please help 03 trans prob

[mattd424]

Hey yal i just bought my 03 explorer sport V6 110k a few months ago once warrenty was gone started with the trans prob i wake up n come to work back out drive go forward bout 10 feet and it just revs like in nuetral let off gas n its just like new agin weeks later when it happened agin it did it when i stopped at store then it started once a day or so checkd trans fluid put a qt in lil low it stopped for weeks now its started agin is this a common problem or should i start lookin for new trans o? any help would b appreciated im sumwhat knowing of cars i can check whatever but im at a loss on trans as to what it could b thank you

 

[PopRichie77]

When you have the problem does the OD light flash? If it does get the trans code read.

 

[mall]

Here is some of my research that may help you. There are a some fixes that can be done with out removing the transmission, if you are lucky.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=379483

 

[Mike120]

sounds like the valve body, but im not sure, apparently its a common problem for the gaskets to fail on them. Something worth checking anyways

 

[mall]

I think the valve body gasket is more of a second generation problem. These seem to have problems with solenoid blocks, servos, but that is not to say that the valve body is not bad.

 

[mattd424]

Sorry has taken so long i have been away.thank all of you im back working on it today no lights flash or anything when this happens and now i can feel slipping after each shift in first and second gear i changed fluid and filter its alot better but problem still there im worried this is about to get real expensive.im going to drop pan agin and start checking gaskets this afternoon trans fluid had no shavings or anything in pan

 

[mall]

Sorry has taken so long i have been away.thank all of you im back working on it today no lights flash or anything when this happens and now i can feel slipping after each shift in first and second gear i changed fluid and filter its alot better but problem still there im worried this is about to get real expensive.im going to drop pan agin and start checking gaskets this afternoon trans fluid had no shavings or anything in pan

I am not a transmission tech, but from what I have read on here the servos are a big problem with these Explorers. I fixed the links in my above post so they work now.