2006 FORD EXPLORER Power Train Problems

TRUCKS DOESN'T ENGAGE IN GEAR SOMETIMES, I HAVE PROBLEMS BACKING UP DOESN'T ENGAGE PROPERLY. I ALMOST GOT IN ACCIDENT WITH MY TWO BABIES WHERE IN THE VEHICLE. *JS

I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THEN I WENT TO DRIVE AND IT STARTED TO AND CUT OFF WHEN IT JOLTED LIKE SOMEONE HIT ME AND MY PASSENGER FROM THE REAR BUT IT WAS THE GEAR OR TRANSMISSION OR THE OVERDRIVE NOT ENGAGING, NOT SURE. I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES IN NEUTRAL AND THEN PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT MOVED FORWARD. AFTER I PARKED THE CAR IT REPEATED THE ABOVE ACTION. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006, SIX CYLINDER EXPLORER. AT ONLY APPROXIMATELY 77,000 MILES, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR (A $2,000 EXPENSE), AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY SHOT AND NEEDS TO BE EITHER "REBUILT" OR REPLACED. YET ANOTHER NECESSARY REPAIR FOR AN AUTOMOBILE THAT HAS HAD ALL ITS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, GARAGE KEPT AND GENTLY DRIVEN AS A FAMILY COMMUTER. AT NINE MODEL YEARS OLD, WE AVERAGING 8,000 MILES A YEAR! THESE SORT OF SYSTEM FAILURES ARE A GENUINE SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEMATIC OCCURRENCES. *TR

TRANSMISSION CLUNKS WHEN IT IS PUT INTO GEAR. I SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET FOR THIS CONDITION. FORD ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS CONDITION BUT WITH ALL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS I THINK IT SHOULD BE FORDS PROBLEM TO FIX. *JS

IN THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE WHICH HAS COST ME A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY. SIMILARLY TO THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLAINTS LISTED THE VEHICLE JOLTS AND HESITATES WHILE IN MOTION. I HAVE BEEN TO REPAIR SHOP MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT.... AND NOT EVEN THE TECHNICIANS AT FORD SEEM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AS I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. ON MY LAST VISIT TO THE SHOP ( A WEEK AGO) I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER WHICH WORKS LIKE "THE BRAIN OF THE TRUCK" BUT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT SO THEN I WAS ENCOURAGED " TO LOOK AT "SOMETHING NEW(ER)". I QUESTIONED WHY I SHOULD BE DOING THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS ONE 93K MILES ON IT.... AND WHY WOULD I BUY ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE WHEN THEY COULDN'T FIX OR...

PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE IN 2011 ONCE IT WAS HOME WITHIN 3 MONTHS BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS, I ALSO PURCHASE THE FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY EXPLAINED THEY COULD NOT FIND AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT JOLTS, LUNGES, AND SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE. I FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE TRYING TO PULL OUT AT AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE THE CAR STARTS TO JOLT AND I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE GAS IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO GO.IT IS HORRIBLE AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING; ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. EVEN IF I AM DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR INTO OVERDRIVE TO STOP THE MAJORITY OF THE JOLTING, AND THAT DOES NOT EVEN GUARANTEE IT WILL STOP. IT HAS BEEN A BATTLE WITH THE DEALERSHIP. HAD IT INDEPENDENTLY CHECKED BY AAMCO AND THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, BUT THE ISSUE STILL...

THE VEHICLE WAS HESITATING AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING DURING A TURN CAUSING THE RPMS TO REV . THIS CAUSED SEVERAL CARS TO SWERVE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE SHOP AS IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2006 FORD EXPLORER THAT IT WAS A FAILED TRANSMISSION. COST TO FIX IS $2,508.

