2008 Ford GT500 Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Car experienced a clutch failure with less than 19,000 miles on the car. Failure occurred when trying to merge with high speed traffic. Clutch simply lost its connection with the rear wheels and the engine speed had no effect. Resulting in a complete loss of power and almost caused me to be rear ended by traffic. Quick maneuvering by me allowed me to escape an accident.”

“My tremec tr56 transmission tears up every 600 mi. Ford and tremec are aware of problem with synchronizers breaking, then causing other parts to break because of metal pieces moving inside transmission. I don't drive my shelby every day. It only has 8054 miles on speedometer. If I had drove my shelby every day for 30 miles ( 8054 divided by 30 miles driven 7 days a week} this comes up to 268 days for transmission to tear up 3 times. The first rebuild was at 6851 miles the second rebuild was 511 miles later and the third breakdown was 511 miles later. …”

“Gt500 transmission was very difficult to get into 1st, 2nd and reverse. I often had to skip 2nd gear because it would not shift into gear. Clutch chatter when released clutch pedal became excessive over time. Called Ford dealership in summer of 2010 and talked to service personnel about the issues and was told other drivers experiencing same symptoms and they are normal characteristics of my vehicle. While driving on the freeway clutch failed forcing me off the road. Clutch diagnosed as inoperable at 16,000 miles. …”

“I own a 2008 Ford mustang shelby GT500 which I paid $50,000 for. I have 22,000 easily driven, well maintained, highway miles on the car. I have driven either 4 speed, 5 speed, or 6 speed mustangs for the past 20 years. I am no novice at driving a manual transmission car, nor am I a novice at all things mustang. Driving to work this morning, while entering the highway from an on ramp, I depressed the accelerator to blend into traffic. In doing so, the car lost speed and the rpms went to approx. 5000. …”

“The clutch recently went out in my 2008 shelby GT500. I was trying to accelerate on the highway and the engine immediately accelerated to 3500rpm with very little pedal, but the car actually slowed down for about 2 seconds before the clutch caught and the car started to increase speed. Then it just revved up again on its own and the car slowed down again. I tried to change gears and it did the same thing in 4th, 5th, and 6th. It became very hard to maintain a safe speed on the highway because the car would not respond properly. …”