I have a 2006 ford explorer, v8 6 speed. It has been to the dealer three times for a fix on the transmission. When downshifting between 2nd and 1st, the vehicle lurches forward or there is a very large shift in momentum that pushes the car forward while stopping or occasionally after stopped. This actually pushed my car forward into an icy intersection. Ford is aware of the issue, but has failed to come up with a fix. My vehicle is not the only one with the problem, and this only compounds transmission issues and vibration I had on my last two (2003 and 2004) explorers. I love this particular vehicle, but will likely not purchase another explorer....too many vibrations and transmission problems.
2006 Ford Explorer transmission complaints
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I purchased a brand new 2006 ford explorer limited with the new 6-gear 8 cylinder engine. During downshift to a stop, the truck would literally lurch forward as the engine jerked into the proper gear. After repeated visits (in excess of 5) to the dealership, and replacements of valves and a whole new transmission, the problem is not as evident, but continues nonetheless. New problems have also developed, such as "jerking" movements on take off (as if I were pressing and releasing the gas), delayed response when pressing the accelerator on take off, as well as an engine "roar" on acceleration not typical of an engine fan ; none of these issues were corrected when brought to the attention of the dealer's service department (ernie haire ford). I have been following a forum on edmunds.com where other consumers are having the exact same issues; the "computer" was simply reprogrammed and expected to "fix" the problem with no further options available, since an attempt to "lemon law" the vehicle would result in "a lot of lawyers and litigation and paperwork," as expressed by the service manager at ernie haire, and would "probably wind up being a waste of my time and money if the company couldn't find anything wrong with the vehicle during the process". I did not have these mechanical issues with my '97 explorer.
2006 ford explorer eddie bauer v-8 problems with transmission 3-4 months into ownership. The vehicle will jump into gear and will lunge forward. This happens frequently when coming to a stop. Also, when driving the vehicle it sometimes hesitates when shifting into gears and will "clunk" into gear. Last week I was taking my daughter and her friend to girl scouts and I pulled into traffic and attempted to accelerate and the vehicle would not shift in order to gain speed. The vehicle coming in my direction had to slam on his breaks to avoid hitting our vehicle. I have had the car to the dealership 5 times for this problem. They have re programmed the computer, replaced the solenoid pack, cleaned the valve body, and have cleared the memory in the PCM numerous times. Still no fix.... The delayed and harsh shifting is dangerous and someone is going to get seriously hurt as a result of it happening.
We have a 2004 ford explorer that is still under warranty with an unresolved automatic transmission/accelerator problem. The problem is a delayed engagement when the vehicle shifts from a low to a higher gear, and even more delay and aggressive shift from park to reverse. The shifting into reverse is so pronounced that it delays, then bangs into reverse, and suddenly lunges backward. This is a dangerous condition and could easily result in property damage or even injury to others.
2006 ford explorer. Has been to the shop three times for transmission trouble. Took the mechanic for a ride to be sure he felt the problem. He agreed that there was definitely a problem with the shifting. The car jumps into 2nd gear causing the car to lurch forward. Reprogrammed the computer car was better for two days then it resumed its problem again. Ford dealer had car for two weeks this time again said they could not find a problem. Paid 40,000 + for this car. Something needs to be done.
Our 2006 4.6, v8 6 speed transmission explorer has been in five time for repairs to the transmission starting at just over 900 mile to now with 2400 miles. We have experienced serious shifting problems with the transmission. These have ranged from delayed 1-2 and or 2-3 shift, high rev, delayed shift with hard down shift and severe jerking. This resulted in three days of back pain. They have reprogrammed the transmission, replaced the valve assembly and the complete transmission and we are still having problems.
At sharp turns either to the left of the the right, the auto 4x4 enagages and you feel a large shutter. I was fixed by the dealer(they reprogramed the 4x4 permiters) 4 months later if has came back. Nothing has seemed to fix it, many similar situations like mine on the internet
Hard downshift to 1st gear. No noise but after stopping transmission slams into 1st causing sever jerking and it will jump forward. There is a tsb but no fix for it terrible for a 40000.00 vehicle.
