Thats fair, but the more I read on here the more it seems like not so much of an "if" as it is a "when"... thats whats frustrating...
Again, this forum most likley represents less than 5% of all Ranger owners....probably less than that. And what percentage of those on here are having transmission issues?
I was kind of thinking the same about the tune. Now that I have just over 5,000 miles on it and it's really shifting great, way better than my '19 was. But there are a few times I wished I'd had it tuned. Going up large hills it seems to take a while to finally downshift unless you really lay your foot into it, tuned it seems to be much smoother. I think this and when you're passing someone that extra hp/tq really comes in handy.
My '19 had 32,000 flawless miles on it (besides the havoc issue too) tuned with the Livernois 91-93 performance tune. I never even had any of the "bucking & surging" issues either but I did but the part just to have it on hand.
There's a good case to be made that a tune will make a transmission last longer due to the firmer shifts.
I haven't really had any issues that weren't related to the crap transmission tuning... i've had it lug the engine in waaay too high of a gear in town at like 20, and thats when i've had it buck on me. But that was a one off...
You're certainly not wrong there, and I may get over it in a day or so. We'll just see how things go
Drew, check out my post on my recent '19 rebuild. Apparently, there was a recent TSB initiated for the failed part causing my issues. Dont know if any of this helps with your situation. I believe it's this one: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10236680-0001.pdf
No idea! The dealer offered to file a claim stating that they may kick in a portion of the cost or all of it. I do feel rather blessed. But at the same time annoyed that it went out in the first place
None. I called a dealer asking if I could take it in to have the transmission flushed and they said no. The guy would not let me bring it in. He said that it wasn't needed and they were too bust to take me in anyway. Crazy huh!
Yes, it is high. I think it's the "California" tax. Just more $$$ for all things California
Nope, they said tranny parts were bad. metal in fluid = bad tranny. I think that's why they had to do a complete tear down.
The CDF cylinder list of potential failed parts fits with videos I've seen of teardowns where the 10R80 has failed. Looks like Ford will be on the hook for a lot of transmission repairs as the TSBS covers a lot of models.
Yea, I think they're gonna get bitten in the ass with this 150k fluid change. Especially people with extended warranties.
I'm certainly thinking of taking mine in to see what they'll do if anything now that there is a TSB. Will have to unflash my Livernois tune first though. Mine has a big delay on the 3-4 shift when cold, and sometimes it will randomly hang between gears. It's got a year to come apart if it's going to go since that's when the power train warranty ends.
It really depends on how these units are actually failing. I can think of 2 possible failure modes here.
