PotatoExplorer
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- August 15, 2016
- Messages
- 324
- Reaction score
- 14
- Location
- USA
- City, State
- Carlisle, PA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2008 Ford Explorer Ltd.
Here we go again! I was driving across town to the bank with an Explorer full of groceries and my wife and kid. Pull up to the ATM, all is fine. I sit there idling with the vehicle still in drive, my foot on the brakes, then the magical orange wrench popped up. No signs, no changes, just popped up on the dash. I go to leave the bank and it's driving really bad. RPMs climb higher than normal and as soon as I let off the gas it's as if the Explorer slams on its own brakes. All momentum gets halted sooner than normal. I've experienced this several times before with the orange wrench and the weird driving. I usually figure it's in "limp mode," no? To fix I just pulled off to the side of the road, turn the vehicle off than turn it back on. Instant fix, until next time.
In a few weeks I got to drive this thing down to North Carolina with the wife and kid... I'm not feeling very confident!
In a few weeks I got to drive this thing down to North Carolina with the wife and kid... I'm not feeling very confident!