Automatic Transmission Problems of Ford Expedition - part 1

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We bought a 2019 Ford Expedition max XLT. On a trip we kept having problems with it jumping out of gear and it felt like the transmission was going to fall out. We looked it up and found several complaints on this same problem with the 2019 models although I can't find any recalls that would have fixed the problem.

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The transmission is a major issue. I have had it in the shop 3 or 4 times now and still experiencing issues. The vehicle goes in and out of gear, doesn’t always accelerate when giving it gas, jerks when slowing down/downshifting. Makes a loud noise during downshifting at times, and the list goes on. Ford knows there are problems and refuses to address the issue, applies a computer update to bandaid the issue, and sends customers on their way to only be faced with the issue a short time later.

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The transmission in my 2019 Ford Expedition is slipping and having drastic gear changes. Other people with the 10r80 transmission are having similar issues. This car is unsafe to drive.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the transmission inadvertently downshifted. Additionally, the service warning lights illuminated on and off. The vehicle was taken to a independent mechanic where it was diagnosed as speed sensor failure, however; the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000.

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The contact owns a 2022 Ford Expedition. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 mph, she heard a loud abnormal noise. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to park on the side of the road and exit safety out the vehicle. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact towed the vehicle to local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing a hose from the radiator to the transmission to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 6,000.

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The contact's husband owns a 2020 Ford Expedition max platinum. The contact stated that while driving at 65-70 mph on cruise control mode, the vehicle inadvertently downshifted, skipped a gear and lurched forward several times. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle would skip from 3rd gear to 5th gear whenever she would depress the accelerator pedal. The contact was able to continue to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired; however upon picking up the vehicle from the dealer and driving home, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle inadvertently decelerated on its own. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact also stated that the rpm of the vehicle was jumping between 2 and 3. The contact continued to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who test drove the vehicle but was unable to diagnose it. The dealer reset the adaptive learning of the vehicle; however the failure persisted and the vehicle would make abnormal clunking sounds when switching gears to drive. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who advised the contact that they could not duplicate the failure. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred increasingly and significantly while driving and the driver side rear brake had a strong burning odor. The vehicle was taken to a second dealer( lebanon Ford 770 columbus Ave, lebanon, OH 45036) who advised the contact that they could not duplicate the failure. The dealer notified the manufacturer of the failure. The manufacturer's field technician advised the dealer to replace the brake light sensors. The contact stated that the brake light sensors were replaced; however upon picking up the vehicle, the start button was depressed but the vehicle failed to start. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and offered a buy back. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was.

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At 70+ mph the automatic transmission tried to drop into 1st gear while on the interstate in a passing lane with heavy traffic all around. It had a loud and physical clunk then began to lose power. It was erratic, disorienting and distracting. The sudden change in behavior of the vehicle could have caused me to lose control of the vehicle at speed on a federal interstate and could easily resulted in an accident causing major injury and damage. The dealer says the car has no fault codes and they have download "updates" to the software. To date they have no explanation for why the vehicle behaved in this manner. This is the second time I have taken the vehicle in for odd transmission behavior. I have a video of the dashboard during the event showing the speed, rpm, mileage and the gear selector gauge when the transmission attempted several times to shift from higher gears to the 1st gear. I shared the video with the dealer. The video I have was taken with a iphone. It would not up load to your site. I can make it available. This is dangerous with no asnwers!.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Expedition. The contact stated while driving at 45 mph, the vehicle loss motive power and stalled. The contact had to restart the vehicle and continued to drive. However, when leaving work the failure occurred again which at that time the contact had pulled the vehicle over to side of the road and have it towed to the local dealer who inspected the vehicle but could not duplicate the failure, but diagnosed the failure as a front end harness issue with the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.

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I have a 2005 Ford Expedition with 84k miles and I was going 30 mph when I lost the gas pedal(power) to my vehicle. Warning light came on and then I pulled to side of road. Lucky I was not hit from behind due to losing power to the engine. Turned vehicle off for a few minutes and then turned back on. No warning light and truck ran fine. Took it to local Ford dealer who for $98 tells me I need to spend another $600 to replace throttle body. After a long discussion with service manager I decided to decline the repair until I contact Ford and national highway safety board.

