Problems with specific engines
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I've drive a bunch of these and they were all pretty smooth unless you turned on tow/haul mode, but they were all rentals so they'd already been broken in pretty well. Maybe the one you drove was new and hadn't learned itself yet or something.
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No problems with my 10 speed in 31K miles so far.
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FWIW I have a 17 with the NA 3.5 and the 6spd trans and I couldn't be happier with it. It drives great, the 4wd is smooth and handles snow/ice extremely well. Engine pulls strong, not underpowered at all and the trans shifts perfectly.
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Nice!
I love the 3.5 Eco and the 6-speed.
I like the 3.5 Eco and the 10-speed, but find myself often wondering what it's up to in city traffic. On the highway it seems to do fine, I think mostly because of the 3.5's torque takes away the need for shifting at all a lot of the time.
I love the 3.5 Eco and the 6-speed.
I like the 3.5 Eco and the 10-speed, but find myself often wondering what it's up to in city traffic. On the highway it seems to do fine, I think mostly because of the 3.5's torque takes away the need for shifting at all a lot of the time.
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Standard in the limited also. However with that configuration you are limited in towing, that high output tune doesn't work for towing due to the mapping.
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I had the six speed in my 2010 with the 5.4. The transmission was significantly smoother in that truck than the 10 speed in my '18 with the 2.7. I pointed it out to the dealer a couple times now and they have deemed everything normal. It despises being cold. Almost always misses a shift from 3-4/5 depending on its mood on cold mornings. It's pretty clunky on downshifts as well. I found a TSB for an updated program, so I'll have to push the issue. I already have 31k on the clock, so you can throw the "learning" out the door. I have found that both transmissions do not transition well from long highway trips to in town driving in the same trip. It always seemed quite lost on shift patterns when stopping for gas after a few hours of cruising. I've rented a few new f150's and the 10 speeds in those seemed a bit smoother than mine.
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I had the six speed in my 2010 with the 5.4. The transmission was significantly smoother in that truck than the 10 speed in my '18 with the 2.7. I pointed it out to the dealer a couple times now and they have deemed everything normal. It despises being cold. Almost always misses a shift from 3-4/5 depending on its mood on cold mornings. It's pretty clunky on downshifts as well. I found a TSB for an updated program, so I'll have to push the issue. I already have 31k on the clock, so you can throw the "learning" out the door. I have found that both transmissions do not transition well from long highway trips to in town driving in the same trip. It always seemed quite lost on shift patterns when stopping for gas after a few hours of cruising. I've rented a few new f150's and the 10 speeds in those seemed a bit smoother than mine.
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