Macnerd
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- March 12, 2016
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- Massachusetts
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2016 Ford Explorer XLT
Hi guys,
I wanted to update you on what's going on with my Explorer in hopes that it might help someone else if they ever run into this issue.
I've complained in several threads and looked everywhere over the last year I've had my Explorer for a remedy to it shifting weird, holding gears when it shouldn't, or not downshifting when it should. I brought it to three separate Ford dealers and followed the advice of several folks here to no avail.
An extremely passionate and dedicated SA at a nearby Ford Dealer (Colonial Ford in Plymouth, MA)that I hadn't been to before (my new go to Dealership) worked with me and his technicians to get it resolved. They had realized that when another Ford dealership had performed my throttle body recall, they had only done the reprogramming of the ETB. They didn't actually replace it. When it was reprogrammed, the car would behave "better" but not as expected for a few hundred miles while it learned again and then would drive like garbage soon as it finished learning.
The actual replacement of the throttle body solved the problem, it drives like a completely different car. I love it now. So, if your dealership deemed yours to be one that just needed to be reprogrammed and not replaced but your car drives strange...you might not be crazy!
I wanted to update you on what's going on with my Explorer in hopes that it might help someone else if they ever run into this issue.
I've complained in several threads and looked everywhere over the last year I've had my Explorer for a remedy to it shifting weird, holding gears when it shouldn't, or not downshifting when it should. I brought it to three separate Ford dealers and followed the advice of several folks here to no avail.
An extremely passionate and dedicated SA at a nearby Ford Dealer (Colonial Ford in Plymouth, MA)that I hadn't been to before (my new go to Dealership) worked with me and his technicians to get it resolved. They had realized that when another Ford dealership had performed my throttle body recall, they had only done the reprogramming of the ETB. They didn't actually replace it. When it was reprogrammed, the car would behave "better" but not as expected for a few hundred miles while it learned again and then would drive like garbage soon as it finished learning.
The actual replacement of the throttle body solved the problem, it drives like a completely different car. I love it now. So, if your dealership deemed yours to be one that just needed to be reprogrammed and not replaced but your car drives strange...you might not be crazy!
