Latest F150 Recall (Transmission)

[rhagfo]

This would be very scary!
F150 Recall

[Me_Again]

FishOnOne wrote:


Thanks for the call out... And Fish says with his '12 Ford Super Duty with 163k miles, 5k engine hours and ~7 years old with not a single safety recall I sleep good at night. :C

NHTSA Vehicle Safety Recalls
Recall Number
11V582000
Recall Date
12/08/2011
Component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Summary
FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 F-150 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2011, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22, 2011, AND MODEL YEAR 2012 F-250, F-350, F-450 AND F-550 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 2011, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22, 2011. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NUMBER 114, THEFT PROTECTION. THE TRANSMISSION CAN BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK SWITCH PROBLEM.

Consequence
THIS WILL ALLOW THE OPERATOR TO INADVERTENTLY SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH OR INJURY TO A NEARBY PEDESTRIAN.

What Owners Should Do
FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK SWITCH FUNCTION AND REPLACE THE SWITCH IF NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 22, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER AT 1-866-436-7332.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2012/FORD/F-250%252520SUPER%252520CREW/PU%25252FCC/4x4

[Cummins12V98]

UH, no topic baiting at all as everyone has recalls. But when confronted I WILL respond in kind.

ONLY “BAITING” I was doing was the “FISH”

So can we let it go???

[mich800]

Cummins12V98 wrote:


You have to be oblivious to actually have the steering nut issue become a catastrophic failure. A transmission that SUDDENLY drops to 1st now that's a whole different animal.

FYI simply look at the under front of your truck, grab ahold of the "NUTS" and see if you can loosen them. left one is RH threads. Grab a couple wrenches and tight them up if it makes you feel better.

Transmission failure not much can be done to prevent it!

Mine is tight at 65k, I did have an alignment that required the nuts to be loosened to re center the wheel. He used two wrenches with long handles.

BTW all I did was ask "FISH" what his thoughts on the trans recall was and here we are.

So you baited the topic and now confounded on the replies. I commend you that checking your steering linkage is part of your pre-drive tasks. Not everyone is so thorough.

[Grit_dog]

Long winter, if y'all are trying to pick fights over vehicle recalls!
Anyone in the PNW who is bored to tears, I have plenty of projects, if you're handy, to keep your mind off the gloomy weather.
BTW I offer free rv parking with water and power. And you can dump your gray water in the yard!

[Cummins12V98]

mich800 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Well you finally replied “FISH”. I will take a loose nut any day over this HUGE recall.

By the way my “NUTS” are TIGHT!

What do you consider a huge recall? You consider things like the brake pedal falling off or complete loss of steering "little" recalls?

You have to be oblivious to actually have the steering nut issue become a catastrophic failure. A transmission that SUDDENLY drops to 1st now that's a whole different animal.

FYI simply look at the under front of your truck, grab ahold of the "NUTS" and see if you can loosen them. left one is RH threads. Grab a couple wrenches and tight them up if it makes you feel better.

Transmission failure not much can be done to prevent it!

Mine is tight at 65k, I did have an alignment that required the nuts to be loosened to re center the wheel. He used two wrenches with long handles.

BTW all I did was ask "FISH" what his thoughts on the trans recall was and here we are.

[mich800]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Well you finally replied “FISH”. I will take a loose nut any day over this HUGE recall.

By the way my “NUTS” are TIGHT!

What do you consider a huge recall? You consider things like the brake pedal falling off or complete loss of steering "little" recalls?

[blofgren]

In an attempt to stay on topic, my 2012 F150 work truck will be subject to this recall. It is a great truck, but I have noticed some "weird" shifting at times, although nothing like what this would be.

With respect to my 2013 Ram 3500, I can guarantee there won't be any welding of the jam nuts....;)

[shepstone]

FishOnOne wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"FISH" what say you??

Thanks for the call out... And Fish says with his '12 Ford Super Duty with 163k miles, 5k engine hours and ~7 years old with not a single safety recall I sleep good at night. :C




Oh and as a favor to you, I included some pictures of a properly designed steering bar retaining bracket so you don't loose your steering that you can purchase at your local friendly Ford dealer and install it on your recalled ram steering bracket instead of some mechanic trying to weld the nut jams. :E

I “recall” starting a thread about this a while ago and it got some posters all knotted up about it. So the Fiat solution is to tack weld the nuts together huh? Sounds similar to another weldment that went wrong on the same front ends..

[Cummins12V98]

Well you finally replied “FISH”. I will take a loose nut any day over this HUGE recall.

By the way my “NUTS” are TIGHT!

[FishOnOne]

rhagfo wrote:
This would be very scary!
F150 Recall

I didn't see you make this statement about loosing your steering? :E

Maybe I just missed it... :W

[FishOnOne]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"FISH" what say you??

Thanks for the call out... And Fish says with his '12 Ford Super Duty with 163k miles, 5k engine hours and ~7 years old with not a single safety recall I sleep good at night. :C




Oh and as a favor to you, I included some pictures of a properly designed steering bar retaining bracket so you don't loose your steering that you can purchase at your local friendly Ford dealer and install it on your recalled ram steering bracket instead of some mechanic trying to weld the nut jams. :E

[Ralph_Cramden]

Maybe when they fix the downshift issue, they'll also install the missing dipstick / fill tube?

[colliehauler]

I betcha GM doesn't try to copy this feature.:(

[mich800]

I think we should take up a different hobby. Too dangerous out there. Brake pedals falling off, steering failing and now unexpected down shifts.