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When the truck is trying to change gears, there would be a long hesitation before it can move up to the next gear while accelerating. The truck would sometimes lose power and speed while trying to find the gear. It would sometimes jump from gear 1 all the way gear 10 and then randomly bounce between the other gears before actually settling. At the moment it does find the right gear, the truck would launch forward violently. I took it to a ford dealership to be diagnosed, where I was told a new transmission is needed. I reached out to the manufacture regarding the issue and was told that there is no assistance for the issue. The quoted cost for the new transmission is $8400. I did some research and found that a lot of recent model Ford trucks a having the same problem with the transmission. Most report I read encountered the problem before 100000 miles. The truck is currently at the Ford dealer waiting to repaired. I find this is unfair to consumers to deal with an issue of this expense on what I consider to be a new truck.
My 2020 F150 transmission is having serious issues related to accelerating and decelerating, and rough shifting (causing jerking forward and backwards) which are now a major safety concern. The transmission gets stuck in gear, sometimes shifts from 4th to 1st gear, gets stuck in 7th gear, or will not shift out of 1st gear. Earlier this week with my wife driving the vehicle (with my children in it), it would not accelerate due to this issue and getting on the highway, she had to quickly pull over narrowly being missed by a cargo truck since the vehicle would not accelerate. I took over driving the vehicle, and I've observed the gear changing issues noted above and also had to pull off the road to avoid stalling the vehicle in the middle of a busy road. I've addressed these issues with Ford corporate, and their official position is that I have to have the issues diagnosed with a Ford dealer, which is telling me diagnosis is 8-12 weeks out. I don't know what else to do, but I am very concerned about the safety issues this is presenting
My 2020 F150 transmission is having serious issues related to accelerating and decelerating, and rough shifting (causing jerking forward and backwards) which are now a major safety concern. The transmission gets stuck in gear, sometimes shifts from 4th to 1st gear, gets stuck in 7th gear, or will not shift out of 1st gear. Earlier this week with my wife driving the vehicle (with my children in it), it would not accelerate due to this issue and getting on the highway, she had to quickly pull over narrowly being missed by a cargo truck since the vehicle would not accelerate. I took over driving the vehicle, and I've observed the gear changing issues noted above and also had to pull off the road to avoid stalling the vehicle in the middle of a busy road. I've addressed these issues with Ford corporate, and their official position is that I have to have the issues diagnosed with a Ford dealer, which is telling me diagnosis is 8-12 weeks out. I don't know what else to do, but I am very concerned about the safety issues this is presenting
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the transmission unexpectedly downshifted to first gear and the vehicle abruptly decelerated. The contact pulled over to the shoulder of the roadway and turned off the vehicle however, the failure persisted. The power train warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the powertrain control module, resulting in damages to the transmission. The contact was informed that that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V075000 (Power Train); but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, a case was opened, and the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 81,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the transmission unexpectedly downshifted. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000.
- Sumter, SC, USA
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The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH, the "WRENCH" symbol and the check transmission warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle lost motive power and the vehicle decelerated to 20 MPH. The contact was able to exit the highway and pull into a parking lot. The contact looked underneath the vehicle and saw that transmission fluid was leaking from the transmission. The contact had the vehicle towed to a dealer who diagnosed that the transmission had failed and needed to be rebuilt. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The contact researched online and related the failure to Technical Service Bulletin Number: 24-2046 for harsh or delayed transmission shift (Power Train). The failure mileage was approximately 35,000.
The contact's son owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated while the driver was driving at various speeds and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle experienced hard shifts and hesitated while responding. Additionally, the contact stated that the transmission was skipping gears unintentionally and shifted in and out of gear while driving. The contact was unsure whether a warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed, but the diagnostic information was not available. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.
-10R80 Transmission began malfunctioning at 86,000 miles. Per Ford dealer, the shift strategy was cleared which did not resolve issue. Internal transmission failure was suspected and transmission was replaced. -From a complete stop, the truck would not want to shift from 1st to 2nd gear unless driver let off the gas causing unnecessary risk. From there, truck would shift extremely hard while under acceleration. Additionally, there were instances where truck would not downshift while slowing down to a stoplight. Truck remained in 7th gear at the green light and could only be moved by switching truck to manual shift. -Issue was verified by an independent shop along with a local Ford dealer. -Unsure if the component has been inspected by manufacturer as it was replaced by them. -No engine lights, codes, or other symptoms.
