I recently went through similar issues with my transmission. If I shift real slow, the gears grind, with the clutch pushed all the way to the floor. Had the clutch replaced at 16K because it was dragging (other posts suggest this was a manufacturing issue with Ford), although the dealer insisted that I beat on the vehicle. Tried to get my money back last November by taking the local Ford dealer (what a bunch of morons) to court. They dealer said this is a high performance car which is tended to be driven hard. Well, if it's such a high performance car, than the clutch/transmission should be matched to handle that. I was unable to test drive the car with the mediators, they drove it themselves and said the car drove perfectly. I brought printouts of other complaints from this forum, but nobody wanted to hear anything of them. Just to be safe, I'm buying an extended warranty so if(when) the transmission really breaks, I just pay $100 deductible. BYTW, I'm getting the extended plan through my credit unioin so I won't have to deal with those idiot Ford people any more!
