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No history. Grinding only in the front when braking hard (like someone cut you off) Did you hear grinding during all braking or only hard stops?

Was thinking the same thing. Having the wheel bearings checked and the CV to make sure everything is good Not dumb, the mech asked me the same. Maybe I’m not use to the ABS in this one. My truck pulsates like railroad tracks. The mech said he’ll do a ride along with me

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KayGee, the tranny shop did some research online and said with the fluid that color, it could be causing the torque converter to unlock in the RPM range. They were thinking build up in the valve body could cause blockages and a power flush would help push everything out. When the wife drove to...

hello everyone. The second gremlin I’ve been chasing in the new Ex is the grinding. It only occurs on hard braking and doesn’t do it everytime. Hard braking being defined as quickly slowing from 70mph to 15mph. The rotors and pads were checked. They said everything looked good and the rear pads...

Mechanic changed all the plugs, air filter, oil, oil filter. I just spoke to him and he said one of the plugs was really fouled. When I asked which plug, he said they believe it was #1. I’m thinking fouled plug called for more power from the coil causing the coil to go bad due to the more power...

KayGee, I pulled out the laptop and ran the scan program on there. It did show a P0301 as pending. I have called the mechanic to find out what was completed for the tune-up. Will post back from the mechanic

Hi all, Recently purchased a preowned 2011 Ford Explorer Limited with approx 110k miles on it. Started having an issue when going uphill only. When the Ex is on level ground, has great throttle response and takes off. When you start to climb a hill (no matter the % of grade) the Ex starts to...