I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LURCHING SEVERAL TIMES. IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS UNTIL I GOT HOME. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT MAKE IT DO THE SAME THING. IT DID NOT DO IT AGAIN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS UNTIL I WAS PULLING A TRAILER. AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR. I STOPPED AND SHIFTED IT INTO PARK. I THEN SHIFT IT INTO DRIVE AND STARTED DRIVING BUT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. I AGAIN STOPPED AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES. WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE AND BEGAN MOVING, IT WOULD SHIFT INTO THE HIGHER GEARS BUT NOT INTO OVERDRIVE. THE LURCHING CONTINUED TO THIS DAY. *TR

CEL LIGHT CAME ON, CODE READ 02 SENSOR WHICH WAS REPLACED AND CEL LIGHT OFF NOW. TRANSMISSION JERKING HARD INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE AND HANGS UP BETWEEN GEARS, SUDDENLY LUNGING FORWARD. IN STOP AND START OR DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC, WITH LIGHTS EVERY BLOCK, IT WILL SOMETIMES LUNGE FORWARD AS I SLOW DOWN TO STOP, IDLES ROUGH, AND THEN HAS DIED. IT HAS TWICE SPUTTERED AND TRIED TO STALL TRYING TO CROSS BUSY INTERSECTION. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE!!!! AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT RIDICULOUS COST THAT APPARENTLY DOES NOT FIX PROBLEM AS INDICATED BY ALL FORD FORUMS. *TR

SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR SO HAD THAT IT FEELS LIKE I JUST GOT REAR ENDED WITH A BIG BANG. THE DATE ABOVE WAS THE FIRST TIME AND EVER SINCE IT KEEPS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I BOUGHT MY FIRST FORD EXPLORER ALMOST 8 YEARS AGO. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND FELT VERY SAFE DRIVING MY NEWBORN SON. I HAD A SECOND SON AND DECIDED TO BUY A NEW FORD EXPLORER BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A DEPENDABLE CAR. NOW I AM REGRETTING THAT DECISION. I BOUGHT A 2006 FORD EXPLORER AT ROUND 60,000 MILES. IT NOW HAS 70,000 AND I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO GET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION AND IT STILL HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. IT JOLTS, LUNGES, AND SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE. I FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE TRYING TO PULL OUT AT AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE THE CAR STARTS TO JOLT AND I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE GAS IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO GO.IT IS HORRIBLE AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING; ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. EVEN IF I AM DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I HAVE TO...

THIS MY SECOND FORD EXPLORER, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH BOTH. MY CURRENT EXPLORER A 2006 WILL NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE; I CANNOT BACK-UP. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED FORD WARRANTY AS A PRECAUTION, FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM WITH THE 1ST EXPLORER I PURCHASED. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP, (WHERE I HAVE PURCHASED 5 FORD VEHICLES IN THE LAST 12 YEARS) I WAS GETTING A 100,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DESIGN FLAW, AND FORD HAS DECLINED TO RECALL BECAUSE THEY SAY THERE ARE NO SAFETY ISSUES. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS SEALED, YOU CAN'T EVEN CHECK IT. I AM 686 MILES OVER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY AND FORD WON'T DO THE RIGHT THING. GOODBYE FORD!! I'M PRETTY SURE THE ONLY SATISFACTION WILL BE FROM SPREADING MY STORY ALONG WITH THE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. *TR

IT WOULD NOT SHIFT IN REVERSE TILL I TURNED IT OFF AND RESTART IT TOOK THE REVERSE. AFTER THE INCIDENT THE EXPLORER KEEP ON GIVING ME PROBLEMS EVERY TIME I'LL SHIFT IT INTO REVERSE. I HAVE TO ACTUALLY PUNCH THE GAS SO IT COULD GET THE REVERSE GEAR. IT HAS BEEN MANY TIMES THAT I HAD TO QUICKLY STEP ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ON COMING TRAFFIC AS WELL AS PARKED CARS, AFTER HAVING TO PUNCH ON THE GAS SO I COULD GO IN REVERSE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

WHILE IN DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING. AFTER DRIVING A SHORT TIME N THE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP IT BEGINS JERKING PRETTY BADLY. YOU CANNOT CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID OR ANYTHING DUE TO THERE BEING NO DIPSTICK OR PLACE TO ADD ANY FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE OWNERS MANUAL STATES IT MUST B DONE BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. WHEN I TOOK IT TO A "PROFESSIONAL" HE RESEARCHED THE COMPLAINT INFORMING ME THERE WASN'T ANYTHING HE COULD DO WITH IT. HIS RESEARCH FOUND 11 PAGES OF OTHER FORD EXPLORER OWNERS COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE MAY BE A RECALL SOMEWHERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO GO BEING THAT MY MECHANIC CANNOT HELP ME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING UP SMALL HILL-DRY CONDITIONS AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN. ON COMING VEHICLE SWERVED AND AVOIDED COLLISION. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AFTER THE TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR COMES ON. THE CAR ALSO JUMPS OUT WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND SOMETIMES IT IS VERY HARD TO SHIFT. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM! SAFETY RECALL IMPERATIVE! *TR

