ekrampitzjr
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- Vehicle Year
- 2011
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
In your experience, how long (miles) will the 5R55E in later Rangers hold up?
The truck had 101,000 miles when I bought it. The very next day after delivery a local shop flushed and changed the ATF and filter for me. The shop had a BG machine, so I'm sure the trans has BG's ATF (I believe it's synthetic). This was probably the first ATF change in this truck. That makes me cringe a bit...
The trans seems to shift fine. I took the truck for a 4–hour trip at highway speeds last weekend and all went well.
Eventually my plan is to drop the trans pan and either install a drain plug or a new pan that already has a plug. I intend to start changing the ATF with Amsoil full synthetic by regular pan drains, which would be about 4 qt at a time. Might also add Lubegard Red, as I've had good luck using that in the past (220,000 miles on original '98 Taurus wagon trans, car went to salvage yard over engine failure). I installed drain plugs on previous transmissions, including that Taurus, without problems.
Earlier Rangers with the 5R55E had some trans problems. Those seemed to show up at much earlier mileages than my truck has now. Looks as if the good ones could go 200,000+. How many miles are you seeing for this trans in later Rangers before big problems? Any advice for extending the life besides my plan above?
Thanks!
The truck had 101,000 miles when I bought it. The very next day after delivery a local shop flushed and changed the ATF and filter for me. The shop had a BG machine, so I'm sure the trans has BG's ATF (I believe it's synthetic). This was probably the first ATF change in this truck. That makes me cringe a bit...
The trans seems to shift fine. I took the truck for a 4–hour trip at highway speeds last weekend and all went well.
Eventually my plan is to drop the trans pan and either install a drain plug or a new pan that already has a plug. I intend to start changing the ATF with Amsoil full synthetic by regular pan drains, which would be about 4 qt at a time. Might also add Lubegard Red, as I've had good luck using that in the past (220,000 miles on original '98 Taurus wagon trans, car went to salvage yard over engine failure). I installed drain plugs on previous transmissions, including that Taurus, without problems.
Earlier Rangers with the 5R55E had some trans problems. Those seemed to show up at much earlier mileages than my truck has now. Looks as if the good ones could go 200,000+. How many miles are you seeing for this trans in later Rangers before big problems? Any advice for extending the life besides my plan above?
Thanks!