2006 Ford Explorer: jerking or lurching

Filed Aug 26, 2020 · AZ

I too had the same problem as I was coming to a four way intersection. As I was driving all of a sudden a wrench tool came up and I could not accelerate so I had to pull off in a parking lot before I got to the intersection. I did not want my vehicle to stall and I turned the vehicle off and put it into neutral and let it sit there. I then took it out of neutral and started it back up. I could feel the jerking and felt like I got rear ended in the back. My head jerked forward as I was driving while it kept jerking.

Filed Sep 18, 2019 · Transmission · FL

I purchased a 2006 ford explorer, eddie bauer. I needed the transmission rebuilt and paid aamco almost $4,000. Not even a year later the transmission failed and had to be re-built again but it was under warranty. Back in march 2019, I took it back to aamco and was told nothing wrong with the transmission. August 2019, I went back to aamco and they replaced the solenoid pack is what I was told. Now, not even a month later the transmission has failed again. The SUV jerks when placed into gear and it feels as though someone rear ended me. The transmission is faulty by the manufacturer, ford! There are hundreds of complaints regarding the transmission of this year explorer with the same issues and ford will not take responsibility! It's not right that consumers have to shell out thousands of dollars on this piece of junk they manufactured which can cause accidents! Something has to be done.

Filed Oct 11, 2018 · Transmission · 165,000 miles · OR

When the car is put in reverse and you give it gas, it shifts really hard and jerks and slips. I think that something is wrong with the transmission. This happened while I was leaving work and put the car into reverse to leave the parking lot.

Filed Mar 5, 2017 · Transmission · MO

Transmission occasionally lurches and makes very hard shifts between gears. Engine races between hard shifts. Have loss of power between shifts which has almost resulted in causing an accident. Lurching seems to occur mostly after driving at 20 to 30 miles per hour for at least 20 minutes.

Filed Jun 17, 2016 · Transmission · 133,000 miles · OR

While driving car stalls while switching gears eventually jolts/jerks hard, wrench light signaling a powertrain issue appears in display. As I am doing research I realize this is a common transmission issue with fords. Definitely will not purchase another ford and will discourage everyone else I know from purchasing. Ford takes no responsibility for this issue in its vehicles. Completely unacceptable for a large company like ford.

Filed Apr 15, 2016 · Transmission · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford explorer. While driving various speeds, the transmission malfunctioned and the vehicle randomly jerked, slowed down, and unexpectedly surged forward. While at a stop sign, the vehicle suddenly surged forward and struck a pedestrian. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the transmission was replaced multiple times, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was notified. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.

Filed Jan 26, 2016 · Transmission · 52,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford explorer. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle began to jerk and an unknown warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be overhauled. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that a part within the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 52,000.

Filed Jan 6, 2016 · Transmission · 107,000 miles · IA

Recently my 2006 ford explorer xlt was jolting/jerking when I put it into reverse, it did not do it all the time just randomly, and about two days ago I put my explorer into reverse to leave my driveway and when I was accelerating it would not budge, the engine reved like it was trying to reverse but nothing. It only does it when I'm in reverse though. I've been recently researching this problem and it seems to be a very common problem amongst this year, I've actually seen hundreds of complaints online, ford should be replacing this and paying for the cost, definitely dangerous and also expensive. Had my vehicle for under a year and have approx. 107k miles and ive had it less than a year and still owe roughly 7k on it.

Filed Jul 20, 2015 · Transmission · FL

Wow!!!! $2700, thats what my defective transmission is costing me @ only 69k miles. Who wants to start a class action law suit against ford? I bought a brand new 2006 eddie bauer explorer in las vegas at friendly ford. I have had transmission problems from day one. Shifting hard, not engaging and lurching. Took the vehicle to the service department several times only to hear the problem could not be duplicated. Bs, ford knows there is an issue with this transmission because my sister bought the exact same vehicle in clearwater, florida at countryside ford three months after me and had the same problem. The service department there duplicated the problem and fixed it. Of course her truck was still under warranty, bet if it wasn't they would have given her the bs excuse also. Or maybe the service manager there was willing to take a cut in his bonus for spending more on customers repairs. Buy american? Why? They do not back their product. So people, what are we going to do? Sit back and let ford get away with this. No, it's time for ford to step up to the plate and take responsibility. If anybody out there knows how to proceed with action, post the information on this site.

Filed Mar 25, 2015 · Transmission · 95,000 miles · AE

I have a major problem with my 2006 explorer. It lunges, jolts, doesn't engage and sometimes the transmission slams into gear so had that it feels like I just got rear ended with a big bang! Ford does not take accountability that this is a real problem with the 06' explorer despite hundreds upon hundreds of complaints regarding it as a safety issue. It is a major safety issue! I was almost hit by oncoming traffic when I tried to cross an intersection an the transmission wouldn't engage. At various times my vehicle wouldn't engage when I was stopped at an intersection or when it did engage it would jerk. Another time I slowed at a yield and when I pressed the gas the vehicle wouldn't move but when I took my foot off the gas it accelerated very quickly with jerking motion.

Filed Mar 12, 2015 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · MI

While shifting into gear, explorer slams and makes a bang sound. Truck lunges or jerks and while driving truck jerks into gears when changing.

Filed Oct 4, 2014 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · MI

I was accelerating onto the freeway when the transmission started lurching several times. It continued to do this until I got home. I took it to a local mechanic and he could not make it do the same thing. It did not do it again for several weeks until I was pulling a trailer. At that time, it would not shift into a lower gear. I stopped and shifted it into park. I then shift it into drive and started driving but it would not shift out of first gear. I again stopped and turned the ignition off and waited several minutes. When I started the engine and began moving, it would shift into the higher gears but not into overdrive. The lurching continued to this day.