2008 FORD GT500 Power Train Problems
3 NHTSA complaints on file
Power Train Issues in the 2008 FORD GT500
3 power train complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2008 FORD GT500. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Power Train Complaints
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. THIS TR6060 TRANSMISSION IS BREAKING DOWN IN G.M. VEHICLES ALSO.
(AFFECTED PARTS: MANUAL TRANSMISSION, FLY WHEEL, CLUTCH) TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75MPH IN FAST LANE DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC SEVERAL VEHICLES AHEAD THERE WAS A SUDDEN ACCIDENT SLAMMMED ON BRAKES DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO STOP TRANSFER TRUCK BEHIND ME LOCKED DOWN BRAKES TO AVOID BEING SANDWICHED ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES PRESSED GAS RPMS INCREASED TO REDLINE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE CLUTCH BEGAN SLIPPING ON FLYWHEEL HAD TO DOWN SHIFT AND FEATHER THE CLUTCH AND GAS TO GET VEHICLE MOVING WAS STUCK SIDE WAYS IN TWO LANES WITH APPROACHING TRAFFIC AT HIGH SPEEDS TSB ON VEHICLE FOR SAME ISSUE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR DUE TO BEING OUT OF WARRANTY RANGE(36MO/36000MI) THIS IS AN EXTREEMLY COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES FORD REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE NOR ISSUE A RECALL COULD HAVE LOST THE LIFE OF MYSELF AND LOVED ONES
2008 FORD SHELBY GT500 - CLUTCH ASSY (AR3Z-7B546-AD) BEGAN SLIPPING BADLY AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 26793 MILES. VEHICLE CAME OUT OF WARRANTY SERVICE / REPLACEMENT WITH A VERY PRONOUNCED VIBRATION IN THE POWER-TRAIN. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS "BREAK-IN" VIBRATIONS FOR THE NEW CLUTCH (SAME PART NUMBER). AT 43719 MILES (AFTER 16926 MILES OF UNABUSIVE AND NORMAL DRIVING / NORMAL WEAR & TARE), THE CLUTCH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY HAS AGAIN FAILED INTERNALLY, WITH VERY MINIMAL WEAR (HOT SPOTS) EVIDENT ON THE EXTERNAL CLUTCH PLATE SURFACE. I ASKED TO SEE THE CLUTCH BEING REPLACED. AS I EXAMINED IT AND ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PART NUMBERS, THE FORD SERVICE TECHNICIAN ADMITTED TO ME THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY NO LONGER USES THIS SPECIFIC CLUTCH PART NUMBER, DUE TO A NOTED SERIES OF CHRONIC MANUFACTURE AND SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE CLUTCH, AND YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED TO DATE. THE FORD...