75ohm
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- Tampa, Florida
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- '17 Sport
Hello all, new member here, first post, great forum!
On the '03 Explorer XLT 4.0 2WD 125K miles, original transmission.
History:
Have had this vehicle since new; however, it was a company vehicle and I purchased it outright. I have been the only driver since new and have had all the services performed at the regular service intervals, including transmission fluid/filter replacement 28K miles ago.
I've read 20+ posts on a "transmission slip" search and have learned a lot about this transmission and its pitfalls and troubles -- most not encouraging, unfortunately!
Issues:
Problem 1: hearing a "rattling" noise when putting in drive. Most prominent when next to something, of course, so you can hear it more profoundly.
Problem 2: at 35MPH the vehicle feels like it is "pulsing" as I'm steady at that speed.
Other than that, it still runs well and has no issue under any driving condition except it seems to take a moment to slide into second coming off a stop. Does fine with a little more spirited acceleration.
Any thoughts are appreciated!
Thanks!
75ohm.
On the '03 Explorer XLT 4.0 2WD 125K miles, original transmission.
History:
Have had this vehicle since new; however, it was a company vehicle and I purchased it outright. I have been the only driver since new and have had all the services performed at the regular service intervals, including transmission fluid/filter replacement 28K miles ago.
I've read 20+ posts on a "transmission slip" search and have learned a lot about this transmission and its pitfalls and troubles -- most not encouraging, unfortunately!
Issues:
Problem 1: hearing a "rattling" noise when putting in drive. Most prominent when next to something, of course, so you can hear it more profoundly.
Problem 2: at 35MPH the vehicle feels like it is "pulsing" as I'm steady at that speed.
Other than that, it still runs well and has no issue under any driving condition except it seems to take a moment to slide into second coming off a stop. Does fine with a little more spirited acceleration.
Any thoughts are appreciated!
Thanks!
75ohm.