Manual Transmission Noise Poll

[Wilbur's son]

Did they finish the repair?

Yes they did. Small local dealership got me in and out quickly. All good so far. I think I posted a picture of my work order in another similar thread. From what I've read here, there are concerns with 3rd and 4th now.

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[Off road enthusiast]

Sooooo… my bronco now has about 2000 miles on it. As I said earlier in this thread, I noticed the noise immediately when the vehicle had less than 50 miles on it. And I took it back to the dealership right away. That was about two and a half months ago. Flash forward to today, I just got it back from the service dept. They replaced the entire transmission as promised. It only took them one full day to do it. That surprised me. Anyway, the rock crusher noise is completely gone for now. Hopefully Ford got this new replacement tranny right and the noise won’t come back. Just wanted to post my experience here. If you have this weird noise I would get the tranny replaced under warranty.

I got my transmission changed with the E-version a few months back, it was completely noiseless until now, yesterday i started hearing the grinding noise again.

 

[Malicar]

I got my transmission changed with the E-version a few months back, it was completely noiseless until now, yesterday i started hearing the grinding noise again.

It's gonna take someone's to grenade, lock up the tires, and send them into a family of 4, for anything to actually be solved.

 

[BigHoof]

It's gonna take someone's to grenade, lock up the tires, and send them into a family of 4, for anything to actually be solved.

I really don't see that happening. Getrags are notorious for the rattle (not grinding) which really is not hurting anything. Sounds bad for sure though. Truthfully the only fix may be a slightly heavier weight oil. Ford would never recommend that though due to it possibly dropping the MPGs which would open up a big can of worms.

 

[Dirtrider]

Started at about 2,000 miles, 1st and 2nd gear when cold. I took it in for an oil change at ~2,000 miles and I was aware that there was a TSB but it didn't get worse. I had the service writer note that the transmission was noisy but the transmission tech couldn't look at it for a couple of weeks so I went on vacation with it I took it in for service for the third time at ~10,000 miles in November 2023 and had the service department check it out. They rebuilt the transmission per the TSB, 5th and 6th gear synchros. All quiet now but I've only put about 500 miles on it since the rebuild. It was ordered 15 October 21 and delivered 14, October 22, not sure of the exact build date.

 

[redone17]

35k and just started whirring like a turkey call when cold and up-shifting gears on the clutch release. Throwout or pilot bearing?

 

[1st7MT]

Replied yes. Noise fixed around 21,000 miles, returned around 36,000 miles

 

[KGRoberts]

March 2022 delivery. Heard noise after learning it was a thing. Progressively worse over past 35 months. Drives okay, but transmission noise is battling my tinnitus, and now winning.
Houston dealership has a 3-4 week wait for techs to look/diagnose. But they will not look at it until I get on their schedule. And once I am on their schedule, they want my vehicle locked on their lot.
Are they really expecting the vehicle owner to be without their Bronco for 2-4 months while they wait for a transmission to arrive??

I was reminded that powertrain warranty is 5 years / 60k miles. So I have about 25 months yet.

 

[Ducati1098]

March 2022 delivery. Heard noise after learning it was a thing. Progressively worse over past 35 months. Drives okay, but transmission noise is battling my tinnitus, and now winning.
Houston dealership has a 3-4 week wait for techs to look/diagnose. But they will not look at it until I get on their schedule. And once I am on their schedule, they want my vehicle locked on their lot.
Are they really expecting the vehicle owner to be without their Bronco for 2-4 months while they wait for a transmission to arrive??

I was reminded that powertrain warranty is 5 years / 60k miles. So I have about 25 months yet.

How does 3-4 weeks turn into 2-4 months? Also you wouldn’t be waiting for a transmission to arrive, they’ll fix it under the TSB that is out for the problem.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

2021 July build. 34k miles.
Still no noise.
Considering a fluid change, still researching that.

Getting a good amount of seepage at the front of the motor though ...
timing cover, I think ??

 

[gtabert]

My '23 two door Badlands SAS has had the noise forever, maybe slightly louder in the cold, however, it's there no matter the climate (northern IL) where we have one hundred degree and negative ten. I have tinnitus as well, I've grown to accept it as I accept the trans noise. Currently 58k miles, powertrain warranty will run out before summer. Oh well, I'm not worried about it, as long as it's not proven to be linked to catastrophic failure, it's just a mechanical annoyance. I understand how many expect better, at least we have a manual, if not for that, I'd not have bought the Bronco. Other than this one annoyance, I've not had one issue, change the oil every five thousand miles, differential and trans fluid twenty five thousand, added a JCR front bumper with Baja Designs light bar and Diode Dynamics fog lights, Eibach HD springs with adjustable struts and Zone UCA along with Method 703 wheels. To say the least, extremely happy.

For all those with this problem I hope along the way you get the fix you are looking for. In any case don't let this ruin the fun of owning the Bronco, it's just an annoyance unique to the manual transmission.

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