2006 Ford Explorer

TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AT RED LIGHT. IT STARTED GOING BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF FORWARD. HAD TO PUT INTO PARK AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE TO GET IT TO DRIVE. STILL GOING ON. NOW WHEN ACTUALLY ON THE ROAD IT IS GETTING OUT OF GEAR WHEN VEHICLE IS AT DRIVING SPEED. ENGINE REVS UP TO 5000RPMS, THEN DOWN TO 1000RPM. VEHICLE LUNGING. WILL GET HURT I'M SURE. *TR

SAME ISSUE AS MANY MANY OTHER PEOPLE. HARD JERKS/CLUNKS WHILE SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND MULTIPLE GEARS AND OVERDRIVE. ALSO FEELS AS IF YOUR ARE BEING HIT IN BUMPER AS YOU ARE STOPPING WHILE TRANSMISSION IS DOWN SHIFTING. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH SO MANY 2006 EXPLORERS, PLEASE LOOK INTO A RECALL AS THIS A DEFECT WITH THE FORD MODEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JOLTED AND FAILED TO SHIFT FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 9/17/13*CN

SAME AS A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSMISSION LUNGES HARD JOLT WHEN SHIFTING, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF REGARDING THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER, NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT I NEED TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT WILL BE $3500.00 APROX. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!! I CAN'T AFFORD THIS AN HAVE TO BORROW FAMILY MONEY TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD. *TR

ON THIS DATE, THE EXPLORER, WHILE TRYING TO BACK INTO DRIVEWAY, WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND WAS WEAK WHEN TRYING TO BACK, AS IF IT DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY INTO GEAR. ALSO GEAR SHIFT WAS HARD AND WOULD HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING AND SLOWING DOWN IT WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE CAUSE I HAVE NOT EVEN HAD THE VEHICLE ONE WEEK AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. WELL I HAD THEM CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AS PART OF THE DEAL AND THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING AFTER THAT. TAKING IT BACK TO BE CORRECTED. REALLY LIKE VEHICLE SO HOPE IT IS FIXABLE. *TR

VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS DOWNSHIFTING WHEN DECELERATING AND SHIFTING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, INSTEAD OF A SMOOTH SHIFT, ITS A JOLTING BANG , SIMILAR TO BEING REAR ENDED . THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU PANIC BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'VE BEEN REAR ENDED. IT IS JOLTING!!!! I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GASKET IN THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WHICH CAUSES SHIFTING MALFUNCTIONS, BUT FORD WON'T OWN UP TO THE DEFECT AND INITIATE A REPAIR RECALL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE, I PERSONALLY KNOW OF 5 OTHER EXPLORER OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE JOLTING BANG COMES FROM THE ENGINE ACCELERATING WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE TRANS DOES NOT ENGAGE UNTIL SEVERAL SECONDS LATER WHICH CAUSES A JOLTING DUE TO THE ENGINES HIGH RPMS AS YOU DEPRESS THE PEDAL. THE SUDDEN ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANS WHEN THE ENGINE IS REVVING AT HIGH RPMS CAUSE A JOLTING BANG . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE PREVENTED HIM FROM SHIFTING INTO THE HIGHER GEARS. THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE ACCELERATION DECREASED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO FAILURE CODES PRESENT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

DURING A LEFT TURN ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC OUR EXPLORER WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT LURCHED TO START AND WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 10-15 MPH, NEARLY STALLING. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME BUT COULD NOT GET IT TO GO ABOVE 20 MPH. AT SPEEDS 10 - 20 MPH IT JERKED VIOLENTLY. THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AT SPEEDS 45 - 60. MODERATELY ACCELERATING BETWEEN 45 - 60 MPH HAS CAUSED HARD JERKS FOR YEARS WITH THIS CAR PRIOR TO IT BEING OFF WARRANTY. WE'VE TAKEN IT TO TED BRITT FORD SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. WE ALSO NOTED THEY ONLY PUT IT ON THE TICKET ONCE, THE OTHER TIMES TELLING US THEY TOOK IT OFF SINCE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ISSUE AND WOULDN'T CHARGE US FOR IT. THE TIME MENTIONED IN THIS INCIDENT THE DEALER OFFERED TO SPLIT THE COST WITH US DUE TO OUR PREVIOUS ISSUES AND THEIR INABILITY TO FIX IT. THEY ALSO DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE AS WE STILL CANNOT ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS 45 - 60 WITHOUT HARD JERKING FROM THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION. WE NO LONGER USE THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS TRYING TO SWITCH LANES OR MERGE ON TO A HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR VIOLENTLY SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND OFTEN LEFT US RUNNING OUT OF MERGE LANE SPACE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO GET INTO TRAFFIC. I HAVE READ SEVERAL SUCH PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND I AM SURPRISED NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. WE HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS HAVING THIS CAR LOOKED AT AND IN FAILED ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT. *TR