youra6
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Needless to say, the car is going back to the dealer.
Basically, when I'm trying to shift at higher RPMs (5K and up), the clutch disengages fine, but when I try and re-engage the clutch, I always hear this grinding noise. If I leave off the clutch slower, it mitigates the sound somewhat. This happens at any of gear which makes me think it's most likely not the tranny.
Disappointing, my car has less than 100 miles on it. I was wondering if anyone here has experienced any grinding while shifting on their new/newer Mustang GT.
I know the 2018 has a twin disk clutch so I figured it would easily handle stock power.
[Update 1 - 2/14/2018]
Here is the video:
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[Update 2 - 2/16/2018]
Finally got in hold of the sales manager who will be speaking with the service manager tomorrow. Based on my experience so far, I'm not optimistic anything good will come from this. So I scheduled an inspection next week at another dealership.
[Update 3 - 2/17/2018]
After getting the service and sales managers involved, I will be taking the car into the dealership (from where I bought the car) today. Hopefully this time, they won't tell me the noise is normal.
[Update 4 - 2/20/2018]
Dealership is getting Ford Engineers involved to see if they know about this problem. Due to weather they haven't been able to drive it. Other than that, there are no real updates from the dealership. I could see this taking a while.
[Update 5 - 2/26/2018]
I have heard 0 updates coming from the dealership since 2/17. I had to call them on 2/20 to get any details. I will be calling them today and provide an update.
[Update 6 - 3/02/2018]
So I got a response from the stealership. Apparently it took them a week to contact the Ford Engineers and guess what... They say the sound is normal.
First, the guy basically told me I didn't know how to shift. I was taken back but surprisingly I decided to let him finish before interrupting. Then he told me that the syncros needed about 1000 miles to break in. The noise would eventually go away.
Basically, when I'm trying to shift at higher RPMs (5K and up), the clutch disengages fine, but when I try and re-engage the clutch, I always hear this grinding noise. If I leave off the clutch slower, it mitigates the sound somewhat. This happens at any of gear which makes me think it's most likely not the tranny.
Disappointing, my car has less than 100 miles on it. I was wondering if anyone here has experienced any grinding while shifting on their new/newer Mustang GT.
I know the 2018 has a twin disk clutch so I figured it would easily handle stock power.
[Update 1 - 2/14/2018]
Here is the video:
[ame]
[Update 2 - 2/16/2018]
Finally got in hold of the sales manager who will be speaking with the service manager tomorrow. Based on my experience so far, I'm not optimistic anything good will come from this. So I scheduled an inspection next week at another dealership.
[Update 3 - 2/17/2018]
After getting the service and sales managers involved, I will be taking the car into the dealership (from where I bought the car) today. Hopefully this time, they won't tell me the noise is normal.
[Update 4 - 2/20/2018]
Dealership is getting Ford Engineers involved to see if they know about this problem. Due to weather they haven't been able to drive it. Other than that, there are no real updates from the dealership. I could see this taking a while.
[Update 5 - 2/26/2018]
I have heard 0 updates coming from the dealership since 2/17. I had to call them on 2/20 to get any details. I will be calling them today and provide an update.
[Update 6 - 3/02/2018]
So I got a response from the stealership. Apparently it took them a week to contact the Ford Engineers and guess what... They say the sound is normal.
First, the guy basically told me I didn't know how to shift. I was taken back but surprisingly I decided to let him finish before interrupting. Then he told me that the syncros needed about 1000 miles to break in. The noise would eventually go away.
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