2011 gt 500 about to buy but saw transmission issues

My question is I saw alot of complaints about shifting 1st to second also the shifting in higher rpms and grinding I'm sure you guys heard it all before but if I go and test drive the car and there's not that am I in the clear of that situation? Or did ford or someone come up with a solution?

There's a fix on your dime.

I will add I've never experienced the problem, but not doing a lot of aggressive driving on the 1-2 shift either.

Provided there is no internal transmission damage, replacing the OEM shifter with an MGW or Barton shifter, seemed to take care of the issue for most owners..

Could be why I've never had an issue, has a MGW on it.

Also when cold the 1-2 shift can be no so smooth. When it warms up good to go. I also have an MGW

Type of oil, matters too... I use Redline. I also have a MGW1 shifter.

I had this on my 2012. Changed transmission oil and went MGW. Fixed mine.

Replaced my motor mounts with stiffer and adjustable ones and have not had an issue since. Main cause of gear grind is engine and transmission moving due to torque. Shifter helps as it keeps everything aligned better, I went with motor mounts as the stock mounts were trashed.

I had that issue and my MGW fixed the problem.

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ND69mach1 said:

My question is I saw alot of complaints about shifting 1st to second also the shifting in higher rpms and grinding I'm sure you guys heard it all before but if I go and test drive the car and there's not that am I in the clear of that situation? Or did ford or someone come up with a solution?

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The issue isn't what people make it to be.
1. one of the issues is caused by traction issues with people trying to bang into gear with no traction and the syncro's cannot lineup properly and cause lockout or scratching of the gears between shifts
Fix = Get better tires, then move to step 2

2. the other issue is that when you actually do have traction, there is some movement in the motor mounts and trans mount that allows the motor to shift down in the back and causes shifter alignment causing lockout.
Fix= Stabilize the trans with a CHE brace or stiffer motor mounts.

If the prior owner just muscled through shifts while spinning the tires check the syncros as they tend to shear when people do this. If the car drives fine under normal driving and shifts fine, the syncros are fine.
Diff fluids only change the characteristics with temperatures and light throttle driving.
These are remote mounted shifters. . .. it all has to do with everything lining up properly when making the shift. Has absolutely nothing to do with gears or syncros or fluids if we are talking about lockout issues