My new (1500 miles) F250 crapped out this week. I asked dealer if this was the snap ring problem I had read about and he said yes, they have 25 trucks in their lot waiting for repair.. They are breaking down faster than he can get the parts to fix them. Do I smell classs action? My beef is that they may have known about the problem when I bought the truck in October and didn't give me any warning. Does anyone know when this problem first came to light?

 

Message fro Buddy55 Do you remember where you saw the article about transmission problems?

 

My '04 F-350 CC DRW PS6.0 transmission went today.

It started about two weeks ago with a delay between drive and reverse, and occasionaly a shudder (I just received Ford's trans notice in the mail on Thursday). Today the delay was much longer and right before the trans went it started bucking and the engine felt like it had no power. I got home and trans fluid was running out.

 

It appears that 04 and 05's are affected by the snap ring. I wonder if the ones coming out of the plant now are fixed or just waiting to break as well. Would be nice to know I almost ordered one a month ago when this stuff started happening glad I waited but still want a new truck.

 

UPDATE: My truck sat at Sharp Ford in Indy for a week, even though I had scheduled a appt. to have it looked at, as the tow truck was picking it up to take it to the dealer I bought it from (out of town) they were saying Ford had Just o.k a whole new tranny to be installed, I told them to forget it I'll have it towed to the dealer I bought it from...get this...it get there...they get it right in, confirm the problem...call ford...and they tell them to tear it down and do a cost analysis on replacing or repairing....can you believe this crap....they tear it down...order the case and parts....which ford doesn't ship all at once...a week later I got my truck back...the dealer did a great job but I can't believe how crappy ford treated me and the dealer....I've bought 4 new fords in the last five years...oh yeah called there customer complaint line....another joke...they told me they was nothing they could do about the tranny repair....all I wanted was if it was given the green light at one dealer to replace the unit and get me back on the road, why in world wouldn't ford approve the same repair at a different dealer....talk about stupid.....whew...I feel better.....nutshell...Sharp ford in Indy are a bunch of nitwits, haven't bought anything there and never will, have chevy's before the powerstrokes....maybe duramax is in my future.