2018-2019 mt-82 d4 issues

[tbmx2011]

Hello everyone,

I have been looking into getting into a gen 3 manual for some time now. I love the cars and always enjoy driving my friends.

I have tried to do a lot of research regarding the longevity of the mt-82 because I know there is a lot of mixed reviews about it.

My question is regarding the 2019, from what I have seen after the mt82-d4 came into play with the 2018 year they had a lot of issues regarding shift forks that caused multiple TSB's, from what I have seen it appears that some early 2019s had the problems as well but were resolved by the 2020 year. I know that the longevity of the manual in these cars is questionable as a whole regardless of the year but I wanted to get opinions from people about whether or not to stay away from the 2019 year completely or not. I am ruling out the 2018 year as it is the one that I know had many many issues, but from the 4 TSB's I saw, all 4 were for the 2018 year and only one of them included the 2019 year.

Should I rule out the 2019 year completely like I am with 2018? From the research I have done it seems like the issues with the new transmission were 90% resolved by 2019 and ironed out completely by 2020, at least regarding the TSB's that were issued. But I know that feedback coming from people who actually own and drive these cars everyday will always be helpful.

Thank you in advance.

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[LowPSI]

I have a 2019. I have never broken a shift fork. Only vaporized 3rd gear. Just got it replaced under warranty.

 

[NGOT8R]

I have a 2019 and when I pulled my tranny to upgrade the internals, I found that it had cast aluminum shift forks. I’ve since added billet aluminum 1/2 and 3/4 shift forks, but reused the cast 5/6 and reverse shift forks, as no one offered billet ones for those at the time. I can also confirm that the reverse shift forks pads were made of black plastic and all other shift forks had white (non serviceable) shift pads.

 

[Fury_Sauce]

no issues with the D4 variant refresh - Matter of fact, I find it to be legitimately better from the 15-17.

Can't shift quickly but power shift is much feasible.

 

[NGOT8R]

Slow and easy shifts will allow the D4 to live a long and healthy life. Start racing and shifting quick at high rpm and you’re asking for trouble.

 

[Dans18GT]

My '18 is a late '17 build on E85 that I don't hesitate to redline when I can and it hasn't had a single problem with any part of the driveline. Just cracked 40k miles.

Maybe my 45 years of driving all manner of manual transmissions has something to do with it

 

[thompsje]

I have a 2018 that I bought as a Ford CPO in 2020 with ~27k on it, and it's currently coming up on 45k. Not a single transmission issue. I just changed the fluid to Motul DCTF as preventative/regular maintenance and it's fine. Never missed a shift, no lockouts, etc.

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