I'VE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. FIRST THE CAR SHIFTS HARD APPROX BETWEEN 10 MPH AND 20 MPH, THE CAR LUNGES, STALLS, THEN SHIFTS HARD INTO GEAR. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, I TOOK THE CAR TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND THEY DID A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FLUSH... THE CAR RAN SMOOTH FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS, THEN IT STARTED LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH RESULTED IN MY RADIATOR BEING RUINED. REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND A PLUG IN THE TRANSMISSION. ($1,800) THE CAR THEN RAN FINE UP THIS PAST SUNDAY. THE CAR AS ME AND MY WIFE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM A 400 MILE TRIP WITH THE AC RUNNING, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED LUNGING AND SHIFTING HARD AGAIN. I EXITED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON... THE CAR STARTED SHIFTING HARD BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR AND MAKING A LOUD CLUNK NOISE. TOOK IT...

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING IT ROLLED BACKWARDS OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE ACROSS THE STREET. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN PARK AND THE DOORS WERE LOCKED. MY NEIGHBORS HEARD THE CRASH, LOOKED OUT THEIR WINDOW AND RAN OUTSIDE. A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND VERY SMALL CONCRETE WALL STOPPED THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE OUTSIDE OR ANY OTHER CARS. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT BODY DAMAGE TO MY EXPLORER AND THE LEFT REAR WHEEL IS PUSHED OUT. HOW DOES A VEHICLE ROLL ACROSS THE STREET WHILE IN PARK? EVEN IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, SHOULDN'T THIS BE SOMETHING FORD WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR? *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. I THOUGHT SOMEONE HIT ME. IT DID THIS TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD EXIT THE HIGHWAY. THEN IT STARTED BEING VERY SLOW TO SHIFT INTO GEAR OR WOULD NOT SHIFT AT ALL WITH OUT SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE FOR 3 TO 5 MINS AT A TIME. THEN IT WOULD ONLY DRIVE A FEW BLOCKS BEFORE AGAIN REFUSING TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. *TR

STARTING DATE IS APPROXIMATE AND MILEAGE. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE YOU COULD FEEL A JERK IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IT WAS SHIFTING. AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, IT FELT LIKE YOU HAD BEEN HIT IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE FELT IT WAS BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. WE TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION CENTER AND THEY REPLACED A SLEEVE AND SOLENOID BLOCK APRIL 8, 2014. NO PROBLEMS SINCE. HAVE BEEN READING OTHER PEOPLE HAVE AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

IT HAD A HARD LUNGE ANYTIME I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT (IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO GO WHEN I WAS STOPPED SO I WOULD PUT IT IN PARK, WAIT FOR THE GREEN LIGHT AND PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE SO I DIDN'T RISK THE CHANCE OF REAR ENDING SOMEONE), IT SEEMED IF I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL TOO HARD, IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT COULDN'T SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR CORRECTLY, IT MAKES ALL KINDS OF LOUD BANGING NOISES AND THE TIRES WOULD LOSE TRACTION. WE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION VALUE BODY AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. WE GOT THE TRUCK BACK AND IT IS STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. WE SPOKE WITH FORD WHO TOLD US THERE WAS NO WAY THERE WAS A 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC BMW TRANSMISSION IN OUR FORD TRUCK - WE WERE RIGHT - WE GAVE FORD THE VIN FOR THE TRUCK AND THEY...

