MunawarKhalid
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- 2007 Explorer XLT
Hi there,
I am just new to this forum though I have been reading various posts for a while. I have owned 2007 XLT for about three years with approx. 120k miles on it now.
It was a good experience except a few minor problems that I could fix quickly, though it always beeped 25 times in start ever since I bought it (I could not find a reason until now). There were no serious messages and codes at all.
All of a sudden, one day, when I shifted to "N" and tried to drive again, it did not; though it did drive after a few trials between "R", "N" and "D". On a closer check it revealed that the coolant color was odd; yes, some oil was in there. It turned out that AT oil cooler inside radiator punctured mixing up oil with coolant. I immediately got the radiator changed, transmission washed and filled up with new oil. It went smooth for some time (except a little jerky behavior, reverse not responding sometimes or slamming).
Then a few days ago, the transmission completely failed. I got it completely rebuilt (very expensive) with an AT expert(!!) and tried for a few days, but it was not good. The gears were hitting especially in reverse and it was not a smooth drive. I took it back to the workshop and he said yes there could be a wrong sensor and he would replace. The vehicle stayed there for a couple of days and then he called saying the sensor is changed but the vehicle did not start or shut off after starting. What? I had left it there in perfect shape (at least engine). Now the vehicle is in horrible state with all the following symptoms.
- Very heavy engine sound that remains there even when engine is fully warmed up; high frequency vibrations throughout the vehicle
- After a while engine becomes jerky too, rpm goes up and down; it takes a lot of time until rpm settles down, but engine still heavy.
- If I accelerate (idle) it will never go beyond 2000 rpm and quickly die down with completely uncomfortable behavior (break and make situation)
- But if I switch off and restart again, just for a few seconds the engine does accept the throttle input, ramps up and down normal (though heavy), and then returns to same jerky situation
- Gears slamming very hard (forward and reverse both) just like you try to shift between the gears without pressing the clutch peddle in a MT vehicle
- In "R" the reverse lights do not lit
- Cruise control is completely dead
- AdvanceTrac RCS light is lit permanently
- There is a list of logged codes (for a vehicle which didn't have even a single one just a few days ago).
In short, the vehicle is in a horrible shape and not at all road-worthy now. The expert(!!) is scratching his head and putting blame on different engine parts and sensors and asking me to get them fixed/replaced. But I know just a few days ago it was a faultless engine. Studying through the logged codes and other symptoms, I could make out that, at least, many of these problems are linked to a bad Shift Lever Position Sensor. Yet, I could not establish a link between this problem and heavy engine sound, vibrations, malfunction, failure of cruise control and RCS.
I will be grateful if you can help me out of this situation. Thanks a lot.
I am just new to this forum though I have been reading various posts for a while. I have owned 2007 XLT for about three years with approx. 120k miles on it now.
It was a good experience except a few minor problems that I could fix quickly, though it always beeped 25 times in start ever since I bought it (I could not find a reason until now). There were no serious messages and codes at all.
All of a sudden, one day, when I shifted to "N" and tried to drive again, it did not; though it did drive after a few trials between "R", "N" and "D". On a closer check it revealed that the coolant color was odd; yes, some oil was in there. It turned out that AT oil cooler inside radiator punctured mixing up oil with coolant. I immediately got the radiator changed, transmission washed and filled up with new oil. It went smooth for some time (except a little jerky behavior, reverse not responding sometimes or slamming).
Then a few days ago, the transmission completely failed. I got it completely rebuilt (very expensive) with an AT expert(!!) and tried for a few days, but it was not good. The gears were hitting especially in reverse and it was not a smooth drive. I took it back to the workshop and he said yes there could be a wrong sensor and he would replace. The vehicle stayed there for a couple of days and then he called saying the sensor is changed but the vehicle did not start or shut off after starting. What? I had left it there in perfect shape (at least engine). Now the vehicle is in horrible state with all the following symptoms.
- Very heavy engine sound that remains there even when engine is fully warmed up; high frequency vibrations throughout the vehicle
- After a while engine becomes jerky too, rpm goes up and down; it takes a lot of time until rpm settles down, but engine still heavy.
- If I accelerate (idle) it will never go beyond 2000 rpm and quickly die down with completely uncomfortable behavior (break and make situation)
- But if I switch off and restart again, just for a few seconds the engine does accept the throttle input, ramps up and down normal (though heavy), and then returns to same jerky situation
- Gears slamming very hard (forward and reverse both) just like you try to shift between the gears without pressing the clutch peddle in a MT vehicle
- In "R" the reverse lights do not lit
- Cruise control is completely dead
- AdvanceTrac RCS light is lit permanently
- There is a list of logged codes (for a vehicle which didn't have even a single one just a few days ago).
In short, the vehicle is in a horrible shape and not at all road-worthy now. The expert(!!) is scratching his head and putting blame on different engine parts and sensors and asking me to get them fixed/replaced. But I know just a few days ago it was a faultless engine. Studying through the logged codes and other symptoms, I could make out that, at least, many of these problems are linked to a bad Shift Lever Position Sensor. Yet, I could not establish a link between this problem and heavy engine sound, vibrations, malfunction, failure of cruise control and RCS.
I will be grateful if you can help me out of this situation. Thanks a lot.
