2003 Ford Explorer transmission problems

[mall]

My Explorer started to shift slow from 1st to 2nd. I ordered servos hoping that is the problem. While I waited for parts,I allowed my wife to continue to drive it and it unexpectedly stopped working completely, after sitting all day...no forward...no reverse. I plan to remove the pan next week. My question is, what are the likely causes for a transmission to completely fail while sitting parked? What should I look for first? What should I test? Are there any helpful threads that I should read?

 

[ronwc]

fluid

Just add fluid before taking apart.

 

[mall]

Just add fluid before taking apart.

I did add fluid when it first started to act up. It may have had a minimal gain in shifting performance. If it needs fluid again there would be a serious leak and I have seen no fluid on the ground.

 

[RicketyExplorer]

Look through the forums here there's all kinds people with same issue's this might be your fix.

http://www.fordservoboretransmissionfixsolution.com/

 

[mall]

Look through the forums here there's all kinds people with same issue's this might be your fix.

http://www.fordservoboretransmissionfixsolution.com/[/Q

I have been reading for nearly a month for, and I have read the thread you posted and already have their servos ready to install. I have not heard of anybody that had complete transmission failure while the vehicle was parked. The purpose for this thread is to get every last bit of information before I drop the pan. There is an extreme amount of great info on this site, but it is scattered around and hard to find for someone with my limited computer skills.

I think I will start a new thread called "Trouble shooting the 5r55w 101", if it doesn't already exist. I will piece together what I have learned on this site and others in some kind of order that makes sense to me.

 

[DAT05EXPLODER]

i imagine you have a v8? can you drive it in 1,2,3?

 

[mall]

i imagine you have a v8? can you drive it in 1,2,3?

It is a v6. It will not move at all.

 

[DAT05EXPLODER]

you should have a 5r55s not the "w" door code will be a v if you want to double check.

i took this from a 5r55s that had the overdrive off problem and would not go into overdrive and skipped second.