Ford recalls about 350,000 F-150s and Expeditions for faulty transmission gears

[aggiegrad05]

I’m honestly not bothered by this, my last car had a a few recalls over the 13 years I had it. Annoying? Yes. But it wasn’t long ago they wouldn’t even address stuff like this.

100% agreed. As someone else on here said, I may work a little harder to remember to set the parking brake until I can get into the dealership, but I’m not going to fall all over myself rushing in.

Overly sensitive recalls are the new norm (we can all thank GM and their ignitions and Takata and their airbags). My favorite is when you hear of a supercar manufacturer like Mclaren recalling 2 P1s or Ferrari recalling 1 La Ferrari because a lightbulb might short out. No one wants to get caught with their pants down on an unaddressed recall anymore.

Granted, this is more serious than that as no one wants their car to roll away, but it’s not as though my Ford “minivan” is going to toilet paper my trees or kidnap my children or anything.

 

[Artie]

100% agreed. As someone else on here said, I may work a little harder to remember to set the parking brake until I can get into the dealership, but I’m not going to fall all over myself rushing in.

Overly sensitive recalls are the new norm (we can all thank GM and their ignitions and Takata and their airbags). My favorite is when you hear of a supercar manufacturer like Mclaren recalling 2 P1s or Ferrari recalling 1 La Ferrari because a lightbulb might short out. No one wants to get caught with their pants down on an unaddressed recall anymore.

Granted, this is more serious than that as no one wants their car to roll away, but it’s not as though my Ford “minivan” is going to toilet paper my trees or kidnap my children or anything.

I set my parking brake every time, it’s just a hold over from driving manuals from an early age. From time to time I still mash the non existent clutch to initiate startup...

 

[NyackRob79]

Relax guys. It's a brand new vehicle platform with thousands of moving parts. No new model is perfect. At least our accelerator pedals don't floor themselves like Toyotas did. Run your VIN and use your parking brake.

 

[edizzle]

Vehicles have recalls all the time!!! Old and new!!! People are acting like recalls are exclusive to first year run vehicles. FAR from it.

 

[proeasy]

Relax guys. It's a brand new vehicle platform with thousands of moving parts. No new model is perfect. At least our accelerator pedals don't floor themselves like Toyotas did. Run your VIN and use your parking brake.

Very well said, was typing almost identical. An Automatic Transmission along has perhsp 500+ parts and is much more complex than an engine.

 

[Garrett]

Where do you check your VIN?

 

[edizzle]

https://owner.ford.com/tools/account/maintenance/recalls.html

 

[Paddler]

Mine's being built next week. Should be good!

 

[jeff kushner]

Does it bother anyone that the article is intentionally misleading? A cable clip is VERY DIFFERENT than FAULTY GEARS.....FAKE, TWISTED "NEWS" brought to you by the MSM.....

jeff

 

[Artie]

Does it bother anyone that the article is intentionally misleading? A cable clip is VERY DIFFERENT than FAULTY GEARS.....FAKE, TWISTED "NEWS" brought to you by the MSM.....

jeff

Funny you mention this because I’m to the point where I see the headline and then read the article looking for the actual data just to see how misleading the clickbait headline is lol

 

[Flexpedition]

2 recalls going on here for 2018 regarding transmission. Main one is a cable end. I'm surprised there is even a cable. Sort of expected a servo motor attached to the transmission with wires somehow routed to the loved/hated rotary-knob-omatic.

The headline is annoyingly misleading. A possibly improperly installed clip that holds a cable end isn't exactly a gear.

Also recalled for the same reason are a handful of 2018 F650/F750 with 6-speed autos.

Only 161 Expeditions/F150/Mustangs/Navigators are affected by the roll-pin recall, which requires a 5-minute visual inspection of the park pawl. No pin? They'll drop one in place.

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

In a very short period of time, four safety recalls have been issued for the 2018 Ford Expediton.

I bought a new 2015 Expedition Limited 4x4, my first Ford in over four decades of driving and ownership, partially based upon the massive number of safety recalls being issued by GM.

