2004 Ford Explorer: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Dec 27, 2018 · Transmission · HI

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford explorer. While driving and attempting to shift gears, the contact's son pulled too hard and fractured the gear shifter. The contact stated that the gear shifter was currently too loose and would not shift into any gear. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage and VIN were unknown.

Filed Nov 12, 2016 · Brakes, Engine · 170,000 miles · IN

Transmission failure with overdrive light blinking .no first gear,shifts hard , sometime it wont shift without letting off gas .with codespo731,po733,po734,po745 needs total rebuild this happened while driving down the road at 40 miles a hour , ABS light is on . Codes show wrong line pressure.engine knocking , timming chain issues.

Filed Sep 4, 2016 · Transmission · 98,000 miles · WI

Transmission failure. Shift solenoid "b" circuit failure transmission does not shift into 2nd gear until vehicle reaches 3000 RPM. O/d light flashes, service engine soon light activates and transmission stays in 3rd gear. Don't use vehicle and is out of extended warranty.

Filed Nov 2, 2015 · Transmission · MI

When driving and you then shifting from drive to reverse it goes into reverse hard. Sometimes it eases into gear and other times it is very hard. I thought well maybe it was me did my foot slip off brake or something?? It wasn't that I made a very conscious effort to make sure I did it correctly and still had the same problems. I also noticed that the vehicle doesn't shift from drive to park correctly kind of stops you before entering park then will go in after you were denied the gear the first time. Currently still dealing with this was hoping there was a recall for either issue.

Filed May 19, 2015 · 105,500 miles · NY

Overdrive light comes on and the car will not shift gears.. Coded pressure control solenoid. Put one in and it still has the light blinking and runs like crap..

Filed Nov 4, 2013 · Transmission · 89,456 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford explorer. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the gear lever would not shift in and out of gear until after several attempts. In addition, the transmission would slip gears while driving. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis. The contact was advised to rebuild the transmission and replace the torque converter. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 89,456.

Filed Apr 12, 2013 · Engine · 120,000 miles · NY

This is in response to the investigation of ford for "limp mode". Every time that I use my cars cruse control under 50 MPH the car goes in to limp mode. After I pull over and restart the car it run normaly,

Filed Nov 28, 2011 · Body, Transmission · 130,000 miles · WI

Transmission was working just fine till one day it wouldn't shift into overdrive and then it was shifting hard from 2nd to 3rd. Rear window hinges broke. Rear tail gate cracked right down the middle by ford symbol. Also just the other day my passenger window stopped working no signs nothing of anything wrong. I'm going to start buying chevy this is just unacceptable. No wonder america is not doing good our car company's can't make good products anymore.

Filed Oct 25, 2011 · Transmission · 65,000 miles · CA

Vehicle transmission slips when climbing elevation. Starts clunking noise and won't shift. Rpms go way up and vehicle still will not shift. Hard to get vehicle into park on the gear shifter. Have thought the vehicle was in park only to have it roll when I take my foot off the brake. Took vehicle to mechanic today who says a new transmission is needed. Appx cost 3600.00

Filed Aug 31, 2010 · Engine · 120,000 miles · VA

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford explorer . While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the contact had to get the battery jumped in order to drive to her residence. The alternator failed and was replaced; however, after the alternator was replaced the contact was unable to move the vehicle even when the accelerator pedal was engaged. There was a wrench symbol that illuminated on the instrument panel where the dealer stated that the computer shifted into limp mode. There have been no additional repairs to the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were 120,000.

Filed Jun 29, 2010 · Transmission · 134,940 miles · TN

Bought 2004 ford explorer in 2008, noticed immediately that it was hard to put into gears but was told this was normal for fords. Over the next year started noticing that when you put on the brake it felt like the rear end was falling out, again told that this is typical of a ford. Just this past week have noticed that the transmission does not shift without a big jolt and the o/d light has started flashing. Autozone checked for codes and said it was p90775, which is suppose to be something in the transmission. Took it to a transmission place and they want 2000-3000 dollars to build new trans. But said this is once again typical of a ford. Really!!! If ford knows this why are they not recalling the vehicles. Transmission guy said all the previous warning signs have been exactly what he hears all the time with this make model and year. Help!!! My husband is religious about check fluids on our cars, changing them ect....first thing he noticed was there is no dipstick for the transmission fluid, what's that about? Hiding something?

Filed Jun 14, 2010 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · HI

Purchased a 2004 ford explorer in 2004, noticed after a couple of months that when I put the car in reverse it would delay a few seconds and then it would make a clunk sound and then speed into reverse or shift hard, that was at about 50,000 miles.car at times would not go into reverse, had the transmission in the shop numerous times and shift solenoid replaced to no avail. Shifted okay for awhile and goes back to shifting hard again and while at a stop light several times or upon starting my car when I had my foot on the brake it would make a clunk sound and jump forward out of gear. Good thing no other cars were in front of me or my wife or children near the vehicles. This vehicles scares me and being in the military with a limited budget we cannot just buy another car so easily and so we drive this vehicle deathly afraid. Ford needs to make right, the government needs to address this issue before more people are injured or killed with the sudden acceleration or coming out of gear involuntarily. Also car is starting to delay when at a stopped position to start driving the car hesitates to go into gear. Does it take someone to get seriously injured or die before this problem is going to be resolved by an obvious manufacturer error???? I have two children that get driven around on a regular basis and I am now worried that something is going to happen or my wife. This is still going on and getting worse. Here it is june 2010 and ford is getting away with ripping off customers and not being made to fix our investments nor the money we've had to spend on their mistake. I am taking my ford back in to have the transmission guy that repaired it look at the vehicle. How can thousands of complaints be ignored? You are reading this, you can pressure and bring it to light. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).