New Tranny at 59k

[Tbone4253]

Sorry you gotta become another one with issues.

My 22' ranger at shy of 17k started to show signs of significant and worrisome issues. Between the seat problems and then trans issues I traded it in.

Never did trust these 10spsds from the start. We need to return to 4-6 speeds

Wow I kinda hoped the 22s would have missed this…guess not!

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[deleriumtremor]

Agreed, glad they skipped all the BS and went to the known fix. Reman or new, Well, I was told I was getting a "new" transmission, but that may just be a term they use to say it won't be a "rebuild". I will ask next time I speak with them. I would agree it must be cheaper for Ford to Just toss in a new one vs the Warranty labor cost for a rebuild, most shops only have one transmission mechanic and I was told this dealership had three transmissions in various states of repair. I think Ford is starting to see the writing on the wall, and are accepting the fact they have an issue on their hands and want it resolved quick by actually doing the right thing.

A very long time ago, when I was still in college I worked nights in a factory at IBM which built big old disk drives for mainframe computers. We had two types of drives that came down the line, we had new and we had reman. The reman units were all stamped "equivalent to new" before they left the factory (not sure if they were sold as such, but they were marked that way). These things were big electromechanical devices with hydraulics, etc. Without a doubt, the far better product to get as a customer was a reman unit. Everything that was going to fail early in the life had already failed and everything else had been tuned multiple time. Th reman units had far better service life once they had been returned to the field.

Not sure it is the same for modern transmissions, but I think I would not look badly on a reman unit if I end up needing one down the road.

 

[Cmar]

If Bronco can get a manual, why not Ranger? Transmission problems solved.

A 6 speed manual was available here as an option, not sure who made it. Not sure how strong it was though, the 3.2 diesel was actually de-rated in the first couple of gears in the manual version, presumably so you couldn't break it.

 

[Waxthis]

Got the truck back on 7/13 as promised, total of 12 days in the shop. Wow, just wow, it's like driving a whole new truck, really makes me think it was bad from day one. No more jerky shifts, clunk in reverse. Feel very fortunate considering the hell others are going through to get their trucks repaired. Time will tell, but so far I'm impressed. Mike Maroone Ford in Longmont, Co...

 

[Cmar]

A very long time ago, when I was still in college I worked nights in a factory at IBM which built big old disk drives for mainframe computers. We had two types of drives that came down the line, we had new and we had reman. The reman units were all stamped "equivalent to new" before they left the factory (not sure if they were sold as such, but they were marked that way). These things were big electromechanical devices with hydraulics, etc. Without a doubt, the far better product to get as a customer was a reman unit. Everything that was going to fail early in the life had already failed and everything else had been tuned multiple time. Th reman units had far better service life once they had been returned to the field.

Not sure it is the same for modern transmissions, but I think I would not look badly on a reman unit if I end up needing one down the road.

Probably the same story as your disk drives if all the suspect parts had been replaced with better or revised versions. I would be happy with a rebuilt unit from a transmission place who knew their stuff.

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