CAR BEGAN STALLING WHILE DRIVING. ALL POWER IS LOST. THROTTLE BOX CLEANED IN JUNE 2013. BEGAN TO STALL AGAIN WITHIN WEEKS VERY RANDOMLY WITH NO WARNING. NOW STALLING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. APRIL OF 2014 THROTTLE BOX CLEANED AGAIN AND RADIATOR REPLACED. STALLED 2 DAYS LATER. VERY DANGEROUS AS NOW REQUIRES GAS PEDAL AND BRAKING TO LIMP THE CAR TO SAFETY. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES ON IT AND IS A ONE OWNER CAR, SO I KNOW THAT ALL MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE ON SCHEDULE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. *TR

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS HARD, GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEUTRAL AFTER BREAKING. REVERSE GEAR DOESN'T CATCH UNTIL 10 SECONDS AFTER YOU SET IT. TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHEN CROSSING STREETS IS DANGEROUS THE TRUCK DOESN'T PICK UP. *TR

FORD HAS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, FORD INCREASED THE VEHICLE WARRANTY FROM 50,000 TO 75,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, FAILS TO GO INTO GEAR, SLAMS HARD WHEN IT GOES INTO GEAR AND IS SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS ISSUES WITH THE RADIATOR, WHICH IN MY CASE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AT MY EXPENSE. THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND REPLACED. IN TALKING WITH MY FORD DEALER, IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT FORD HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS. IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET YOU SEE IT IS AN ISSUE AS THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME FAILURE. I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD 53,000 MILES AND I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT FAILED AND THEN REPLACE IT. FORD SHOULD BE REPLACING THIS TRANSMISSION. THEY SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT IN DESIGN OR...

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING MAKING IN UNSAFE TO DRIVE. VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER INCLUDING ENGINE, AIR, LIGHT. INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYS WRENCH, AND ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS THROTTLE BODY. REPLACE AND CONTINUES TO DIE. NO FORMAL COMPLAINTS, BUT GOOGLE SEARCH OF "2006 FORD STALLING ISSUES" SHOWS THAT MANY OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. *JS

THREE FAMILIAR ISSUES: * TRANSMISSION SLAMS!!! INTO REVERSE * WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT/SIGN THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS WITH A THUMP. * VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD SHORTLY AFTER PLACING IN DRIVE (UNDER 15 MPH). IT WILL HESITATE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES. HAD IT AT A DEALERSHIP TO REFLASH/REPROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2013. PAID $100 FOR THE TEST AND WAS TOLD THE SOLENOID BODY FAILED. I DECLINED THE OFFER OF A $937 PLUS TAX REPAIR BILL. FORD SHOULD FIX THIS ISSUE AT NO COST TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. TRANSMISSION ISSUES IN A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 54,000 MILES DOES NOT SPEAK TO FORD'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY. THESE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN NOTED FOR YEARS. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE ABOVE THREE ISSUES PERSIST. *JS

AT LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE SLAMS INTO 2ND GEAR. IT IS QUITE DISTURBING, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY WHERE THERE ARE STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS FROM BLOCK TO BLOCK. IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS BEING CRASHED INTO FROM BEHIND - CONSTANTLY. THE WORST PART IS, AFTER READING LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE VOICING THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINT, THERE IS NO CLEAR CAUSE OR RESOLUTION. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS FINE, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN GETTING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY FROM A COMPLETE STOP -- THROTTLING STRAIGHT THROUGH FROM 1ST TO O/D, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM. IT IS ONLY AN ISSUE WHEN THROTTLING SHORT DISTANCES NEEDING ONLY 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. ALSO, THOUGH SLIGHTLY LESS FREQUENT IN MY CASE, GETTING INTO REVERSE CAN BE JUST AS UNSETTLING. I WOULD SAY, 1 OUT OF 15 TIMES, THE VEHICLE SLAMS INTO REVERSE MOMENTS AFTER PLACING THE SHIFTER INTO THE REVERSE POSITION. NOW, I...

