2004 F150 Transmission Reliabilty
06-01-2013, 10:19 PM
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What's crazy to me is how Honda (and I love Honda engines) gets very little flack for such weak trans and a pretty high rate of trans failure.
My 04 been good so far but not enough miles to say its good yet.
My 04 been good so far but not enough miles to say its good yet.
06-01-2013, 10:20 PM
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06-01-2013, 11:02 PM
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Yep. Whats bad is I had a reman Ford transmission put in and when I picked it up yesterday, it messed up again. Turned out the remanufactured transmission was defective. Hopefully I will have it back on Thursday.
06-02-2013, 09:41 AM
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Re: Transmission Reliability
I greatly appreciate the feedback. Was just curious others may have encountered. To me the "www.complaints" website seemed to be exaggerating the problem based on the numbers, not sure how they can get away with that sort of thing and not be accountable for statements like "avoid this truck like the plague". While I can rebuild manual transmissions the automatics are something I have never attempted and was concerned that there may have been some inherent design issue with it since 2004 was a big year of changes. Still researching our explorer (now with the new Certified Transmissions re manufactured trans).
06-02-2013, 11:59 AM
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I greatly appreciate the feedback. Was just curious others may have encountered. To me the "www.complaints" website seemed to be exaggerating the problem based on the numbers, not sure how they can get away with that sort of thing and not be accountable for statements like "avoid this truck like the plague". While I can rebuild manual transmissions the automatics are something I have never attempted and was concerned that there may have been some inherent design issue with it since 2004 was a big year of changes. Still researching our explorer (now with the new Certified Transmissions re manufactured trans).
Nothing is safe from failure, so buy the truck the you want.
06-02-2013, 03:09 PM
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06-02-2013, 04:36 PM
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My 04 Lariat has 85k and I take care of it. If my trans failed I'd feel the same as you buddy. But fact is there were so many sold that the failure rate isn't anything you can reasonably say is not in line with any other manufacturer. Hell, Toyota/Lexus has had their *** handed to em lately. Lets face it, any recall is a huge slap as govt protects ALL of these manufacturers much more than the consumer.
06-02-2013, 04:45 PM
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There were only 939,511 F-150's sold in 2004. 20 early transmission failures is a very low rate. Who knows how any of these trucks were treated and or cared for?
My last truck - 2000 F150 was still running strong @ 130,000 miles when I sold it. Now have a 2004 with 60,000 miles that is still like new. If I were a betting man, I would take odds on it being good for many more years and miles.
My last truck - 2000 F150 was still running strong @ 130,000 miles when I sold it. Now have a 2004 with 60,000 miles that is still like new. If I were a betting man, I would take odds on it being good for many more years and miles.
Transmission issues were one of the least concerns with the 2004-2008 F150s. The 5.4L has a host of issues that you will want to educate yourself on if you don't already know about them and ball joints don't seem to last long. I'd recommend the moog ball joints with the zerk fittings so they can be greased if the ball joints on your Lariat have play.
09-10-2014, 03:03 AM
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That was me in 2010
After a total transmission failure in our Ford Explorer and a very expensive repair bill, I did quite a bit of research and found this is apparently a common problem.
Next I decided to research my 2004 F-150 Lariet that I bought new and also has low mileage - 31,000. I located this info:
http://www.carcomplaints.com/Ford/F-..._failure.shtml
I wouldn't expect this with such a popular truck. Anyone similar experiences as described in this link??
Next I decided to research my 2004 F-150 Lariet that I bought new and also has low mileage - 31,000. I located this info:
http://www.carcomplaints.com/Ford/F-..._failure.shtml
I wouldn't expect this with such a popular truck. Anyone similar experiences as described in this link??
Yep that was me raising a stink in 2010. Same name. Just dropped a reman engine in that same truck. Iam now on a clear mission to buy a Toyota or Honda or anything besides a ford next year.
