7th Gear?

[pdbwest]

I love this truck, however the more I drive it however I have some concerns with the transmission.

It is often seeking gears(makes sense when there are 10 of them haha) I have noticed lately though that it seems to stick in 7th often regardless of upshift or downshift. Also a super abrupt 2nd to 1st downshift.

Truck has 5k (sorry Canada talk...3100 ish miles) and tows a 2500lb trailer once or twice a month.

Thoughts?

Paul

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[Leftcoast]

You have to make some sacrifices with that free healthcare. You might have to spend more time in 7th for example?

 

[GregsFX2Ranger]

What speed are you in at 7th? What is your RPM in 7th?

 

[pdbwest]

What speed are you in at 7th? What is your RPM in 7th?

Mixed bag..just regular city driving mostly.

 

[pdbwest]

You have to make some sacrifices with that free healthcare. You might have to spend more time in 7th for example?

Haha I think that's it! I'm not too worried but thought I'd throw it out there

 

[OFC Ranger]

I love this truck, however the more I drive it however I have some concerns with the transmission.

It is often seeking gears(makes sense when there are 10 of them haha) I have noticed lately though that it seems to stick in 7th often regardless of upshift or downshift. Also a super abrupt 2nd to 1st downshift.

Truck has 5k (sorry Canada talk...3100 ish miles) and tows a 2500lb trailer once or twice a month.

Thoughts?

Paul

I referred to it as "gear hunting". Especially bad on interstate hills.

A tuner fixed this (doesnt matter was fuel grade tune you get) for me along with the sluggish electronic controlled throttle. Now it goes if I use my big toe on the pedal and it doesn't have a computer herp derp moment when shifting.

 

[SURanger]

I would say the searching for a gear is the most annoying thing in the truck. I can live with it, going up the windy hills to my parents i usually just push the tow button and it shifts like I feel it should naturally with the conditions. I don’t like how when it’s not in tow mode it skips 2nd gear all together and goes 1st to 3rd it makes for a longer shift and when it goes in gear you get a big rpm drop. Little annoyance but seems a tune will be in my future.

 

[FloggingBishop]

I love this truck, however the more I drive it however I have some concerns with the transmission.

It is often seeking gears(makes sense when there are 10 of them haha) I have noticed lately though that it seems to stick in 7th often regardless of upshift or downshift. Also a super abrupt 2nd to 1st downshift.

Truck has 5k (sorry Canada talk...3100 ish miles) and tows a 2500lb trailer once or twice a month.

Thoughts?

Paul

Hey Paul, my Ranger has about 11700km on (In Onterrible), and I have noticed it like 7th as well, and some times it’s laggy on down shifting if I have stomped on it (which isn’t often) have you noticed if it does the same thing in S mode? Where in Canada you at?

 

[slowmachine]

I would say the searching for a gear is the most annoying thing in the truck. I can live with it, going up the windy hills to my parents i usually just push the tow button and it shifts like I feel it should naturally with the conditions. I don’t like how when it’s not in tow mode it skips 2nd gear all together and goes 1st to 3rd it makes for a longer shift and when it goes in gear you get a big rpm drop. Little annoyance but seems a tune will be in my future.

The 1-3 shift can be annoying, but it is most often the best thing to do when entering cross-traffic traffic from a dead stop. Shifting takes time, and slows your acceleration.

 

[VAMike]

I don’t like how when it’s not in tow mode it skips 2nd gear all together and goes 1st to 3rd it makes for a longer shift

there's no reason for it to use every gear unless you're heavily loaded. you'll notice it sometimes goes 1-2-4 instead of 1-3-5, depending on how you're accelerating. the jumps are pretty similar to what you'd get sequentially on a transmission with fewer gears, and the intermediate gears are there for specific conditions. (e.g., on the 6R80 the ratios are 4.2,2.3,1.5 for 1-2-3, compared to 4.7,3.0,2.1,1.8,1.5 for 1-2-3-4-5 on the 10R80. 1-3-5 on the 10R80 is very close to 1-2-3 on the 6R80.) it seems stupid to try to force it to use every gear just because they're there. hell, on a manual I'd skip gears myself depending on the situation.

as for 7, it's the 1:1 ratio--8, 9, and 10 are all overdrive. it's not uncommon for the transmission to end up there especially if you're under any load (like a hill) and/or not going really fast.

for myself I consider the 10R80 to be one of the things that puts the ranger head and shoulders above anything else in the class.

 

[Samsquanch]

Stupid question here but after owning this thing for a while I still haven’t figured out how to get the gears to display while driving. Any help? I tried searching and didn’t find anything helpful.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Stupid question here but after owning this thing for a while I still haven’t figured out how to get the gears to display while driving. Any help? I tried searching and didn’t find anything helpful.

Hi Sam,

touch the side button on the shifter and the gears will appear right of center on the dash

 

[pdbwest]

Stupid question here but after owning this thing for a while I still haven’t figured out how to get the gears to display while driving. Any help? I tried searching and didn’t find anything helpful.

Just hit the +/- on the shifter while in drive. Will show next to the speedo.

Paul

 

[Adventure Ranger]

Ford 10R80 10-Speed SelectShift Automatic Transmissions Gear Ratios

First 4.696:1
Second 2.985:1
Third 2.146:1
Fourth 1.769:1
Fifth 1.520:1
Sixth 1.275:1
Seventh 1.000:1 = Direct
Eighth 0.854:1
Ninth 0.689:1
Tenth 0.636:1

Reverse 4.866:1

 

[pdbwest]

Ford 10R80 10-Speed SelectShift Automatic Transmissions Gear Ratios

First 4.696:1
Second 2.985:1
Third 2.146:1
Fourth 1.769:1
Fifth 1.520:1
Sixth 1.275:1
Seventh 1.000:1 = Direct
Eighth 0.854:1
Ninth 0.689:1
Tenth 0.636:1

Reverse 4.866:1

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