Starling Ford - Service Center

Transmission going out on I-95 Melbourne Traveling from Daytona Beach to Melbourne, I felt a hard thump. My 2011 F150 lurched. I went from 72 mph, to 5th gear 60 mph in 3 seconds. I got a p Traveling from Daytona Beach to Melbourne, I felt a hard thump. My 2011 F150 lurched. I went from 72 mph, to 5th gear 60 mph in 3 seconds. I got a picture of a wrench on what was left of the instrument panel. Thankfully my Garmin led me to the nearest Ford dealer, approx 4.5 miles away. Only top line gauges were functioning. On the short drive, the rpm was limited and it would only run in 3rd to 5th gear. A long ride at 40 mph w/ 4 ways on. The service writer met me, wrote it up and someone was looking at the truck in 20 minutes. It was an hour or so later that she took me out to the mechanic that was working on the truck. He explained that he found a number of error codes that did not point to any one specific problem, but the fact that all of the indicators met at one large part in the transmission. He told me at that time he would have the part in the morning, and should have it running the following day around 5 pm. Not only did they have that the truck done on time, I ask about a speedometer error that my Daytona dealership tried 3 times to correct and did not. The service tech who still had his laptop attached said let me take a look. He had me replace the gps in the truck and said I'll be right back. Ten minutes later he's back and the truck speedo is perfect. Go figure. What amazes me is that my regular dealership i 10 times the size of Ron Norris Ford, and didn't have a tech with the capabilities of this one. Not only will I recommend this dealership to any and all, if possible I will drive the 48 miles to THIS dealership, because of the quality of the people. More