: | Ford |
| Model: | Mustang |
| Manufactured by: | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | AURORA CO |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1ZVBP8CF8B5 |
| Mileage: | 500 miles. |
| Speed: | 25 MPH |
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