According to the technical service bulletin service bulletin TSB 16-0032, drivers of the the 2008 – 2010 Ford E250 & 2013 – 2014 Ford E250 van equipped with the 4R75E transmission may experience a whining noise, vibration, grinding sound/sensation and/or the loss of reverse. The following diagnostic trouble codes/DTC’s may also be present; P0733, P0720, P0722, P0731, P1783, P0732, P0734, P0721, P0297, P0781, P0782, P1728, P1715, P1744, P1783, P0741, P1741, P1742 and/or P1743.
What Transmission Do I Have?
Technical service bulletins are designed to inform dealers on how to fix certain problems that may become common on their customers vehicles. This particular TSB was written to let the dealers know that those symptoms are most likely caused by a premature planetary gear assembly failure. To fix this problem, Ford issued a planetary upgrade kit that allowed dealers to address all of the major issues associated with this problem. Unfortunately though, metallic debris resulting from this issue can cause problems in other areas of the transmission like the valve body. The torque converter itself may also need to be replaced. And sometimes, the damage was so bad that the entire transmission has to be replaced.
What Transmission Do I Have?
All these problems are related to a rather major factory design flaw. One that a remanufactured 4R75E transmission from a company like Street Smart Transmission is designed to eliminate. Each of their reman transmissions is completely reengineered to address factory design flaws. Then each one is dyno tested and tuned to ensure that it works properly right out of the box. If you would like to learn more, click here.
