2001 F250, 25k miles, transmission goes! no warning signs, pulled into a rest area everything was fine. when i left the tranny would not shift out of 3rd gear, o/d off light began to blink. took it to the nearest dealer only to find out i needed a new tranny. dealer never said what was the cause. any ideas? should i expect this problem again?[*]null
You have a gas engine right? For the many years and various message boards I visit, I believe this is the first gas powered tranny that I have heard of failing. Well, be glad it was under warranty. Make sure you have the extra cooling TSB done if you don't have the in-radiator cooler. If Ford gives you a good unit and installs it OK then you shouldn't have any more problems. Wouldn't hurt to start thinking of buying an extended warranty tho [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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yes it's gas. this is my 4th ford truck and collectively I've logged over 1/2 million miles, never had any problems. what did you recomend for the cooling device. i did purchase the extended service plan - Ford took good care of me.
Ask the dealer who changed out the trans what the fault was. We havn't seen many auto trans problems with the V10.
Your 2001 has or should have a trans cooler from the factory, however I highly recomend an additional cooler, filter, and GAGE.
It seems to me that the PSD guys are loosing their auto trannys two different ways. Mechanical failures: Probably too much torque.
And heat related wear.
You can prevent the heat related wear if you know that you have overtemped you ATF. All you have to do is change the fluid.
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The cooling TSB is a change out of the radiator. Ford changed the radiator to one with a tranny cooler sometime in 2001 I believe. The eariler models only had external cooler. The new trucks have both these coolers. Check your radiator to see if there is tranny lines going into it. If not go back to Ford and raise heck to get it changed. It wouldn't hurt to have this additional cooling.
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I think the gas engines have always had the in-radiator (water-to-oil) cooler. My '00 did for sure... as does my '01. The PSD, on the otherhand, is just now getting the same radiator that we have. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
My '00 V-10 F-250 4x4 did not have the trans cooler in the radiator from the factory. I had the TSB done to get it installed. It was an early '00 model, Oct. prod. SamC
Hey Hartlove! Did you get your truck back yet or what? What did the gang in Hoosic do for your tranny? If you are loading that thing up over gross, you might wanna look at some cooling for the fluids...did you get a chance to see what color the fluid was that was in there? If it got cooked, it would be reddish brown I believe... Let me know...
Also...all you v-8/v-10 gassers...does the 5.4 use the same 4R100 tranny as the PSD? I am pretty sure the v-10 gets that tranny but what about the 5.4? The 4R100 is marginal at best for the PSD...many torque converters blow under all that torque from the PSD... [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SamC: My '00 V-10 F-250 4x4 did not have the trans cooler in the radiator from the factory. I had the TSB done to get it installed. It was an early '00 model, Oct. prod. SamC<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Well, I'll be... wrong as usual!
My '00 was built earlier in the year (April I think) and definitely had both. Perhaps it was part of the "vibration package" that I got? [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
To: Skammer1
Yes, the 5.4L gas uses a 4R100 as does the 6.8L and 7.3L. However, while they look the same externally, they are in fact different internally. Generally this will involve different numbers of friction disks in clutch packs, different torque converters and different valve bodies, not to mention a number of calibrations. I have included just a sample of trans assy p/n's just covering Super Duty's for 2000-01 but "similar" 4R100 units can be found in Econoline's, Motorhome chassis's 5.4L-SC Lightning's and 5.4L-4V Navigators/Blackwoods.
Yep, sure did, happened to me in my 91 F350 460cid. Towing my horse trailer, pulled into the fair grounds and no 1st gear, nothing, just sit there and race the engine. Had 2,3,4 but no low gear. Drove it home (3 hours) and $1500.00 dollars later everything was just fine. Did go with a better TQ and never another problem. Had 70,000 miles on it when it went and all towing. Just waiting now with my PSD, going to do the same thing when this one goes. Just love those Suncoast TQ's.
Bondo..
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You appear to know quite a bit about these transmissions...Why do the diesel folks seem to see a high TC failure rate? What are the nominal/max ratings HP/Torque for the configuration in the diesels? Cutting it close I bet? [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
See posting in "Engine & Drivetrain" under topic "Who makes our auto tranny?". The maximum input torque was boosted to 1000 lb/ft at the changeover from E4OD to 4R100. For 2001, engine input data indicates the peak input torque to be 499.52 @ 2000 rpm with a stall torque of 498.84 @ 2331 rpm. These values cover the 7.3L diesel in F250-550 applications. You may find it interesting that for 2003, the 6.0L V-8 Diesel is supposed to crank out 552.54 lb/ft @2000 rpm and will be mated to a 5R110 transmission. Interesting, no? As for torque converter failures, they can most likely be attributed to contamination and/or tc damper failure leading to shudder. A change in the friction material was made for 2001 MY that should take care of most of the issues.
I just got back from Utah / Colorado. Had problems the last few days. Could not maintain speed up hills because when the downshift occurred the engine revved up, started pinging, missing. I could work up to 75mph but it took a while to do it. Dealer says they are replacing trans. Odometer had just rolled over to 30000! I've never bought an extended warranty before but I may now.
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