P0722 on Ford vehicles
105 owner complaints filed with NHTSA about Ford vehicles mention P0722 (Output Shaft Speed Sensor Circuit No Signal) - across 4 models. Below is where it shows up, by model and year.
Can you drive with it? Short distances, cautiously - expect harsh shifts or a transmission locked in one gear. The sensor is cheap; what its debris may reveal is the real question.
Symptoms, likely causes in order and realistic repair costs are on the main P0722 page - they do not differ much by brand. This page shows what is specific to Ford: which models and years actually report it.
Ford models reporting P0722
The number next to each year is how many NHTSA complaints for that car mention P0722. Owners rarely quote trouble codes when complaining, so real occurrence is many times higher - use these numbers to compare years, not as totals.
What Ford owners report
“I purchased a 2017 Ford F-150 on July 9th. It is covered under Safety Recall 26S28 (NHTSA Campaign 26V23700). On July 25th, the vehicle entered highway limp mode due to an Output Speed Sensor failure (Code P0722). A Ford dealership performed the 26S28 software flash but left the failing physical lead frame hardware in the vehicle. On August 15th, the truck reverted to a dangerous limp mode on the highway due to the same unaddressed P0722 hardware failure. Ford Corporate is refusing to authorize the physical hardware replacement under the safety recall framework, leaving the vehicle fundamentally unsafe to drive.”2017 Ford F-150 · Aug 2026
“Truck unexpectedly downshifts into first gear and refuses to leave first. Wrench icon appears, speedometer and odometer stop working, truck enters "limp mode". OEM reading DTCs P0720, P0722.”2013 Ford F-150 · Apr 2026
“Truck downshifts into low gear, yellow wrench and engine light come on and the truck goes into limp mode, no warnings or anything. These symptoms first started about 5 months ago and I have stopped driving the truck for that time. I took it to the dealer after looking it up and seeing there was a recall 26S28 for the molded leadframe. At the dealer they told me they couldn't perform the service because my truck was showing codes: P061A-00, P0720-00, and P0722-00 and they needed: P0705, P0706, P0707, P1702 to perform the recall service. My codes also point to the molded leadframe but the speed sensors instead of the range sensors.”2016 Ford F-150 · Apr 2026
“I got a code P0722-00 it says something about a sensor and a molded lead frame in the transmission this is affecting how the truck shifts gears and the amount of gas it consumes and in some cases it says that it can go from speed 6 to 1 currently not using it until its fix but I am reporting it just incase a recall were to happen later on”2017 Ford F-150 · Mar 2026
Counts are NHTSA owner complaints whose text mentions P0722 - owner-reported and unverified. Always confirm with a diagnosis of your specific vehicle.