Ranger Transmission reliability

[EBSXR6]

A mates family owned a Auto Club service depot in the country up until a few months ago.
We were talking about vehicle reliability and he told me they did analysis on the vehicles the Depot towed from breakdowns.
He told me on their analysis the vehicle they towed the most was the Ranger.
The main issue was transmission related and the vehicles were not very old or with high kilometres.

[DFB FGXR6]

My father's 2014 PX XLT 3.2 needed a new transmission at 60,000 km's, that was the 6-speed auto.

I will say though, Ranger has been the number one or two seller in the country for a while now, so that's going to skew the numbers a bit.

[naddis01]

Out of 4 Rangers owned since 2012, I've had one manual transmission fail in a 2015 model with 30000km on the clock.

[Itsme]

When Rangers were first released, it was renowned they had transmission issues with the 6 speed auto, later years models seemed to have improved in reliability.

[swamp]

hi
over various models automatics
torque convertor internally fail
flex/drive plate failures
valve body leaking internally
overheating . ""oil companies donot recommend oil temps over 100cel , it shortens the oil life ""

Manual
jumping outta gear upgrade kits
clutches dual mass


Refer to specialists for more info

[kevino]

I was going to
Post something similar
My Puma battery failed and Racq roadside patrol came tested fitted a new one
I asked him what vehicle got the most call outs
Answer Ford Ranger

Having said that it’s the best selling vehicle up to year end 2024

It will drop back a few spots in 25 peak Ranger has been reached

[vixf6]

Have done 100’s of thousands of flawless KM in Fords German Built ZF’S, over many FG’s. If Ford gave the option of a German ZF auto for say $1-2k premium in ranger/everest, would gladly pay it, never going to happen though. They had something great with Toyota like reliability

[Franco Cozzo]

We've done three 6sp auto boxes in our company PX Ranger in 150,000km, its a series 1 but its also close to or over GVM and the shitbox 2.2L so everyone flogs the *** off it, primarily suburban driving. We've cooked the oil a couple times towing heavy in and out of forests and that sort of thing.

Realistically we should have a Jappo truck.


.... Or the new Ranger Super Duty, wonder if its going to have an Allison auto (Allison 1000) instead of the CCP ZF.

https://www.allisontransmission.com/...es-2000-series

[Trevor 57]

Had the transmission in my 20216 PXII replaced under warranty at 40,000

[BLACKVE]

17 px2 2.2 auto just clicked 200k only changed the battery and tow a car trailer often. serviced the auto at 140k and pan was clean as

[jpd80]

Chinese made valve chests were found to contain porosity defects that caused issues in the 6R80s.
Also heard rumours that the same thing happened with early 10Rs but not sure if that was the actual cause
with Ranger gearbox problems…