Have the 10 speed transmission and it-??s shifting hard and sometimes doesn-??t shift till rpm-??s hit 4,000 then hit shifts hard like hitting a deep pothole it-??s had the transmission relearned but it still does
Started having rough shifting from 1st to second at 99k miles. Quickly progressed to 3-4-5 gears shifts. Finally couldn-??t drive the truck in auto because it was having trouble finding/shifting into gears up to 60mph. I had two instances when driving in 8th gear around 55mph and the transmission randomly shifted to second. Caused the vehicle to lurch violently and over-rev the engine. I had several other instances when traveling above 60mph in 10th gear and the gear indicator flashed between 10th and first gear. Thankfully it didn-??t actually downshift. Tried taking it to a dealership near me but they were backed up two months on transmission work. I wound up taking it to a local shop and they rebuilt the transmission. They found the typical c-d-f drum bushing failure that is common in the 10r80 transmissions.
transmission shifting hard 4th and 7th gear, sometimes also it's slow with acceleration, took it to colonial ford in Columbia, S.C. yesterday and was told to contact you about an issue with my transmission
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the vehicle jerked abnormally and failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle jerked while shifting gears. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that a master reset for the transmission needed to be completed. The vehicle had been repaired by resetting the transmission. The failure persisted and the vehicle was returned to the dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the transmission had failed and needed to be replaced. The transmission needed to be rebuilt. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been made aware of the failure and opened a complaint for the failure. The manufacturer referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was 18,000.
At about 32k miles the transmission quit working properly. It would go into neutral randomly and then slam back in gear. Took it to Ford and they did a warranty TSB repair. Then at 54k it started doing it again almost causing me to be in a collision with on coming traffic. Once again Ford performed a warranty TSB repair. Just got it back and it still doesn't work properly.
My 2020 Ford F-150 truck was recently serviced with PepBoys when my ABS light came on and another message on the dash that said my brake system has a malfunction along with messages in my FordPass app. It was evening when this happened I immediately took it to PepBoys early the next morning. They took a look at it they thought it was a sensor for the brake area it was not taking so they tried again and it once again still said the same problem. They took a deeper look and checked all tires and came across the rear left side tire upon removing it they were shocked to see that the axel was riding only on the caliber, the lock that is supposed to be on the axel was there but just dangling it wasn-??t properly on where it should have been. They let me know it-??s something rare they don-??t come across it was their first time and definitely could have been a safety issue and could have put my family and myself and other pedestrians around if my axel would have fallen off on the highway or anywhere. I was very concerned and do not feel my truck was put together properly. It-??s only a 2020 and it-??s my family vehicle it does not get driven heavy at all just for pleasure my axel should not be holding on by a string. People should feel confident in driving their vehicles. I have only had this truck for a year and a half it was bought at Shamaley Ford. I did report this incident to them but they don-??t seem to care. I hope this will help anyone else having issues as I believe it could have been a major safely issue.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving on several occasions at various speeds, the ABS and other unknown warning lights illuminated. The vehicle started jerking. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated while driving 4 MPH, there was an abnormal sound coming from underneath the vehicle and the vehicle started shaking violently. Additionally, the vehicle was unable to shift into reverse(R). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 59,000.
While driving the 4x4 feature wants to partial engage causing a grinding noise in front axle and when you let off accelerator it slows the speed quickly. At times only way to get it to quit is to stop and back up to make it stop. The problem is caused by loss of vaccum. This causes damage to the front brake rotors and drums and is a intermerminate problem and has been in shop before and reported numerous times.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed up an incline, there was an abnormal sound coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle lost motive power and jerked while the transmission was shifting gear. The contact stated that the vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence while driving up an incline. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, a case was opened, and the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 40,000.
On several very recent occasions, the above listed 2020 F150 has randomly shifted down to 1st gear from 10th while on the highway resulting in sudden loss of power and extremely high RPM. Had this occurred in heavier traffic, there is a likely chance this could have resulted in a serious accident because of the speeds involved. The symptoms experienced in this 2020 F150 do seem similar to the recent recall of some 2014 F150s experiencing similar events
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle unexpectedly shifted from first to fourth gear, then back to first then to seventh gear, and back to fourth gear. The contact stated that while driving downhill and attempting to shift between gears, the contact had to shift between gears slowly and carefully or the transmission would shift independently. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or local dealer. The contact related the failure to an unknown recall; however, the vehicle was not included. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 141,970.
Very hard shifting while driving and hesitates shifting while driving; both upshifting and downshifting. Occasionally gets stuck in a lower gear when driving. Hesitates when shifting between drive and reverse. Has progressively gotten worse over time.
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- Douglasville , GA, USA