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Originally Posted by stefcio007
I assume by wet shudder they mean wet-clutch type? Unless they are talking about something else? Unless this is unofficial and accidentally slipped the mouth of the employee during the interview?
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I've read that article. They are naming three faults with the dry-clutch transmission: oil leak ('wet' shudder), overheating and degradation of the clutch material ('dry' shudder), and
TCM failure.
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The initial issue was leaky seals on the gearbox that let to oil contamination of the dry clutch module, which presented to customers as a shudder.
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What Ford found was that there were two additional and unrelated issues with the PowerShift transmission that could cause shudder or jerky behaviour when accelerating [...].
“One of which was the heat transfer of the clutch material, and that wasn’t presenting consistently either – sometimes in urban situations and sometimes in situations where there was no pattern, so you had to go through a bit of analysis,” Whickman said.
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“And thirdly, and unrelated to the clutch itself, the transmission control module (TCM), the computer chip [was an issue] and over a long time that chip can or may have a solder crack, and with that, the capability to talk in microseconds [is compromised]. That can present itself in a jerky or rough shifting situation.”
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As for "accidentally slipped from the mouth of the employee", the quotes above in the article are from current head of Ford Australia Graeme Whickman, and for your snippet, head of communications Martin Gunsberg. So very official, and unfortunately definitely
not addressing issues for owners of wet-clutch Powers#t vehicles
