Three problems related to transmission stuck in gear have been reported for the 2012 Ford Expedition. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Ford Expedition based on all problems reported for the 2012 Expedition.
Vehicle is downshifting gear while driving. It caused jerks in the SUV as it tried to shift gears and then became stuck on first gear. This happened while driving in the highway and again on a city street. Ford dealership reporting it is not covered under their current recall although other 2012 Ford Expeditions with the same issue are.
Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Ford Expedition. The contact stated while driving at various speeds the vehicle would erroneously down shift and jerk, the transmission had malfunctioned causing the gears to become stuck and the rpms to increase. At times the speedometer would fail to operate. Also on one occasion while driving the rear wheels suddenly seized causing the driver to loose control of the steering and drive off the road. The cause of the failures were not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failures. The contact indicated that the VIN was not included in the NHTSA campaign number 16v248000(power train). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 65,000. Jft.
My 2012 Expedition limited has 102,000 miles. It has began to downshift unexpectedly in the range of 15mph to approximately 30 mph. It seems to downshift then get stuck in a lower gear. The transmission slows you down unexpectedly, and won't allow you to increase speed until you pull over and let it go down to 0 mph then resume entering back into traffic. I have found sites like 360 legal which say Ford has a recall for a module to be reprogrammed, but Ford customer service states there in no such recall and no complaints have been made regarding this defect. It's very unsafe in traffic where you slow then give it gas to expect it to increase speed and it suddenly slows no matter how far you depress the gas pedal. The transmission revs up loudly as it you were increasing speed but yet your speed cannot increase. This has happen after slowing for traffic lights and accelerating again, when I pull out of my driveway and accelerate to drive away, and in the school zone at my child's school.