WHEN I PLACE MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER IN REVERSE IT SOMETIMES HESITATES THEN KICKS INTO REVERSE WITH A HARD KNOCK AND THUMP. ALSO WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE IT SLIPS THEN CATCHES THE GEAR WITH A HARD THUMP. I DON'T KNOW WHY ITS DOING THIS BUT ITS NOT SAFE. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO SHIFTS REAL WEIRD WITH HESITATION ALL THE TIME. FORD SHOULD HAVE MADE THIS AN ISSUE THAT THEY SHOULD FIX. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT THESE FORD EXPLORERS NOT KNOWING THIS CONDITION BECAUSE ITS NOT A RECALL ISSUE AND THEREFORE THEY ...LIKE ME BUY THE CAR WITH PROBLEMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN RESOLVED BY FORD AND HAVE TO FOOT A BIG TRANSMISSION BILL. I AM ASKING FORD TO WORK WITH US ON THIS. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL CUSTOMER OF FORD FOR OVER 10 YEARS BUT THIS IS SOON TO CHANGE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA),...

VEHICLE BANGS INTO GEAR FROM 1ST TO 2ND, AND CONSTANTLY SLIDES IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE THE ENGINE IS REVVING AT 2500 RPM. ALSO HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. SHOP ADVICE WATER GETTING INTO WIRE HARNESS THEY FIX BY DRYING IT AND PUTTING GREASE BUT ISSUE PERSISTS (NO CODE). *TR

SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION SLAMS HARD ON A FAST TAKE OFF, THEN AT 45 OR ABOVE CYCLES GEARS AND WON'T STAY IN OVERDRIVE. *TR

THE CAR JOLTS REALLY BAD WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THEN WHEN YOU CHANGE TO DRIVE. *TR

DRIVING AT 45 MPH ,TRANSMISSION SHIFTED WITH A JERKY MOTION ,FIRST STARTED THEN.WHEN YOU FIRST TAKE OFF IT JERKS AND MAKES A NOISE. WHEN YOU BACK UP IT JERKS HARD ENOUGH IT WHIPS YOU BODY BACK. HAD IT CHECKED AT A TRANSMISSION PLACE. THEY TORE IT DOWN AND FOUND NOTHING ( $400). STILL JERKS AND SHIFTS ROUGH. DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, THERE WAS A VISIBLE TRANSMISSION LEAK. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS TO REPLACE WERE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. DYD

ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT (THROTTLE CONTROL) CAME ON ALONG WITH SERVICE INDICATOR (WRENCH). I STOPPED AT SERVICE STATION AND WAS TOLD (AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC) THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE ELECTRONICS IN THE THROTTLE CONTROL AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED . *TR

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED AND THEN SLAMMED INTO REVERSE. AS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN OVER THE PAST YEAR THIS PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AND ALSO THE VEHICLE WILL SLAM INTO GEAR DURING TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM ON OCCASION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS. IT SLAMS WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. I HAVE BEEN TO A FEW REPAIR SHOPS AND HAVE GOTTEN DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

I STARTED MY CAR AND, WHEN I PUT IN REVERSE, TRANSMISSION WONT SHIFT. PUT ON DRIVE, DIDN'T SHIFT, NEITHER ON NEUTRAL. WHEN SHIFTED TO 3RD, TRANSMISSION SHIFTED. PUT BACK IN REVERSE AND WORKED/ *TR

DEAR SIR FIRST OF ALL , I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I AM NOT A US CITIZEN , BUT , I'M A FAMILY MAN & I FEEL FOR OTHERS , I OWN A FORD EXPLORER 06 , AND RECENTLY I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT THE TRANS HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN , SHIFTING WRONGLY , JOLTING INTO GEAR IS NOT ENJOYABLE OR SAFE, THE OTHER DAY I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE TRANS REFUSED TO SHIFT WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO ESCAPE A SITUATION OF HITTING A CAR NEXT TO ME , I'VE LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET & FOUND THAT EVERYBODY IS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUES , YOU CAN GO FOR THE BELOW SITE & CHECK HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2006/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_LUNGES_HARD_JOLT_WHEN_SHIFTING.SHTML THE PROBLEM IS THAT FORD WON'T ADMIT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION , PUTTING PEOPLES LIFE IN DANGER FOR A...