I feel my 2006 4.6,v8, xlt explorer is unsafe because of the transmission hesitation when accelerating from a stop. You try to judge distance to pull out on a street and when you step on the gas it doesn't go! It has a pause and then goes. The dealer has 'recalibrated' the computer and transmission response three times now! The date included is the last time it was done.
This is a new 2006 v8 6 speed ford explorer which has had serious problems with the transmission since I purchased it on dec 10, 2005. I have taken it to the original dealer sheehy ford of gaithersburg md five times and they have not been able to fix the problem. This past friday at an intersection I stepped on the accelerator and the vehicle would not move so I pressed harder and it was if it skipped a gear and then the car jerked forward at a higher then normal speed and I almost lost control of the vehicle.
I own a 2006 explorer eddie bauer with 3000 miles on it. Here is the problem, just before coming to a complete stop at stop light, stop sign or whatever, the engine revs to 1200-1500 rpms for just a brief second. I am not giving the car any gas to induce this occurrence. I have no idea why the car is doing this and neither does my local dealer. The service manager acknowledged that the car is in fact doing what I described above, but could not offer a fix. I tested another 2006 v6 explorer with 3 miles on it, to mine and the service manager surprise; it did the exact same thing as my truck. The service manager said he would look into the situation and call some of his engineer buddies to see if they could give him any information. I never heard back from him. I am also beginning to notice that I actually have to break harder to get the truck to come to a complete stop. This can not be normal, yet my ford dealer is insinuating nothing is actually wrong with the car. Longer than necessary stopping distances and will lead to unnecessary collisions. Because the ford motor company will not admit there is a problem with 2006 v6 explorers my dealer will probably do nothing to remedy the situation. I complained to ford motor company and never even received a confirmation that they received my email. I honestly believe that this is a recall situation. To my knowledge, all 2006 v6 explorers exhibit this problem of sudden acceleration, admittedly not by any stretch a powerful sudden acceleration but still it is a sudden acceleration. I am confident in my assessment because I have personally driven 2 explorers and different service rep claimed he drove yet another 06 explorer that did exactly the same thing. It seems to me that if ford has a design flaw in one of there cars they should design a fix for the problem and then repair the affected cars.
This transmission exhibits a hard shift at near 0 MPH when pressing the brakes to slow to a stop, to the point that the vehicle lurches forward approximately one foot and could if you are not hard on the brake, there is a possibility of striking close objects, other vehicles or persons. This is an ongoing problem that is unpredictable, repeatable and very frightening. Fords response is that they do not recognize this as a problem and have no fix for these symptoms. This problem did not exist until the vehicle had approximately 4000 miles and it has become worse with time.
Problem with shifting gears from park, can take up to one minute in cases. This happens on a daily basis. I took vehicle to al long ford, they kept my car for three weeks working on the problem. After I got my car back, the same problem existed.
New 2006 ford explore vibration at 45 & 60 MPH shakes SUV. During test drive dealer thought the problem was a flat spot on a tire from sitting on the lot. After driving the SUV for several days the vibration continued. Returned to dealer for correction. Suv received new drive shaft, and two rear 1/2 shafts. Problem sill exist. After testing couple other explorer on lot was determined that they all had this same vibration. Ford is aware of the problem but describes it at normal. I hate to tell them that this is not normal. The SUV has problems with this vibration and if you let off the gas then reapply as if you had to break quick then accelerate the SUV struggles to regain power and has a more sever vibration. If I had know that this was typical with this unit I would not have purchased it. I thought it was a flat spot on the tire as the salesman thought. A very concerned and unhappy ford customer.
When trying to move the gear shift from park to any gear after being parked for any amount of time; the gear shift safety lever will not engage allowing me to change gears.
Upon releasing the emergency brake the car rolled down the hill and over my legs.
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