1999 FORD F-150 Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

(1) 1999 FORD F150 THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED, JUMPS INTO LOW GEAR WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEED LIMIT (45-55) THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT IS FLASHING. (2)IT THROWS YOU AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS VEHICLE HAD NOT GIVEN ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEMS (3) CARRIED TO DEALER (MALLOY FORD, JASPER) ON JULY 23 WHEN I COULD TAKE IT. IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A HEAT RELATED PROBLEM, BUT CALLED BACK AND SAID IT WOULD NEED OVERHAULED FOR $3604 OR REPLACED FOR $2281.52. *NM

THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE IN THE CONSUMER 1999 FORD F150 ENGAGED IN LOW RANGE WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO JERK, LOSE CONTROL AND THE REAR END TO GO OUT.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD A NEW REAR END PUT IN BUT THE TRUCK HAS CONTINUED TO GO IN AND OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATICALLY. NOW THE TRUCK START ON IT'S OWN. THE CONSUMER HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO KEEP FROM BURNING OUT THE STARTER. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT AND THE RPM'S RACED INTO THE RED. THE CONSUMER COULD HEAR CLICKS UNDER THE DASH WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING WHICH RESULTED IN THE BATTERY BEING DRAINED. THE RADIATOR LEAKED. *NM

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO SET THE CRUISE CONTROL. IT WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. CONSUMER CONTINUED HOME, PARKED THE VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY CONSUMER GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, STARTED THE VEHICLE , AND PROCEEDED TO PLACE IT INTO GEAR, BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT LONGER GO INTO GEAR. WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

TRANSMISSION GEARS BREAKING, TIMING CHAIN LOOSENING. *JB

TRANSMISSION BLEW A BACK SEAL. THERE WAS METAL AND BRASS SHAVINGS IN THE TRASNMISSION. THE REPAIR PERSON SAID HE BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS BEING CAUSED BY "REAR SEAL WALKING OR SPINNING OUT, PROBABLY DUE TO EXCESS DRIVESHAFT MOVING OR FLEXING. WE REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION AND A WEEK LATER WE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. EXCEPT THIS TIME THE REAR SEAL GOT SO HOT IT BLEW THE TRANSMISSION CORE ALSO. I HAVE SPENT 1700.00 SO FAR. NO END IN SITE AND NO HELP FROM FORD.*AK

I BOUGHT THE 99 F-150 USED. I'VE OWNED IT FOR 2 YEARS AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS SPENT OVER 3000 DOLLARS REPAIRING IT. I CANT HANDLE THE THOUGHT OF KEEPING A TRUCK THAT COST SO MUCH IN REPAIRS. AND NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS ONE WEEK AFTER I SPENT OVER 500 REPLACING THE SPARK PLUGS, FUEL FILTER, AND GETTING THE FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED. I HAVE ONLY 58,000 MILES ON THE THING AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE PLUGS DON'T NEED TO BE TOUCHED FOR 100,000 MILES. WELL IT WAS MISSING AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK SLAMS INTO GEAR BETWEEN 1 AND 2, AND NOW THE PROBLEM IS MY TRANSMISSION IS BAD. AT 58,000 MILES? AND I'VE NEVER EVEN TOWED ANYTHING. JUST REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR? I THINK THESE TRUCKS MUST BE LEMONS. AFTER I GET THE TRANSMISSION FIXED, I'LL...

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE STALLS/ DIE WITHOUT WARNING THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MR CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD AND WAS IN NEED OF REPLACING. *JG *JB

WHILE SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR ALL GEARS WILL BECOME STUCK, AND WILL NOT RELEASE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

SEAL FAILER AT 75 MPH CAUSED THE OVERRIVE TO FAIL, CAUSING TRANSMISSION BANDS TO FAIL. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY POLICY, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO COVER THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE TRANSMISSION WAS DELIBERATELY RUN WITH OUT FLUID. THE REAR SEAL FAILED, CAUSING THE REAR HOUSING TO ALSO FAIL. THIS ALL HAPPENED UNKNOWINGLY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD OBVIOSLY BE RUN LOW ON FLUID WHEN THE REAR SEAL COMPLETELY BLOWS OUT OF IT SEAT. I AM HOPING THAT YOU WILL DO WHATS RIGHT AND HELP ME GET THIS MATTER RESOLVED BY INFORMING MY EXTENDED WARRANTEE PROVIDER THAT THIS INSIDENT WAS UNAVOIDABLE. THANK YOU.*AK

