1997 Ford F-350 Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“On the passenger side of the engine pan the dipstick adapter was manufactured poorly. The oil from the crankcase has caused the oring to swell and leak oil. The oil leak is getting on the starter and clutch. The oil can cause a short in the electrical system. This can cause an accident or death while driving. The oil on the clutch can cause loss of control and cause an accident or death. The oring can swell and fall off the adaptor and become lodged in the oil pickup. This will starve the motor of oil and cause a catastrophic failure of the motor while driving. …”

“While driving between 55-60 MPH motor vibrated, followed by a loud bang. Consumer pulled off the road, and had vehicle towed to the dealership. The two piece flywheel came apart, which caused the transmission housing to crack where the transfer case (4-wheel drive was located. Dealership indicated that this was a common failure with this year trucks, and the two piece fly wheels were not installed in later model trucks. Transmission housing and the flywheel were replaced.”

“I have had three replacement transmissions model: (e-4od). I now have 48,000 on my truck and I need a fourth transmission. The problem consists of poor shifting (hard shifts, untimely shifting, shifts into od when it is off, and you must depress gas pedal moderatley to proceed in reverse) I reported this problem initially on nov of 98, and the dealership replaced the transmission each time free of charge but they only would put a re-manufactured transmission in it due to they meet the same specs. As new transmissions. …”

“Purchased this truck new from the dealer at 51,000 miles they had to rebuild the transmission truck then worked good for a while then they had to replace the trans computer at my expense now at 81,000 miles the transmission is doing the same thing as at 51,000 miles I was told by the dealer that the transmission is only covered for 12,000 miles I feel Ford should be responsible for this seeing as there must be some sort of defect in this unit as others are having the same problem with hard shifting in an automatic from 1st to second and having passing gear kick in all the time.”

“I have a two year old f350 powertruck diesel and the transmission has gone out of it at 49,000 miles. It is just out of warranty. I believe this to be poor quality workmanship/design when I spend over $30,000 dollars for a vehicle and the transmission goes out of it before 50,000 miles. I never tow over 6,000 lbs with this vehicle and have only completed two trips in excess of 200 miles. All other trips are under 100 miles. The Ford dealer said they might be able to help if I could provide all receipts showing I had the required maintenance completed. …”