The number of safety recalls for the 2018 model is worrisome - it is clear that quality control has taken a backseat at Ford on this new model.

 

[JExpedition07]

In today’s world manufacturers are quick to make it a recall for liability reasons, they make even the smallest thing knowledge to the public nowadays, this doesn’t mean quality control is sacrificed. I agree with Flexpeditions sentiment on the headline which states “Ford Recalls F-150/Expedition for faulty Transmission Gears” which is totally falsified and untrue.

 

[NASCAR Mike]

I always set the parking brake in all my cars. I would rather the parking brake keep the car in place than the parking pawl. Have you seen how small that thing is?

In fact I set the parking brake while in neutral first so there is zero load on the parking pawl.

 

[edizzle]

I always set the parking brake in all my cars. I would rather the parking brake keep the car in place than the parking pawl. Have you seen how small that thing is?

In fact I set the parking brake while in neutral first so there is zero load on the parking pawl.

Yep!

 

[jgudnason]

I always set the parking brake in all my cars. I would rather the parking brake keep the car in place than the parking pawl. Have you seen how small that thing is?

In fact I set the parking brake while in neutral first so there is zero load on the parking pawl.

Ditto. (well almost.. i apply park brake before removing my foot from brake)

couple times i put it in park, forget to apply parking brake, and the vehicle does that small movement and bounce on the pawl, makes me shudder.

 

[deweysmith]

I always set the parking brake in all my cars. I would rather the parking brake keep the car in place than the parking pawl. Have you seen how small that thing is?

In fact I set the parking brake while in neutral first so there is zero load on the parking pawl.

Same, but only on inclines typically.

Also, parking pawls are small but the wheel they drop into is large so they have a big mechanical advantage.

 

[aggiegrad05]

My truck is clearly within the parameters of this recall (it was built in January) but it is not showing up as being affected when I run the VIN through Ford's recall check site. So I contacted Ford and this is the response I got:

"Upon research, your vehicle is currently not affected by any recalls at this time. It appears your vehicle is within the guidelines for affected vehicles pertaining to recalls 18S09/18S10. Please keep in mind that since your vehicle meets the criteria, it can be identified at any point in time, but we here in the Customer Relationship Center have no way to determine when this will happen. Once identified, you will receive notification by mail with instructions. Please feel free to visit us periodically to check for updates. I hope this information helps."

So........I guess I will just wait and see if they send me a postcard. Or just have the dealer take a look when I go in for my first oil change.

 

[edizzle]

My truck is clearly within the parameters of this recall (it was built in January) but it is not showing up as being affected when I run the VIN through Ford's recall check site. So I contacted Ford and this is the response I got:

"Upon research, your vehicle is currently not affected by any recalls at this time. It appears your vehicle is within the guidelines for affected vehicles pertaining to recalls 18S09/18S10. Please keep in mind that since your vehicle meets the criteria, it can be identified at any point in time, but we here in the Customer Relationship Center have no way to determine when this will happen. Once identified, you will receive notification by mail with instructions. Please feel free to visit us periodically to check for updates. I hope this information helps."

So........I guess I will just wait and see if they send me a postcard. Or just have the dealer take a look when I go in for my first oil change.

Same here

 

[mssbf2011]

My truck is clearly within the parameters of this recall (it was built in January) but it is not showing up as being affected when I run the VIN through Ford's recall check site. So I contacted Ford and this is the response I got:

"Upon research, your vehicle is currently not affected by any recalls at this time. It appears your vehicle is within the guidelines for affected vehicles pertaining to recalls 18S09/18S10. Please keep in mind that since your vehicle meets the criteria, it can be identified at any point in time, but we here in the Customer Relationship Center have no way to determine when this will happen. Once identified, you will receive notification by mail with instructions. Please feel free to visit us periodically to check for updates. I hope this information helps."

So........I guess I will just wait and see if they send me a postcard. Or just have the dealer take a look when I go in for my first oil change.

If you've setup your truck in the Ford app, it will let you know when a recall has been issued for your specific vehicle. I have my other car, Fusion, in the app and it let me know almost immediately when they issued the recall on the fact my steering wheel might come off