Awesome for you. Called and first appointment available is NEXT Friday morning for them to 'look at it'.


UPDATE: Called a dealer a little ways away and they can get me in at 2pm TODAY. Told them the TSB # and what I was seeing, said bring it in.

 

I've already been here two hours and gone for a ride with the tech. Still waiting... If you hear about a guy getting arrested at a Ford dealer in Maryland its me.

 

I called my dealer yesterday and told them about the TSB. I made an appointment for this morning. I told them what the truck was doing they said ok and flashed it and sent me on my way. I would go crazy if I had the issues some of you have with your dealers. If you are having issues getting them to perform the TSB get a new dealer for both service and sales and let them know that is what you are doing.

 

Do the 145" WB trucks still have a 1 piece drive shaft? I know the 157" has a 2 piece. Def. see a trend in the truck spec. thread with the EB and the 145" WB.

Although the 145" does encompass 3 different trucks and is certainly a more popular set-up that the SCREW 6.5/ bed, so that probably explains it.

I think we could safely eliminate a drive shaft issue due to this. Although there are a handful of 5.0's in there, the EB clearly exhibits the issue more than the 5 liter. Which again points me to either a IC issue (water accumulation) or the low end torque making the TC shudder.

Got a voicemail from the dealer, they still have my truck (9 days now), for about 6 different issues. In the course of fixing one (shudder at acceleration, they have now created another, shudder at deceleration.

Really starting to look hard at the pre-req.'s for Lemon Law now.

 

I'm home and done. They flashed it with the tsb update and it's still there. Back to the drawing board, Ford!!

 

I wonder if the reason we are seeing mixed results isn't because there are two different problems being described.

The problem I was having was the surge going up hill...I would say it is more of a surge than a shudder. I got the update and have drove over 100 miles since and everything seems to be fine.

I also think there is a shudder, that is better described as a shake than a surge that some are having.

Possible it's two different issues that's why the mixed results?

 

I just got an appointment for 1pm this afternoon! Fingers crossed...

 

I think this is very possible. On my eco, this shudder felt like something started shaking your truck up the incline. It would pulsate, and everyone in the truck can easily notice being shaken forward and back.

 

My 55-60 shudder ocurs when the cruise is on going up a slight hill. I wouldn't describe it as a surge at all. To me it feels like an engine miss. The vehicle shudders really bad. If I hit the gas and it kicks into passing mode it goes away. Mine also does it in 3/4 gear going up a steep hill. I had the latest fix and it is somewhat better, but still there on some of the hills during my commute.

 

Mine feels like what the TSB says...it is an intermittent surge. It does not necessarily shake violently like some describe. Another word I would use to describe it would be a rapid pulsate.

I had the flash and mine seems to be fixed. I have had the violent shake when passing, but that has only happened twice.