2005 Ford Mustang Noisy Car in the Col

2005 FORD MUSTANG

25,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • MANUAL

JON_E

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My 2005 Ford Mustang makes a loud, irregular clattery noise in fifth gear and in neutral when the car is in motion. It is a manual transmission. This only happens when both the engine and the surrounding temperature is low (45 degrees F or less), so it's been very hard to have any mechanic diagnose. Half the time, they don't even believe that there's a problem with the car simply because the conditions have to be so precise to hear the very, loud and obvious noise when it is cold.

I have the car in the dealership now (for the third time) and they still haven't had any success in figuring it out.

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Feb 15, 2008 at 10:01 AM

MERLIN2021

✓ASE Certified Mechanic
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This doesnt quite fit your description, but there is a TSB on manual trannys with 4.6 engines built before 2/21/2005....
Reference# 5-15-2 issued on August 8, 2005
Description= Growl/Grinding noise in 2nd or 3rd gear during deceleration-TR3650 Manual Transmission vehicles built before 2/21/05.
Repair= Order a synchronizer kit and snap ring kit. Replace the reverse gear and synchronizer on the main shaft, and the associated snap rings.
Part#'s
2R3Z-7124-CA Gear and Synchronizer
4R3Z-7109-AA Snap Rings
Labor time is 5.5 hours unless still under warantee

Feb 15, 2008 at 10:18 AM

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