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8.8
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,580
- Average Mileage:
- 115,950 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 10 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (5 reports)
- pay to rebuild transmission (2 reports)
- replaced the valve body and control solenoids (1 reports)
- save money and just replace transmission with new (1 reports)
- throw it out, because Ford sucks (1 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Purchased a clean used Ranger, 3.0, 4x4 from a Ford dealer in Maryland with 79K on it. Ran very well and in excellent shape. 2 years later with about 120K it started to shift hard from first to second gear so I 'baby'd' it and always accelerated very gently so the truck wouldn't slam into second gear. Eventually other gears would bang into gear as well and the O/D light came on which indicates a trans problem on this truck.
I took it to a Mr. Transmission place and had them do a 'rebuild'. This is a total waste of time and money. There is only fix for this poorly designed, or should I say, redesigned Bordeaux transmission. Ford took an old car transmission and redesigned it once for other vehicles, then redesigned it again for use in this truck. Bad idea. The only real fix in my experience is to get a rebuilt transmission from Jasper or in my case bought a new one from Ford. It cost 2,000.00 dollars and Ford gave me a 3yr, 30K warranty, Now, 49,000 miles and 5 years later the truck runs strong and shifts fine although I still baby it and do not accelerate hard when driving. The over all condition of the vehicle is very good otherwise I would not have bothered so you'll have to make that call when it happens to you.
Save the money and skip the useless step of having a trans shop "rebuild/repair" it though. This is a major flaw when it occurs and a Band-Aid fix is ineffective. Bite the bullet and get a new trans.
- swnc, Arden, NC, US