'15 F-450 Pickup

[BethelHntr]

Thanks green power and diamondpilot, The reason I ask is I have a friend that bought a new 06 superduty 4x who was driving out his driveway one day and he heard this loud bang, Gets out to investigate and there's transmission fluid all over the driveway. He eventually gets the trans pan off and finds a fist sized hole on top of the trans. This may be a one time situation but his warranty had just ended so he's up a creek without a paddle so to speak.

 

[fordmantpw]

Thanks green power and diamondpilot, The reason I ask is I have a friend that bought a new 06 superduty 4x who was driving out his driveway one day and he heard this loud bang, Gets out to investigate and there's transmission fluid all over the driveway. He eventually gets the trans pan off and finds a fist sized hole on top of the trans. This may be a one time situation but his warranty had just ended so he's up a creek without a paddle so to speak.

Overall, the TorqueShift has been a very reliable and robust transmission. It's had a few scattered problems just like everyone else, but all-in-all, it's been a great tranny.

If his warranty had literally 'just ended', have him contact Ford. I've had them honor the warranty 4k after it was up on a previous truck. It may not be the full amount, but they may split it or something along those lines. It doesn't hurt to ask.

 

[deerefan]

Overall, the TorqueShift has been a very reliable and robust transmission. It's had a few scattered problems just like everyone else, but all-in-all, it's been a great tranny.

If his warranty had literally 'just ended', have him contact Ford. I've had them honor the warranty 4k after it was up on a previous truck. It may not be the full amount, but they may split it or something along those lines. It doesn't hurt to ask.

I have personally owned 2 F250s with this tranny and know of several folks who own Fords equipped with this trans- no issues to report. Ford seems to make a reliable auto trans, I am probably jinxing myself here but the auto in my 97 F150 is still going strong over 200k miles.

 

[fordmantpw]

I have personally owned 2 F250s with this tranny and know of several folks who own Fords equipped with this trans- no issues to report. Ford seems to make a reliable auto trans,

I have one ('08), my father had 2 (one in an '03, one in an '11), my brother has one ('03), all of them behind diesels, and countless other folks around driving SD's have them. I don't know of anyone in person that has had an issue with the tranny.

I am probably jinxing myself here but the auto in my 97 F150 is still going strong over 200k miles.

The tranny in my '99 F150 puked coolant all over the repair shop's parking lot at 134k. It didn't take them long to find the cause of slipping/shaking feeling I was experiencing!

 

[nahfwt]

Overall, the TorqueShift has been a very reliable and robust transmission. It's had a few scattered problems just like everyone else, but all-in-all, it's been a great tranny. If his warranty had literally 'just ended', have him contact Ford. I've had them honor the warranty 4k after it was up on a previous truck. It may not be the full amount, but they may split it or something along those lines. It doesn't hurt to ask.

I had some issues with my 2011, more of a drivability problem than anything else. There were 2 instances where the transmission would act like you had pressed in the clutch. This happened to me during the shift from 1 to 2. Engine would race and no power would go to the wheels. I would back off of the accelerator pedal and let the engine return to idle and the problem would go away. I think it was a programming glitch in the TCM. I have a friend at work who has the same truck and he also had the same thing happen to him. Not a mechanical problem with the transmission per se but if it happened to you at the wrong time you could have a bad day if you were trying to merge or make a left turn.

 

[JESSE1]

Just found this article about the SAE ratings for the F-450 pickup. 2015 Ford F-450 Joins J2807 Party

 

[JESSE1]

Double post for some reason

 

[wmonroe]

I'm glad to see all the manufacturers seem to be going to the standard rating. It also looks like ford was doing a good job on the 450's ratings already since gvw went up slightly and payload dropped slightly, but essentially it has the same rating.

 

[PoorMansCat]

The transmission has been a very stout piece since 2003.5. It got another gear around 2011.

Chris

your opinion may vary with our experiences. of the 13 trucks in our fleet from 11-14 models. all but 2 have had the transmissions unstacked. Several within the first 30-40k miles.
Clutch pack failures. All have had multiple sets of solenoids and a few have had valve body replacements.

 

[PoorMansCat]

Just found this article about the SAE ratings for the F-450 pickup. 2015 Ford F-450 Joins J2807 Party

I was wondering how long that would take. There was really no option other than to accept the SAE rating after being called out in public by another manufacturer. I guess now RAM will have to build a 4500 pickup to compete with the F450? When will it end???