Transmission rebuild cost

[flatwater17]

Long story short it looks like I need to rebuild the transmission or replace it. 2017 with 70k miles. What should I expect to pay for a rebuild on these 10 speed transmissions? I want to go into the conversation with my local dealer armed with a little knowledge of what others have paid.

Thanks!

 

[StangGT5]

I can't speak to dealer rates, but the transmission itself at an independent shop is about a $6,000 job. That's for a stock replacement including labor on a regular F150 of the same vintage, so a raptor should be close. You can get pretty beefy 10R80s for around $8,000, but add labor and fluids.

 

[FordTechOne]

What are the symptoms that are leading you to believe it needs to be replaced?

 

[flatwater17]

So a few months ago, the truck was at the dealer.. It was skipping fourth gear and down shifting hard, and when you put it in drive, it would clunk really hard. I had the transmission reprogramed, but after a week it went back to doing the same thing.

Last week I was on a road trip… on down the highway with cruise control on and all of a sudden the transmission made a weird noise and started jumping from 10th gear to sixth gear and all the gears in between sixth and 10th. I looked behind me and saw smoke coming from under the truck so I pulled off the road and a considerable amount of transmission fluid was leaking on the exhaust. But my transmission temp never got above normal.

Dealer says the fluid level looks normal and believes the fluid came from the vent. They did confirm it did not overheat. And they also checked the warranty information on the truck to see if the transmission had ever been worked on it and it had not. They said there is a TSB out for this and I need to either rebuild or replace.

 

[smurfslayer]

hmm... aren’t those the tell tale signs of a transmission that was overfilled?
What did the dealer do when the truck was at the dealer a few months ago?

 

[Nex]

Yea, sounds over filled to me. Did you ha e a transmission service done?

 

[MarkM98]

Sounds odd to me that they are suggesting to rebuild or replace the tranny. As @Nex said above, did the dealer service the transmission?

 

[FordTechOne]

So a few months ago, the truck was at the dealer.. It was skipping fourth gear and down shifting hard, and when you put it in drive, it would clunk really hard. I had the transmission reprogramed, but after a week it went back to doing the same thing.

Last week I was on a road trip… on down the highway with cruise control on and all of a sudden the transmission made a weird noise and started jumping from 10th gear to sixth gear and all the gears in between sixth and 10th. I looked behind me and saw smoke coming from under the truck so I pulled off the road and a considerable amount of transmission fluid was leaking on the exhaust. But my transmission temp never got above normal.

Dealer says the fluid level looks normal and believes the fluid came from the vent. They did confirm it did not overheat. And they also checked the warranty information on the truck to see if the transmission had ever been worked on it and it had not. They said there is a TSB out for this and I need to either rebuild or replace.

There is no TSB for that. I’m guessing you bought it used? The only reason it will vent fluid is from being overfilled. Meaning it was previously serviced and the fluid level was not properly set to the correct level.

 

[flatwater17]

There is no TSB for that. I’m guessing you bought it used? The only reason it will vent fluid is from being overfilled. Meaning it was previously serviced and the fluid level was not properly set to the correct level.

He mentioned a tsb about the sleeves in the transmission getting messed up.

The only thing that has ever been done to the truck transmission wise is they reset it and got rid of the learned behavior junk.

I’m tempted to pick up the truck and drive it as..

 

[Nex]

Did you buy it used? When did you get the truck? Maybe PO serviced or the dealership did before you got it.