krishelnino
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I'll start off with a little background. I shift around 4k rpm on the street for daily driving and high RPM shifts once in a while so I don't abuse my car often. I got a MGW X-Spec installed 2 weeks ago to eliminate the lockouts and sloppiness of stock shifter. I gotta say the MGW shifter feels amazing and only regret not aving it done sooner. The same day after installation i did some spirited runs and I noticed really bad clutch/grind noise when upshifting above 4k rpms releasing the clutch and giving throttle. Here's a video of the noise.
I did some digging and looks like many people have the same noise. I had it before as well but didn't bother me enough so never paid much attention to it. I thought it might be because of the twin disc clutch. Anyway last week I was due for an oil change and took my car in. I showed them the video and they agreed it looks bad. They drove it 4 miles the next day and got a text saying the 5th gear was grinding really bad and they have to take apart the transmission. Today, they said some parts have to be ordered and the transmission has to be repaired, said something it's going to be a huge repair job. So i stopped by the dealership to see what's going on, and they're saying the aftermarket shifter broke 4th and 5th gears. I wanted to take a look at the parts list and could see 3rd and 4th gear shift forks along with some other parts were ordered. When i questioned them about the known TSB, they're saying it's going smoothly as of now however Ford might deny the claim under warranty when they send them pics of shifter.
The other issues i'm having is vibration from driver floorwell and pedal area when going above 70mph and it gets really bad around 85-95 mph. I already road force balanced wheels 3 times and got a alignment, i'm starting to think it's a driveline vibration/imbalance. There's also a passenger seat creaking noise that happens all the time. They said they can't get to these issues until the transmission is repaired first.
They're saying it's going to be atleast 4 weeks since they're backed up a lot and they can't even provide me a loaner during this period. It sucks because this is my only car and i"m worried if I escalate the issue now, would it be denied, considering there's already a TSB out there for shift forks (mine is a MY18 built in Feb 2018)? I already had my car down for a week early this year due to a VCT solenoid replacement. I hope this isn't a precedent for arising issues later down the road.
I did some digging and looks like many people have the same noise. I had it before as well but didn't bother me enough so never paid much attention to it. I thought it might be because of the twin disc clutch. Anyway last week I was due for an oil change and took my car in. I showed them the video and they agreed it looks bad. They drove it 4 miles the next day and got a text saying the 5th gear was grinding really bad and they have to take apart the transmission. Today, they said some parts have to be ordered and the transmission has to be repaired, said something it's going to be a huge repair job. So i stopped by the dealership to see what's going on, and they're saying the aftermarket shifter broke 4th and 5th gears. I wanted to take a look at the parts list and could see 3rd and 4th gear shift forks along with some other parts were ordered. When i questioned them about the known TSB, they're saying it's going smoothly as of now however Ford might deny the claim under warranty when they send them pics of shifter.
The other issues i'm having is vibration from driver floorwell and pedal area when going above 70mph and it gets really bad around 85-95 mph. I already road force balanced wheels 3 times and got a alignment, i'm starting to think it's a driveline vibration/imbalance. There's also a passenger seat creaking noise that happens all the time. They said they can't get to these issues until the transmission is repaired first.
They're saying it's going to be atleast 4 weeks since they're backed up a lot and they can't even provide me a loaner during this period. It sucks because this is my only car and i"m worried if I escalate the issue now, would it be denied, considering there's already a TSB out there for shift forks (mine is a MY18 built in Feb 2018)? I already had my car down for a week early this year due to a VCT solenoid replacement. I hope this isn't a precedent for arising issues later down the road.
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