I BOUGHT MY FORD EXPLORER IN 2006 BUT THREE YEARS LATER HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. AFTER THAT I NOTICE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP EVERY NOW AND THEN. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE ESCALATED SINCE JUNE 2013 WITH THE VEHICLE JACKING OR DRAGGING BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS. MY WIFE IS ACTUALLY AFRAID OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND INSTEAD PREFERS TO DRIVE MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD WHICH HAS BEEN RUNNING WITH NO PROBLEMS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL AND YEAR OF MY FORD EXPLORER AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AND SO HE TOLD ME I SHOULD FILE THIS COMPLAIN SINCE THIS WAS NOT OUR FAULT BUT A FACTORY DEFECT WHICH BY THE LOOK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THIS SITE, FORD IS AWARE OF. MY QUESTION IS WHY HAS FORD NOT RECALLED THIS...

THIS VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT APPROXIMATELY 54000 MILES. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED IN 2010. NOW, IN DECEMBER 2013 WITH 113500 MILES, THIS VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AGAIN AND REQUIRED COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE TRUCK STARTED JERKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND HE COULDN'T BACK UP SO HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. ALL OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE. THE TRUCK WAS OFF WARRANTY SO HAD TO BUY A NEW RADIATOR. IN ORDER FOR THE RADIATOR TO HAVE A WARRANTY HAD TO BUY ANOTHER PART FROM THE FORD PLACE FOR 200.00. GOT THE PART AND RADIATOR. WITHIN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, SAME THING HAPPENED, HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER RADIATOR. HAVE HAD THREE RADIATORS AND NOW THIS YEAR 2013 LEAKING AGAIN AND THE RADIATOR THAT I PAID $600.00 FOR THE RADIATOR PLACE HAS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS SO I HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER RADIATOR. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS 2006 FORD EXPLORER XLT AND FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT HALF THE TIME, NEVER KNOW WHEN I WON'T...

I HAVE HAD THE DOOR BLENDER PLASTIC PIECE CHANGED ON MY CAR THREE TIMES! EACH TIME THE SEASON CHANGES. I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I CURRENTLY HAVE A RADIATOR LEAK AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND PLASTIC HOLDER AS WELL. I ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE A TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE PROBLEM AND I WILL HAVE TO GET THAT FIXED AS WELL. THIS IS HORRIBLE. I PURCHASED THE FORD EXPLORER BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS DEPENDABLE. THIS IS DEPRESSING AND I CAN NOT AFFORD IT! *TR

2006 EDDIE BAUER FORD EXPLORER, I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A MAIN HIGHWAY AND MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND CAUSING SPUTTER/NON ENGAGEMENT AND MY CHILDREN AND WERE SO SCARED CAUSE WE ALMOST GOT HIT BY A SEMI FROM THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING WHILE CROSSING TRAFFIC. I WAS 7 MOS PREGNANT AS WELL. WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE IF THEIR FATHER LOST ALL OF US FOR THIS HIGHLY REPORTED AND IGNORED ISSUE!? THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMETHING DEVASTATING COMES OF THIS. THANK YOU. *TR

TRANSMISSION ON MY 2006 EXPLORER STARTED SLIPPING AND SLAMMING INTO GEAR. AT SLOW SPEEDS IT WOULD SLAM AND LURCH FORWARD MAKING IT COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FORD FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW AND THEY WILL OFFER NOTHING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. *TR

BOTH OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST 2-3 YEARS BUT I CAN NOT REMEMBER EXACT DATES. FIRST MY CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING HOT CONTINUOUSLY OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME WHICH CAUSES ME TO HAVE TO PUT COOLANT IN AT LEAST ONCE EVERY MONTH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS COMMON WITH THE EXPLORERS BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. THEY FIRST TOLD ME IT WAS THE LINE TO THE RADIATOR THAT WAS LEAKING SO I HAD IT REPLACED, THEN NEXT TIME IT WAS THE THERMOSTAT AND HOUSING THAT THEY SAID WAS THE PROBLEM. SO I HAD THIS REPLACED. NOW TODAY 9/19/2013 I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I SEEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. SECONDLY MY CAR JERKS INTO GEAR WHEN I TRY TO PUT...

