@goblues38
I appreciate your honest post. Excellent post, and thank you for sharing. 10r80 is an outstanding OEM transmission rated well in capacity for each application. If the transmission fails in a Raptor—any warranty dept worth its salt is looking closely at any power boosts/alterations—in granular detail if a dealership says “it broke.” We will find it.
NOTE: Engineering 101. Heat, glad you noticed it as you understand transmissions. I could care less if you ran brand X synthetic or regeared (remember physics/heat). See note 2 as there is plenty of history.
NOTE2: If you remember when certain brand pickups with I-6 Turbo Diesels were known as “great motor & weak transmission pickup trucks”—the transmission was solid and had sufficient excess capacity for the application. Tuners (imagine that) were pushing limits of the OEM transmission (this was not unique to brand X—as all OEMs had the same issues with the aftermarket). Unfortunately, as we know people blamed the transmission—although the truck/transmission/drivetrain were well engineered.
NOTE3: Sadly, this occurs with today—still, and folks blame the OEM.
OEMs simply stepped things up to the tune (pun intended). I spoke about this to OEMs at a conference and the cat/mouse “game”, which is no game due to increased vigilance.
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This applies to my OEM only, and it saves quite a bit of money annually for shareholders.
Tuners are the #1 area where my OEM rejects ALL concerns impacting drivetrain.
Mr. Blues38–you are out of warranty—doesn’t apply to you in this case.
Intangibly, your integrity about admitting the tune and removing after 8k miles is the most important thing if you have an issue down the road vs. doing the majority restore to factory/pretend “didn’t do nothing/anything”—which establishes deceit/discredits anything said after).
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@FordTechOne sir, please let me know if I am inaccurate in any way (dealership or aftermarket owns it—not OEM).
I am 100% hawkish of anything hitting my desk, and my warranty division ensures that anything hitting my desk was dissected within a hair and any lapse of integrity was captured (similar to any OEM who enjoys being in business). Yes, 100% on behalf of my company.
I point this out as I’m a motorsports enthusiast who loves the aftermarket—and holds them 100% accountable for all mods from intake/exhaust/tuning (or even appearance items like cool lights).
Modify an OEM vehicle powertrain/ECU as delivered from factory—and you should rely on the good graces of the OEM dealership and/or aftermarket company to fix any “kabooms” (usually expensive drivetrain). OEM isn’t paying one cent.
In closing, if any tuning company tells you that when they restore the factory map that was altered by tuning—the OEM does not have any way of knowing this (you ought get this in writing on corporate letterhead from the aftermarket company).
P.S. Moss-Magnuson is a law that the majority of consumers ought read up on—as for some reason it keeps getting “broader” in the minds of what is/is not acceptable (when the law has not changed).
