Automatic Transmission problems of the 2018 Ford F-150

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to accelerate, he heard an abnormal sound emanating from underneath the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the transmission. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. 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 87,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 5 mph, the vehicle would hesitate, and also would hard shift when the contact attempted to switch gears with no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the transmission had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, and the contact was referred to the NHTSA hotline for further assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 164,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle unintendedly downshifted. There was no warning light 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 160,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving at undisclosed speeds, the transmission failed to shift correctly, causing the vehicle to jerk. The vehicle was then taken to a dealer and was diagnosed and determined that the cdf drum on the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed, however the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The transmission independently downshifted into first gear. The vehicle was uncontrollable and crashed into the median. The contact stated the failure was persistent and had occurred several times. In addition, the contact stated that at times the vehicle jerked forward and hard shifted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a failed transmission. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was informed of an unknown recall of the transmission, however the contact did not receive updates regarding the repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 89,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated while attempting to drive the vehicle, the vehicle failed to accelerate as needed. The contact stated that the transmission was skipping gear, and shifted improperly, with the rpm revving abnormally. The contact stated that after depressing the accelerator pedal to the floorboard the vehicle failed to respond as needed. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The vehicle was diagnosed, and the contact was informed that unknown technology needed to be upgraded. The local dealer was contacted, and the vehicle was diagnosed with transmission failure. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, he heard an abnormal rattling sound coming from underneath the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the flywheel. The contact was informed that the flywheel was cracked. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 36,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at approximately 70 mph, the vehicle experienced a loss of motive power without warning. In addition, the vehicle would not shift gears properly. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. 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.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 65 mph, the contact stated the gears shifted independently. The contact stated that he had his foot on the accelerator pedal and the vehicle went from fifth gear to first gear independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed with a double clutch transmission failure. The transmission need replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to report the failure to NHTSA. The failure mileage was approximately 71,600.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently lost all motive power. After shifting into neutral and back into drive, the vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. The transmission warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a general failure with the transmission, advising the contact that the transmission would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 112,000.

As thousands of drivers have reported and as NHTSA is clearly already aware yet puzzlingly remains silent about - my f150’s transmission creates whiplash when shifting, causes the vehicle to lurch, and loses power unpredictably. Ford refuses to admit the problem but the problem is the same as the rest of their poorly designed vehicles’ problems - they knew the transmissions had design flaws that made the vehicle unsafe to drive. I almost died on I-295 in jacksonville when the vehicle randomly lost power and took it to the dealer. Now, because Ford has lied and won’t issue a recall that they know is their fault (they are being sued in multiple states for this exact issue) I am going to have to pay almost $10,000 to repair their flaw, by replacing their unsafe transmission with a safe version.