Transmission shift issue on first drive of the day

[2019 scott]

Yeah I don’t know why that solves the 1st shift of the day issue but it does. So i religiously shift into reverse before i take off everyday. I really don’t want the dealership tearing into my transmission so i’ll just do that and see what happens.

 

[2019 scott]

I bought my truck new and noticed it doing that since it had a few thousand miles on it. It now has 15,000 miles on it.

 

[FordTechOne]

Yeah I don’t know why that solves the 1st shift of the day issue but it does. So i religiously shift into reverse before i take off everyday. I really don’t want the dealership tearing into my transmission so i’ll just do that and see what happens.

If it’s the 3-4 shift hesitation it’s a characteristic. The last thing you’d want to do is have a transmission disassembled when there is nothing mechanically wrong with it.

 

[Drgonzo3000]

Well no luck with any of the mentioned fixes, Truck still has issues with the 5 shift on the first drive of the day. If I really creep on the throttle pulling out onto my main road it's not too noticeable, but it's a 55 zone so it's usually like 40-50% throttle pulling into traffic in which it just drops on its face on that 5 shift. It feels like a shift solenoid is hanging when the trans is cold.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Well no luck with any of the mentioned fixes, Truck still has issues with the 5 shift on the first drive of the day. If I really creep on the throttle pulling out onto my main road it's not too noticeable, but it's a 55 zone so it's usually like 40-50% throttle pulling into traffic in which it just drops on its face on that 5 shift. It feels like a shift solenoid is hanging when the trans is cold.

Sounds like you've tried everything but having the dealer dissect. Hope it gets fixed easily enough, Good luck.

 

[smurfslayer]

Sounds like you've tried everything but having the dealer dissect. Hope it gets fixed easily enough, Good luck.

Not to be a doomsayer, but you know they’re going pull codes, reply with NPF.

 

[Drgonzo3000]

Fully aware. No code, No problem. Hence why I have not taken it to the dealership yet.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Fully aware. No code, No problem. Hence why I have not taken it to the dealership yet.

Leave it at the dealer overnight, take the service advisor/manager for a drive the next morning.

 

[smurfslayer]

That could work with advanced planning. good suggestion.

 

[MAMiller44]

Are you sure it’s on the 4-5 shift? A hesitation between 3rd and 4th on the first drive of the day is a normal characteristic, but that’s the first I’ve heard of a hesitation into 5th.

Whenever you clear the adaptive tables via a reprogram or otherwise, the adaptive relearn should be performed. Here the link to the procedure:

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I have the 3rd to 4th regularly if I don’t let the truck warm up for a minute first. It’s all of about 200 feet for me before I hit a main road and am shifting to 4th.