2007 Ford Explorer: transmission slipping

11 of the 208 complaints about the 2007 Ford Explorer describe transmission slipping.

owner complaints: 11
of this car's complaints: 5%
typical mileage: 73,700
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 9 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Transmission slipping by model year

2025
1
2023
2
2022
2
2021
6
2020
21
2019
1
2018
3
2017
9
2016
13
2015
2
2014
1
2013
4
2012
2
2011
2
2010
3
2009
1
2008
2
2007
11
2006
30
2005
14
2004
61
2003
38
2002
180
2001
4
2000
18
1999
16
1998
5
1997
3
1996
9
1995
9
1994
6
1993
5
1992
1
1991
1

What owners say

Filed Oct 22, 2016 · Transmission · MN

I have a 2007 ford explorer with 94,000 miles. The transmission is slipping and grinding. I do not believe the transmission should be going bad at the low of miles.

Filed May 5, 2016 · Transmission · 71,000 miles · FL

I have a 2007 ford explorer with 71,000 miles. The transmission is slipping and grinding. I do not believe the transmission should be going bad at the low of miles

Filed Feb 29, 2016 · Transmission · 82,000 miles · IN

Transmission started to have hard shifting, slipping between 3rd and 4th gear. Jumps very hard when put in reverse. It would slip between 3rd and fourth gear when going above 40 MPH and do it only one or two times when starting to drive then operate normally until the next cold start. I see several posted complaints about this model transmission. Maybe the federal safety agency should recall it before someone has a bad accident due to transmission failure.

Filed Feb 17, 2016 · Transmission · 73,700 miles · NV

Transmission started to have hard shifting, slipping between 3rd and 4th gear. Jumps very hard when put in reverse. This problem only started three months ago. The car only had 73000 miles on it when it stared to act wrong. It would slip between 3rd and fourth gear when going above 40 MPH and do it only one or two times when starting to drive then operate normally until the next cold start. Truck has mostly highway miles and just started driving city routes in the past two years. I see several posted complaints about this model transmission. Maybe the federal safety agency should recall it before someone has a bad accident due to transmission failure.

Filed Sep 13, 2015 · Transmission · 89,000 miles · PA

Transmission started slipping as I was driving which did not allow me to accelerate into traffic as needed. I took to a ford dealer and they indicated that I needed a new transmission at a cost of $3800.

Filed Aug 2, 2015 · Transmission · 86,000 miles · GA

I and many other people have had transmission problems with our v8 explorers. The transmission began clucking, jerking, and slipping without reason. The problem is getting worse as time progresses. I am very upset that ford has not announced a recall.

Filed Mar 16, 2015 · Transmission · 71,001 miles · FL

Transmission started slipping and would not accelerate.

Filed Dec 14, 2013 · Transmission · 85,399 miles · GA

Transmission slips going down the road and is very dangerous at intersection slips turning into on coming traffic very dangers if you have kids ford knows about the problems and will not put out a recall on them the only fix is to get a new transmission.

Filed Aug 29, 2013 · Transmission · 64,000 miles · CA

Transmission began to slip and make a loud thud sound when putting the car in gear. Took it to the dealership and they said the 3rd and 4th gear was damaged. I always took the vehicle to get serviced by the dealership when needed and now that the transmission went out they take no responsibility and won't fix the defective transmission.

Filed Nov 14, 2012 · Transmission · 67,000 miles · MD

Transmission slipped and would not accelerate finding out a band or belt failed causing the vehicle to totally lose 4th gear.

Filed Nov 19, 2010 · MS

Carseat was installed rearfacing, in both outboard positions, with latch, no top tether, in a 2007 ford explorer. (2nd row) carseat was installed properly by myself, a cpst, on multiple occasions with little to no movement at the rear facing beltpath. After a period of time, ranging from a few hours to days, the seat will loosen beyond the allowable 1 inch of movement at the beltpath. Many times when child has not been placed in the seat. There is no identifiable reason for the belt to loosen other than the belt slipping through the tightener. The tightener slides extremely easily on the belt in both directions and it takes minimal, if any force to release the silver tab and loosen the latch belt. I have seen this seat loosen about 5 times in my vehicle. I do not let my child ride in it while installed with latch for this reason and I cannot use the seat to its full capacity if the latch belt is defective. I contacted sunshine kids and informed them of the problem and am working with their cost to replicate the problem again. They have offered to replace my current latch belt with another, however this problem is not limited to my latch belt alone. They will be replacing with the same product. For the time being I have declined the new latch belt so that I can wait to see if it is repairable, or recalled. (related vehicle information: model year=2007, make=ford, model=explorer).