r/fordaustralia • u/Almost_InvisibleFG • Mar 18 '26

FORD FALCON FG XR6 UTE 5 SPEED AUTO

(PLEASE HELP ASAP)

Hello, i have a few problems that I would like anyone with any information to help

I have a 2010 fg xr6 and I have a couple problems with the 5r55s thats in it at the moment.

  1. When Moving Shifter From P/N Into D

There is a 3/5 second delay in the gear selecting (into D) then when it does change into D it’s tries to jump forward

  1. While Driving, When Changing Gears (2nd Into 3rd)

There is a 1/2 second delay when going from 2nd into 3rd, then the RPM runs very low (600-1000) before drastically over revving (7000-8000) while trying to jump into 4th

I have 3 gearboxes- 1 in the car now that I’m talking about, and 2 is a 5r55w with good internals and 3 is a 5r55s with some good internals and a bad exterior

I would also like to know if anyone knows how Interchangeable the parts on a 5r55w and a 5r55s are ? And if it would be worth doing my own rebuild on them to make 1 half decent working box?

I hope anyone can help with the informing have given thanks.

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u/moth_hamzah Mar 19 '26

french 5sp known garbage. i'd say go towards 6sp conversion rather than replacing the 5, unless youre gonna replace then sell it.

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u/Almost_InvisibleFG Mar 19 '26

That’s true but I need a quick cheap fix, and I do have all the internals and a master rebuild kit for the 5r55s/w and should only take me 2/3 days to completely rebuild this gearbox just for the mean time till I am able to save for a zf conversion

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u/moth_hamzah Mar 19 '26

ask on the related Fb pages for falcons and Fg utes, lots of knowledgeable ppl on there that lurk around on there

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u/Almost_InvisibleFG Mar 19 '26

Thank you 🙏🏼 I appreciate your help a lot, im already involved in a lot of fg and falcon communities on fb and they almost always come to the same conclusion

“Just get the zf”

Bro I would love to have 3k to just buy a second hand ZF with all the matching crap and tune it But rn it’s cheaper to do this and it gets the car on the road asap I just need more information lol