Ford's Purposeful Procrastination
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From: bay area
LOVE THE SLIP BUMP i think its cool! the only pearson who rides with me is a chevy fan and rides my case every time i come to a stop or take off, about how i f#$@ up and should have bought a chevy. WHO KNOWS MAYBE HE RIGHT? seems i cant get no help from ford
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From: British Columbia
It's not the first time we had a 1995 windstar van and the transmission went out several times, I looked in to it they used the same tranny on several car and consumer reports stated that that tranny had an over 50% failure that was my last front wheel drive vehicle that I purchased from Ford,I don't think the tranny we have is like the old winstar but there seams to be some kind of problem...
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I posted an almost exact reply in an almost exact thread, but FWIW:
A little over a year ago I test drove a 10. It had all the weird shift issues mentioned in this, and many other threads. At the time I figured a software update would cure it, so we tried to work a deal. In the end, we could not come to an aggreement on price and walked away. In hindsight, I am so thankful we did.
In January, we drove and purchased an 11. I have not had any of the issues I did with the 10. So far, this seems to be a good one. And out of the 3 F-150's I have owned, I really think it is the best yet. My build date is 3 January, so I just hope like heck that the assembly workers weren't TOO hung over from new years LOL, but it really does seem to be "one of the good ones".
I'm a happy camper and love it!
-Alan
A little over a year ago I test drove a 10. It had all the weird shift issues mentioned in this, and many other threads. At the time I figured a software update would cure it, so we tried to work a deal. In the end, we could not come to an aggreement on price and walked away. In hindsight, I am so thankful we did.
In January, we drove and purchased an 11. I have not had any of the issues I did with the 10. So far, this seems to be a good one. And out of the 3 F-150's I have owned, I really think it is the best yet. My build date is 3 January, so I just hope like heck that the assembly workers weren't TOO hung over from new years LOL, but it really does seem to be "one of the good ones".
I'm a happy camper and love it!
-Alan
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Originally Posted by geabis
Unfortunately this is the typical Ford way of doing business. They do not pay their techs to call the engineers on the tech line. So the dealers take a hit or miss attitude towards the repairs. They do what they know they will get paid for. When you are working for flat rate they don't pay you for being on the phone. They don't pay you to diagnose the problem. They only get paid for the actual repair. It took 3 visits and 5 oil changes on my f450 before they believed me that it had a bad injector. They reprogramed the dash twice. Replace the cat. The whole time I had a problem injector that was filling my crank case with diesel. Each visit the dealer and the techs got paid to replace the wrong thing. They are making money at the dealer so they don't care.
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Originally Posted by SlickBlack09
You need to think about what that did to your bearings....that extra fuel starved the bearings of proper lubrication and over that timeframe...most certainly it was eating inti bearings...had the same thing happen to me on a old rodded mustang....
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From: Nashville TN
Im having the same trans issues as you guys, i have had my truck in for this issue 7 times, numerous reflashs, new mechatronic unit, new slip yoke and still nothing. I opened a case with ford motor company and to start they gave me an extended service plan for up to 75000 miles for nothing, if I were some of you I would start up the formal complaint procedure and make it fords problem for an additional 15000 miles, one way or another, somethings gotta give. I have an appt this week to take it into an independent reputable trans shop to properly diagnose this problem, and if this shop finds and fixes the truck I will send the bill to ford.
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Originally Posted by SlickBlack09
You need to think about what that did to your bearings....that extra fuel starved the bearings of proper lubrication and over that timeframe...most certainly it was eating inti bearings...had the same thing happen to me on a old rodded mustang....
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From: Saddle Brook NJ
Well, on top of the esp, ford called me today and said they are going to put a NEW trans in my 2010, so ill take the free esp, even if it was to pacify me and the new trans, hopefully I will not have trans issues after the install
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