Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||||
| 9943 | 03/08/1999 | 604751 | Information regarding reprogramming powertrain control modules (pcms). *tt | 05/11/1999 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| 12248 | 12/01/1998 | 615504 | Some heavy duty and super duty vehicles may exhibit various transmission concerns, including stall on transmission engagement and / or a buzz noise on engagement. *tt | 01/17/2001 | |
| 5316 | 12/01/1998 | 615416 | Some super duty 7.3l e4od and 7.3l 4r100 vehicles may exhibit various transmission concerns, including stall on transmission engagement and / or a buzz noise on engagement. *tt | 01/16/2001 | |
| 99152 | 07/26/1999 | 608431 | Information on the new flush and fill tool available through rotunda. *tt | 01/05/2001 | |
| 0015 | 01/10/2000 | 612203 | Information regarding the new transmission cooler flusher- service tip. *mjs | 06/06/2000 | |
| 98168 | 04/07/2000 | 609737 | Transmission- e40d/4r100-1989-99-main controls, separator plates and separator plate gaskets usage chart. yd | 04/07/2000 | |
| 98123 | 01/19/1998 | 605599 | Some vehicles may exhibit a flashing transmission control indicator lamp (tcil) and diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) 62, 628, and / or 1728 may be stored in memory. *tt | 07/13/1999 | |
| 9888 | 04/27/1998 | 601238 | Information on a new transmission fluid usage chart. *yc | 07/10/1998 | |
| 97511 | 03/03/1997 | 51945 | Fluid- transmission fluid usage charts. *jd | 07/17/1997 | |
| BC0053970201 | 01/02/1997 | 51022 | Some 1995 and all 1996 and 1997 vehicles with e40d transmissions have been built with a reusable elastomeric transmission fluid pan gasket. *jd | 06/27/1997 | |
| BC1015397020 | 01/02/1997 | 51218 | Vehicles with e4od transmissions have been built with a reusable elastomeric transmission fluid pan gasket. *jd | 06/27/1997 | |
| 962418 | 11/18/1996 | 50916 | Transmission - e40d - revised design forward planet thrust washer - service tip. *tw | 06/17/1997 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) | |||||
| 042107 | 12/13/2004 | 042414 | 10014086 | General (pcm) power train control module programming procedures. *tt | 04/28/2005 |
| 985176 | 11/01/1998 | 613306 | Some trucks with e40d and california calibration 7-90p-r10/11 may stall during long decel conditions while in manual 1 or 2 gear. *tt | 06/20/2000 | |
| 12113 | 11/01/1998 | 613102 | Some vehicles with e40d and california calibration 7-90p-r10/11 may stall during long decel conditions while in mkanual 1 or 2 gear. *mjs | 06/16/2000 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - COOLING UNIT AND LINES | |||||
| 03148 | 07/21/2003 | 10003748 | New transmission cooler flusher - service tips. 2003 escort and super duty f series included. *tt | 10/29/2003 | |
| 002310 | 11/13/2000 | 616522 | Subject regarding contamination from prior transmission concerns or excess wear may be trapped in the transmission fluid cooling system. *tt | 03/05/2001 | |
| 0038 | 02/07/2000 | 612343 | Vehicles may experience solid particle contaminants from prior transmission concerns or excess wear, may be trapped in the transmission fluid cooling system is not properly flushed, fluid in-line filter kit. *mjs | 06/07/2000 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - LEVER AND LINKAGE - COLUMN SHIFT | |||||
| 5251 | 12/01/1998 | 615368 | Some super duty vehicles with 7.3l dit diesel engines may exhibit 4x4 lights on, 4x4 inoperative and / or multiple gem codes. *tt | 01/13/2001 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - PARK/NEUTRAL START SWITCH | |||||
| 01181 | 09/17/2001 | 625715 | Brake shift interlock.*jb | 11/30/2001 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - TORQUE CONVERTER | |||||
| 962612 | 12/16/1996 | 50997 | Transaxle - torque converter replacement guidelines and torque converter/transaxle cooling system cleaning procedures - service tip. *tw | 06/17/1997 | |
| 962621 | 12/16/1996 | 51005 | Vibration- driveline resonance/vibration between 1400 and 2000 rpm with converter clutch engaged during medium to heavy throttle conditions- vehicles with 7.3l di turbo engine and transmission built prior to 11/13/95 (5l13) transmission- e4 | 06/17/1997 | |
| 96249 | 11/18/1996 | 50908 | Torque converter - leak test procedure - service tip. *tw | 06/17/1997 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY | |||||
| 983074 | 02/27/1998 | 607369 | Concerns with axle wind-up and / or clunking, popping, ratcheting type noises when making cornering maneuvers. *tt | 09/21/1999 | |
| 12905 | 06/01/1999 | 606937 | Some vehicles may experience axle wind up and / or clunking, popping, ratcheting type noises when making cornering maneuvers on vehicles equipped with a four wheel drive hi or low range mode. *tt | 09/08/1999 | |
