i got 2500kms no problems!

 

3000miles here and zero problems also. Other than the truck getting to much attention lol.

 

Ditto. I still get looks wherever I go. I bought an 04 when they came out and got the same thing but not for as long. I don't know if it's the worse economy or what, but there are not as many of the new F150's on the road around here in Ohio. I still have seen only 2 or 3 other new F150's on the road since I bought mine 2 1/2 months ago.

 

I don't think everyone has complained. Some have simply reiterated that they experience the same behavior in their truck. If I understand the operation of the gauge correctly, its seem to work appropriately if not a little out of the ordinary. An explanation in the owner's manual may have been helpful.

I've had several vehicles in which I've installed transmission fluid temperature gauges. I've never had one travel between its lowest range and normal like mine does in my new XLT. I suspect the stock 09' gauge may indicate a very narrow temperature range and being bottomed out doesn't necessarily mean its reading cold. However, without an explanation in the owner's manual, we are left to guess.

 

I went into subway yesterday and as i pulled up outside a guy pulled up in a bentley continental gt and as i got out he cam over and said nice truck. I just said well we can swap if ya like it that much lol. Then whilst in there another bloke who pulled up just after me in a 08 f150 just turned around and said lovely pickup. It's crazy how much attention they get. First bently i seen over here.

 

Has anyone heard any info on these funny acting trans temp gauges ???? Ford must know about is by now.....

 

After many more miles of driving, I've come to the conclusion mine is working properly. My dad just bought an 09' last weekend, his is the exact same and working properly.

 

so v tach, does yours bottom out after turning the truck off for a minute ??? and then take 10 miles to work its way back up ??? or drop all the way to cold when putting on the breaks ??? Is this the normal function of a temperature gauge ???? none Ive ever seen anyway......

 

I need some updates! Just talked to the ford dealer and they have not had any other complaints. They did tell me that the F250 and F350 tranny temp gauges were acting very similar on some peoples vehicles and that they were replacing tranny temp sensors. My gauge seems to be doing this more frequently in the warmer weather. 8 degree C now! Woo Hoo feels like summer.

 

I read a bulletin this morning that engineering is aware of the problem where the trans temp gauge drops to cold at times. They're working on a fix, it should be resolved late second quarter 2009.

 

Cool, maybe something will be done about it...

 

Certain 2009 model year vehicles, the F150 being one of them, are involved in something Ford calls RTCF, or Real Time Concern Feedback. It's a direct line from dealerships to service engineering, so that the engineering guys have real time information from the dudes in the field to take back to their cube farms and labs to determine the root cause of a particular fault, develop a service fix for vehicles in service as quickly as possible and to see to it that production changes are made so these problems don't happen with new vehicles rolling off the assembly line.

It's a good system, that seems to be working well. So, you guys that are running into weird stuff on your 2009 F150s, if it makes you feel any better, engineering is on top of the situation and working on fixes as fast as they can.

 

That is a good system.

 

Ditto...should be standard practice on all new vehicles that have went through a major update/upgrade.

 

Mine does not act in that manner. It does cover the range between cold and midway on the gauge under different operating conditions I've experienced so far. It'll get to the mid point within a couple of miles of driving but if I sit at idle in Park for more than about 10 minutes, it slowly falls back to cold. Once I get back on the road, it rises to about the midpoint again in just a couple of miles. Applying the brakes does not affect my trans temp gauge. At least not that I've noticed.