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Vehicle has been sputtering when accelerating at about 40mph. Spark plugs are "seered" and Ford mechanic tells us its a known problem, but not covered under the warranty because spark plugs are considered maintenance. The manual says we the scheduled maintenance is 100,000 miles and we are only at 76,000. If they are known to be faulty and we are not near the scheduled/recommended mainteance then shouldn't this be a warranty issue? I think Ford is milking its customers with faulty parts as I had the same issue with my brakes. It feels as if I am landing a plane when I come to a stop with all the shaknig an rattling. I was told this is a known issue with the Ford brakes - they just warp.

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The contact owns a 2003 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle restarted after ten minutes and was taken to a private mechanic. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 180,000.

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The contact owns a 2010 Ford Expedition. When the vehicle stopped on an incline, the gear shift was in reverse; however, it responded as if it were in park. The vehicle crashed into a bank of rocks. There were front end damages to the bumper. There were no injuries mentioned. The dealer was contacted and stated that was the way the vehicle was designed. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 2100 and the current mileage was 2150. Updated 08/27/10. When the vehicle was turned off, it went into free wheel and started to roll down the incline and subsequently crashed causing damage. The vehicle was on an incline and thought to be in park, but was really in reverse. Updated 08/31/jb.

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Driving my 2005 Ford Expedition limited in the morning. After about 2 miles the car powered to a crawl and gave engine fail safe mode alert. Pulled to side. Powered down car and the restarted without incident. A week later the same thing happened again. This is apparently a defective throttle control unit. This description is all over the internet and is a known safety problem as people are reporting that it has happened to them on the freeway. Car is unsafe to drive and even though the problem is well known, Ford company is taking no responsibility. All NHTSA has to do is google "engine fail safe mode" and see the number of problems that come up with same issue. This is definitely a well known safety problem but yet there is no recall. Dealer says throttle control unit has to be replaced at a cost of $514. 61 + tax. This problem may also have taken out my air conditioning. It went out at the same time as the second failure, but dealer (vista Ford in oxnard) is saying there is no relationship. Others have reported a/c shutting down when engine fail safe failure occurred.

In the days prior I would sometimes have to manipulate the gear shift (automatic) in order to start the car. The car was in park on the flat part of my driveway when I stepped into the garage for less than 10 seconds. The car rolled away doing several thousands of dollars in damage to my vehicle and taking out the neighbor's tree and landscaping. The gentleman that helped me can attest that when he went to back the car up - the car was in park and he had to physically put it in reverse to move it.

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Vehicle left parked on flat surface, I got back in after it had been parked for about 5 minutes. . As soon as I got in, the vehicle started rolling forward. I immediately applied the brake and checked that the shifter was fully in "park", which it was. As soon as I let off the brake, the vehicle rolled about another foot before stopping itself.

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Shutter/grinding noise coming from rear axle.

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My 2002 Ford Expedition od light flashes on and off. I was driving down i75 and my transmission kept shifting in and out of gear. . My whole trip. It slammed into gear almost causing me to loose control of my vehicle. This transmission is definitely a safety hazard. It does not do it all the time seems like when we hit bumps in the road.

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When putting the 2007 Ford Expedition el into reverse the transmission would slam into reverse. This has happened on several occasions. When taken to the dealer they couldn't duplicate the concern and then checked for updates. The ecm has the most correct updates.

Engines lugs on take off, we were at the freeway several times and the vehicle would hesitate before moving. This has happened several times over the last 9 months took vehicle in and they could not find a problem. They said the ecm has the most current updates. The vehicle has only been driven a few times since Aug. 13th, 2008. We are currently also have problems with the sunroof, waiting on Ford motor CO. Regarding that issue.

My wife reached down to pick up a toy our granddaughter had dropped. Wind blew car door closed, and retractable running board retracted catching my wife's arm. She could not free herself. She sustained bruising to her arm.

