Transmission grenaded

[jonmparker]

Yea so 23 Maverick XL Eco. 76,400.1 miles and my transmission cratered on me. had the fluid changed at 60k miles. yes I drive 150 miles a day in West Texas. I don't hot rod or even tow with it. luckily It died in Kerrville so my tow was only a couple miles, bad news a remanufactured transmission is $7300. This Sucks. no option or a new one.

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[Toddman45]

Damn that's horrible didn't even make it 100,000 miles. And wow on the price.

 

[jonmparker]

Yea, not a happy camper right now. essentially a third of the price of the truck

 

[Montana]

Sorry to hear about this.

Is that including labor and everything? And I'm assuming when you say you had the change done, it was the dealer that did it?

I have to mention to other readers: This is why the extended warranties are so important. $7300 for a transmission replacement. Even just a valve body service the warranties will pay for themselves now. It's insane.

 

[Toddman45]

Did you do a drain and fill or a fluid flush?

 

[Toddman45]

Sorry to hear about this.

Is that including labor and everything?

I have to mention to other readers: This is why the extended warranties are so important. $7300 for a transmission replacement.

Dealer I bought my Maverick from has a 200,000 mi warranty that covers the truck after the 3-year $36,000 mi from Ford. 100 deductable transmission is one of the items covered as well.

 

[jonmparker]

Did you do a drain and fill or a fluid flush?

SO I went originally to Jim Bass in Angelo for a fluid flush and they found a gasket leak. got that changed and then started leaking again a couple days later and they changed the other gasket. with those they went a ahead and changed the fluids out. Haven't seen another leak.

 

[Toddman45]

Dammit, hate to hear it, wish yah luck on replacement tranny or replacement vehicle.

 

[jonmparker]

been three weeks and they just called me to say it is ready to go. Reman tranny now has a 3 year unlimited mile warranty

 

[Toddman45]

been three weeks and they just called me to say it is ready to go. Reman tranny now has a 3 year unlimited mile warranty

That's great at least. Hopefully this one serves you better than the original.

 

[Castle666]

This is really interesting. I work in a Ford parts department. Ford doesn't list a reman trans for the Mav yet. I'm curious as to what they actually put in your truck.

If you could post the part number for the trans I would appreciate it. I want to do some digging on this one.

 

[colinl]

SO I went originally to Jim Bass in Angelo for a fluid flush and they found a gasket leak. got that changed and then started leaking again a couple days later and they changed the other gasket. with those they went a ahead and changed the fluids out. Haven't seen another leak.

it's water under the bridge now, but it always bothers me when someone does a fluid flush and then shortly after that component has issues.

was it having symptoms before the fluid flush, or did you just do it as an early / preventative maintenance? (ford says the transmission fluid is due for replacement at 150k, which many people think is overly long / delayed.)

 

[jonmparker]

This is really interesting. I work in a Ford parts department. Ford doesn't list a reman trans for the Mav yet. I'm curious as to what they actually put in your truck.

If you could post the part number for the trans I would appreciate it. I want to do some digging on this one.

yea 10-4 soon as I get it I will

 

[jonmparker]

it's water under the bridge now, but it always bothers me when someone does a fluid flush and then shortly after that component has issues.

was it having symptoms before the fluid flush, or did you just do it as an early / preventative maintenance? (ford says the transmission fluid is due for replacement at 150k, which many people think is overly long / delayed.)

NO I decided to do it as preventative before the drivetrain warranty went out

 

[TwoTone]

it's water under the bridge now, but it always bothers me when someone does a fluid flush and then shortly after that component has issues.

was it having symptoms before the fluid flush, or did you just do it as an early / preventative maintenance? (ford says the transmission fluid is due for replacement at 150k, which many people think is overly long / delayed.)

I can say one of the shops I used to work at stopped doing flushes on anything over 60K that had never been flushed before. Had a few have issues and it wasn't anything we did. So not worth the hassle as a shop to continue doing it.

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