Rjcj
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2006 explorer
I just got an '06 explorer with 56,000 miles for short money. Other than a few minor issues, it is real clean. The previous owner was a nice old lady who never abused it and had all service done at the dealer. Unfortunately, they had some family problems and the car went unused for extended periods of time.
On cold starts, it takes far too long to shift into drive from reverse when backingout of my driveway. If I shift straight from park to drive, there is no delay. If i shift reverse to 3, there is no delay.
There is aleways slippage between 1 and 2, and 2 and 3 for the first 1/2 mile when cold. Once warm, it performed great.
I took it to a reputable transmission shop and they drove it and could not duplicate the issues. They topped off the fluid with 1/4 quart and retested it. They concluded that the solenoids might be sticky from sitting and I should put some miles on it. No codes were present.
They offered to do a service, though they felt it unnecessary since the ford dealer just did an $1800 repair for which there was a tsb. That was done between 5 and 10 thousand miles ago.
So are there any transmission gurus here that can point me in the right direction?
On cold starts, it takes far too long to shift into drive from reverse when backingout of my driveway. If I shift straight from park to drive, there is no delay. If i shift reverse to 3, there is no delay.
There is aleways slippage between 1 and 2, and 2 and 3 for the first 1/2 mile when cold. Once warm, it performed great.
I took it to a reputable transmission shop and they drove it and could not duplicate the issues. They topped off the fluid with 1/4 quart and retested it. They concluded that the solenoids might be sticky from sitting and I should put some miles on it. No codes were present.
They offered to do a service, though they felt it unnecessary since the ford dealer just did an $1800 repair for which there was a tsb. That was done between 5 and 10 thousand miles ago.
So are there any transmission gurus here that can point me in the right direction?