Jettix2
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2019 expedition platinum max. Originally purchased with 26,000 miles as a CPO car. We bought the ESP warranty because our previous 2018 had had a lot of issues.
Transmission started shifting erratically at about 38,000 miles. Dealer performed the steps of the TSB and ultimately ended up replacing and rebuilding the CDF drum assembly in fall of 2023 around 42k miles.
Vehicle drove great for the next few thousand miles.
Around 50,000 miles we started getting intermittent clunking again especially with fifth gear
Took in last week at 54,000 miles. The dealership was able to duplicate the shifting, but in order to get Ford to rebuild the transmission again we need to follow the TSB steps again, which means we had to have a transmission reflash and adaptive tables reset. Technician said he’s seen the rebuilt 10r80s fail more than once, which doesn’t lend much confidence.
Now we need to put a few hundred miles on it to make sure that it still not shifting correctly (it’s not) and then the dealer will write it up for a full crate replacement transmission <—-this would be an improvement over “dealer rebuilt transmission”.
We’re gonna put 600 miles on it tomorrow and it’s already clunking and not shifting properly so unfortunately it looks like we’ll have to deal with the second transmission rebuild or replacement.
What a royal pain in the ass. The warranty is great but the dealers an hour away and having to take three trips down for the initial diagnosis and then showing them that the problem exists still, and then getting the transmission replaced is super inconvenient. This is my wife’s vehicle which we take for family outings.
I’ve also got some strange engine behavior visible with a fluttering turbo gauge showing erratic boost and surging when towing or driving up hills. It also stumbles when I first cold-start it, before it settles down to idle. Just replaced spark plugs. I’m not sure if this is a result of cam phaser failure or something else. I guess we’ll deal with that after the transmission is fixed.
Really love the car and I’m not sure what I would even replace it with, but it sure is getting frustrating having to take it to the dealer all the time and doubting whether it’s reliable enough to take on a long trip.
Transmission started shifting erratically at about 38,000 miles. Dealer performed the steps of the TSB and ultimately ended up replacing and rebuilding the CDF drum assembly in fall of 2023 around 42k miles.
Vehicle drove great for the next few thousand miles.
Around 50,000 miles we started getting intermittent clunking again especially with fifth gear
Took in last week at 54,000 miles. The dealership was able to duplicate the shifting, but in order to get Ford to rebuild the transmission again we need to follow the TSB steps again, which means we had to have a transmission reflash and adaptive tables reset. Technician said he’s seen the rebuilt 10r80s fail more than once, which doesn’t lend much confidence.
Now we need to put a few hundred miles on it to make sure that it still not shifting correctly (it’s not) and then the dealer will write it up for a full crate replacement transmission <—-this would be an improvement over “dealer rebuilt transmission”.
We’re gonna put 600 miles on it tomorrow and it’s already clunking and not shifting properly so unfortunately it looks like we’ll have to deal with the second transmission rebuild or replacement.
What a royal pain in the ass. The warranty is great but the dealers an hour away and having to take three trips down for the initial diagnosis and then showing them that the problem exists still, and then getting the transmission replaced is super inconvenient. This is my wife’s vehicle which we take for family outings.
I’ve also got some strange engine behavior visible with a fluttering turbo gauge showing erratic boost and surging when towing or driving up hills. It also stumbles when I first cold-start it, before it settles down to idle. Just replaced spark plugs. I’m not sure if this is a result of cam phaser failure or something else. I guess we’ll deal with that after the transmission is fixed.
Really love the car and I’m not sure what I would even replace it with, but it sure is getting frustrating having to take it to the dealer all the time and doubting whether it’s reliable enough to take on a long trip.
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