Spocksranger
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Did it fix the issue?The pcm update and flash were first for mine. So weird how 80 percent of the time before it was a problem the transmission was fine and working ok and then it seemed so quickly to get worse.
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Did it fix the issue?The pcm update and flash were first for mine. So weird how 80 percent of the time before it was a problem the transmission was fine and working ok and then it seemed so quickly to get worse.
I dont want to sour your enjoyment of the truck but full honesty no. My transmission is still a mess and i expect the transmission to need rebuild or replacement shortly after fords joke warranty is up. Ends at 36k and im at 27k. One dealer already said my warranty was void anyway lol. On the upside i think most of transmission issues are solved by the flash pcm and valve body rebuild that dealers will do as the tsb tells them to do so.Did it fix the issue?
How many miles on your Ranger?Transmission CDF Drum moving out of position was the culprit on my truck. Been trying to chase down the funky shifts and other transmission issues with my truck for a while now, and I should have it back soon (repaired under warranty). Fingers crossed that the transmission problems are behind me...
Is it too late to get an extended warranty? If so, I'd start saving...about $6,000...I dont want to sour your enjoyment of the truck but full honesty no. My transmission is still a mess and i expect the transmission to need rebuild or replacement shortly after fords joke warranty is up. Ends at 36k and im at 27k. One dealer already said my warranty was void anyway lol. On the upside i think most of transmission issues are solved by the flash pcm and valve body rebuild that dealers will do as the tsb tells them to do so.
sadly i dont think i would trust the extended warranty even if i had one. It has been pulling teeth just to get a dealer to do things with the full factory warranty still valid. if my transmission lasts till 36k I will remove all my add ons and take it the nearest dealer in my area and sell. I like the truck a lot and wanna keep it. but im not about to stay in the leaned over position for ford and ford dealers. Abbs was my last new ford, not on account of the transmission or other handful of minor things. purely due to ford and ford dealers not taking care of it as they are supposed to. hosing customers seems like job 1 for ford now. ?Is it too late to get an extended warranty? If so, I'd start saving...about $6,000...
I thought it was just me needing to get used to the 10-speed tranny. My 2019 wants to run in 6th or 7th gear when I'm cruising at 25-30 in a residential area so it lugs, especially in warmer weather. I've actually got to where I manually shift in those situations so I can stay down in 4th or 5th gear. And it has some hard shifts up and down to 8th when under lower torque situations. If it shifts hard, I can count on it being in 8th when I look at the display. Hope they come out with a fix soon. As much as I love my Hot Pepper Red truck, it's giving me a wondering eye due to the tranny issues.If ford was replacing 90% of their transmissions they'd be out of business. The numbers simply don't support that.
I did recently get a TSB performed when I felt it wasn't shifting as smoothly as it had been, and it's settled in pretty well. I asked them to take a look at it because when it's at its best it's really nice to drive, and it seemed a bit off. If the TSB fixes things for good, then great. If it doesn't, I'll deal with it when it's an issue. But again, could most of the 10R80s be getting TSB service? No way, ford would be out of business. How many is it? We'll never know.
In general I hate all automatics, but I've been pretty happy with this one. Are there times when it might make a weird decision? Sure...but that's true of all automatics. So "it doesn't always do exactly what I think it should" isn't really a thing I worry about. It has its own characteristics, and when you learn them you can make it do what you want. A lot of the complaints seem to be along the lines of "it shifts more than the 3 speed hydramatic I'm used to so it must be broken", or "it doesn't use every one of the gears", both of which seem silly--it's got 10 gears and it's going to use them as it needs to. They seem to have (for the most part) achieved good efficiency when cruising light while maintaining the ability to work hard in the low range when that's what you need.
What is a valid concern (vs subjective disagreements about how it works) is whether the transmission will last. In modern times I've had a honda transmission start crapping out around 100k, and had problems years ago with a subaru transmission. Mostly I've driven manuals and haven't had such problems. Dramatic rhetoric aside, I don't think there's any evidence that the transmission that's been in one of the best selling vehicles on the road for more than 5 years has massive failure rates. Will some of them fail? For sure. Is it something that people need to be worrying about? Doesn't seem like it. So yeah, it's a valid concern, but one that people should consider once, note that things seem ok, and then just not lose sleep over it.
Happen to have that TSB number handy?I dont want to sour your enjoyment of the truck but full honesty no. My transmission is still a mess and i expect the transmission to need rebuild or replacement shortly after fords joke warranty is up. Ends at 36k and im at 27k. One dealer already said my warranty was void anyway lol. On the upside i think most of transmission issues are solved by the flash pcm and valve body rebuild that dealers will do as the tsb tells them to do so.
Unlike the F-150 forum(s) we don't rate an actual Ford rep to steer conversation. Maybe good, maybe bad. Poor Phil, he's been great at regaling us with stories of his time with Ford and critiquing the current state of the company but I think independently we have a pretty good take on how Ford is treating their customers primarily because 5G NA is such a limited model in the Ford Universe.Hey Ford, this is where you chime in and pledge to make it right. Hello? Hello?