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[Grabber]

Have one of those paint less dent remover guys look at the dent. Maybe they can get it out with out repair work. Sorry that had to happen.

Let us know how the car preforms as you break it in.

[Leonard 95]

rvitucci, on Sep 12 2009, 07:52 AM, said:

It was pouring when I got it so I only drove it about 1/2 mile home but what a difference.  The clutch pedal is extremely light and the clutch engages almost immediately, shifts are now really smooth.  The weather stills sucks here today so I'm going to take her for a nice long ride tomorrow to really put it through the paces.

Glad to see I am not the only one that feels that the clutch is real light now, works great.  I had to do a oil change on a 08 or 09 gt500 that came in today at work, the clutch is much harder compared to mine.  Maybe that lube on the splines are working!

[rvitucci]

Grabber, on Sep 12 2009, 12:16 PM, said:

Have one of those paint less dent remover guys look at the dent. Maybe they can get it out with out repair work. Sorry that had to happen.

Let us know how the car preforms as you break it in.

Thanks, I feel like one of my kids got hurt.  I'm all set to bring it in next Tuesday, it's only going to cost the dealer $85.00.  With the top down they have access to the dent and won't have to take anything apart.  

I put about 100 miles on her over the last two days and the new clutch has preformed flawlessly, night and day difference over the original set up!  It feels even better now than it did when I first picked it up on Friday.

[Grabber]

rvitucci, on Sep 14 2009, 06:51 PM, said:

Thanks, I feel like one of my kids got hurt. I'm all set to bring it in next Tuesday, it's only going to cost the dealer $85.00. With the top down they have access to the dent and won't have to take anything apart.

I put about 100 miles on her over the last two days and the new clutch has preformed flawlessly, night and day difference over the original set up! It feels even better now than it did when I first picked it up on Friday.

This is great news. Congrats.

Now as soon as the repair is complete...you can put this all behind you and start enjoying your car again.

I know how you feel.

Hang in there bud.

[6-Speed]

I understand that there is a new tranny TSB 09-19-11, which supersedes TSB 9-9-2.

[bcinu]

sandyman, on 02 May 2009 - 07:18 PM, said:

Exactly why I traded my 07 GT500 for a Lexus yesterday.  I hope you folks have good luck with your cars.  Mine was perfect but also a ticking time bomb and no dealer would do the TSB.

I happened to see the car after it was traded in and went out to look at it, when I looked in through the glass I saw an old man(me) and asked myself what i was waiting for, always wanted a Shelby. I got the TSB done at mac Haik Ford in Houston without any problems.

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[barstoolman]

6-Speed, on 19 September 2009 - 07:27 PM, said:

I understand that there is a new tranny TSB 09-19-11, which supersedes TSB 9-9-2.

Yes........TSB 10-3-8......has to do with using the 2010-20111 clutch kit, reprogramming the PCM, slave cylinder, etc.

[Tibby]

Greetings!

I have been reading through all of the various commentary regarding issues surrounding failure of the pre-August 15, 1998 flywheel issue.  My GT-500 was produced on 8-11-08 and I have less than 19K on the vehicle.  The first indication that I had of any trouble was a racing tachometer under medium acceleration first in the upper gears, then a week later in all gears.  Most of the common indications of normal operation I'd already encountered...all of them I believe.  When I'd made mention of all of these prior to reading the TSB myself to my service manager, he only noted that he would take a look at the car if the condition worsened (nothing about bringing the vehicle to validate/verify any troubles).  I was asked to bring the Shelby in and to drop it off overnight which I did.  The following afternoon I received a call from the service manager who informed me that the clutch had gone out and that it was going to cost +$2500 to replace.  My concern was that my previous car was a 2001 Saleen Mustang and all of my frustrations came out on that vehicle but not the Shelby.

When I made the on-line search for "Shelby GT500 2009 clutch problems", that is when I found all of the forum notifications as well as some significant input by several of your members (Grabber in particular).  I spent the better part of an evening reading through all of the commentary and background supporting the flywheel issues, member feedback as well as the included TSB information.  Armed with the two TSB's and background data, I returned to the service manager and informed him that I believed that the clutch failure was asymptomatic and recounted several previous discussions with the service manager on the Shelby's general characteristics.  Namely, that I noticed the transmission would get very hot and that only on two occasions had the car ever been close to heavy stop/go traffic.  I'd also reminded him that I was Ford family with my father-in-law and brother-in-law both retiring from Ford's production plant in Wixom, Michigan.

