4FordFamily
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- January 26, 2003
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- Fishers, IN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '16 Sport, 08, other ford
2003 4.0L XLT 4x4 - 104k miles
Short version:
Started off shuddering under hard acceleration, but doesn't appear to be slipping.. sometimes it shifts fine.
When it does shift under low acceleration, or even under high it's not jolty and it always shifts at the right point.
Slight faint high pitched whine when put in to drive from park for 1 second each time I put it in to gear happened 2 weeks later
Today, put it in to reverse from park, nothing. Put it in to neutral, then reverse, Nothing. Put it in to drive, felt it... put it in to reverse, worked fine. Now it works fine.
NO O/D light or check engine light.
(details below)
So this all began when I hit acceleration somewhat hard, or floored it, in-between gears it doesn't really feel like a slip but it slightly vibrates you can barely feel it... it shifts at the necessary points before redline, and shifts A1 if you don't accelerate hard.. (smooth and on time)... It seems to be getting worse over time. I don't beat the truck very much honestly, it's driven a lot though and sometimes under hard acceleration it will act funny.
last week or so it started making a high pitched faint whine when put in to drive from park...
Fast forward to today, I was waiting for my friend's son to come out of class, and I had been sitting for 30 minutes with the car running. I put it in to gear, nothing. It was stuck in park. I tried 3 times: Once to reverse... nothing. neutral, then to reverse, nothing. Then tried drive (felt it engage, a bit jolty but it always has been and so was my 1995 X, and every other SUV/Truck I've driven).
Anyway, so it went in to reverse fine after that, I put it in to drive, then back in to reverse... no problem. Drove home... tried flooring it 3 times (I figure if it's going it's going I'd rather anticipate it than be stranded) First time it did the typical odd feeling between shift especially 1st to 2nd... I don't know if it does it past that because I dont accelerate hard for long when I do.
Second, Third time... seemed A1 perfect under hard acceleration.
What the heck is going on? Torque converter? On my 1995 X, a module went bad that controlled my transmission around the same mileage, then the tranny went out at 150k. Is my transmission on it's way out?
I absolutely cannot afford to put a transmission in this truck, My 1995 nearly killed me financially when the fuel pump, rear end, and a few other things went bad within a 2 week period. So I sold it and bought a newer truck in hopes it would go at least a year without serious repeairs.. now 3 months later I've replaced an alternator, and I have a noise from the front suspension that clicks when turning, but not when driving over 20mph... only when stationary.
This "non-serviceable" transmission, and this breaking down @ 100k crap has me almost fed up with ford and I LOVE ford... I've owned 10 ford trucks and a taurus.
Short version:
Started off shuddering under hard acceleration, but doesn't appear to be slipping.. sometimes it shifts fine.
When it does shift under low acceleration, or even under high it's not jolty and it always shifts at the right point.
Slight faint high pitched whine when put in to drive from park for 1 second each time I put it in to gear happened 2 weeks later
Today, put it in to reverse from park, nothing. Put it in to neutral, then reverse, Nothing. Put it in to drive, felt it... put it in to reverse, worked fine. Now it works fine.
NO O/D light or check engine light.
(details below)
So this all began when I hit acceleration somewhat hard, or floored it, in-between gears it doesn't really feel like a slip but it slightly vibrates you can barely feel it... it shifts at the necessary points before redline, and shifts A1 if you don't accelerate hard.. (smooth and on time)... It seems to be getting worse over time. I don't beat the truck very much honestly, it's driven a lot though and sometimes under hard acceleration it will act funny.
last week or so it started making a high pitched faint whine when put in to drive from park...
Fast forward to today, I was waiting for my friend's son to come out of class, and I had been sitting for 30 minutes with the car running. I put it in to gear, nothing. It was stuck in park. I tried 3 times: Once to reverse... nothing. neutral, then to reverse, nothing. Then tried drive (felt it engage, a bit jolty but it always has been and so was my 1995 X, and every other SUV/Truck I've driven).
Anyway, so it went in to reverse fine after that, I put it in to drive, then back in to reverse... no problem. Drove home... tried flooring it 3 times (I figure if it's going it's going I'd rather anticipate it than be stranded) First time it did the typical odd feeling between shift especially 1st to 2nd... I don't know if it does it past that because I dont accelerate hard for long when I do.
Second, Third time... seemed A1 perfect under hard acceleration.
What the heck is going on? Torque converter? On my 1995 X, a module went bad that controlled my transmission around the same mileage, then the tranny went out at 150k. Is my transmission on it's way out?
I absolutely cannot afford to put a transmission in this truck, My 1995 nearly killed me financially when the fuel pump, rear end, and a few other things went bad within a 2 week period. So I sold it and bought a newer truck in hopes it would go at least a year without serious repeairs.. now 3 months later I've replaced an alternator, and I have a noise from the front suspension that clicks when turning, but not when driving over 20mph... only when stationary.
This "non-serviceable" transmission, and this breaking down @ 100k crap has me almost fed up with ford and I LOVE ford... I've owned 10 ford trucks and a taurus.
