It's interesting the wide range of experiences people have had with this transmission. Some people seem to experience nothing out of the expected ordinary while others become undrivable.
I've experienced the occasional jerkiness, but it's usually at very low speed across variable terrain, like...
Happened to me with the delivery of my 2019. It was being shipped from two states over on the top of the carrier with the tailgate to the wind. At highway speed, the wind got under the tonneau cover and peeled it back where the end whacked the top of the cab, putting a small dent and scuff on...
One of the reasons I bought my Ranger is because of the long trips we take on highways at 70-80mph. It's the best handling truck on the highway that I've ever owned.
And I don't even have a damper.
This has happened twice: Dealer did oil change, went home. Found small puddle under truck. Cleaned it up. Didn't leak afterwards.
I suspected that when they swapped the filter, they may have been a bit sloppy and there may have been some spillover somewhere on the chassis.
Most trips include mountain passes and we've been as high as 8,000 feet. Never struggles. We usually cruse at 60 mpg for stability and safety. (55 or less going down steep grades) MPG goes to hell after 60 anyway. Average 10-11 mpg. Fuel type never seems to make any difference.
Went roughly 200 miles round-trip Friday on my weekly skiing sojourn up and down mountain. Mostly 60-70 mph with occasional stoplights through towns. 25 mpg. Regular gas & mostly below freezing.
I'm at almost 38,000 total miles, for which over 20,000 has been towing our near-7,000 lbs travel trailer. So I've exceeded your co-worker's expectation by at least 40 times.
I live in Montana, where your manhood is judged by the truck you drive, and anything less than a 3/4-ton 20-foot long 7-liter turbo-diesel dualie means that you are simply deficient in any way a male can be. I have been judged more than once for the diminutive nature of my less-than-full-sized...
#1 Incredibly Uncomfortable Seat: As someone over 6', the Taco seat was incredibly uncomfortable. In fact, it was not possible to wear a hat without it hitting the roof liner. There was no way to adjust it to what I found to be a comfortable position. I had to crick my neck just to see the...
Currently on Sync 3.4 ver 22200. After upgrading to the previous version, my Samsung phone would no longer connect about 75% of the time. A week later, 22200 showed up. My phone now connects again, but text messages do not come through.
Funny that, indeed. The reality is that after SUVs started morphing into smaller "crossovers" starting about 20 years ago, people still wanted the larger truck-like vehicles and Crew Cabs became the new SUV.
Purchased my 2019 Lariat SuperCab in the fall of 2019 currently with over 36,000 miles and have no major mechanical complaints to date. Yes, the vibration inherent with a 4-cylinder engine and the sometimes jerky quirks of the 10-speed take awhile to get used to. It's mostly used to tow our...