Long story then a question.
April 29th I take my 17 year old son truck shopping. We go to the local Ford Dealer. Since I am not Bill Gates we are looking for a good used truck. I tell the salesman my price range and he suggests this very clean 2008 f150 extracab. Good looking truck so we say ok to a test drive. He hands me the keys and says go get the truck and bring it to the back of the lot where there is another truck he wants us to see. I back the truck out of the parking spot and stop, put it in drive and nothing for a second, then it jerks just slightly and goes pretty as you please. I go to the back of the lot and tell the salesman what it did. He says "I assure you that there is nothing wrong with the truck or transmission." I test drive the truck and nothing happens, drives like a dream. I want to look elsewhere just to make sure and I remind him of the slight jerk. He says he will drive the truck to make sure. And he did, I saw him on the road as we were driving another truck. Long story a little shorter, we go back and purchase the red f150.
May 4th, I get home from work, my son says the truck is skipping. I'm thinking coil pack. So I drive the truck and I know its not a coil pack. jerking with acceleration, deceleration, hesitation at stop lights, nothing good.
May 8th I take the truck back to the dealer. I tell the salesman this story and he says "you bought it as is." I tell him yes I know that and I know what that means, but you assured me there was nothing wrong with the transmission. He takes me to his manager, story told again. Manager says they will check out the truck on their dime. Sounds good to me.
May 10th the dealer calls and says the truck needs a new transmission and that upper management got hold of this and it is on them. No charge to me. Great.
May 17th We get the truck back. Drives great.
May 18th O/D light starts flashing. Still driving fine.
May 19th Trans Fault message. Still fine.
May 22nd I take it back once again to the dealer. Tell him about the O/D light and trans fault message. They will check out the truck, once again on them.
May 23rd Dealer calls and says it is a torque converter issue and they are going to install another transmission.
Today May 31st I contact dealer because I have not heard from them. They still do not have the new transmission and their reason is that it is a "unique transmission."
OK here is the question. This is a straight up 2008 F150 rwd with a 4.6 and automatic transmission. What is so unique about this transmission? Is he just screwing with me? I kind of think someone screwed up and forgot to order the transmission. The first one only took 7 days to get in stock.

 

Sounds like they failed to order it. However, why are they ordering instead of having it rebuilt?

 

That is a good question. I have not asked. I can't be picky because as I said, this is on the dealers dime.

 

Righto. Don't want to start complaining about it. It'd be easy for them to say "You bought it as is, you're on your own." Seems like wherever they're buying them from might be having some quality control issues, OR you just got a fluke transmission.

 

Nothing unique about a f150 transmission. There are tons of them on the road... LOL typical dealer bs when they have no idea what they're doing. Hope it turns out for the best!

 

Today june 5th I call the dealer for a status update on the truck. The 2nd transmission came in today and they installed it. Then they test drove it and they notice a fluid leak. They look and there is a crack in the housing. Another transmission has to be ordered. It will arrive next Monday. This will be the 3rd new (rebuilt) transmission.

 

I rebuild transmissions on a semi-professional level. I have never heard of so many problems related to a transmission. sounds like they are playing you.

btw. 2006-2008 transmissions are the same... nothing unique about them.

 

Sounds to me like they still haven't got the second one. Excuses, excuses. It's tough when it is on their dime.

 

Yesterday, June 7th, the dealer called me and they had good news. They decided to install a new transmission. Truck is ready to go. Picked it up and no lights or messages. 2 year unlimited mileage warranty. The bill was 6,248 dollars and 50 cents. All on them. I am thankful and appreciative for all they did.

 

Glad it worked out for you.