Ford recalls 3,976 SD pickups (2015) for transmission issue

[Dadoffourgirls]

DETROIT (Reuters) -- Ford Motor Co. is recalling almost 4,000 commercial versions of its F-Series full-sized pickup, mostly in the United States, because they could slip into reverse and increase the risk of a crash, according to documents filed with U.S. safety regulators.

Ford is recalling 3,976 F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty trucks from the 2015 model year that are equipped with 6.2-liter gasoline or 6.7-liter diesel engines, and 6R140 transmissions because a transmission control software error could cause the vehicle to engage reverse for 1 1/2 seconds when the driver believes he or she is shifting from park to drive, according to the company and documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Of those, 3,973 were sold in the United States, according to the NHTSA documents.

A Ford spokeswoman said no accidents or injuries have been reported in relation to the issue, which according to NHTSA documents was discovered on March 26 at the company's Kentucky truck assembly plant.

Ford will notify owners and dealers will update the software free of charge, according to NHTSA documents. The recall is expected to begin in early May, according to NHTSA documents.

[Terryallan]

FishOnOne wrote:

Terryallan wrote:

Dadoffourgirls wrote:


A Ford spokeswoman said no accidents or injuries have been reported in relation to the issue, which according to NHTSA documents was discovered on March 26 at the company's Kentucky truck assembly plant.

Ford will notify owners and dealers will update the software free of charge, according to NHTSA documents. The recall is expected to begin in early May, according to NHTSA documents.

Good for Ford. Being Proactive, instead of waiting for someone to be injured. That's the way it should be done.:C

Perhaps GM getting hit by the big stick could have influenced the proactive move.

Not too big to learn a lession.

[FishOnOne]

Terryallan wrote:

Dadoffourgirls wrote:


A Ford spokeswoman said no accidents or injuries have been reported in relation to the issue, which according to NHTSA documents was discovered on March 26 at the company's Kentucky truck assembly plant.

Ford will notify owners and dealers will update the software free of charge, according to NHTSA documents. The recall is expected to begin in early May, according to NHTSA documents.

Good for Ford. Being Proactive, instead of waiting for someone to be injured. That's the way it should be done.:C

Perhaps GM getting hit by the big stick could have influenced the proactive move.

[Perrysburg_Dodg]

Hannibal wrote:

goducks10 wrote:
I'll tell you about my recalls if you tell me about yours:)

I have nothing to tell. I feel so empty. :B

Maybe you shouldn't feel too empty 22 Service Bulletins
But if your F-250 is not a SD then you only have ONE TSB
Non SD F-250

A TSB is not near as bad as a Recall though.

Don

[Terryallan]

Dadoffourgirls wrote:


A Ford spokeswoman said no accidents or injuries have been reported in relation to the issue, which according to NHTSA documents was discovered on March 26 at the company's Kentucky truck assembly plant.

Ford will notify owners and dealers will update the software free of charge, according to NHTSA documents. The recall is expected to begin in early May, according to NHTSA documents.

Good for Ford. Being Proactive, instead of waiting for someone to be injured. That's the way it should be done.:C

[Hannibal]

goducks10 wrote:
I'll tell you about my recalls if you tell me about yours:)

I have nothing to tell. I feel so empty. :B

[Perrysburg_Dodg]

Here lets not forget this one!

[BurbMan]

Countdown to thread lock...10...9...8

[goducks10]

I'll tell you about my recalls if you tell me about yours:)

[45Ricochet]

catfishmontana wrote:
LOL

Ditto!

[v10superduty]

Dadoffourgirls wrote:

v10superduty wrote:
OK, DOFG.. :h
6 weeks ago while I was in Florida I posted a link to a story about how a guys OnStar had let him down to recover his stolen vehicle.

You were the first one to reply and accused me of sitting in the rain, surfin the net, looking for negative GM stories to post.
That wasn't my point as it was an interesting situation that I (nor many others) had heard of or thought of.
By the way, there were LOTS of truly negative stories about GM for anyone who wanted to bother to post them.

