jasplat88
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- 2013 Explorer Sport
Has anyone with a 2013 or 2014 Explorer Sport experienced a hard and sudden shutter/loss of power followed by the transmission either not shifting or acting like it's hitting the rev limiter under FULL acceleration? Mine seems to do it when it's under "load" (like heading up a slight incline), but I can also duplicate it when trying to pass a vehicle and accellorate hard.
I have read the TSB thread, and another thread discussing the new TCM program update (which was updated by my dealer last week when they had my car for 3 days), but it did not solve the issue - it appeared to for a couple of days, but it's doing the same thing again.
My dealer tested several other Explorer Sports. Two of the three new explorers did NOT experience the issue, but 1 DID.
My local service rep is trying to be helpful in addressing, and I was able to duplicate this issue while I took him for a drive and he acknowledges there is an issue. I'm not thrilled about taking my explorer back for the 3rd time to continue to investigate this issue or the thought of having my transmission cracked open on a 1 year old vehicle to hunt around for an issue. I have ~15K miles on my Explorer and rarely get on it. I first noticed this behavior after I took it in for the fuel pump/nipple recall issue (but that could be just coincidence). It also does not experience this issue every time, and is buttery smooth when you only push the throttle down ~3/4 of the way.
Anyone else experience this (or is there another thread I missed which addresses)? If you want to see if your explorer has this issue, I'd suggest finding a flat or incline (not a downhill slope) and get it up to ~40mph then "punch it" and see if it will make it all the way through the downshift gear and shift smoothly back into the next up gear without a shutter having to let off the throttle. I've also been able to replicate this issue from a rolling start.
I'd love for it to be a simple computer TCM issue, but the latest update did not fix it for me. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
-Jason
I have read the TSB thread, and another thread discussing the new TCM program update (which was updated by my dealer last week when they had my car for 3 days), but it did not solve the issue - it appeared to for a couple of days, but it's doing the same thing again.
My dealer tested several other Explorer Sports. Two of the three new explorers did NOT experience the issue, but 1 DID.
My local service rep is trying to be helpful in addressing, and I was able to duplicate this issue while I took him for a drive and he acknowledges there is an issue. I'm not thrilled about taking my explorer back for the 3rd time to continue to investigate this issue or the thought of having my transmission cracked open on a 1 year old vehicle to hunt around for an issue. I have ~15K miles on my Explorer and rarely get on it. I first noticed this behavior after I took it in for the fuel pump/nipple recall issue (but that could be just coincidence). It also does not experience this issue every time, and is buttery smooth when you only push the throttle down ~3/4 of the way.
Anyone else experience this (or is there another thread I missed which addresses)? If you want to see if your explorer has this issue, I'd suggest finding a flat or incline (not a downhill slope) and get it up to ~40mph then "punch it" and see if it will make it all the way through the downshift gear and shift smoothly back into the next up gear without a shutter having to let off the throttle. I've also been able to replicate this issue from a rolling start.
I'd love for it to be a simple computer TCM issue, but the latest update did not fix it for me. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
-Jason