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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 04:57 AM
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The Trans is cold like you just got in it cold.
Get the trans up to temp, then see what happens.
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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mikeinatlanta
Unless you hook up some diagnostic equipment you have no idea what is actually happening. My money is on the gear indicator being correct with something else going on.
I agree that will probably have to be done but if someone has had this happen I'm looking for their experience and or finding and l shared the video to give a representation of my instances.
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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Taggart
Yep. I hope someone else is driving while the OP is staring at the gear indicator.
I don't even have to look at the gear indicator to feel when this happens. I glance at it constantly when driving when I check my speed and I see it go into 10th but no feeling of a shift or any gear change and can drive without looking at it knowing it will stay or say 10 but can feel the TC or shift or whatever is happening later without even looking at it.

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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluegrass
The Trans is cold like you just got in it cold.
Get the trans up to temp, then see what happens.
It does happen when warm as I said, I don't think temp has any affect on it. Happens summer and winter after driving it for 4 hour or after I just got in 4 min ago. But doesn't do it every time. These instances I was driving for probably 10-15min. Reason Trans temp was so low is because it's was so cold outside. After warming up for 5min or so I drove for 10-15 before this happens. It had previously shifted into 10th just fine before this video a few miles back. When it's around or below 0F out, I can drive for almost 15 min on highway before Trans will hit 100 after a 5min warm up before driving. And I don't just hop on the interstate, I have just shy of 2 miles before I reach interstate.
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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 12:25 PM
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Driving 15 min at near 0* temp and only 100* is not normal. That in itself is a clue.
It should have been upwards of 175*
At 100* is barely above your body temp.
Likely the temperature controller bypass is faulty/stuck open. The cooler was in play all the time and not letting the temp rise. Same action as a thermostat in the cooling system.
The fluid needs to be above ambient to shift smoothly.
Even the old 4r70 and 4r100 3 speeds would not go into OD until the fluid temp was above 100*.
Good luck.

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Old Mar 29, 2023 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Bluegrass
Driving 15 min at near 0* temp and only 100* is not normal. That in itself is a clue.
It should have been upwards of 175*
At 100* is barely above your body temp.
Likely the temperature controller bypass is faulty/stuck open. The cooler was in play all the time and not letting the temp rise. Same action as a thermostat in the cooling system.
The fluid needs to be above ambient to shift smoothly.
Even the old 4r70 and 4r100 3 speeds would not go into OD until the fluid temp was above 100*.
Good luck.
Interesting, it has always been pretty slow to warm up. Maybe their is more to it. Thank you for the insight. I figured it was just normal as this is the first and only F150 I have owned. I'll look into the temperature controller also. Because there are times on road trips when going through WY/MT was in the single digits and I was doing over 80 and the trans temp never reached 175* at all after sustained 80+ mph for hours at a time. 212* or 214* is the highest I've ever seen. Thanks again!
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Old Mar 30, 2023 | 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rabbitsnsuch
Interesting, it has always been pretty slow to warm up. Maybe their is more to it. Thank you for the insight. I figured it was just normal as this is the first and only F150 I have owned. I'll look into the temperature controller also. Because there are times on road trips when going through WY/MT was in the single digits and I was doing over 80 and the trans temp never reached 175* at all after sustained 80+ mph for hours at a time. 212* or 214* is the highest I've ever seen. Thanks again!
For comparison, my transmission runs between 190-210 just about all the time in all conditions (I have the temperature turned on in my instrument panel display). It takes a while to get up to a stable temperature, but I agree that after 15 minutes even in winter weather I'd expect it to be well above 100.

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Old Apr 3, 2023 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rabbitsnsuch
Finally figured out how to get these videos on the site. I did have to shorten them to be under the size limits for the site.
Zipping an MP4 does nothing, it just adds an extra step. Next time, trying running video through a resolution compressor. There are a bunch of them online. We don't need 4k resolution to view your dash.

Good luck. Odd shifting issues come down to a bad sensor on the lead frame most of the time.
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