Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Ford F-150 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHILE IN REVERSE, CAUSES VEHICLE TO JERK WHICH MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. ALSO, IT IS TOO ROUGH TO CHANGE GEARS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
ENGINE HESITATES TO ACCELERATE WHEN COLD.
CLUTCH WAS REPLACED BY A MITSUBISHI TRANSMISSION THAT CAME OUT OF A FORD RANGER TRUCK. THE CLUTCH FAILED TO WORK. THE 4TH GEAR WENT OUT & CAN NOT BE SHIFTED. THIS CAUSED THE CLUTCH TO BE VERY HARD TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. *AK
THE LATCH THAT LET DOWN THE FRONT BACK OF THE SEAT BROKE. THE MANUAL PULLEY WIRE INSIDE OF SEAT BROKE OFF & THE SEAT BACK WOULD NOT RELEASE. IT HAPPENED ON ONE SIDE & THEN THE OTHER SIDE WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. ALSO, A FORD RANGERS TRANSMISSION WAS PUT INTO THIS F 150, SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OUTPUT SHAFT IS TOO SMALL FOR A REGULAR SIZE SHAFT OF A F 150. *AK *ML
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH AND THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE TURNING OVER AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, THERE WAS A LOUND NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. *AK
TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.
VEHICLE PICKS UP SPEED, OR SUDDEN ACCELARATION. ALSO DURING OPERATION THE VEHICLE JERKS BACK AND FORTH.
AT 71,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BLEW . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
5 SPD-TRANSMISSION; HYDRAULIC CLUTCH WHEN ENGAGING CLUTCH TRUCK LUNGES FORWARD. DEALER REPLACE SOME TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
TRANSMISSION FAILED. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) (FIRST VEHICLE ON 601417, 601418, 601419, 601420, 601421) *DH
CONSUMER DRIVES DAILY AND SAYS THAT TRUCK JUMPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE NOT MOVING OR WAITING FOR LIGHT. TT CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND LEFT RUNNING, VEHICLE SITS FOR ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES WITH NO PROBLEMS, NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE AND IT JUST JUMPED OUT OF PARK WENT BACKWARDS INTO A BUILDING ABOUT 50 FEET, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER.*JB
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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