Auto gear change problem - 2nd to 3rd

[grandaddon]

G'day All

Hopefully you may be able to help. Will try to keep it brief.

Vehicle - UR Explorer - 95000 km. Around 2000 km ago a problem started with a sluggish change from 2nd to 3rd gear.

Engine would rev up by about 500+ revs (depending on the acceleration) as it tried to change from 2nd to 3rd.

Booked the car in for a gearbox service to see if they could find the problem, but over the weekend the problem disappeared. Service showed no abnormalities.

3 weeks later problem re-occurred. - went to Ford Dealer in Townsville who ran diagnostics test which showed no error codes.

They diagnosed burnt out clutches, so I had the gearbox reconditioned by a reputable expert (at a cost ofA$3.5k).

That was 2000k ago and now the problem has re-occured. (If I start off in 2nd and change manually to 3rd, it works OK)

I see in a previous thread a referance to "leaking valve body (Main control) gaskets, or an Electronic Pressure Control Solenoid that is getting tired" but that seemed to be for an earlier model.

I really would br grateful for any advice.

Thanks

Don

 

[Glacier991]

Do a search for 2-3 Shift flare. There extensive discussions about it on here.

 

[grandaddon]

Glacier991

Thank you. Very helpful. I will be armed with this info when I take my tug to the Ford dealer on Friday.

Regards

Don

 

[grandaddon]

Follow Up Report

G'day

I took the Explorer to local Ford dealer armed with 2-3 shift flare info from this forum. They did all the normal tests, upgraded some software, charged me $65.00 and told me to take the car to an auto gearbox specialist as they had done all they could do.

The auto specialist checked out the VB (which was all OK) and replaced the EPC and the S2 solenoids. Parts cost $500, labour $165, plus tax.

Problem fixed.

Now I really wonder if I needed to recondition the gearbox as was recommended by Ford in Townsville.

Regards

Don