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 1992 Ford F-250 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 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
CLUTCH WILL SLIP DURING OPERATION WHEN PULLING A BOAT OUT OF THE WATER AND ONTO A TRAILER. ALSO, OVERDRIVE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT 30,000 MILES, AND HAS CHANGED COMPUTER CODES SEVERAL TIMES. THESE REPAIRS HAVE FAILED TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
GEAR SHIFT SHAFT BROKE. NLM
GEAR SHIFT SHAFT FAILED WHEN CONSUMER SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS POORLY DESIGNED. NLM
THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSIONS FAILURE CAUSED BY PRE-MATURE TORQUE CONVERTER BUSHING FAILURE, CREATING EXCESSIVE HEAT AND PUMP MELT-DOWN AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE.*AK
TRANSMISSION WILL GO TO NEUTRAL WHILE BEING DRIVEN. USUALLY OCCURS AFTER 30 OR MORE MINUTES OF DRIVING AND UNDER LIGHT OR CRUISE LOAD. AFTER INCIDENT, IT USUALLY DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL NEXT WARM UP CYCLE THE FOLLOWING DAY, WEEK OR MONTH. OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN EVERY FEW MONTHS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS SEVERE WITH 3 CYCLES OF JUMPING TO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO GEAR QUICKLY ONE AFTER THE OTHER FOLLOWING ABOUT 45 MINUTES OF DRIVING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DRIVE (ABOUT 20 MINUTES) OPERATION WAS NORMAL. WE ARE NOW CONCERNED TOTAL FAILURE IS IMMINENT. *AK
SECOND TIME REVERSE HAS GONE OUT. FIRST TIME HAD AROUND 37000 MILES ON IT. *AK
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING ON DRY GRAVEL. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, STATES THIS HAPPENS ONCE IN A WHILE. REPAIRWORK TO REPLACE NEW TRANSMISSION TO BE DONE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK.ET.
COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING OVERHEATING AND WARPING.
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPEREINCING PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH
CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS.VEHICLE HAS FAULTY TACHOMETER SENSOR WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO DOWN HIFT WITHOUT WARNING TO DRIVER. OWNER ALSO NOTES OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. ALSO, OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OUT WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED SEVEN TIMES. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) (SIXTH VEHICLE ON 503128, 601417, 601418, 601419, 601420) *DH
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT SPEED OF 25MPH, MANUAL SHIFT 5 SPEED, JUMPS OUT OF 2ND GEAR WHILE DRIVING. TT
5-SPD TRANSMISSION; WHILE DRIVING, GEAR SHIFT WILL POP OUT OF GEAR W/GEAR ARM HITTING DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; SYSTEM BEING REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME BECOMING INOPERATIVE IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION JUMPS. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
TRANSMISSION NOT EQUIPPED WITH TRANSMISSION COOLER, CAUSING ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *AW
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.
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