InTrouble
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- May 14, 2008
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- City, State
- Montreal, but live in Dominican Republic
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '99 Limited Edition
Hi everyone !
I'm new and I need urgent help . My problem is that where I live, I don't have the same qualified mechanics as in CA or U.S.
I'm from Canada but I live in Dominican Republic and it is very hard here to find someone qualified to fix a transmission problem and, on top of that, all imported goods are almost 3 times more expensive than in Canada or the U.S.
(ex: My explorer here is worth the equivalent in $ to : 16 000$us. )Imagine now , the parts to repair something on the vehicle ... Differential ... used differential ... 800$ !!!
So , I really need help .... Here is what happened ...
I have a weird problem occuring right now. It started 3 days ago. I have a explorer '99 limited edition 4L, 6V with 170 000 miles. I had the transmission rebuilt last year and everything was working fine. Then, 3 days ago, I had the differential (rear) replaced and,since then, i noticed that when i start driving, the shifting is fine but if I'm on the highway at about 60 mph and I reduce speed , The transmission won't shift back up to 5th gear or OD ( sorry, I don't know anything about mechanics ...) and the OD light starts flashing. If I stop on the side of the road, turn the engine off and go again , everything is back to normal until I reduce speed.Then , same thing happens again . It stays in 4th gear no matter what I do ( releasing the pedal , etc ...) . I went to the shop where they installed the differential and no codes shows on the scanner when they connect it. I even went to the Ford dealer here and no codes on their scanner neither.
( Have in mind that I live in Dominican Republic and they are pretty late in technology here so maybe the dealer doesn't even have the right program on the scanner, I don't know ...)
Is there another way to try to find out what the problem is or do I have to
have the transmission rebuilt again ???
Anybody had similar problems ???
I'm new and I need urgent help . My problem is that where I live, I don't have the same qualified mechanics as in CA or U.S.
I'm from Canada but I live in Dominican Republic and it is very hard here to find someone qualified to fix a transmission problem and, on top of that, all imported goods are almost 3 times more expensive than in Canada or the U.S.
(ex: My explorer here is worth the equivalent in $ to : 16 000$us. )Imagine now , the parts to repair something on the vehicle ... Differential ... used differential ... 800$ !!!
So , I really need help .... Here is what happened ...
I have a weird problem occuring right now. It started 3 days ago. I have a explorer '99 limited edition 4L, 6V with 170 000 miles. I had the transmission rebuilt last year and everything was working fine. Then, 3 days ago, I had the differential (rear) replaced and,since then, i noticed that when i start driving, the shifting is fine but if I'm on the highway at about 60 mph and I reduce speed , The transmission won't shift back up to 5th gear or OD ( sorry, I don't know anything about mechanics ...) and the OD light starts flashing. If I stop on the side of the road, turn the engine off and go again , everything is back to normal until I reduce speed.Then , same thing happens again . It stays in 4th gear no matter what I do ( releasing the pedal , etc ...) . I went to the shop where they installed the differential and no codes shows on the scanner when they connect it. I even went to the Ford dealer here and no codes on their scanner neither.
( Have in mind that I live in Dominican Republic and they are pretty late in technology here so maybe the dealer doesn't even have the right program on the scanner, I don't know ...)
Is there another way to try to find out what the problem is or do I have to
have the transmission rebuilt again ???
Anybody had similar problems ???
