if there were known issues from 2004, why are you surprised that its junk? And more importantly why did you buy one? By the way, feel free to copy and paste this on the dozen other forums you spew your death and destruction message on.
Another troll... you know ShadowStang03GT got banned for trolling right?
Ford told the world the MT82 was a new transmission but that was true in the US... Ford used it in their Transit Panel Van in 2003 and then the Land Rover Defender in 2007.
Had I known to look at the owner forums of those two overseas vehicles... and had I been aware of the same mess they're in... I never would have purchased it.
Sorry you don't like to hear the facts, but you're just shooting the messenger. Direct your anger at Ford for leaving us in the dust and you'll ensure all owners of 2011/2012 Mustangs are happy with their purchases and most importantly, play a part in restoring the Mustang's reputation... which is going down the crapper every day Ford refuses to act.
GM is having a field day with this (posted the day the Mustang investigation launched:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VamIYuZ2Cq0"]Woodward Avenue Manual Transmission Test Schedule - YouTube[/nomedia]
A week after Chevy got wind of the output shafts going out on Camaros, THIS was posted for the world to see. Ford could learn something here:
December 1, 2009:
I understand over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, the Camaro output shaft topic heated up. We understand the members' passion and concern for this issue as it involves a major powertrain component. Rest assured, everyone on the Camaro team takes these issues very seriously, but there is some confusion regarding this matter that we would like to try to clear up.
As many of the members know, we started to receive warranty claim reports in June 2009 regarding output shaft failures on Camaro SS models with manual transmissions. When we noticed a spike in claims, a review was initiated to determine the root cause for the failure. This review is common practice for us, and usually takes a number weeks to complete. Since we did not immediately know the root cause, we did slow the shipments of Camaro SS models from Oshawa for a couple of weeks until the review was completed.
At the end of the review, we concluded the probability of a customer experiencing an output shaft failure under normal driving conditions are very low (or - if you are into engineer speak, "below tolerance"). In fact, even in the most extreme driving condition, the probability of failure does not significantly change.
Ideally, we would like to say that there is no chance a failure under any driving condition will occur. We know this is not possible since every car - regardless of manufacturer - has some probability of a part failing. In the case of Camaro, we believe the probability is very low. We have such confidence in the low probability that we back it up by providing the industry best's powertrain warranty - 100,000 miles or 5 years, which includes roadside assistance and courtesy transportation. If the powertrain part fails due to a defect in our workmanship or material, we'll correct the issue regardless of the number of owners a particular Camaro may have during that period.
Hopefully this will provide a little more insight from our perspective on this topic.
Sincerely,
John Fitzpatrick
Marketing Manager - Chevy Performance Cars
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