| BC5197961001 | 10/01/1996 | 50474 | Some vehicles equipped w/ an ax4s transaxle may have been shipped w/ a low transaxle fluid level. *tt | 04/24/1997 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY - AXLE SHAFT - SEAL | |||||
| 985A27 | 03/18/1998 | 601034 | Lubricant leaking from rear axle seal contaminating brake shoes. *yc | 12/13/2000 | |
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY - PEDAL/LINKAGE | |||||
| BC3287970206 | 02/06/1997 | 51883 | The clutch may be hard to depress due to dust/contamination entering the slave cylinder. *tw | 07/17/1997 | |
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||||
| 99236 | 11/15/1999 | 6090143 | Subject regarding 4r100 transmission flexplate replacement for vehicles with 7.3l diesel engine. *tt | 03/09/2000 | |
| 971110972313 | 11/10/1997 | 53669 | A new design transmission case and extension housing has been released. *yc | 03/30/1998 | |
| 97090297187 | 09/02/1997 | 54073 | Some vehicles may stall when the transmission is placed into gear. *yc | 03/30/1998 | |
| BC2301970501 | 05/01/1997 | 52797 | New clutch slave cylinder with a redesigned lip seal. *tw | 09/12/1997 | |
| BC0844961008 | 10/08/1996 | 50429 | E4od trans may emit a tick/rattle noise when driving at light loads in 1st gear at 1100 to 1800 rpm rpm. *tt | 04/24/1997 | |
| POWER TRAIN - TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) | |||||
| BC0053972301 | 01/23/1997 | 51405 | Some 1995 and all 1996 and 1997 vehicles with e4od transmissions have been built with a reusable elastomeric transmission fluid pan gasket. *jd | 06/27/1997 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 12/23/2000 | 1 | 07/01/1997 | |
| Speedometer dropped to zero, then the transmission would not shift from low gear! *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 08/20/2004 | 117000 | 2 | |
| While driving between 55-60 mph motor vibrated, followed by a loud bang. consumer pulled off the road, and had vehicle towed to the dealership. the two piece flywheel came apart, which caused the transmission housing to crack where the transfer case (4-wheel drive was located. dealership indicated that this was a common failure with this year trucks, and the two piece fly wheels were not installed in later model trucks. transmission housing and the flywheel were replaced.*ak | |||
| 10/01/2001 | 1 | 11/01/1997 | |
| Purchased this truck new from the dealer at 51,000 miles they had to rebuild the transmission truck then worked good for a while then they had to replace the trans computer at my expense now at 81,000 miles the transmission is doing the same thing as at 51,000 miles i was told by the dealer that the transmission is only covered for 12,000 miles i feel ford should be responsible for this seeing as there must be some sort of defect in this unit as others are having the same problem with hard shifting in an automatic from 1st to second and having passing gear kick in all the time.*ak | |||
| 12/23/2000 | 1 | 07/01/1997 | |
| Speedometer dropped to zero, then the transmission would not shift from low gear! *ak | |||
| 03/01/1997 | 1 | 03/01/1997 | |
| Transmission failed as the result of misdiagnosis. yh | |||
| 10/21/1999 | 2 | ||
| While driving at any speed vehicle jumps and shifts hard. when coming to a stop and downshifting, vehicle lunged forward. consumer had to keep feet on the brakes. *ak | |||
| 08/31/1999 | 1 | 08/01/1997 | |
| I have a two year old f350 powertruck diesel and the transmission has gone out of it at 49,000 miles. it is just out of warranty. i believe this to be poor quality workmanship/design when i spend over $30,000 dollars for a vehicle and the transmission goes out of it before 50,000 miles. i never tow over 6,000 lbs with this vehicle and have only completed two trips in excess of 200 miles. all other trips are under 100 miles. the ford dealer said they might be able to help if i could provide all receipts showing i had the required maintenance completed. i generally service all vehicles myself and have little or no receipts. when i did have a reputable company do my maintenance they were and are unable to locate the appropriate information in their data base. ford wants to put a remanufactured or rebuild back in at my expense and i feel this is completely wrong and i bought a vehicle that should have been built much better. any assistance or direction in this matter would be greatly appreciated. thank you, sincerely, dan yopp | |||
| 11/01/1998 | 3 | 10/01/1997 | |
