Recent content by CDM77

I visited my dealer and they let me drive a used 2018 5.0 manual mustang to compare to mine. The throttle surge is present, but not as bad, on that one as well. The clutch was a lot smoother though. We did discuss the possibility of trading mine for another, but it will be a huge financial...

Just pulled my car out of storage and took it for a drive. The surging and hesitation has not changed. I need to keep the RPMs above 2000 to have a smooth acceleration, otherwise is shakes and stutters. Last night it nearly stalled out at a stop sign. I started to pull away from a stop and...

No mods done yet. Ford confirmed that it is normal for the 5.0 and manual trans to hesitate under low RPM. Their "fix" is to downshift to accelerate smoothly under 2k RPM. I asked about possible ECU flash updates and was told there are updates, but Ford will not allow the dealership to update...

Ford had the tech try another mustang on the lot and it does the same thing. They are calling it a characteristic of this engine. It doesn't like low rpms.

I just got back from the dealer. Had a tech ride along with me. He doesn't believe it is normal, but will have to contact ford. Could be anything from the pedal assembly to the ecu. It was easy to reproduce for him to see. 35mph in 4th gear and then about 50% throttle. Hesitates and bucks...

It happens in all gears. It's at the dealer now and so far they can't find any issues. I'm going there today to ride with a tech to show the problem.

Mine was so bad on Friday that it stalled on a small hill. Was letting the clutch out to start from the stop sign and it just shuddered and stalled, twice. Let the car roll back to a flat spot and just ran the stop sign. Talk about embarrassing, luckily no one was around. I can't remember...

I have a 2018 GT PP1 manual that has some strange problems. First of all I have had some weird clutch shudder issues that Ford has not authorized repairs on yet as the car is too new. They want 1000 miles on it before allowing any inspection or repairs, it has 700. That's fine, but another...

Met with the service and body shop managers to address all the issues I am having. The body shop is going to repair all paint defects and replace the rear quarter window that has the damaged molding. They believe the damage was repaired at the factory and they just did a poor job of buffing a...

This morning I decided to take the car to work. Shifted from 1st to 2nd at around 4k. Let the clutch out slowly and it made several loud metallic bangs as the clutch engaged. I thought that was the end of the clutch, but it kept going and didn't do it again on the trip to work. This thing is...

I have a meeting Wednesday afternoon with the sales manager, body shop manager, and service manager to determine what to do with the car. I've logged all the issues and the dates in which I noticed them. The sales manager was going to contact the dealer that they got this car from to see if...

I picked up my car after it sat at the dealer for the week. The service manager drove it and confirmed the clutch shudders badly from a stop. He contacted Ford and they told him that they would not authorize a repair. They want more miles on the car before doing anything. There were a few...

I have an appointment Friday to have the service manager take a ride. Just from my description he said that it was either abused or has a bad clutch right from the start. They should be able to tell with an inspection. He assured me that they will get it right for me (I'm a long time...

I just picked up a brand new 2018 GT Premium Performance Pack with manual trans. The car was transferred from a dealership a few states away (300+ miles). We went to look at the car when it first arrived to check for any damage, but were unable to take it for a drive. I went to pick it up...

That is what they pulled out to check the paint when I got the $1000 quote from the other body shop. They couldn't guarantee that the color would match, and would require an additional hour of labor and supplies to spray out test panels. So they have 8 hours of labor + paint. That is with me...