TRUCK WAS UNSTABLE WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER NOTHING HAS CHANGED. VEHICLE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN AT IDLE WITH RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING UP/DOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, OIL LEVEL DROPPED AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE IN WHICH THE DEALER REPLACED THE FAN BLADE AND FAN CLUTCH. REAR BRAKES EXPERIENCED GRINDING, DEALER APPLIED A SILENCER TO THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS. CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C AND HEATER, PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. VEHICLE USES A LOT OF GAS, IDLES ROUGH AND EXPERIENCES SMALL HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION. VEHICLE KICKS INTO GEAR. VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT, WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS, VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATE. DRIVER SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR RATTLES WHEN CLOSING DOOR, WHEN EVERYTHING IS CLOSED THERE IS AN OUTSIDE NOISE, DEALER RESEALED THE WINDSHIELD. WHEN TURNING ON THE LIGHTS, THE...

HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT. 2 SETS OF HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT WITHIN LAST 6 MONTHS. ALSO WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRANSMISSION. *AK

SUDEN JUMP IN IDLE SPEED(TO3000)RPM.DANGEROUS TO HOLD VEHICLE STOPPED IN SNOW. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT TO LOW GEAR TILL RMP DROPS BELOW 1000. DANGEROUS TO STOP VEHICLE. FOOT MUST BE APPLIED FIRMLY ON BRAKE PEDAL AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STOP FOR FEAR OF VEHICLE LURCHING FORWARD AND HITTING CAR IN FRONT. DEALER SAID HE FIXED. PROBLEM STILL PRESENT. VERY OBJECTIONABLE ODOR IN VEHICLE( LIKE BURNING OFF OLD OIL DEPOSITS ON METAL) PRESENT AT TIMES. UNBEARABLE TO AN ASTHMATIC PERSON. VEHICLE OTHERWISE IN SOUND SHAPE.*AK

TRANSMISSION CONVERTER STARTED MAKING NOISE WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM . THERE WERE STRESS CRACKS ON ROOF. ALSO, SHEET METAL SHOWED A GAP BETWEEN OPENINGS. *AK

VEHICLE MAKES A HOWLING NOISE, IT JERKED/ ACCELERATED AND A CLUNK NOISE WHEN LETTING OFF GAS. DEALER ADMITTED THEY HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER ASKED FOR A NEW REAR END, AND DEALER DENIED THE PART. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 MODELS, CONSUMER IS AKSING THAT THE PART BE FIXED OR THE DEALER TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK. *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY, ESPECIALLY DURING OR FOLLOWING TURNS CAUSING A MAJOR DISTRACTION. THE TRANSMISSION "COASTS" DURING DECELERATION. WHEN POWER IS APPLIED AFTER THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP BACK INTO GEAR, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK. *AK

PICKUP JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE GOING BACKWARDS INTO GARAGE DOING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. DEALER SUGGESTED I CONTACT FORD WHICH I DID. THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

WOULD BE DRIVING AND WOULD SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR, AND IT WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISES. THEN, LOCKED OUT OTHER GEARS. WOULD EITHER STOP OR SLOW DOWN VEHICLE AND SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED BY MECHANIC ENGINE NOT LONG ENOUGH TO TURN GEARS IN TRANSMISSION. NOT ABLE TO REPAIR PROBLEM. A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON TRANSMISSION GEARS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO INCREASE VEHICLE'S SPEED DUE TO TRANSMISSION, AND GEAR STAYED IN FIRST GEAR. ALSO, BACK WINDOW WAS LEAKING WHEN IT WAS RAINING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WILL QUIT WORKING, LOSING POWER. GEAR SHIFT WILL LOCK UP WHEN CONSUMER PULLS OFF. THEN, SHIFT GEAR WILL START WORKING AGAIN.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER WAS CHANGED AT 41,306 MILES. SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DEALERSHIP NOW REPORTS THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. FORD INITIALLY DECLINED TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR COST, AND IT IS NOW BEING RECONSIDERED. HAS THIS TRANSMISSION TYPE BEEN ONE THAT HAS CRONIC PROBLEMS?

