I have a 2001 F250 V8 5.4L Lariat that I purchased 1yr ago. Has about 60,000 miles on it. In April I took it to a Ford dealer (not who I bought it from) and they fixed a door latch, performed oil change and flushed/replaced the transmission fluid. Ok, I'm not a car person but I believe that's what they said they did. The day I picked it up, I drove about 15 miles before parking the truck. I decided to back it in and when I shifted to reverse, the RPM's dropped and it stalled. Instead of taking it back next day, I let it go. The truck is my secondary veh and is only driven occasionally. Over the next several months, the truck has stalled 3 more times when putting it into reverse and also stalled 2 times when I had to stop hard due to traffic/red light. If you shift slowly from drive to neutral, give the RPM's a chance to come back up and then shift into reverse it's fine and if you know you are going to have to stop and do it slowly it's fine.

Finally got the truck back in and they hooked up some computer and tried to recreate the problem and found nothing wrong. Called me told me they couldn't find anything and I asked they keep it and try driving it again. I am not going to use this truck to haul with if they can't fix it. Today he calls said they have now recreated the problem 2x's but don't know whats causing it but they THINK it might be transmission. But they can't tell anything w/out taking transmission apart...about $500. Then they can figure out IF IT IS the transmission and see if extended warranty will cover. If not of course I'm paying the bill and if it's NOT the transmission then I have to pay another $500 to put the truck back together w/no answers. If I have to pay the $1000, I have to pay it, but I have read several posts on various sites about Ford f250/350's stalling while driving and it seems with so many posts about stalling trucks how can the dealer not have a clue what the problem is or how to fix it?

So, I'm just trying to find out of anyone had any similar problems and had any success in finding out what the problem was....this dealer is clueless at this point and I'm looking at $1000 on nothing more than someone 'thinks' it might be transmission.

I did post this on another forum and a guy responded saying given the circumstances he believes it is the tranny. Said that flushing it at 60,000 miles (I have no clue if previous owner had it done prior) was bad if it hadn't been done as regular upkeep and so it's ruined/shifted seals but didn't say what that means as far as getting truck fixed....is it a matter of changing seals or a new transmission?

Thanks for any suggestions! Please help me!!! LOL I just found the trailer I want to order and now I don't have a truck to pull the dang thing!

Tami

Jake, our inhouse Ford expert is on vacation, he'll be back in a week. Thanks

It's kind of unusual that it only does it in reverse. I have seen the Torque Convertor clutch hang up at times and cause a stall when coming to a stop. It will feel similar to coming to a stop with a manual transmission and not pushing in the clutch. Usually it wouldn't matter what gear you're in in the clutch is staying engaged but it is possible for it to stick only in reverse.
With most warranty companies, they will require you to give authorization to remove and disassemble the transmission to the point of failure before they wil send out an independent inspector to evaluate the dealer's recommended repair. Chances are that they are giving you a worse case scenario when they say it may cost you $1000. More than likely, they will get it apart and inspected, then get the approval from the warranty company and all you'll have is youre deductable to pay. You would only have to pay the $1000 if the repair turns out to be not covered under the warranty.
Hope this helps out, not being there working on the truck it's just a guess.

Jake