NHTSA Complaint #11713981 — 2016 FORD F-150

I’ve been having persistent issues with my transmission for some time now. It occasionally would have a hard shift or a lagged shift where it would rev high and not go into the next gear for a few second. This has been accompanied by an odd “clown honk” type sound whenever shifting from 3rd gear into 4th gear after the truck is warm. Sometimes it would get stuck in one gear or another or unable to shift to certain gears until it was shut off and reset. These problems are sometimes accompanied with each other and sometimes on their own. Not until recently did my transmission downshift on its own when I was going around 50-60MPHs to first gear, throwing my back end out and almost causing me to crash. Luckily I was on open and empty road. This occurred sometime in December and it finally threw a code which it had not for any incident previously. This issue has not happened again since. Not only was the incident itself a case of deja vu but when I was able to have the code read, It was almost the exact same issue/code that I had with my previous truck, a 2013 Ford F-150. My 2013 ford f-150 did the same exact thing, almost causing an massive accident as I was merging onto I-85 at 4:30 PM. This issue was recalled and fixed by Ford in the 2013 F-150 but has no correction for my current 2016 F-150. I believe the cause of this is a faulty lead frame and/or Output Speed Shaft Sensor on the 6R80 transmission from Ford. I’ve now had two of these power trains (5.0/6R80) and both have had problems occasionally up until around 120K miles then the problems become consistent and the downshifting issue started which throws the code/is the real dangerous issue. I have reported the Issue to Ford through a dealer and called the customer support line but since there is no open recall on my specific VIN for this issue they are unable to offer assistance. The truck is open for inspection and has the code stored. This can be a very dangerous issue and needs to be addressed.