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Update:
- A federal judge in Illinois says she will not allow a proposed class of Ford F-150 truck drivers to expand their class action lawsuit accusing Ford Motor Co. of installing faulty transmissions in their vehicles.
- U.S. District Judge Elaine E. Bucklo, in denying a motion to leave and amend, ruled the proposed class had waited too long to request to expand the class action to include drivers of additional Ford model vehicles.
- Ford F-150 drivers claim their model year 2017-2020 Ford F-150 vehicles were equipped with defective 10-speed automatic transmissions that they argue cause the trucks to jerk and lunge between gears.
- Ford opposed the motion to leave and amend, arguing the driver’s bid was too delayed.
(July 30, 2019)
A class action lawsuit says that the automatic transmissions in Ford F-150 vehicles possess a defect that causes them to shift harshly and erratically.
The Ford F-150 class action lawsuit was filed by Justin O’Connor who says he leased a 2018 Ford F-150 XLT 3.5 EcoBoost w/10spd transmission. Allegedly, he decided to lease this vehicle because it was advertised as safe and reliable.
However, the plaintiff says that around five months after leasing his vehicle and with around 6,000 miles on the odometer, the truck began to make a loud clunk or bang noise when the engine started.
The Ford transmission class action lawsuit says that in some circumstances, the vehicle’s transmission holds gears much longer than it should and has a loss of power while shifting gears. Allegedly, O’Connor noticed this from the time he leased his vehicle.
The Ford transmission class action lawsuit goes on to say that in January 2019, O’Connor was driving when his vehicle lost acceleration and shifting capabilities and displayed a message stating “drive mode not available.”
Allegedly, the vehicle went into “limp mode” and O’Connor was able to drive it into a nearby parking lot. There, he says that he had to disconnect the battery, which reportedly reset the drive mode and allowed him to get home.
The Ford transmission class action lawsuit claims that these problems were caused by a defect present in the vehicle’s transmission and in the transmissions of other Ford F-150 vehicles. Allegedly, the defect occurs in 2017-2019 Ford F-150 vehicles that are fitted with the 10R80 10-speed automatic transmission.
O’Connor claims that Ford knew or should have known about the defect in the transmissions, and did not disclose the problem to customers or attempt to fix it.
The Ford class action states that the company issued Technical Service Bulletins noting that the F-150s included in the Class “may exhibit harsh/bumpy upshift, downshift and/or engagement concerns.”
As an alleged solution to this problem, the bulletin also notes that the vehicles have an “adaptive transmission shift strategy” that enables the vehicle’s computer to “learn the transmission’s unique parameters and improve shift quality,” implying that this system could get accustom to the problem.
However, customers claim that this is not the case, and the vehicles still possess problems.
O’Connor says that he and many other consumers were financially injured by the shift defect because had they known that the Ford F-150 vehicles possess a defect, they would not have purchased them or would not have paid as much as they did for them.
Additionally, O’Connor claims that the defect poses a physical danger, saying that one passenger got whiplash from the shifting problems.
O’Connor is represented by Gregory F. Coleman of Greg Coleman Law PC.
The Ford F-150 Transmission Defect Class Action Lawsuit is Justin O’Connor v. Ford Motor Company, Case No. 1:19-cv-05045, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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67 thoughts onF-150 class action over faulty transmissions can’t add more classes, judge rules
I have a 2017 F150 sport. The transmission is jumping really bad and when I put it in park it still rolls I’m fixing to have to have the transmission replaced
My f 150 shifted violently from 6th to 1st gear, losing control of my vehicle briefly. I sustained whiplash. This after ford told me they fixed the issue with my transmission. I want to go after the dealership for breach of contract, reckless endangerment and my whiplash.
Shifting into reverse tranny shifts very hard. Also when taking off when cold shifts hard on first shift.
I have a 2018 f150 that started shifting hard at 98k, took to mechanic and they said I need a transmission gears 2 and 4 were bad. Add me to the list.
2018 f150 same exact problems as lawsuit states, been at Benton ford Columbia Tn for 9 months, they wanted 1400 to tell what was wrong with it. 8800 for new transmission.
Had a recall on 2013 f150 ford pickup . Engine 302 . Truck was running great got second notice and brought truck to bullvalley ford in Woodstock I’ll picked up truck got half way home when transmission was stuck in first gear almost rear ended by car behind me. Pulled off road and called Dr dealer. Told to bring back truck. On the way back doing 50mph transmission locked in 5th gear. Dash display disappeared and I pulled off road. Shut truck off and restarted and truck was still in 5th gear. Took several times to get transmission to shift down to 1st gear. Called bullvalley ford. Next day got truck back to dealer had truck all day. Said part on back order and it will be at least 3 mo. Maby longer due to part not available any in the u s. Happended again on way home. Truck to dangerous to drive. Now what? Can I get help with lemon law. Truck has extended warranty.
Today john seidel and I completed installing after market parts in transmission. Dropped pan and went to work. After market parts outstanding. Readded trans fluid very time consuming . No upper dip stick. Fluid must be pumped in from bottom of truck. Did all work from ground. Total cost without labor around $600.00 dollars. Truck runs great. Noticed you now feel the transmission shifting instead of sliding from 1st to 6th gear at 40mph. Don’t be afraid of the after market product. Runs like new. Hope this helps people like us.
2018 f 150 3.5 litter w/10 speed. Shifts violently and the slips between gears, stalls and shifts irracticaly and the shock load of shifting hard has caused my u-joints to be damaged. Need help with the dealer and the extended warranty company. Truck will be at the dealer 3-4 weeks.
I bought a 2019 Ford F150 XLT Ecoboost. At 58000 miles before warranty ran out it threw a code to the Ford system on the hard gear shift. As soon as it hit 60000 miles (end of warranty) it started hard shifting every few miles and finally started notifying my Ford Pass of issues with transmission. Ford had my truck for 7 months awaiting repair. Instead of replacing they had to fix what was wrong with it original transmission. Please let me know how to be added to class action lawsuit.
2018 F-150 Lariat, Rear end went out 7k miles after warranty expired and had to be replaced. Transmission still shifts rough and especially when backing up and shifting from reverse to forward while in neutral. Add me to the list.
I have a 2019 f150 10 speed 2.5 l engine transmission started clunking bad at 21,000 miles took two dealer numerous times told me could not replicate problem warranty ran out 75,000 miles transmission gone