So what is your point here? :W

Glad you made it back to the North! Too bad you did not bring us any significant warmer weather! :W

I was only posting this as there could be an owner that reads this, and to make sure individuals were aware that there is a potential for a truck to go into reverse for a second when going to drive (so they are not standing behind it). I saw that this was posted on AutoNews this morning (and the fuel guage issue with the CUVs was not included), so was only highlighting it for the safety of my fellow RVers.

I knew that there would be the usual comments.

I guess I should have copied the article discussing GM's success in generating revenue from sales of pickups!

HaHa
I really appreciate you looking out for our fellow RVers safety.

As far as weather.. Not sure where China MI is but expect I am about 750 - 850 miles northwest of you so could not bring and warm stuff there. 😞
Actully today I am sitting in the rain (mixed with snow) surfin the net.
Our seasonal site opened on the 1st, went up and looked, had to shovel about 2 feet of snow from in front of shed door to get in. No water flowing yet as too much frost still, so here I sit back in town waiting.
Will go up and stay this Friday no matter what.

[fla-gypsy]

Dadoffourgirls wrote:

v10superduty wrote:
OK, DOFG.. :h
6 weeks ago while I was in Florida I posted a link to a story about how a guys OnStar had let him down to recover his stolen vehicle.

You were the first one to reply and accused me of sitting in the rain, surfin the net, looking for negative GM stories to post.
That wasn't my point as it was an interesting situation that I (nor many others) had heard of or thought of.
By the way, there were LOTS of truly negative stories about GM for anyone who wanted to bother to post them.

So what is your point here? :W

Glad you made it back to the North! Too bad you did not bring us any significant warmer weather! :W

I was only posting this as there could be an owner that reads this, and to make sure individuals were aware that there is a potential for a truck to go into reverse for a second when going to drive (so they are not standing behind it). I saw that this was posted on AutoNews this morning (and the fuel guage issue with the CUVs was not included), so was only highlighting it for the safety of my fellow RVers.

I knew that there would be the usual comments.

I guess I should have copied the article discussing GM's success in generating revenue from sales of pickups!

Making profits from truck sales? I thought they were all doing that? Did I miss something?

[Dadoffourgirls]

v10superduty wrote:
OK, DOFG.. :h
6 weeks ago while I was in Florida I posted a link to a story about how a guys OnStar had let him down to recover his stolen vehicle.

You were the first one to reply and accused me of sitting in the rain, surfin the net, looking for negative GM stories to post.
That wasn't my point as it was an interesting situation that I (nor many others) had heard of or thought of.
By the way, there were LOTS of truly negative stories about GM for anyone who wanted to bother to post them.

So what is your point here? :W

Glad you made it back to the North! Too bad you did not bring us any significant warmer weather! :W

I was only posting this as there could be an owner that reads this, and to make sure individuals were aware that there is a potential for a truck to go into reverse for a second when going to drive (so they are not standing behind it). I saw that this was posted on AutoNews this morning (and the fuel guage issue with the CUVs was not included), so was only highlighting it for the safety of my fellow RVers.

I knew that there would be the usual comments.

I guess I should have copied the article discussing GM's success in generating revenue from sales of pickups!

[dodge_guy]

Francesca Knowles wrote:
:B

I notice you left out the very last line of the Reuters article , O.P.:

Reuters wrote:
Over the weekend, GM recalled almost 52,000 SUVs for a fuel gauge issue.

Link to GM Recalls

Well that didn`t take long! LOL

[v10superduty]

OK, DOFG.. :h
6 weeks ago while I was in Florida I posted a link to a story about how a guys OnStar had let him down to recover his stolen vehicle.

You were the first one to reply and accused me of sitting in the rain, surfin the net, looking for negative GM stories to post.
That wasn't my point as it was an interesting situation that I (nor many others) had heard of or thought of.
By the way, there were LOTS of truly negative stories about GM for anyone who wanted to bother to post them.

So what is your point here? :W

[catfishmontana]

LOL