NHTSA Complaint #10260270 — 2002 FORD EXPLORER

MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER START SHAKING AND VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING ON A ROAD. THIS WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO THIRD 3RD GEAR WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE RPMS RUN AT ABOUT 5000 THEN THE CAR STARTED TO SMELL AND BEGAN TO GET REALLY HOT DOWN TOWARD THE FLOOR BOARD. AFTER THIS THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO BLINK ON AND OFF CONSTANTLY. I THEN PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO CHECK THE PROBLEM WHILE PULLED THERE I PUT MY TRUCK INTO REVERSE SO THAT I COULD BACK UP INTO A PARKING LOT. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK AND PUSHED THE GAS AND MY TRUCK ROLLED INTO THE ROAD. THE REVERSE WOULD NO LONGER ENGAGE. I HAD MY WHOLE FAMILY IN THE CAR, LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS COMING AT THAT EXACT TIME. I HAVE FOUND A WEBSITE WHERE OVER 200 PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM ON GOOGLE SEARCH, BUT STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO RECALL THIS ISSUE. JUST BECAUSE WE FOUND ALL OF OURSELVES IN A LUCKY SITUATION WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED, DOES NOT MAKE THIS ANY LESS OF A CONCERN. *TR