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9.3

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
$9,920
Average Mileage:
122,450 miles
Total Complaints:
3 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. replacing transmission (3 reports)
2018 Ford F-150 transmission problems

transmission problem

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2018 Ford F-150 Owner Comments

problem #3

Jan 072022

F-150 XLT 5.0L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 90,760 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

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hard shifting, skipping gears, jumping forward

This transmission was replaced once before, under this complaint, and almost the same mileage later it has gone out again and needs another replacement/rebuild.

I bought this truck from the original owner and noticed some transmission hick-ups but was told it's the adaptive learning used by ford. Now I owe the cost of a new transmission to get my truck back after owning for a little over 1 year, and the warranty they had on the repair expired 10 months ago...Ford should pay me money back for the amount I'm paying to get this resolved.

- Gregory F., La Habra, CA, US

problem #2

Oct 192026

F-150 XLT 5.0L V8

  • Automatic transmission
  • 176,465 miles

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hard shifting, skipping gears, jumping forward

This is the second time the transmission is requiring to be rebuilt/replaced by ford.

Last time the transmission was replaced at 90760 miles under extended warranty and almost the same mileage later the same issue is happening and ford has quoted 10K to repair the truck.

I've owned Fords going 300k miles with little issues. Ford really messed up on this one and refuses to admit any wrong doing.

Conveniently they changed the repair part in Aug 2022, 7 months after this was replaced the first time, and of course the same issue happens. Now it's 10 months out side of that warranty of 3 year and I'm responsible for repairs on a truck I've only owned for a little over a year.

- Gregory F., La Habra, CA, US

problem #1

Mar 122025

F-150 Limite 3.5L V6 Ecoboost

  • Automatic transmission
  • 100,000 miles

Crappy aluminum 10R80 transmission is slowly degrading and falling apart inside! crappy build and absolutely absurd that I'll have to replace it

- Jack W., Southern Pines, NC, US

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