Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford explorer. The contact was driving approximately 45 MPH when the engine exhibited an abnormal increase in rpms. The vehicle then accelerated abnormally and the contact was involved in a crash that involved four additional vehicles. No injuries were reported and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the servo plug had popped out of place and fractured the side of the transmission. The dealer advised that the transmission would need replacing. The manufacturer was contacted who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 118,000. The VIN was unavailable.
2001 Ford Explorer transmission complaints
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Od light is flashing and the first gear shifts real hard. I took it to the ford shop and they told me that they have fixed several and they go right back out it was a waste of my time.. Does someone have to get killed before u all fix this if u try to take off and it slips and will not go u can and will get hit.
I have a 2001 ford explorer and at first the truck would slip in and out of gears so I took it to a certified mechanic and was told I needed a neutral safety switch. I had that replaced about a month ago. Yesterday, I was driving and the truck slipped out of drive.... And it would not accelerate. I pulled over and attempted to restart the vehicle and the o/d off light started flashing. This truck is going to cost me over 2,000 dollars to fix and it seems as if I am not the only one experiencing the same problems. Please help!
Ford explorer o/d light flashing, transmission slipping.
'o/d off' light if blinking, on and off. While light is blinking the car seems to be sluggish and does not respond to throttle properly. Rough shifts while driving.
My 2001 ford explorers transmission is having shifting problems followed by it's overdrive light flashing. I talked to several ford transmission friends and they advised me to install a upgrade kit in the valve body. This was done, fluid and filter changed, to no avail. The light intermittently flashes and the transmission shifting weird. After reading several posts on several sites regarding this problem, I am at a loss at what to do. Several people stated that they went to the extent of replacing the transmissions with new ones and the light still flashing and having the same problems. My explorer has 60k miles on it and this problem started at only 50k miles, to me this is a problem ford should acknowledge, and allow some compensation to it's loyal customers.
Ford part # 1l24-7h473-ag vendor # m799g motorola model # 01mu152b06 date code 01211 serial # 21396939
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford explorer. While driving 65 MPH, the overdrive light began blinking on and off. The contact had to stop the vehicle everytime the blinking occurred. The transmission switched from first to second gear each time the light illuminated. The current mileage was 96,491 and failure mileage was 96,427.
After coming to a complete stop in a local neighborhood attempted to shift the vehicle into park as my wife exited the vehicle. The shift lever broke inside the steering column with the transmission in reverse. I was able to manually shift the linkage on the side of the transmission using a pair of pliers while the emergency brake was set, and my wife applied the brakes. The vehicle was then driven to the local ford dealer, where I was informed that the entire steering column would need to be replaced at a cost of $1200.00. This vehicle was bought new in 2001 and has only 58,000 miles. It has not been abused in any manner. There was no warning whatsoever that there was any type of a problem. Surely, this was a manufacturing defect that ford will probably deny.
At around 55000 miles I had to replace my rear axle and I am now at 62000 and my o/d will start flashing and my 2001 explorer will shift hard or not shift at all.
Overdrive turns off - ford has issued technical service bulletin ((tsb) 03-22-10 in obvious recognition of numerous problems ,but refused to pay for the repairs.
I purchased this car on october 8,2003. Three days after I bought it the check engine light came on. I brought the car back four times back to back. The first time they said nothing was wrong. The second and third time the same thing. On the fourth attempt, they had me take it to one of "their" mechanics. He said it was a bad switch in the system. Not even a whole week later, the check guage light came on. The car lot where I bought it from said they were not going to look at my car because out of the kindness of their heart they've already looked at it. So I took it to a ford dealership, they fixed it and said it was a problem with transmission, and the steering wheel. They car lot said it was not their problem. I had to pay out of my pocket for some problems that are still under warranty. Then the first time the check engine light came on I later found out that a sales person who was not certified mechanic, tried to fix the car when they said they were sending it to a mechanic. I'm still having problems and it seems like there just getting worse!
Transmission failure- no warning-
Problems involving 2001 ford explorer. *mr (the letter was written in spanish) there was a problem with the front differential. *scc
Transmission leaks while driving or parking. Dealer notified.
At 31,059 miles, the vehicle hesitated at acceleration and loss power, especially at second gear. At 42,000 the car was brought back to the dealership because of same problems that experienced at 31,059 miles. Dealership replaced the d.p.f.e sensor.
2001 v8 explorer 36500 miles, my transmisson started slipping all over the place, luckily I got the extended warrenty. But there is no reason for such a young transmission to go bad
Customer states, the cover for door lock and window switches on the driver side and front door is loose and will not stay snapped in place, also the door hinges were replaced.*scc
The dealership has been great. The original transmission was defective, the second transmission was defective and all of the fluid was pushed out the third transmission has been making squeaking sounds that cannot be located.
On two separate occasions vehicle inadvertently jumped out of four wheel high to four wheel low and caused loss of control. This LED to a rollover accident. Vehicle at the dealer, consumer suffered injuries. *ak
While driving engine check light will flash intermittently. Dealer has been notified. *ak consumer states that when the light illuminates, the vehicle begins to drive sluggish, rough, and sometimes makes a screeching noise. Dealer has replaced the PCM, vapor management valve, canister purge solenoid, tensioner assembly, vacuum hose twice, dpfe, and the fuel tank.
When shifting to drive while at a slight incline vehicle will roll back until applying brake. Vehicle taken to dealer 5 times, cannot remedy problem.
Putting SUV in park when the gear shift indicator broke and relocated to the 1st gear position. Now stuck on 1st gear and there is no visual way of knowing what gear the SUV is in. Ford is covering the defect through warranty, but this is a real safety issue. Repairs being performed at orr performance in atlanta, texas.
Vehicle was running, left in park, and gear slipped/vehicle rolled down hill. Resulting in $12000 damage. Consumer was not in vehicle at the time. Emergency brake not used. *ak the vehicle was unsafe due to unkown defects. The exact cause of the roll over incident was not determined.
Front left steering knuckle broke, axle separated from vehicle, vehicle went left and crashed. Filed by richard rumplik.
Consumer states a strange noise is made when pressing on the accelerator, dealer stated the problem was the front axle and that there were scraps of metal breaking off the axle, consumer is requesting a new vehicle and states that the scraps of metal could be damaging other parts of the vehicle.
World ford has done nothing but give me a run around and not fixing my truck right!!! I have nothing but agrevation with my truck and I dont feel that it's safe with driving my children in it! When advising the dealership of the trucks major complications they advise me to bring the vehicle back in 30-60 days to aviod the lemon law! No safety defect listed.
While driving 75mph a loud boom noise was suddenly heard. Vehicle was thumping and vibrating. Steering was very shaky. Managed to get off highway, and stopped vehicle to check. There wasn't any problem with tires blowing out. Limped into road service. Mechanic informed owner the c v joints attached to transmission transfer case had blown. Front driveline was removed & replaced, but vibrations still appeared. Contacted manufacturer, and informed vehicle was a lemon.
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Vibration felt through steering wheel, power steering unit and front end suspension experiencing vibration and noise.
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