5.0
fairly significant- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 19,905 miles
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The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shuddered from the front end to the rear end. The contact stated that the failure diminished while decelerating. The contact was able to continue driving. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the failure recurred increasingly. The contact stated that the failure decreased while decelerating, and he was able to continue driving. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000.
- Bigfoot, TX, USA
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact received notification of Recall 22E-004, after which the vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and towing a camper, he became aware that the vehicle had lost significant motive power and was struggling to tow as expected. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, who advised that the vehicle had been reprogrammed according to Ford's specifications. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but was unable to assist. The failure mileage was 8,000.
- Carlinville, IL, USA
You are driving and when the transmission goes to change gears it has like a dead spot in it an hesitates sometimes a couple seconds sometimes a little longer but it could cause you yo get rear ended then it will kick in real rough and go. There are recalls on the ford trucks transmission but not for my year of truck but its the same transmission the 10 speed and its doing the exact say thing as the complaints in the recall. I took it up around two months after i bought it and they told me this is how these trucks shift that is not correct at all. My warranty has just ran out and ford does not want to stand behind it. They should be made to cover any truck with this transmission in it just not certain trucks.
- Oldtown, MD, USA
About a year after I purchased the truck, the transmission started shifting extremely hard on occasion making a loud bang and the truck lunges on the shift. The truck shifts so hard on occasions that it sounds like it could explode. Transmission failure could cause numerous safety issues for myself, passengers and other drivers; flying parts sudden stop and/or loss of control while driving to mention a few. I have mentioned the shifting problem on at least two occasions when the truck has been at a Ford dealership for regular maintenance but I was told it not shift hard for them and that nothing is wrong with it. I am 71 years old and worked on vehicles all my life and the occasional extremely hard shifting is not normal and is an indicator to me that something is not right. No warning lights come on prior to, during or after the hard shift to my knowledge. I have read numerous complaints by other F250 owners, recalls to repair Gen 1 trannys and in a lot of instances the Gen1 transmission was replaced with Gen 2. I would prefer a -??new-?? transmission. Thank you.
- Ottumwa, IA, USA
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V256000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
- Broomfield, CO, USA
Transmission locks rear wheels when it shifts 3rd to 4th gear nearly caused accident. Cannot get parts to repair for 6 months or more. Can on get a rebuild for $5500. Plus labor. I see hundreds of complaints on this transmission not good for an $850 truck VERY UNSAFE
- Caddo Mills, TX, USA
Transmission stuck in 7th gear three times. Transmission failed and is not fixable. Transmission has to be replaced. Ford has several recalls on the transmission but my truck doesn-??t fall under the VIN recall list.
- Marianna, FL, USA
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V256000 (Power Train) however, the parts for the repair were unavailable. The dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would hesitate and jerk upon the depression of the accelerator pedal without warning. The manufacturer had been notified of the recall. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the repair. The failure mileage was approximately 62,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
- Goshen, AL, USA
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle experienced hard shifts while jerking. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact slowed down until the failure ceased. The contact then resumed normal driving. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring while driving at various speeds. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V256000 (Power Train). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.
- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle decelerated to 40 MPH and failed to properly accelerate. The contact also stated that while shifting into reverse or drive, the transmission seized in tenth gear and then shifted to sixth gear. The contact stated that he received an alert indicating to see Owner-??s Manual. No warning lights were illuminated. The failure recurred. The contact then notified the dealer of the failure, and the contact was advised to drive the vehicle 500 to 1000 miles after reprogramming. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.
- Lake City, SC, USA
Transmission shifts into gear very harsh. While driving accelerator -??gas pedal-?? stops working. Almost hit by other automobiles while leaving intersections or make turns do to sudden loss of power.
