Milestone Reached

[Chris Frazier]

Ah okay! Maybe I missed it but do you remember the mileage you had it replaced?

84k

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[TJC]

Not so fast...there's a guy on FB who's 2022 has over 320K miles!!! Original transmission, DAM!

This guy does field work for some fuel company, drives all over the country and they pay for his Ranger's maintenance...

I have a theory on the secret to long life 5G Rangers.

Lots of long distance highway miles. As opposed to stop and go low mileage trips. Transmission doesn't see the spikes in temperature that occur when the torque converter is doing it thing. Simply sitting at a 2 minute red light sees the transmission temps climb. Once you get out of the lower gears temps start to drop.

I really babied my 2020 Ranger for a couple of years with ~20 trips of 275 miles (round trip 550 miles) trying to see how high I could get my MPG. I typically drove through the night in rural SC. Lots of very light low rpm throttle shifts. By 12K miles I started to notice trouble, By 18K miles I parked it until a solution could be found.

I've stablized things since, and installed several monitoring tools to allow me to see exactly what is happening. Minimizing torque converter activity keeps the transmission much cooler.

Tow mode, Sport Mode and distance driving are game changers. Ford sacrificed durability for gas mileage with poor transmission shift strategies.

I may be out in left field, but at least in my case it makes sense. Not sure what the driving habits are for those fellas with high mileage Rangers, but I am very curious.

 

[Trustable]

84k

Thanks, was just curious.

 

[Msfitoy]

I have a theory on the secret to long life 5G Rangers.

Lots of long distance highway miles. As opposed to stop and go low mileage trips. Transmission doesn't see the spikes in temperature that occur when the torque converter is doing it thing. Simply sitting at a 2 minute red light sees the transmission temps climb. Once you get out of the lower gears temps start to drop.

I really babied my 2020 Ranger for a couple of years with ~20 trips of 275 miles (round trip 550 miles) trying to see how high I could get my MPG. I typically drove through the night in rural SC. Lots of very light low rpm throttle shifts. By 12K miles I started to notice trouble, By 18K miles I parked it until a solution could be found.

I've stablized things since, and installed several monitoring tools to allow me to see exactly what is happening. Minimizing torque converter activity keeps the transmission much cooler.

Tow mode, Sport Mode and distance driving are game changers. Ford sacrificed durability for gas mileage with poor transmission shift strategies.

I may be out in left field, but at least in my case it makes sense. Not sure what the driving habits are for those fellas with high mileage Rangers, but I am very curious.

Interesting...With my first tranny, I drove mine sport mode...spirited but not crazy...after the replacement, I've been driving like a driver ed teacher...timing lights, light acceleration, hyper mileing (but not seeing much over 18mpg)...time will tell if I get a repeat blow up at the next 95K...

 

[TJC]

Interesting...With my first tranny, I drove mine sport mode...spirited but not crazy...after the replacement, I've been driving like a driver ed teacher...timing lights, light acceleration, hyper mileing (but not seeing much over 18mpg)...time will tell if I get a repeat blow up at the next 95K...

It will be a nice data point. I got up to 28.4 mpg (sweet spot for me is 1,400 rpm at cruise up to 65mph), and still routinely gets 24.5mpg just driving it, not trying to do anthing except get where I'm going.

 

[Chris Frazier]

I have a theory on the secret to long life 5G Rangers.

Lots of long distance highway miles. As opposed to stop and go low mileage trips. Transmission doesn't see the spikes in temperature that occur when the torque converter is doing it thing. Simply sitting at a 2 minute red light sees the transmission temps climb. Once you get out of the lower gears temps start to drop.

I really babied my 2020 Ranger for a couple of years with ~20 trips of 275 miles (round trip 550 miles) trying to see how high I could get my MPG. I typically drove through the night in rural SC. Lots of very light low rpm throttle shifts. By 12K miles I started to notice trouble, By 18K miles I parked it until a solution could be found.

I've stablized things since, and installed several monitoring tools to allow me to see exactly what is happening. Minimizing torque converter activity keeps the transmission much cooler.

Tow mode, Sport Mode and distance driving are game changers. Ford sacrificed durability for gas mileage with poor transmission shift strategies.

I may be out in left field, but at least in my case it makes sense. Not sure what the driving habits are for those fellas with high mileage Rangers, but I am very curious.

I had a mix of driving, however, the majority of my miles are highway

 

[Titchadesh]

I have a theory on the secret to long life 5G Rangers.

Lots of long distance highway miles. As opposed to stop and go low mileage trips. Transmission doesn't see the spikes in temperature that occur when the torque converter is doing it thing. Simply sitting at a 2 minute red light sees the transmission temps climb. Once you get out of the lower gears temps start to drop.

I really babied my 2020 Ranger for a couple of years with ~20 trips of 275 miles (round trip 550 miles) trying to see how high I could get my MPG. I typically drove through the night in rural SC. Lots of very light low rpm throttle shifts. By 12K miles I started to notice trouble, By 18K miles I parked it until a solution could be found.

