Poll for failed 10 speed transmissions on Bronco after flat towing.

[Huntingbigun]

EDIT SOLD RAPTOR WENT BACK TO 392 JEEP< Hope Ford gets this right for rest of the folks I am done.


After joining the failed transmission club on 9-11 after flat towing and reading the threads thought I do a poll, my Braptor has 10,000 miles and failed after one day of flat towing, i had flat towed jeeps for years so not a novice at the process. I had charge line from coach to Braptor as well Demco airforce one airbrake kit from my diesel pusher.. I had also flat towed over 3,000 miles on this trip alone with zero issues.

After disconnecting the tow, dash showed neutral tow engaged, it shifted out and said put in park. Then when I started it loud grinding sound from tranny and unable to pull forward as shift indicator showed 7th gear and unable to downshift even manually. Reverse did work and transfer case shifted into all modes normal including back into neutral tow The tranny was stuck in 7th gear and multiple codes with wrench. Multiple codes for speed sensors shorted or inop along with powertrain or 4 wheel drive fault.

My dealer who has been outstanding from 2250 miles away logged in reading all codes and after I verified it was in neutral tow mode currently, said it was ok to tow it back to Fl from Colorado. They pulled pan on the transmission found severe metal and burned fluid, they pulled it and another strange thing was water was trapped between transmission and transfer case in the housing almost half full, Best guess is the air-conditioning which drains on top of the tranny entered the space and no where to drain out as it really appears to be watertight but no sealant. No i rock crawl not ford rivers or play in the mud, you can see water stain on shop floor by the transfer case.

Inspecting the transfer case fluid it was also burned so Ford authorized both to be replaced with new. But now hard to have lot of faith that it will not happen again. so feel free to take poll and post if you in the club lol. Should pick it up next week as I also had multiple failures of the back up sensors front and rear.

thinking about lemon law, hate to but.............................................

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[Aonarch]

Get a Wrangler to flat tow.

 

[Bsenecal]

After joining the failed transmission club on 9-11 after flat towing and reading the threads thought I do a poll, my Braptor has 10,000 miles and failed after one day of flat towing, i had flat towed jeeps for years so not a novice at the process. I had charge line from coach to Braptor as well Demco airforce one airbrake kit from my diesel pusher.. I had also flat towed over 3,000 miles on this trip alone with zero issues.

After disconnecting the tow, dash showed neutral tow engaged, it shifted out and said put in park. Then when I started it loud grinding sound from tranny and unable to pull forward as shift indicator showed 7th gear and unable to downshift even manually. Reverse did work and transfer case shifted into all modes normal including back into neutral tow The tranny was stuck in 7th gear and multiple codes with wrench. Multiple codes for speed sensors shorted or inop along with powertrain or 4 wheel drive fault.

My dealer who has been outstanding from 2250 miles away logged in reading all codes and after I verified it was in neutral tow mode currently, said it was ok to tow it back to Fl from Colorado. They pulled pan on the transmission found severe metal and burned fluid, they pulled it and another strange thing was water was trapped between transmission and transfer case in the housing almost half full, Best guess is the air-conditioning which drains on top of the tranny entered the space and no where to drain out as it really appears to be watertight but no sealant. No i rock crawl not ford rivers or play in the mud, you can see water stain on shop floor by the transfer case.

Inspecting the transfer case fluid it was also burned so Ford authorized both to be replaced with new. But now hard to have lot of faith that it will not happen again. so feel free to take poll and post if you in the club lol. Should pick it up next week as I also had multiple failures of the back up sensors front and rear.

thinking about lemon law, hate to but.............................................

Luckily your dealer is standing by you.
What I find strange is there are numerous people flat towing their Rangers and as we have both one of those and a Bronco I am on the Ranger forum, there has been little to no issues that I have read about and it has the same running gear as the 2.3 Bronco.
Good luck with yours.
Brian

 

[BigMeatsBronco]

I figured I'd just wait till the last day or miles on my extended warrantees, and then do some flat towing...video my perfect connections and exactly following Fords instructions.... that way the bronco will get a fresh tranny and t-case. Then throw the video up on social media. that will get @Ford Motor Company attention I bet.

 

[dgorsett]

After joining the failed transmission club on 9-11 after flat towing and reading the threads thought I do a poll, my Braptor has 10,000 miles and failed after one day of flat towing, i had flat towed jeeps for years so not a novice at the process. I had charge line from coach to Braptor as well Demco airforce one airbrake kit from my diesel pusher.. I had also flat towed over 3,000 miles on this trip alone with zero issues.

After disconnecting the tow, dash showed neutral tow engaged, it shifted out and said put in park. Then when I started it loud grinding sound from tranny and unable to pull forward as shift indicator showed 7th gear and unable to downshift even manually. Reverse did work and transfer case shifted into all modes normal including back into neutral tow The tranny was stuck in 7th gear and multiple codes with wrench. Multiple codes for speed sensors shorted or inop along with powertrain or 4 wheel drive fault.

My dealer who has been outstanding from 2250 miles away logged in reading all codes and after I verified it was in neutral tow mode currently, said it was ok to tow it back to Fl from Colorado. They pulled pan on the transmission found severe metal and burned fluid, they pulled it and another strange thing was water was trapped between transmission and transfer case in the housing almost half full, Best guess is the air-conditioning which drains on top of the tranny entered the space and no where to drain out as it really appears to be watertight but no sealant. No i rock crawl not ford rivers or play in the mud, you can see water stain on shop floor by the transfer case.

Inspecting the transfer case fluid it was also burned so Ford authorized both to be replaced with new. But now hard to have lot of faith that it will not happen again. so feel free to take poll and post if you in the club lol. Should pick it up next week as I also had multiple failures of the back up sensors front and rear.

thinking about lemon law, hate to but.............................................

Sorry for your experience. Sounds like yolu did everything right, even a charge line, and still had issues. How about adding a tow without issues option and a drivetrain spec.

 

[Huntingbigun]

Sorry for your experience. Sounds like yolu did everything right, even a charge line, and still had issues. How about adding a tow without issues option and a drivetrain spec.

Done vote away

 

[Huntingbigun]

Get a Wrangler to flat tow.

I ordered a 392 wrangler today lol not my first rodeo

 

[swamp2]

Great idea for a poll and place to share info. I'll let some folks know if a couple of the flat tow failed threads.

 

[Aonarch]

I ordered a 392 wrangler today lol not my first rodeo

Nice!

 

[swamp2]

@Huntingbigun shouldn't the 4th poll option say "no warranty" rather than "warranty"?

 

[Huntingbigun]

@Huntingbigun shouldn't the 4th poll option say "no warranty" rather than "warranty"?

IT Should but unable to edit it

 

[Huntingbigun]

I am filling a lemon law claim for the transmission as well reporting this to NTSB phone number 888-327-4236 everyone that has a failure should at least call report defect thanks

 

[mitruckguy]

Luckily your dealer is standing by you.
What I find strange is there are numerous people flat towing their Rangers and as we have both one of those and a Bronco I am on the Ranger forum, there has been little to no issues that I have read about and it has the same running gear as the 2.3 Bronco.
Good luck with yours.
Brian

The Bronco and Ranger have different transmissions and I think different transfer cases too.

 

[userdude]

What's it take to tow it on a trailer? With all the issues that have been reported, maybe just getting a trailer is cheaper/less hassle. I don't know if that really works (maybe cheaper to steal?), but at least seems like a lower-risk option. Note, have never done either...

 

[aknavy]

Mine self destruction, covered by warranty, and I'm back to flat towing a Wrangler.

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