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Ford recall for transmission issue

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I have a 2012, heard about the recall and called my dealership. the letters aren't supposed to be given until March but figured I'd check into it. gave my vin, and sure enough it was at fault. scheduled an appointment and dropped it off yesterday. got a call an hour later saying they didnt have the programming info but that turned out that it was only for the 2013 eco. they said that one would be a couple months. if that helps anybody.

but also I had mine done and I'm here to shed a little light I guess. they reprogrammed and I've had it a day now and it cant seem to figure out what it wants to do. first drive out of the dealership it wanted to lag in shift changes. I had to let off the gas for it to switch to each gear. then on slowing down didnt start to down shift until I slowed from 55 to about 30.

next start up seemed a little better, first to 2nd was decent, jerked a little into 3rd. then fine to 4th and 5th. then in 5th I'm going 55 at 4700 rpm trying to get it into 6th. let off the gas, rpm dropped slowly to 2500, remained in 5th gear going 40 mph then gassed back up switching to 5th and 6th like normal. again still not downshifting until almost stopped.

third start up was this morning. figured heading to work I'd just floor it and see what happens. again the same with the jerking into 3rd, and hesitation into 6th but finally kicked in without having to slow back down but still had to let off the throttle. same downshift issue.

leaving work this afternoon I floored it again. little different this time. in first gear the acceleration was good, got in 2nd and it was like there was a delay in the turbo. I'd say around 3 seconds. but when the turbo kicked in it was like power I've never felt before out of my truck. going into 3rd and so on had the same delay then bam there it is. this round I got up to 55 before I even shifted into 3rd but the rpms seemed normal in the exchanges again except from 5th to 6th. still wont hit that final click just right.

but now to talk about idle and cruising speeds. normal parked idle around 1000. cruising through town at 45mph I'm sitting at 1900 rpm in 6th showing 28 mpg. 55mph at 2000 ranging 16mpg. then 70 to 80mph on the interstate, rpm still cruising at 2000, doesnt seem to slightly fluctuate like normal. at 70 its 2000, 75 its 2000, 80 its 2000. tried 85 and it goes to 2100. but those speeds ranging around 17 mpg maybe. according to my display anyway. my normal is anywhere around 18 and 22 highway, 16 to 18 city. and to add to the 45 mph at 28 mpg, when I got up to 45, I took my foot off the gas. my truck continued to remain at 45mph and the 1900 rpm for half a mile or so until I put my foot on the brake. thus giving my a mpg somewhere over 30. that's the highest itll show me.

so in other words, I'm not sure how to go about it. I know there is a relearn period, not sure how long that is. but most like have to call the dealership back. it could be relearning, the program could be a bust, or I could have an eco programmed like a 5.0. I'm not very sure at this point
 
my truck seems to have ran quite better this morning. pouring down rain though so I couldnt really get on it but other than a hard shift into 5th and 6th seemed ok. cruise rpm look better as well. my opinion on having it done though if you can run through and record your current tune then adjust it back you could do it that way but I feel with the tune you more less reprogrammed it yourself in a way so it may never affect you. may have never bothered me either, I'm not sure. I never seen a report on the mileage of the vehicles where the incidents occured. I have 140000 miles on mine and always had a stock tune. been wanting to tune it a little but honestly have no idea what I'm doing with that
 
ok so when this reprogramming started back in February, I had mine done the following week. theres a previous post about it in this thread. but I started off with shifting issues afterwards. someone mention a relearn period so I waited a bit to see if it resolved itself. it seemed to had went away and was fine until this week. now on quick acceleration I get to 4th gear and it sticks until I power down. yesterday afternoon I merged into the interstate, felt a slight hesitation and I was doing 75 stuck in 4th around 3800 rpm. I let off the gas and it jumped 2 gears at once. I also turned on the numeric display to be sure I was right on the gears too. but I called the dealership to see if there were any other complaints toward that problem and said theyll look into it but hadnt heard anything. any trouble going on with anyone else since the reprogram?
 
My truck has acted as described in the recall about 6 different times now. I was even able to pull code P0720. I received the recall letter the other day, called my dealer to verify they have the program, made an appointment for yesterday. Showed up and they said they couldn't help me because they didn't have the program for the 3.5 ecoboost yet. My dealer said they aren't due to have it until May. I told him my truck was having the issue as described in the recall letter, and he said sorry there's nothing he could do. Frustrating.

they wont have the 2013 until around may. the 2011 and 2012 they do have the program for the 3.5. not sure what the difference is but only one they cant program right now is the 2013
 
I got my 2012 fixed in January this year.. took them 2 days replaced lead frame, wires, speed sensor, and transmission valve body


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I think we all need your dealer info lol. got my 2012 done in january as well but all I got was the flash and the warranty extension to 150,000 miles which I have passed by about 1500 miles now
 
I'm still waiting for the fix for the 2012 model year. My dealer says they dont know when it will be ready. I got the letter about the lead frame but that is all I have received.

time for a new dealer. my dealer when I took it in january actually called me at first and said they didn't have it. Then called back on my way to pick it up and said the 2013 was the flash they didnt have and said they would have mine done and they did it. sounds like your dealer is just blowing you off
 
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