I've stablized things since, and installed several monitoring tools to allow me to see exactly what is happening. Minimizing torque converter activity keeps the transmission much cooler.

Tow mode, Sport Mode and distance driving are game changers. Ford sacrificed durability for gas mileage with poor transmission shift strategies.

I may be out in left field, but at least in my case it makes sense. Not sure what the driving habits are for those fellas with high mileage Rangers, but I am very curious.

It's been about 500 miles since I swapped to the PPE pan, changed the filter, and installed a trans temp sensor directly into the pan port, and the highest I have run is 170F. I've had the whole mix of stop and go short trips, and a few longer highway runs and it still never goes over 170F. It feels like I couldn't get it up to operating temperature in order to accurately confirm the fluid level even if I tried...

 

[TxOTRRanger]

My driving style is using the CC at what the speed limit is on the farm market roads and the highway. Slow take offs and slow roll to Stop signs and red lights, something that I learned from watching the truck drivers out on the road. And just keeping up with its service intervals.

This is all while making the 100 mile round trips to and from work and all points in between.

 

[TJC]

It's been about 500 miles since I swapped to the PPE pan, changed the filter, and installed a trans temp sensor directly into the pan port, and the highest I have run is 170F. I've had the whole mix of stop and go short trips, and a few longer highway runs and it still never goes over 170F. It feels like I couldn't get it up to operating temperature in order to accurately confirm the fluid level even if I tried...

You're only seeing 170F ??? How far are you driving the truck. I see transmission temps hit 175F at the end of a 20 miles trip from a cold start. I have the PPE deep pan installed, new fluid and filter, and pull the temps direct from the TCM PID using a ScanGauge 3.

WowI I wish I saw those temps. Tooling around town in stop and go traffic I see 198F-201F. That's where I top out after a suitable warm up period.

If I am driving <=15 miles I typically see the temps you're talking about.

 

[Titchadesh]

You're only seeing 170F ??? How far are you driving the truck. I see transmission temps hit 175F at the end of a 20 miles trip from a cold start. I have the PPE deep pan installed, new fluid and filter, and pull the temps direct from the TCM PID using a ScanGauge 3.

WowI I wish I saw those temps. Tooling around town in stop and go traffic I see 198F-201F. That's where I top out after a suitable warm up period.

If I am driving <=15 miles I typically see the temps you're talking about.

I drove a 50 mile trip the other day and it would creep up to 170 and while cruising at a constant speed it would dip back into the 160's again.

That reminds me that I wanted to compare temp readings from my gauge pod with the trans temperature reading from my OBD2 reader and see if there is a significant difference. Given the location on the outside of the valve body not far from the sensor I just installed, I wouldn't imagine a difference based on location.

 

[woodworker]

I have a theory on the secret to long life 5G Rangers.

Lots of long distance highway miles. As opposed to stop and go low mileage trips. Transmission doesn't see the spikes in temperature that occur when the torque converter is doing it thing. Simply sitting at a 2 minute red light sees the transmission temps climb. Once you get out of the lower gears temps start to drop.

I really babied my 2020 Ranger for a couple of years with ~20 trips of 275 miles (round trip 550 miles) trying to see how high I could get my MPG. I typically drove through the night in rural SC. Lots of very light low rpm throttle shifts. By 12K miles I started to notice trouble, By 18K miles I parked it until a solution could be found.

I've stablized things since, and installed several monitoring tools to allow me to see exactly what is happening. Minimizing torque converter activity keeps the transmission much cooler.

Tow mode, Sport Mode and distance driving are game changers. Ford sacrificed durability for gas mileage with poor transmission shift strategies.

I may be out in left field, but at least in my case it makes sense. Not sure what the driving habits are for those fellas with high mileage Rangers, but I am very curious.

Getting ready to hit 151,000 this week. Full transmission flush at 95k. Drain and fill only at 150k. I don’t try to do burnouts and generally easy takeoffs but every now and then, the right foot is heavy on the go fast lever. A good number of longer trips in the 400 mile round trip range. I tow my Kubota maybe three times a year. Absolutely flawless at least to this point. I had Ford check the level at 148k when they replaced the drive shaft and it was right on full still from the flush at 95k. Knocking on wood………

 

[woodworker]

Getting ready to hit 151,000 this week. Full transmission flush at 95k. Drain and fill only at 150k. I don’t try to do burnouts and generally easy takeoffs but every now and then, the right foot is heavy on the go fast lever. A good number of longer trips in the 400 mile round trip range. I tow my Kubota maybe three times a year. Absolutely flawless at least to this point. I had Ford check the level at 148k when they replaced the drive shaft and it was right on full still from the flush at 95k. Knocking on wood………

And I always shift into neutral as soon as I start the engine for a minute or so while belting, tuning the tune box, plugging in the phone, putting on those ultra cool shades over my eye bulbs, and adjusting my lumbar support cushion. This may or may not affect or effect the life of the transmission but it makes me feel better.

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