I HAD BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO COURTESY FORD THEY HAD FOUND A PART DEFECTIVE IN THE TRANSMISSION, THE TECHNICIAN HAD STATED THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM, WHEN I GOT TRUCK BACK IT WAS STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEMS. TOLD COURTESY FORD AGAIN THAT PROBLEM RESTARTED, TECHNICIAN CHECKED OUT AGAIN AND STATED NOTHING WRONG, I AM STILL HAVING MY TRANSMISSION JERK AND BANG WHEN ACCELERATING AND ALSO DECELERATING

WHEN COASTING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION WILL HESITATE IN SHIFTING FROM 2TO3 AND 3TO4. HAS LED TO NEARLY BEING REARENDED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. PLAZA FORD STATES NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ALSO IDLES HARD UPON STARTUP AND 4X4 DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE - DEALER ALSO SAID CAN'T REPEAT THE PROBLEM.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD GOING UP A GEAR AND WHEN SHIFTING DOWN A GEAR. *AK

FRONT WINDSHIELD-THE WINDSHIELD WOULD RATTLE GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY EVERYTIME WE WOULD BE IN THE TRUCK. TOOK IT IN TO ADVISE THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY DID WAS RESEAL IT. TOOK IT IN AGAIN THE SECOND TIME AND THEY DID THE SAME THING. AFTER THE THIRD TIME I MADE THEM PUT IN A NEW WINDSHIELD. 2 WEEKS AGO THIS CRACKED IN HALF. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THEY REPLACED IT WITH A NEW ONE. ALSO THE REAR END WAS LEAKING. *AK

TRANSMISSION CLUNKS HARD. YH

VEHICLE PULLS A 5500LBS TRAILER: WHENEVER SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN ON AN INCLINE, SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO FIRST GEAR, VEHICLE WILL SHUTTER AND JERK VIOLENTLY.ALSO, REAR END VIRBRATES WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. IF TRAVELING 70MPH AND ABOVE, ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKES. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY CAN'T FIX IT. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT IN COLD WEATHER. YH

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 60MPH THERE WERE TWO CARS AHEAD BEING TOWED WITH NO LIGHTS ON. CONSUMER DIDN'T SEE THEM, AND STRUCK THEM FROM BEHIND. NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. PARKED IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER, THOUGHT THE PARK LEVER WAS UP, BUT IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WITH HAND BRAKES ON VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARDS, AND HIT THE TRAILER, CAUSE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. *AK

TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO LOWER GEAR & STARTED TO SEVERELY JERK. ENGINE REVVED UP TO 5,000 RPMS. THE ROADS WERE SLIPPERY & WET CAUSING NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *AK *YC

THIS VEHICLE HAS A TERRIBLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - THE 2ND TO 3RD SHIFT, AND THE 3RD TO 2ND SHIFT ARE ROUGH AND SLOWLY TEAR THE TRANSMISSION APART. MINE HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES AND IS STILL SUFFERING FROM POOR SHIFTS AND UNDEPENDABILITY. THE ENGINE HAD A VERY SEVERE KNOCK WHEN FIRST STARTED - THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT 14,500 MILES WITH A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD 2 TRANSMISSION REBUILDS, ONE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AND A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 14,900 MILES ON THE ODOMETER! *AK

I AM ON MY SECOND REAR SLIDING WINDOW AND IT IS LEAKING ALSO. I AM ON MY SECOND TRANSMISSION, AND THERE IS A CLUNKING OR SLAPPING NOISE WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP. A FORD ENGINEER SAYS THAT THIS IS NORMAL OR COMMON ON ALL NEW FORD PICKUP TRUCKS. I DISAGREE THE TRUCK DID NOT MAKE THIS SOUND WHEN IT WAS FIRST NEW. THEY HAVE TRIED 3 OR 4 TIMES TO FIX THE POPPING NOISE IN THE DASH AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET RID OF IT. *AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE TAKES OFF FROM STOP SIGN OR LIGHT, IT WOULD SHIFT ON ITS OWN INTO EITHER 1ST/2ND OR 3RD GEARS. THEN IT WOULD DROP BACK TO 1ST GEAR & COME TO SCREECHING HALT. DRIVER IS SLAMMED INTO WINDSHIELD WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. AT DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC CAN NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK