6R80 Shift Kit 2011-2018, remanufactured and ready to install. Fits the 6R80. Ships fast from the USA.
The title on this listing calls it a shift kit, but the photo shows something bigger: a complete remanufactured 6R80 valve body with the solenoid pack installed, ready to bolt up. If your 2011 or later F-150, Expedition, Navigator or Mustang has started slamming into gear, slipping between shifts, or setting the same solenoid code no matter how many times the fluid is changed, this is the repair that replaces the whole hydraulic brain at once instead of recalibrating a worn one.
The 6R80 shifts clutch to clutch: one pack has to come on at the exact moment another lets go. Solenoids mounted on the valve body send controlled signal pressure to a regulator valve for each clutch, and the PCM watches turbine speed to judge whether each handoff happened on time. Two things wear out. The aluminum bores around those regulator valves leak as they wear, and the variable bleed solenoids drift away from the calibration band they were coded with at the factory. Either one makes the PCM chase shift timing it can never get right. This assembly comes with both the castings and the solenoids, so you are not pairing new parts with old ones.
The 2011 start year matters. Ford changed Shift Solenoid E for transmissions built after November 3, 2010, from a 10.5-ohm part with a tan snout to an 18-ohm part with a gray snout, and the two are not interchangeable. A 2011-up body belongs with the PCM driver that expects the later solenoid.
Many 2011-2014 trucks have an electrical fault, not a hydraulic one. Ford TSB 13-6-8 covers trucks that start out in 5th with the speedometer at zero because the molded lead frame lost the output speed signal, and Ford extended lead frame coverage on many of them. Check recalls on your VIN, read codes, then road test with a scan tool comparing commanded gear to actual ratio. Sonnax diagnoses 2-3 complaints by watching the B and C solenoid current during the shift; if the commands look right and the shift is still bad, the valve body is the suspect. Our 6R80 shift solenoid symptoms guide and the 6R80 common problems guide walk through those checks.
The listing covers 2011-2018 6R80 units. That range is not one part number inside. Sonnax documents a 2015 change to new FL3P castings, a new separator plate and a different pressure regulator valve and sleeve, so a 2011-2014 truck and a 2016 truck may not take the same body. Match the casting numbers on your old body to this one, or send us your year and VIN and we will confirm which design you need before it ships. Single-year bodies for both halves of the range are in our 6R80 parts collection, including the 2016 6R80 valve body.
Drain the pan, unplug the case connector and remove the main control. Replace the filter, pan gasket and connector seal while it is out; an aluminum 6R80 pan kit adds a drain plug for future services. Torque the bolts in sequence. Program the solenoid strategy or body ID code from this valve body into the PCM, fill with Mercon LV, and drive the adaptive relearn through all six gears. If converter lockup was the complaint, inspect the converter clutch control as well; the 6R80 TCC solenoid is listed separately.
| Fits | 6R80 2011-2018 |
| Part type | Shift Kit |
| Condition | Remanufactured |
| Brand | OEM |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
No. Despite the name, it is a complete remanufactured 6R80 valve body with solenoids installed, as shown in the photo. You swap the whole assembly instead of modifying your old one.
Not necessarily. Ford changed the castings, separator plate and pressure regulator valve for 2015, so the range splits in two. Send us your year and VIN and we will confirm the correct design.
It is listed from 2011. Units built before November 4, 2010 use a 10.5-ohm Shift Solenoid E that is not interchangeable with the later 18-ohm part, so early trucks need an early body.
Yes. Enter the solenoid strategy or body ID code from the new valve body into the PCM with a capable scan tool, then drive the adaptive relearn.
Mercon LV, plus a new filter, pan gasket and case connector seal. Check the lead frame for recall coverage while the pan is off.
