2017 FORD EXPLORER Power Train Problems

2017 FORD EXPLORER ECOBOOST WITH APPROXIMATELY 8800 MILES STARTED MAKING A WHINNING NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. NOTICED MAKING RIGHT TURNS THE TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WOULD DISENGAGE AND ABRUPTLY ENGAGE AS IF THROWN IN NEUTRAL THEN SLAMMED INTO DIRIVE. TAKING OFF FROM LIGHT WOULD DO SIMILAR ISSUE. IN A COUPLE OF EVENTS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND WAS IN TURNING LANE WITH TRAFFIC APPROACHING ALMOST CAUSING TO GET T BONED. EXPLORER HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER AND TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SERVICED TWICE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SKIPPING GEARS OR SHIFTING NORMAL UNTIL A STOP AND ENGAGES 5TH GEAR, STAYS STUCK IN 5TH GEAR.

I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY TO MAKE A LEFT. ONCE LIGHT CHANGED, I STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. I THEN HEARD A LOUD "THUMP" AND THOUGHT I'D BEEN HIT FROM THE REAR. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS THE TRANSMISSION, SLAMMED INTO GEAR AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE AT ABOUT 2-3 MPH. IT NEVER REGAINED SPEED. AS I MADE MY TURN, I WAS STUCK ON ANOTHER MAJOR ROAD AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND I PLACED IN NEUTRAL AND HEARD THE LOUD "THUMP" AGAIN AS THE TRANS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. ONCE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED, I PUT THE VEHICLE BACK INTO "DRIVE" AND YET AGAIN, A LOUD "THUMP" AS IT SLAMMED INTO DRIVE. VEHICLE AGAIN PROCEEDED TO MOVE AT A SNAILS PACE, AT ABOUT 2-3 MPH. FINALLY ON THE DASH I GOT A "WRENCH" LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AS WELL. I PULLED...

MY 2017 FORD EXPLORER XLT WITH BASE 3.5 V6 HAS BEEN HARD TO START FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP. IT HAS LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON IT NOW AND ISN'T FIXED. FORD DEALERSHIP STATED IT WOULD HAVE TO GET WORSE BEFORE THEY COULD FIX IT. VEHICLE SHOWS NO DTC'S OR ANY HISTORY! MY WIFE HAS REFUSED TO DRIVE IT OUT OF TOWN DUE TO THE FEAR OF IT NOT STARTING AT ALL. WE HAVE RECORDED OVER 30 VIDEOS OF IT NOT STARTING AND HAVE SENT VIDEOS TO FORD MOTOR CO. WITH THE SAME RESPONSE, CANT FIX IT IF IT ISN'T BROKE. APPARENTLY IT WILL HAVE TO EITHER BREAK SOMETHING INTERNALLY AND LEAVE MY WIFE AND CHILD STRANDED, BEFORE IT WILL BE DIAGNOSED. IT IS A $40000 LEMON THAT TAKES 3-4 TIMES ATTEMPTING TO START BEFORE THE ENGINE WILL RUN. THIS WEEKEND IT TOOK AT LEAST 30-40 SECONDS BEFORE VEHICLE...

UPON PARKING OUR BRAND NEW EXPLORER IN OUR DRIVEWAY (IT HAS A 10 DEGREE SLANT), WE TURNED OFF THE KEYLESS/PUSH BUTTON IGNITION, BUT MY HUSBAND ACCIDENTALLY HAD IT IN DRIVE. OUR SMALL CHILDREN WERE UNCLIPPING THEIR SEATBELTS AND STARTING TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN MY HUSBAND TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. WITH THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IGNITION OFF, IT ROLLED BACK VERY QUICKLY DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY TO OUR SMALL CHILDREN HAD THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS. I CALLED FORD.COM WHO TOLD ME TO CALL THE DEALER. I CALLED DEALER. THEY TOOK ONE OF THEIR 2017 EXPLORERS FROM THE LOT AND TRIED TO GET IT TO ROLL IN GEAR AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND THEIR VEHICLE ALSO DID IT. IN REVERSE AND IN DRIVE. THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO "MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT IN PARK BEFORE YOU TURN IT OFF." SOME ONE...