Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting SVT tranny situation

So....a call from the dealer this morning. They have finally made contact with Ford engineers in Dearborn regarding the problems with my new transmission.

Ford is shipping out another new transmission today, to be installed next week.

According to Ford, the problems I have experienced with the original and the replacement transmission can be repaired only by replacing the transmission again.

Stay tuned.

So. I go in next week for transmission transplant #2.

Yippee.

What is with the deranged sideskirts on both your cars? You'd think a dealer would know how to put their own f'ing product up on a lift without bending up the underwear. That and the dirtied up interior just adds aggravation to the transmission issue. I feel bad for you guys!

So....I have had new transmission number 2 in the car for about 24 hours now. Out of several dozen stops and starts driving around the city, I have had one incident of the shifter not wanting to go into first, and even that instance was what I would call "mild".

This one is far smoother all through the gears than the either the original tranny or the first replacement.

The bizarre squeaking noise that appeared in the front end after the first tranny replacement is gone as well.

I still have my doubts the tranny itself is/was ever the problem. I think this time the dealer has inadvertently fixed whatever was wrong.

As for the damage (bent sideskirts, greasy door panels, tranny fluid all over the console) in previous visits: I picked the car up yesterday to find it absolutely sparkling, spotless clean...inside and out. They'd even washed the dirty coffee mug I'd left on the floor in the back seat.

I'm going to give this tranny a few more miles before I pass final judgement.

I have had to turn the car off to put it in reverse the easiest...unless I roll because of a hill!

I just had my tranny replaced at 36k miles. Second gear had always been a problem, but after last winter it was really bad, and a couple times I couldn't get into any gear.

The new tranny does not seem to have fixed anything. All the gears are still notchy and hard to use sometimes, other times they are pretty smooth. What's up with that?

Ok my SVT is doing the same thing... Has about 35 k mile son it... had the clutch flywheel and bearing replaced a month ago... in 1st and reverse it "knocks" when i start and when i slow down, all right around 1500 rpms. I had my car in the shop at bill brown in livonia last time for the clutch for almost a week and a half BEFORE THEY EVEN LOOKED AT IT! I am gonna be without my car for awhile, i can tell.

Okay, now that I have a few hundred kilometres on the new (third) transmission, I can say this one does exactly the same thing: Won't go into first or reverse at a stop. I am thinking that maybe the tranny is not the problem? I mean, what are the odds I would get three bad transmissions in a row?

My dealer here in Ottawa has put out a call for help to the other Ford dealers in this area (about a half-dozen of them) to see if any of them have come across this problem, and if they've been able to fix it.

I'm telling the dealer I consider this a safety problem, and I plan to tell Ford the same thing: If I'm sitting at a stop light on a snowy day, and some jackass comes racing up behind me, I'd like to be able to move my car without wasting five seconds trying to find first gear.

Check my post.

Tranny problem solved

xchang
You're right, I dropped mine off at the dealer today and by 5pm they called and told me this was the problem and fixed it. I go in tomorrow to see how much better it is.