2016 Explorer XLT RPM drops

[DivineLiberty]

Hello,

I’m new to the forum, and Explorers in general, so forgive me if lacking in knowledge about model wide issues or recalls.

I have, over the past year, been noticing more significantly, an issue during acceleration where the car will lose about two to five hundred RPM somewhere between one and a half and three thousand for a split second at random times. This causes a very light “bump” that I can feel while getting up to speed. It only happens during acceleration and almost never happens when I’m at speed and maintaining a constant RPM.

I have used seafoam in the gas tank, as a forum here had suggested it may assist with a similar issue, and I have just recently changed my oil and air filter. I’ve asked around and been suggested it’s either a TPS issue, or a transmission issue. I’m about to sell the car for a 2020 and considering the vehicle warranty expired conveniently right before the issue started occurring, I would like to either fix any minor issue causing it, or be able to determine if any major damage has occurred.

Thank you in advance!

 

[peterk9]

Welcome to the Forum.
One of the issues with the 2016 was the throttle body. Perhaps have that checked.

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Peter