1999 FORD F-450 SD Power Train Problems

6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED UNDER WARANTY AT 29,600 MILES THE FIRST TIME. FAILED, AND WOULD COST MORE TO REBUILD SO IT WAS REPLACED AGAIN AT 88,260 MILES AT MY EXSPENSE TOTALLING $3,632.00. FORD WOULD NOT MAKE ANY AFTER WARRANTY ASSITANCE. HAVE HEARD THIS TRANSMISSION IS WEAK. *AK CAN U HELP ME TO GET FORD TO REIMBERCE FOR THE COST OF THIS SECOND TRANSMISSION??

Mileage: 88,259

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO OVERDRIVE, AND CONSUMER CANNOT DRIVE AT A HIGH SPEED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AND SOMETIMES WOULD POP OUT OF GEAR. CLUTCH DISC BROKE WHERE SPRINGS FELL OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AND SOMETIMES WOULD POP OUT OF GEAR. CLUTCH DISC BROKE WHERE SPRINGS FELL OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE TRUCK WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR, THE SHIFTERS WERE BENT AND BROKE MORE THAN ONCE.*JB

THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY [ POWERTRAIN COMPONENT] FAILURE IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF EXCESS HEAT BUILD UP FROM A STATED "INHERENT COMPONENT SLIPPAGE" WHICH RESULTS IN A BUTTERFLY EFFECT FAILURE AS DESCRIBED BY MEEGAN FOR SERVICE MANAGER... UPON MY INSPECTION OF THE COMPONENTS IT IS EVIDENT THAT EXCESSIVELY HIGH HEAT OCCURRED AS SHOWN BY THE DISCOLORATION OF THE PRESSURE PLATE ASSEMBLY... THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT FAILURE OCCURS WHEN THE HEAT CAUSES DISTORTION OF THE PRESSURE PLATE RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF APPLIED PRESSURE FROM THE PRESSURE PLATE DIRECTED TO THE DRIVEN PLATE AND THE FLY WHEEL WHICH IN TURN RESULTS IN THE LOSS OF POWER TRANSMISSION TO THE DRIVE AXLES.... HOWEVER AFTER DRIVING MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLES FOR 38 YEARS I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE AN AMOUNT OF SO CALLED NORMAL SLIPPAGE SO HIGH THAT WOULD CREATE TEMPERTURES SO EXTREME AS TO TURM THE METAL IN THE PRESSURE PLATE BLUE... THE CLUTCH FAILURE OCCURRED ON P.A. I-80 TOLL ROAD IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON A MOUNTAIN DOWNGRADE AT ASPEED OF 55 MPH... THESE TEMPUTURES COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE AND THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILURE PLACED THE MOTORING PUBLIC, MYSELF, MY PASSENAGERS, THE VEHICLE AND THE CARGO I WAS HAULING IN DANGER.. IN MY OPINION THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLIES HAVE A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE INVESTIAGATED ASAP... THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ARM IN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY BROKE, CAUSING CLUTCH NOT TO DISENGAGE. *AK CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO 4 DIFFERENT DEALERS WHO WOULD NOT REPAIR, CONSUMER HAD REPAIRS COMPLETED BY HIS SHOP, WAS NOT COMPENSATED BY FORD. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 30 MPH. THEN, CONSUMER STOPPED VEHICLE. TOWED TO DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND OUT TRANSFER CASE DEFECT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE 4WD WAS NEVER USED. *SLC

THE CLUTCH LOCKED UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING IT NOT TO DISENGAGE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. THE PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER.*AK

WHILE TRYING TO DOWN SHIFT CLUTCH CAME APART. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. CLUTCH WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY GOT STUCK DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH PLATE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CLUTCH WILL "GO OUT" WHICH COULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL AND RESULT IN A CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DEFECTIVE CLUTCH PREVENTED SHIFTING THE GEAR. YH

WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER TRUCK IDENTICAL TO DESCRIPTION LISTED ABOVE AND HAVE ALSO HAD A THIRD CLUTCH REPLACED ALSO. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THE SAME PART BREAKING EVERY SINGLE TIME. THE SPRING IN THE CLUTCH PLATE IS BREAKING AND IS FALLING INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE DRIVERS GREAT DIFFICULT IN STOPPING.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH CLUTCH PEDAL LOCATED TO CLOSE TO THE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO MOVE, EVEN WHEN CLUTCH PEDAL WAS FULLY PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. ASKING NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A BROKEN CLUTCH PLATE SPRING WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL RESULT IN A CRASH. TWO VEHICLES EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM EVERY 15,000- 16,000 MILES. 2ND VEHICLE VIN # 1FDXW46F4XED49. DEALER REPLACED PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AND ALSO F550 1999, VIN# [XXX], DEFECTIVE THROW BEARING ON THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY IN A CRASH. FIRST THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ON 1999, F450; AND DEALER REPLACED THAT VEHICLE WITH A 1999 F550, BUT CURRENTLY VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR