Re: F-350 Pickup, Triton V10, Puzzler

Aug 07, 2003 4 Replies

You might have a speed sensor that is starting to go bad, or has a bad spot in it. The computer needs the vehicle speed info to determine the shift points. You might want to have that looked into.



Tim



I've got a '99 F-350 pickup with 57,000 miles, automatic transmission, and a
> V10 engine that exhibited a strange symptom just one time. It was having
> trouble or hesitation shifting into second. The shift was delayed, and when
> it did shift in, it clunked in hard. I noticed also that the speedometer was
> saying 0 miles per hour the whole time. Interestingly, when I parked the
> car, and restarted it a few minutes later, the problem was gone and has
> never come back after having now driven it at least a hundred more times.
> Any ideas what this might be and whether it might come back?
> Thanks,
> - Jeff Napier
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Tim Schoell opined in news:wnhYa.83803$ snipped-for-privacy@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com:

I owuldnt bother.. it IS gonna go bad but I am a cynic. If you take it in with that complaint, you'll pay a diagnosis fee that comes up empty or they'll replace the TSS and not necessarily fix it.

You're better off waiting for it to happen a few more times or fail solidly.

A crap shoot but it could happen ANYWAY.. if they said they DID replace the TSS.

Could have just been a bad connection.

Is the speed sensor an easily replaced external component?

- Jeff -

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Jeff Napier opined in news:ZbCYa.62527$ snipped-for-privacy@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net:

It should be .. since it's a truck. If you've ever seen or hooked up a speedo cable on a trans, you know where to look.

Thomas Moats opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Anything to get the answer...

:)

and now I know if I ever need to..

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