- Red Hook, NY, USA
This vehicle was a 2 year old used one owner truck purchased from a Ford dealership. The dealership repaired an issue with the transmission which was based on harsh engagement when putting the truck in gear forwards and reverse. 2 months after receiving the truck and being repaired, the issue is happening again. There is a service bulletin and ford is aware of the issue but is not currently doing anything about it. This is a defective transmission and poses a safety risk. The lurch is so hard that you have put all your weight on the brake pedal to put it in gear and hope nothing or no person is in front or behind the truck and the truck happens to lurch enough to cause damage or bodily harm. Contacted the ford dealership and they want to pull the transmission to find the issue but all parts and new transmission are on back order with no availability date. They need to do this in order to reach out to ford. However, they have a current truck that has been sitting in the shop for 6 months with no available parts. Called ford corporate and they are not willing to work with me unless the truck is in the shop. My only two options right now are to drive the truck and hope the transmission does not lock up on the highway due to a failure or let a truck that I am making payments on sit in the shop for an unknown amount of time. Ford is forcing me into continuing to drive the truck as is with the potential risk of a transmission completely breaking at anytime on the highway.
- Lake Harmony, PA, USA
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V256000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
- Sacramento, CA, USA
The components in questions is transmission. My sister had borrowed my truck. She put the truck in park and walked back inside to grab an item. Her dog ran out of the house and at that moment she realized the truck was rolling forward. Luckily they was a passenger in the passenger seat that was quick to act and climbed over the middle console and pressed on the brake. There is a video of the insistent. The passenger then confirmed the truck was In park and moved the selector to reverse then park then reverse and park again. Please note the truck was on relatively flat ground. Not a huge incline hill. The truck could have killed the dog or even ran over my sister in her pursuit to get her dog away from the truck. They problem was attempted to be recreated at the moment of the incident but wasn-??t retractable at the time. I will be checking it every time I drive the truck from hear on. No one was hurt so a report wasn-??t filed with the police nor was it taken to the dealer for inspection. There was no warning lights illuminated at the time. However The gear selector did show park. I-??m unable to upload the video just segments of the video. There is a full video.
- Battle Ground, WA, USA
While driving and coming to stop two times the transmission downshifted rough causing the wrench light to come on saying powertrain/ four-wheel drive fault. Had to have the vehicle towed to my home and make appointment to have vehicle looked at the next week. I have read other forums and many people have been stating the same exact thing has happened to them in the 17+ year super duty-??s and ford has been secretly fixing the issue when customers bring vehicle in for oil changes or service. I also read that the transmission doing this causes metal shavings to end up in the fluid and clog lines. I feel this is a severe issue if I would have been towing, it would have caused an accident.
- Liberty, MO, USA
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V087000 (Structure, Power Train) and 22V25000 (Visibility) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issues. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
The contact's husband owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact stated while her husband was at a stop sign, the transmission seized in 2nd gear and the vehicle failed to respond while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact's husband stated that the check engine warning light illuminated and "wrench" symbol was displayed on the instrument panel. On another occasion, the transmission seized in 7th gear and the vehicle was unable to make it up an overpass. The vehicle inadvertently started to roll back down the overpass. The contact's husband also had alerts on the Ford Pass monitoring tool and received a -??failure with PCM and 2nd gear bypassing during cycle" alerts on his cell phone. The contact drove the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the transmission replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
- Dubach, LA, USA
Going down road cruise set in a 4 lane heavy traffic my truck dies like a light comes on and cars are bumper to bumper I-??m trying to pull over my children are in the vehicle they go to crying scared finally I got half way off the road and got out and with few good peoples help pushed it out of the road I switched on and off the truck I could hear the pump near the tank making all kinds of noises I new then my fuel pump had went out
- Millen , GA, USA
Transmission will not shift and sends you into high rpms just for you to let out and eventually have to stop or put in neutral to sort of reset shifting. It also will, out of nowhere, not move when you hit accelerator. This happened to me several times pulling into traffic. Hit the accelerator to go only to have enough to get you in traffic and no more acceleration. A delay for up to 3-5 seconds. This was the most dangerous aspect of the truck. The other dangerous aspect due to transmission is that when putting in gear the truck would slam you forward. If you didn't have a firm foot on brake you would be slamming into whatever is in front of you. When I say form foot, I mean [XXX] near standing in it. It is in ford shop currently. Not sure what to do with this truck after I get it back. Been in shop 3 weeks without any update to what is wrong. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
- Deland, FL, USA
- Cumming, GA, USA