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN TOWN TRAFFIC, BEGAN TO NOTICE A STUTTERING OR SHUDDERING IN THE ENGINE EVERY TIME I GOT TO AROUND 40-45MPH. ONCE ACCELERATED THROUGH THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY. THIS BECAME NOTICEABLE ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO, AND I WATCHED TO SEE IF IT WENT AWAY OR GOT WORSE. AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS IT ALSO STARTED TO SHUDDER AROUND 30 MPH, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UPHILL. IT ALSO BEGAN TO JERK SUBSTANTIALLY WHEN I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, ALMOST LIKE I HAD BEEN REAR ENDED. I TOOK IT IN TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC AND WE ASSUMED MAYBE WE HAD ENGINE MISFIRE AND A FOULED SPARK PLUG, AS IT HAD DONE SOME SHUDDERING PREVIOUSLY LAST FALL. WE HAD REPLACED ALL THE PLUGS AND COILS AT THAT TIME(74000K) AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY UNTIL AUGUST. THERE WERE NEVER ANY ENGINE LIGHTS OR ERROR CODES. THE MECHANIC TOOK ONE TEST DRIVE...

THE TRUCK JOLTS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS TO REVERSE AND DRIVE, I FEELS LIKE A CAR RAN INTO ME FROM THE BACK. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO BUMP INTO ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC, AS I ACCELERATE THE GAS PEDAL IT EITHER STALLS OR JOLTS VERY HARD, THANK GOD IT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE OTHER CAR NOR MINE. EVER SINCE THIS HAPPENED, IT HAS BEEN BIG PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD, AND NOW THE TRUCK DOESN'T PICK UP SPEED VERY QUICKLY EVER SINCE THIS HAPPENED, WHEN I GET TO 20 MPH IT STALLS OR JOLTS AFTER 3-5 SECONDS. MY SHIFT STICK IS ALL MESSED UP NOW, WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE, IT LOOKS LIKE ITS ON NEUTRAL AND PARK LOOKS LIKE ITS ON 3RD GEAR. SERVICE MECHANICS HAVE ALMOST CRASHED MY CAR BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, AND FORD HAS SAID...

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2006 FORD EXPLORER-EDDIE BAUER EDITION AROUND JUNE 2013. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE AT TIME OF PURCHASE WAS 76700. IT HAS ONLY BEEN 2 MONTHS SINCE MY PURCHASE AND I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN IN PARK AND SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE CAR STALLS AND THEN AFTER A 5-10 SECOND DELAY THE CAR JERKS VERY HARD BACKWARDS. THEN WHEN BRAKING IMMEDIATELY AFTER MOVING BACKWARDS IN ORDER TO SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR, THE TRUCK JUST STALLS AS IF ITS IN NEUTRAL AND THEN JERKS FORWARD VIOLENTLY INTO 1ST GEAR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. ALSO WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 50 MILES PER HOUR OR MORE AND SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE OF INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO STALL EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE IS REVVED UP. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND FIX...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT EXPLORER FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS WHEN IT FINALLY DID ENGAGE THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED AS IF THE TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED WITH GREAT FORCE. THE HAS OCCURRED ON MANY OCCASIONS AND IS POSSES A DANGER TO MYSELF AND FAMILY AND ANY ONE WHO MAY BE PARKED OR STANDING TO CLOSE. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN TO MY LOCAL FORD SERVICE CENTER AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TWICE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY: FIRST TIME THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING AND THE SECOND TIME THEY REPLACED THE SHIFTING MECHANISM. IN NOVEMBER OF 2012 THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ENGAGE AT ALL AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IS WAS THE GEAR...

ISSUE. HARD JERKS/CLUNKS WHILE SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND THEM FORWARD. 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. ALSO WAY TOO EXPENSIVE FOR PARTS AND LABOR! FAILURE AT MILEAGE OF 81,800. TOO EARLY TO DIE WITH THIS MILEAGE! *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CAR SPEED WENT TO 0 MPH, TRANSMISSION TOTALLY SLIPPED. SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. ONCE I SIT THERE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES ON SIDE OF ROAD IT WILL THEY START TO WORK AS IT SHOULD. BUT IT DOES MAKE LOUD NOISES WHILE MOTOR SHIFTS GEARS. THIS IS A KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM YET NO FORD RECALL. UNACCEPTABLE!!! *TR