Hey, so I've been battling this problem for a few weeks now. I'll copy/paste what I posted on another forum that hasn't led to anything solving it just yet. It's not a Raptor but has the motor/trans just the same, so hopefully someone might have heard of this problem.
POST 1
Alrighty, I'm having trouble with my truck, 2011 F150 Limited with the 6.2L. I have just over 125,000 miles on it. This problem has happened back in 2017 except it was more related to the recall but similar effects. In 2017, I was doing around 65 on the highway and the truck downshifted into second and started bucking pretty badly when I got it slowed down and off the highway. The check engine light and wrench light on the dash came on at that time. At any rate, the truck was stuck in second gear, even in manual shift mode. Had it towed to a shop and they changed out a few shift solenoids and it worked...
...Until a few weeks ago when I parked it with no troubles, then when I started it back up after work it was automatically stuck in third gear and the wrench came up on the dash. I couldn't get it out of third gear now. Same trouble except a different gear and I wasn't moving when the truck locked itself into third. So I had it towed to a local dealer to fix hoping it was covered under the recall. Well they said the symptoms didn't match the recall and after further diagnosis on November 11, Ford told me the PCM was bad and needed to be replaced. Just under $1500 later I had a new PCM and no codes...
...Until yesterday, December 4, I had the same problem yet again. Locked into third gear after I let the truck sit while I went grocery shopping. So I limped it to an auto parts store in the next shopping center. I pulled the codes and got a P0960 and a P0962. The P0960 is "Pressure Control Solenoid A Control Circuit / Open" pending. The P0962 is "Pressure Control Solenoid A Control Circuit Low" permanent. Hoping for a good result I cleared the codes on the scanner and drove it home stuck in third gear.
I pulled the neg battery cable off to reset the code once I got home and was so frustrated I just connected it back after a few minutes and went into the house for the night not expecting anything. I came out this morning, December 5, and started it and to my surprise the code was cleared and it was shifting fine...
...Until after work today, December 5, it locked down again except in fifth gear. I pulled the battery cable again when I got home to clear the code and put it back. Haven't tested it out yet. Still just frustrated with it, plus I had other things to get done. I don't know if I'm more frustrated with the fact that I paid Ford $1500 to change the PCM that evidently wasn't a problem at all or that the problem won't go away. I've spent $2300 at 2 different mechanics (1 being a dealer) to fix this problem and it still persists.
Does anyone have any ideas on what this might be?
POST 2
I've contacted Ford about what is going on, waiting on them to contact me back. A new problem that I noticed this morning, December 6, which definitely tells me it's an electrical issue is that while driving it sometimes feels like it has a huge misfire and slightly bucks and the RPMs bounce 4-500 RPM up and down pretty rapidly. If I wasn't watching the gauges this is what I would have thought but I had the gears pulled up to watch and see what the transmission is doing. What it does is it'll go from, and this is just an example of what I saw this morning and is not limited to it, it jumps from 5th or 6th gear and back to 1st while the RPMs bounce around a bit and then straightens itself out and switches back to the proper gear after 5 seconds or so. This tells me it's a short or bad connection somewhere.
EDIT - I just saw some posts about the leadframe in the 6R being part of the recall. It was the exact same symptoms that I felt this morning. I had the leadframe replaced as part of the first fix in 2017 however that was before they acknowledged a recall on them and maybe I got another bad one when it was replaced?
POST 1
Alrighty, I'm having trouble with my truck, 2011 F150 Limited with the 6.2L. I have just over 125,000 miles on it. This problem has happened back in 2017 except it was more related to the recall but similar effects. In 2017, I was doing around 65 on the highway and the truck downshifted into second and started bucking pretty badly when I got it slowed down and off the highway. The check engine light and wrench light on the dash came on at that time. At any rate, the truck was stuck in second gear, even in manual shift mode. Had it towed to a shop and they changed out a few shift solenoids and it worked...
...Until a few weeks ago when I parked it with no troubles, then when I started it back up after work it was automatically stuck in third gear and the wrench came up on the dash. I couldn't get it out of third gear now. Same trouble except a different gear and I wasn't moving when the truck locked itself into third. So I had it towed to a local dealer to fix hoping it was covered under the recall. Well they said the symptoms didn't match the recall and after further diagnosis on November 11, Ford told me the PCM was bad and needed to be replaced. Just under $1500 later I had a new PCM and no codes...
...Until yesterday, December 4, I had the same problem yet again. Locked into third gear after I let the truck sit while I went grocery shopping. So I limped it to an auto parts store in the next shopping center. I pulled the codes and got a P0960 and a P0962. The P0960 is "Pressure Control Solenoid A Control Circuit / Open" pending. The P0962 is "Pressure Control Solenoid A Control Circuit Low" permanent. Hoping for a good result I cleared the codes on the scanner and drove it home stuck in third gear.
I pulled the neg battery cable off to reset the code once I got home and was so frustrated I just connected it back after a few minutes and went into the house for the night not expecting anything. I came out this morning, December 5, and started it and to my surprise the code was cleared and it was shifting fine...
...Until after work today, December 5, it locked down again except in fifth gear. I pulled the battery cable again when I got home to clear the code and put it back. Haven't tested it out yet. Still just frustrated with it, plus I had other things to get done. I don't know if I'm more frustrated with the fact that I paid Ford $1500 to change the PCM that evidently wasn't a problem at all or that the problem won't go away. I've spent $2300 at 2 different mechanics (1 being a dealer) to fix this problem and it still persists.
Does anyone have any ideas on what this might be?
POST 2
I've contacted Ford about what is going on, waiting on them to contact me back. A new problem that I noticed this morning, December 6, which definitely tells me it's an electrical issue is that while driving it sometimes feels like it has a huge misfire and slightly bucks and the RPMs bounce 4-500 RPM up and down pretty rapidly. If I wasn't watching the gauges this is what I would have thought but I had the gears pulled up to watch and see what the transmission is doing. What it does is it'll go from, and this is just an example of what I saw this morning and is not limited to it, it jumps from 5th or 6th gear and back to 1st while the RPMs bounce around a bit and then straightens itself out and switches back to the proper gear after 5 seconds or so. This tells me it's a short or bad connection somewhere.
EDIT - I just saw some posts about the leadframe in the 6R being part of the recall. It was the exact same symptoms that I felt this morning. I had the leadframe replaced as part of the first fix in 2017 however that was before they acknowledged a recall on them and maybe I got another bad one when it was replaced?
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