2012 f250
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Anyone ever had issues with with putting truck into reverse and it not actually shifting? It's happened twice to me in the last month. 2 years with no issues. Actually the first time it happened to my wife I figured she just didn't get it into gear. But today after driving around for about a half an hour I was backing into a parking spot and it did not go into reverse till I revved it and put my hand on the shifter at the same time so I'm not sure if it was the rev or the touching of the shifter that made it go into gear. There is no slop in the shifter. So mechanically it should be ok but is there an electrical sensor on the column that tells it to go in reverse maybe that's dirty? Here's a little more info. The truck is a 2012. It had 65k on it when I bought it. Tranny fluid looked and smelled good at time. Just hit 90k and did tranny filter and pan dump about a month ago but I can't remember if it was before or after my wife had the issue with it. Not sure if tranny service had ever been done before I owned it. Of the 25k I have put on it about 6k has been towing my 5th wheel at about 10k lbs. Truck is not lifted. Sitting on 35x12.50s. Deleted dpf with h&s mini max about 4 months ago at 85k. Drove around on h&s tranny tune for about 2 days for 200 miles but hated the hard shifts. Went back to stock tranny tune at that time. Truck has shifted harder than before ever since then but compared to tune settings its allot better. 99.9percent of the time it's on the stock setting and I don't push the truck very hard. It has been in the tow tune once for about 40 miles while towing. It has been in the street setting maybe 4 times for a grand total of about 2 miles and on the performance setting maybe 3 times for maybe a total of a mile. Is there anything you all can thing of that I should look for? Worn out bushing on linkage? Sensor? Loose bolts? It has been put back into reverse probably 25 times since it screwed up earlier today with no issue and probably several hundred times since it screwed up for my wife. Also when I replaced the filter I was not sure of the torque spec for the screws that hold it in I just know that it's not allot so I didn't tighten them up very much just snugged them, one of them goes right through the valve body right in the middle of the shift solenoids. I would think if that was the issue then it would be happening much more often or all the time. I believe that the back up camera is powered from the same circuit as the reverse lights, I maybe wrong idk and I'm not sure where the power for that comes from I'm guessing it would be from somewhere on the column. But does anyone know what powers the reverse solenoid or how many are used in reverse or if it's even one of the ones by the screw that holds the filter in?
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Welcome to the club. The F250 from 2011 on has erratic issues like going into reverse properly, hard shifts up and down, days it’s great and days it awful. Sunny days, warm days, cold days doesn’t matter. Can be hot can be cold outside. My 2011 F250 6.2 has 139,000 original miles and has had Issues since it rolled over 60,000. I have taken it to 3 different Ford dealerships who all act as if they have never heard of the issue. I started off with Flush and change of fluid then Adaptive flush so it could relearn my driving habits, added slick fluid to fix sticky values, added fluid to swell seals to increase fluid pressure and finally exchanged the Value body with all new solenoids installed by dealership with new fluid and another Adaptive Learning flush.
Bottom line, learn to love the hard shifts and reverse issues because nothing going to fix it. I can proudly say I have done it all expect drop 4-5k in new tranny. I bet in time it will do same thing. Lemon law here 💯
Bottom line, learn to love the hard shifts and reverse issues because nothing going to fix it. I can proudly say I have done it all expect drop 4-5k in new tranny. I bet in time it will do same thing. Lemon law here 💯
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