Sharonville Transmission
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Sharonville Transmission is a Ford Motor Company
transmission
factory in Sharonville, Ohio
. Sharonville has long been the backup site for production overflows from Livonia Transmission
, and currently produces transmissions for the Ford Crown Victoria
rear wheel drive sedans. Ford is cutting some production at Sharonville as those products near the end of their lifespan, but the plant is likely to continue with workers transferring from the Batavia Transmission
plant as that factory is closed. Sharonville's heavy transmission product is the 5R110W 5-speed transmission used in its F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks. This product's life ends in 2010. Sharonville was recently awarded $200M and the 6R140 6-speed transmission program which will replace the 5R110W at the end of its production run.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
transmission
Transmission (mechanics)
A machine consists of a power source and a power transmission system, which provides controlled application of the power. Merriam-Webster defines transmission as: an assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the propeller shaft by which the power is transmitted from an engine to a...
factory in Sharonville, Ohio
Sharonville, Ohio
Sharonville is a city in Butler and Hamilton counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,804 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sharonville is located at .It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area....
. Sharonville has long been the backup site for production overflows from Livonia Transmission
Livonia Transmission
Livonia Transmission is a Ford Motor Company transmission factory in Livonia, Michigan. It is located at 36200 Plymouth Rd....
, and currently produces transmissions for the Ford Crown Victoria
Ford Crown Victoria
-1992–1994:Released in March 1991 as an early 1992 model, the Crown Victoria sedan was completely redesigned with a rounder, eight-window roofline . The redesign reduced the coefficient of drag from 0.42 to 0.34; the suspension setup was also heavily revised...
rear wheel drive sedans. Ford is cutting some production at Sharonville as those products near the end of their lifespan, but the plant is likely to continue with workers transferring from the Batavia Transmission
Batavia Transmission
Batavia Transmission was a transmission factory owned by Ford Motor Company in Batavia, Ohio. The plant opened on July 24, 1980, and closed in September 2008. The plant produced front-wheel drive transmissions for Ford, Mercury, and Mazda vehicles...
plant as that factory is closed. Sharonville's heavy transmission product is the 5R110W 5-speed transmission used in its F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks. This product's life ends in 2010. Sharonville was recently awarded $200M and the 6R140 6-speed transmission program which will replace the 5R110W at the end of its production run.
Products:
- Ford 4100 transmission
- Ford 5R110W transmission
- Ford 4R70W transmission
- Ford 5R55S transmission
- Ford FN transmission
- Ford CD4E transmissionFord CD4E transmissionThe CD4E was a 4-speed automatic transaxle for front wheel drive cars from 1994 to 2007. It was manufactured at Ford's Batavia Transmission plant starting in 1994...