DiGiornoRisingCrust
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- 2007 Explorer Eddie Bauer
My transmission has struggled going into 3rd lately, it seems like it’ll try and shift but can’t find third. It’ll flare up a few hundred RPMs then land back in second. If I lift my foot off the accelerator it’ll shift into third, but often with a jolt. It even shifted into first while trying to shift into 3rd once. It’s thrown out a wrench light but I never tried to read the code.
Car is an 07 Ex with 154k, original transmission and fluid has never been replaced as far as I know.
mechanic said I’m looking at 3k to rebuild, 4k to replace but those numbers seem high to me. I haven’t had a chance to talk to him yet, but I’ve heard selenoid and TPS can cause shifting issues, and shouldn’t be that expensive. Anyone have any advice?
obviously if he dropped the pan and found metal it’s toast, but he didn’t give my any info, so I’ll call him back and ask exactly what’s wrong. If it does come to an expensive repair my Ex is likely gone which I don’t want to happen.
Edit: forgot to mention but my transmission has had issues shifting into drive, (hesitates) but disconnecting the battery has always fixed it for a few months. I tried disconnecting the battery, but it didn’t fix the problem, although it did make the shifts a little smoother.
thanks!
Car is an 07 Ex with 154k, original transmission and fluid has never been replaced as far as I know.
mechanic said I’m looking at 3k to rebuild, 4k to replace but those numbers seem high to me. I haven’t had a chance to talk to him yet, but I’ve heard selenoid and TPS can cause shifting issues, and shouldn’t be that expensive. Anyone have any advice?
obviously if he dropped the pan and found metal it’s toast, but he didn’t give my any info, so I’ll call him back and ask exactly what’s wrong. If it does come to an expensive repair my Ex is likely gone which I don’t want to happen.
Edit: forgot to mention but my transmission has had issues shifting into drive, (hesitates) but disconnecting the battery has always fixed it for a few months. I tried disconnecting the battery, but it didn’t fix the problem, although it did make the shifts a little smoother.
thanks!