wdale
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- October 13, 2009
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- City, State
- Victoria BC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2007 4-dr V8 Limited
The 2007 Ford Explorer's (V8 Limited) adaptive transmission "learns" incorrectly, resulting in HARD SHIFTS and at the WRONG TIMES. This occurs after driving in hilly country, which happens to be where I live. Of course, the adaptiveness /learning is controlled by the logic in a software module. The problem is that the dealer will not update/replace the software (under warranty) with the most recent version unless there is a diagnostic indication of some kind. And it's doubtful that the new software would fix the problem. Of course, there is no diagnostic indication, likely because the software in question would have to generate it. In addition, it's possible, since this problem has been going on for a decade (see the forums) that Ford can't actually fix it; and, they don't want to program the software so that the transmission just behaves like a non-adaptive transmission because that would be an admission that they have been wrong all along. Is anyone else interested in doing something about this???
