2nd-3rd shift noise. Anyone else?
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2nd-3rd shift noise. Anyone else?
9k miles on the 6.4 with the auto. It's been doing this since new. There is a light clunk/click when the tranny shifts from 2nd to 3rd. The dealer said it was normal and even gave me a TSB on the subject. I thought I kept it but I can't find it. Anyone else have this issue? It can't be "normal". Am I to believe there is this noise in the tranny of all 2008's and Ford did nothing about it? Come on.
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Saturday mine was shifting from 1st to 2nd I think. I was stopped on the side of the road to secure a load and just started again. Big clunk, was the tranny, then I got a code on the message center indicating a fault with the tranny. Code went away and everything is fine now. Not sure what that was about, maybe because I was just starting out slowly and it was searching for the right gear?
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i have not noticed any noise coming from the tranny. I can't see that being normal. Take another one of there trucks out for a test drive with the service guy. If there is no noise point it out to the guy that said it was normal. If you have time of course.
Or at the very minimum have your concern recorded for with the dealer. If it takes a crapp your covered.
Or at the very minimum have your concern recorded for with the dealer. If it takes a crapp your covered.
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I had a loud "bang" and felt like someone ran into me. I was traveling @ 45 MPH, car in front of me turned, I slowed to @ 20-25. When i accellerated, i felt a jolt from the rear end or tranny that felt like someone hit me. It shifted fine after that. No codes in message center. It has shifted fine sine then. Never repeated the noise.
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big clunk
I had a loud "bang" and felt like someone ran into me. I was traveling @ 45 MPH, car in front of me turned, I slowed to @ 20-25. When i accellerated, i felt a jolt from the rear end or tranny that felt like someone hit me. It shifted fine after that. No codes in message center. It has shifted fine sine then. Never repeated the noise.
Have pulled my 8K trailer a couple of hundred miles since then, pretty hard with no problems. That is the only thing I can think of.
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I have the clunk as well. Took it in twice and they heard it too. it is normal for this tranny they stated. part of it of me is that I tow or haul heavy loads in tow/haul mode and then switch to normal driving. The tranny is trying to think too much and when I am unloaded it takes it awhile to unlearn everything from the past 2 days of towing heavy loads or vice versa.
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I have the clunk as well. Took it in twice and they heard it too. it is normal for this tranny they stated. part of it of me is that I tow or haul heavy loads in tow/haul mode and then switch to normal driving. The tranny is trying to think too much and when I am unloaded it takes it awhile to unlearn everything from the past 2 days of towing heavy loads or vice versa.
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My truck once in a blue moon will shift hard from either 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd. No codes and it is empty when this happens. May take it to the dealership to have it checked out. But so far has been awesome to own.
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I think your dealer is lying to you. I have never noticed the sounds you are referring to with my truck. I have an 08 F350 DRW with just under 2,000 M(she's a baby) on it. However, I am just now starting to work her hard after 1,500 as the break-in is important.
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I would normally agree but the service manager is my fishing buddy. their explanation makes sense. They did say that I needed to change the driveline angle due to the leveling kit I put on it.
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My previous truck I have to put a space on the carrier bearing after I put a leveling kit on it. but it was a 2.5" in the front and 1" leaf in the rear. Spacer took at 5 mins.
