NHTSA Complaint #11427679 — 2014 FORD EXPEDITION

Transmission will suddenly shift gear while driving. One on occasion it downshifted to 1st gear. Luckily we were only going 45 mph, so I was able to maintain control of the vehicle. In a separate instances it downshifted 1 gear while driving 60 mph, remained in the lower gear and appeared to be stuck in that gear, because after coming to a complete stop it was very slow to pick up speed and didn't shift gears. Same thing happened within a 1 1/2 weeks, driving 70 mph, feel a slight jerk, transmission gets stuck in lower gear (noticeable higher RPM) and then magically clears itself up a few minutes later. Took it to 2 different Ford Dealers. Both say, the Molded Lead Frame/Valve Body assembly has gone bad. There is no recall for this, yet we had the exact same issue on a 2013 F-150. There had been a recall for model years (up to 2012) but not 2013. Then a few months later, the 2013 model year as included (I guess enough people complained). Now Ford claims that recall doesn't cover the 2014 Expedition with the 5.4L engine. Utter nonsense, same problem, same part that is failing/needs replacing.