Transmission Issues

[mal6969]

Any other owners having significant transmission issues with their Explorer ST?

• I started having problems at 18K miles with missed shifts, hesitations and then burning smells.
• Dealer pulled the transmission and tore it down
• Discovered that there were too many parts 'broken' to fix so Ford approved a new unit.
• New unit was installed
• Worked for a bit and then become stuck in 1st gear (shutting off and waiting 10min would 'reset')
• Returned to dealer and they then replaced a speed sensor
• Drove another 1K miles w/o issue
• now having 'stuck' gears again
• Dealer is going to pull the transmission and review with Ford again - indicates there is something with 'pressure' release in the system.

Dealer has been very good to work with and I feel like they are doing their best. However, is this a vehicle with too much power for a flimsy transmission?

 

[TMac]

In a case like yours, you had a perfectly good trans, then it failed. After replacement it quickly failed again. In these type of circumstances, it'd behoove your dealer to look for something else- like the trans control unit. Another thing to consider- did they follow any type of electronic clutch break-in on the new unit? If the TCU hadn't been reset, it could still be using the shift/clutch strategy it was using on the old trans which was not correct for the new one.

 

[Jeff]

get rid of car, push ford to buy back. in my state 30 days or 4 trips to service for same problem qualifies as a lemon.