I bought my Ford F-150 Lariat Supercrew brand new in Feb 2004 at Joe Cooper Ford in Midwest City, Oklahoma. All the scheduled maintenance was performed on time at the dealership (Joe Cooper Ford). A week after getting scheduled maintenance done (and the dealer service department assuring us that everything looked okay), I had to take the truck in because the driver side window feel down into the door. On the way to the dealer service dept., the transmission starting slipping and losing power. The truck made it to the dealer service dept, however by that time the serviceman indicated that the truck would not go in drive, only reverse. After checking out the truck, the service department informed me that I would need a new transmission. This is six months after my warranty expires. The truck was excellently maintained, with all scheduled maintenance performed and only 44K miles on the truck. The service department contacted Ford, however Fordl declined and/or refused to stand behind their product and replace the transmission.

I cannot believe a transmission could go out in a truck with only 44K miles on it and so well maintained. I'm even more appalled that Ford would not stand by their product! The Ford dealer service department quoted $2,800.00 to rebuild, however I had enough with Ford and anything to do with Ford. I promptly took my truck to AAMCO transmissions where they knew what they were doing and rebuilt it for $2,200.

I'm a taxpayer that now believes the government should not bail out sorry ass car companies that have grown to big to respect their customers and stand behind their products when obviously something had to be defective in the transmission when built. I've bought and owned four Ford Mustangs, one Ford Pinto, one Ford Escort, and two Ford F-150 trucks, and would have continued to buy Ford products in the future. However, now I'm a disatisfied and pissed off former Ford customer! The sad thing is that Ford will lose money and business from this former customer due to all the Ford vehicles and product I would have bought in the future, which would have been significantly more than the $2.8K Ford could have asorbed by replacing and/or rebuilding my transmission at no charge or for a significantly reduced amount.

I'm getting rid of my Ford truck as soon as possible before something else fails or breaks, and will buy foreign products (Nissan, Toyota, Honda, etc.) for now on because at lease the foreign companies stand behind their product. I will also tell everyone I know looking for a new or used car to stay away from Ford vehicles because frankly, any company that doesnt stand behind their products after knowing they've sold you a piece of "Sh*t" deserves to go out of business for "F***'ing over customers. WILL NEVER BUY FORD (FIND ON ROAD DEAD) AGAIN!!!!

I bought this truck 6 months ago, used, with no problems. Never had a single problem. Changed the oil, flushed the transmission, changed the fuel filter. Drove great, had no problems. Then one day the transmission developed a whine. Ford told me "don't worry about it, it is normal". It got worse and I took it to Ford one more time and was told the EXACT same thing. I had to pay for these visits because I had no warranty at the time.

Thanks Ford, I now have a blown transmission. This is AFTER I got advice from Ford, and after I changed my transmission fluid filter, and the fluid, and after a transmission flush. It drove fine, and one day a trans fault came up, and it never drove again. Ford will never have my business. They need to do a recall on this year transmission.

F*ck you Ford. I lost my job because of you, my apartment, all because you didn't want to let me know what my problem was before it became a real problem. Maybe if there was a recall done my faith in Ford would be restored, but we all know a costly recall like that would never be done.

After investigating this problem, I discovered that there are hundreds of Ford owners who experienced the same problem.....transmission going out due to planetary gears or something like that....it's a common problem but Ford isn't doing anything about it...some owners reported transmission failure with as little as 40K miles....mine went out at 81K.......there is also a problem with a little gadget under the hood that gets wet or damp and causes the 4X4 to engage due to a short in the circuit and this happens while driving down the road which can cause more damage........I'm beginning to realize that Fords aren't built so TOUGH after all.

Ford Tough? I think NOT. Here is an example of why the US auto makers will die without continual Government intervention. This big bad F150 is a family "grocery grabber" not a construction vehicle or a towing workhorse. The overdrive busted and then the entire transmission failed. Not even 10,000 miles past the warranty limit. The dealership nor the factory wanted to do anything to make it less financially painful. make no mistake I will never buy a Ford product again and I will pass on the word whenever possible. Tough truck my ass.

This vehicle was maintained through the dealership under a service agreement I paid $1200 for at purchase. All maintenance including oil changes were performed by the dealership up to 36,000 mi. this included transmission service. At approx. 31000 mi., my rear differential failed. They replaced the ring and pinion assembly, and moved on. At approx. 48000mi., the same indication of rear differential failure began; whining at certain highway speeds, then intermittent loss of power at certain speeds. Finally, the transmission completely failed, and the truck had to be towed to the dealer. I complained to Ford's CSC in Florida, and was told FMC would not replace or even subsidize repair of the problem. The dealer offered me $500 off the total cost of $3800 for a new transmission. This unacceptable. Please make Ford aware of your similar issues, or we will never get relief...

I am devastated; I have no credit due to a divorce, and just got laid off. I need my vehicle to survive, and no one has any compassion for the situation. Any drivetrain failure below 70000 mi. in this current technological environment is ridiculous at best.

Update from Sep 17, 2009: The Dealership, Gullo Ford In Conroe, Texas is going to repair the vehicle at no cost to me!

They are taking the hit for Ford Motor, and I think that is awful, but they are going to keep me as a loyal customer...

i bought a 2004 f150 5 years ago and since i have lifted it 8' and have 40'tires and everything u can think of and i took it into ford because the 4x4 wasn't working, so they call me and say my trans is blown up, i asked them how since i drove it there? they told me it wouldn't go into gear in the lot, so they said a new one would be 2500 plus labor! not down for that so i got one for 1000 and got it done privately then i take it back get the 4x4 fixed that was still broken there where 2 sensors that where damaged and they charged me 900$ to repair,that was 3 months ago and its broken again, i guess that part missed the ford tuff line, i have so many problems i don't even have time to start with them all,new transfer case 2500$,new drive shaft and uni 1500$,new gears in rear diff 800$,new alternator 250$,both headers 3000$,4x4 is broken 2000$ x 2, knocks and sounds like a washing machine,both front wheel bearings at 240$ a piece...................i paid 51k new and since ford didn't put the lift kit in i have no warranty even tho it was done at a licensed shop so iv had to make a 700$ payment and pay to keep this piece of sh*t thing running.....i can smell a new motor down the road...truck is bullshit