I have an extremely good relationship with our Ford dealership and I am on a first name basis with the service manager for all of my vehicles.  He noted that the flywheel was most likely the cause of the clutch failure and all costs would most likely be covered under the powertrain warranty.  I'm understanding that the 8.5 inch flywheel and ceramic clutch is no longer used and replaced by the 10.0 inch flywheel and organic clutch.  Is this correct?

What I saw under the car was a pile of clutch dust and a flywheel with four pronounced heavy oxidation spots at the 10, 2, 4 and 8 o'clock positions.

Thanks for any input or commentary.

[Grabber]

Tibby, on 14 April 2013 - 07:15 AM, said:

Greetings!

I have been reading through all of the various commentary regarding issues surrounding failure of the pre-August 15, 1998 flywheel issue.  My GT-500 was produced on 8-11-08 and I have less than 19K on the vehicle.  The first indication that I had of any trouble was a racing tachometer under medium acceleration first in the upper gears, then a week later in all gears.  Most of the common indications of normal operation I'd already encountered...all of them I believe.  When I'd made mention of all of these prior to reading the TSB myself to my service manager, he only noted that he would take a look at the car if the condition worsened (nothing about bringing the vehicle to validate/verify any troubles).  I was asked to bring the Shelby in and to drop it off overnight which I did.  The following afternoon I received a call from the service manager who informed me that the clutch had gone out and that it was going to cost +$2500 to replace.  My concern was that my previous car was a 2001 Saleen Mustang and all of my frustrations came out on that vehicle but not the Shelby.

When I made the on-line search for "Shelby GT500 2009 clutch problems", that is when I found all of the forum notifications as well as some significant input by several of your members (Grabber in particular).  I spent the better part of an evening reading through all of the commentary and background supporting the flywheel issues, member feedback as well as the included TSB information.  Armed with the two TSB's and background data, I returned to the service manager and informed him that I believed that the clutch failure was asymptomatic and recounted several previous discussions with the service manager on the Shelby's general characteristics.  Namely, that I noticed the transmission would get very hot and that only on two occasions had the car ever been close to heavy stop/go traffic.  I'd also reminded him that I was Ford family with my father-in-law and brother-in-law both retiring from Ford's production plant in Wixom, Michigan.

I have an extremely good relationship with our Ford dealership and I am on a first name basis with the service manager for all of my vehicles.  He noted that the flywheel was most likely the cause of the clutch failure and all costs would most likely be covered under the powertrain warranty.  I'm understanding that the 8.5 inch flywheel and ceramic clutch is no longer used and replaced by the 10.0 inch flywheel and organic clutch.  Is this correct?

What I saw under the car was a pile of clutch dust and a flywheel with four pronounced heavy oxidation spots at the 10, 2, 4 and 8 o'clock positions.

Thanks for any input or commentary.

Yes the 2010 organic clutch is going in the 2007-2009 GT500's now. It is sweet to drive. Read the thread on it:

http://www.teamshelb...t/#entry1332922

[kimbray]

OK, so I posted on another tread around this topic. I have a 2007 that I got the TSB at 2.5 years into my 3/36 warranty at 5000 miles. Car was put into service on 2/4/2007. The TSB that switched out to the 2010 flywheel/clutch was posted 2/12/12, seven days after my warranty expired. Two days ago, I ran over something in the open road and a few minutes later my clutch would not dis-engage. Mile milage is at 10K miles.

What is shameful is they switched to a new TSP, basically telling everyone they have issues with the earlier equipment, but the early adoptors of the GT500 are stuck as the modification to the TSP came out after most warranties expired (2007 was 3/36 and did not ahve the 5/60 till 2008).

I talked to Ford care at 800-392-3673 and they said there is nothing they can do.

In my mind, with 4 TSP changes around the same issue, they would call a factory recall, especially since they went to the 2010 flywheel on revison 4.

I encourage ANYONE that is having this issue (power of social media) call Ford and complain. They log each complaint and are audited to determine if an issue is a factory recall. Even those of you that switched out to a different flywheel/clutch assembly should call if you had any issues with the factory 07/09 parts.

Power of the people!