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Sorry for cross posting, I didn't get anything on the 2006-2010 forum.
2008 Explorer XLT 4.0 V6 4x4, 100k miles.
So this is not new it's been an issue since I've owned the truck but it's not really bothered me because I don't push my 4.0 very hard. However, when I need to accelerate hard especially full throttle, it's very loud and feels like it's vibrating in the engine bay. Most puzzling is that it isn't really much faster when I do it - like the power is being wasted if that makes sense?
The reason I am bringing it up now is that also my transmission is downshifting more rough and shifting not as smoothly as it did. I'm pretty in tune to a failing tranny, it's not slipping and it doesn't feel like that I've destroyed many transmissions in my old beater ford trucks throughout the years.
The vibration isn't really felt as much in the steering wheel but you can feel it in the front of the floor and gas pedal.
I'm wondering if these things may be related. I also don't know if the transmission "issues" are really me being spoiled because my 2016 explorer shifts much less like a truck and maybe I just got used to it. I know my older explorers (1995 and 2003) also shifted more noticeably and downshifted made noise or clunks pretty often. So I don't know if I am overreacting on that front - I will say I don't recall feeling downshifts this frequently or this severely. It's not alarming but it's noticeable.
Any ideas?
2008 Explorer XLT 4.0 V6 4x4, 100k miles.
So this is not new it's been an issue since I've owned the truck but it's not really bothered me because I don't push my 4.0 very hard. However, when I need to accelerate hard especially full throttle, it's very loud and feels like it's vibrating in the engine bay. Most puzzling is that it isn't really much faster when I do it - like the power is being wasted if that makes sense?
The reason I am bringing it up now is that also my transmission is downshifting more rough and shifting not as smoothly as it did. I'm pretty in tune to a failing tranny, it's not slipping and it doesn't feel like that I've destroyed many transmissions in my old beater ford trucks throughout the years.
The vibration isn't really felt as much in the steering wheel but you can feel it in the front of the floor and gas pedal.
I'm wondering if these things may be related. I also don't know if the transmission "issues" are really me being spoiled because my 2016 explorer shifts much less like a truck and maybe I just got used to it. I know my older explorers (1995 and 2003) also shifted more noticeably and downshifted made noise or clunks pretty often. So I don't know if I am overreacting on that front - I will say I don't recall feeling downshifts this frequently or this severely. It's not alarming but it's noticeable.
Any ideas?