| I have had three replacement transmissions model: (e-4od). i now have 48,000 on my truck and i need a fourth transmission. the problem consists of poor shifting (hard shifts, untimely shifting, shifts into od when it is off, and you must depress gas pedal moderatley to proceed in reverse) i reported this problem initially on nov of 98, and the dealership replaced the transmission each time free of charge but they only would put a re-manufactured transmission in it due to they meet the same specs. as new transmissions. i had the engineer from ford at my dealership two weeks ago and he found no problems but the technician that normally provides service on my truck stated it was not acting up for some reason on that day. i know there have been multiple problems with this transmission, (the town of wallkill, ny dial-a-bus has- i think over 80 replacement e-4od transmissions - it is also serviced at village ford) i have also found out from other f-series diesel automatic owners that many have had problems with theirs. i feel i have had the run-around by ford and i am very dissatisfied with this vehicle. please look into this problem - i didnot find any info on your web site but i know there are many technical service bulletins on this component. thank you in advance! - kurt hahn | |||
| 09/01/1999 | |||
| The automatic transmission malfunctioned, causing a loss of vehicle control. previously, dlr repair the transmission under warranty, but the problem still occurs. please provide further information and vin#. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Transmission does not operate appropriately slips, snaps and cracks. mjs | |||
| 02/04/1998 | |||
| Consumer has been experiencing problems with automatic transmission. while driving vehicle continues to move on its own after the brakes have been applied. the manufacturer has been contacted. *ak | |||
| 08/25/1998 | 5 | 08/27/1997 | |
| Transmission was slipping and locked up. incident occurred two times. could not go forward or reverse, it disengaged and became undriveable. computer check was done and drove vehicle. heard a bang and the transmission blew up. dealer cannot duplicate the problem. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - COOLING UNIT AND LINES | |||
| 02/15/1999 | 1 | 05/01/1997 | |
| Transmission cooler lines rubs on the exhaust downpipe from the turbo. this rubbing has worn through 3/4 of the transmission cooler line with a failure, causing the transmission fluid to be sprayed directly onto the turbo downpipe. this is fire/transmission failure major risk. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - LEVER AND LINKAGE - COLUMN SHIFT | |||
| 06/21/1999 | 1 | 03/01/1998 | |
| Traveling at 50 mph the transfer case locked up and the truck skidded off the road. damage to front end,engine,transmission. transfer case replaced. fought to get transmission replaced as well. still fighting to get front end and engine damage repaired. have contacted attorney general for the state of maine. has contacted repairing dealership as well as selling dealership. should have some results soon. would advise all consumers with similar problems of dealerships not standing by thier repairs to contact attorney general in thier state for assistance. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - PARK/NEUTRAL START SWITCH | |||
| 06/23/2002 | 1 | 03/01/2001 | |
| Truck was parked in level driveway and jumped from park into drive and rolled thru fence, pasture, and shed. damage was caused to fence, shed and truck. my horse was moderately injured due to truck crashing into shed and horse running thru fence. ford stated that this type of thing can happen at any given time when a vehicle gets a lot of miles and parts get weak.*ak | |||
| 01/30/1997 | |||
| Safety feature on vehicle failed and child was able to put vehicle in gear without pressing on the brake and without ignition being on. claim was filed, vehicle will be seen by adjustor on 1/31/97. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 02/27/2001 | 0 | ||
| Rear axle wheels came off and could have rolled in someones path and caused an accident. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | |||
| 10/12/1997 | 5 | ||
| When driving the clutch is too small for the engine and the transmission, causing the clutch to keep burning out. t vehicle has been in the shop five times for repairs, and the dealer states the clutch is too small for the other parts in the vehicle. *ak | |||
| While driving and shifting gears the clutch has been rattling. dealer says that the diesel engine is too powerful for the clutch installed in the vehicle. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - DRIVELINE - DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | |||
| 12/02/2000 | 02/01/1997 | ||
| The planetary gear failed while driving. it completely discentrated inside the transmission. a local ford dealer rebuilt transmission, but now, when the truck is warmed up and the transmission is hot, when you engage reverse it takes off on its own. i have to hold it back with the brake and it eventually stalls. this has happened repeatedly. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 11/20/2000 | 1 | 08/01/1997 | |
| Transmission failed prematurely. *mjs | |||