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In the morning when first starting out driving the vehicle will lurch forward and then sometimes will become sluggish, then surge of power. Dealer could not duplicate concern, but the found an update for the ecm, re-flashed the ecm and test drove, vehicle operated as designed.

Since purchasing the vehicle in October of 2006, the transmission seemed sluggish at stops when accelerating, I have taking the vehicle into a Ford dealership three or more times and now the transmission is still sluggish when moving from a stop. I took it back to a dealer and Ford service said that a memo said not to work on my transmission until the update for software is issued sometime in November. This is at least a month away and the vehicle is not safe for my wife and family to drive in. I have a Ford rep who we asked to supply us with a rental car and they are saying we can rent a car and they will review it when the vehicle is fixed and decide if they are going to pay for the rental. This is ridiculous to be treated this way by such a huge corporation.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Expedition. While making a turn at 15 mph, the seats rattled. The transmission also experienced failure. When the accelerator pedal was depressed, the transmission would pause and then the vehicle would drastically accelerate. The dealer could not determine the cause of the failure. The current mileage was 11,283 and failure mileage was approximately 8,000. Updated 3/4/08.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Expedition. When coming to a complete stop, the vehicle lunges forward. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer on numerous occasions and they reset the rpm's. After the repair, the failure immediately recurred. The technician added that the transmission was designed to downshift and that there was no current remedy to repair the failure. As of October 10, 2008, the vehicle has not been properly repaired. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 10,000 and current mileage was 23,400.

This 2007 Expedition will not hold while stopped on a hill either in drive or reverse. When in either gear the car will drift noticeably. When attempting to back up while on a down grade hill the brake has to be held and gas must be applied so that the vehicle could safely back up without it spinning tire.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Expedition. When the contact starts the vehicle, the rpm's increased to over 5,000 while it was in gear and with the brake pedal depressed. When the vehicle was placed into neutral, the failure ceased and the vehicle drove normally. The failure was intermittent and the contact has not been in any crashes. The vehicle has been diagnosed by the dealer several times, but the failure continues. The current mileage was 33,000 and failure mileage was 17,275.

When exiting interstate, changes lane and as gas petal was pushed, no power to SUV, engine did not race or shake, just no power. Put SUV into first gear and it jerked ahead at 10 mph to stop light. While stopped, SUV would roll backward if brake not on. Made left hand turn and put back into gear, about one mile later same loss of power until put into 1st gear. One month later, also while exiting interstate had same loss of all power at bottom of ramp when trying to merge into left lane. SUV would only move after put into 1st gear, only at 10 mph. Dealership could find nothing wrong after a week with the first incident, dealer kept for 3 and a half weeks and the p&s director drove 716 miles and could not duplicate this problem. (note both happen within one week of dealer oil change) p&s director suspects fly by wire issue, said that compared to other 2005/2006 models ours has a dead pedal feeling.

The gear marker for my 98 Expedition transmission began to mark incorrectly. The gear shift changer shows thats its in park, when its actually in reverse. It also shows that its in neutrual when its actually still in drive. The marker is off its center and has caused me and my wife several close calls. I called the local Ford dealer which said my vehicle was not coverd by the 97 recall, (97v171000) of sept 30, 1997. I also contacted Ford customer service who related the same info the local Ford dealer had stated. This is a dangerous situation and I believe Ford should fix it for us. My wife and I have hit several parked cars when trying to negotiate the vehilce into a parking space. There was no damage,but we were lucky.

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General complaint about vehicles that allow movement without stepping on the brake. My friend had a tahoe and his grandson got in the car turned the ignition key not starting the car, but two clicks and the car rolled, kid jumped out and was crushed by the tire. I believe there is a safety device that requires a foot on the brake that should be required in all cars. I have 3 children under the age of 7 and am concerned about this. I tested my Ford Expedition and it does not have the safety feature.

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The transmission would stall and not go forward in the drive gear. Stalled in the middle of an intersection with the family in the Expedition. Had to drive home in second and first gear. Vehicle is 27 days old with 952 miles purchased at billinglsey Ford in lawton, ok 73501.

The car was sitting and running for more than 10 minutes near a building. The car was in park. The owner was unloading the vehicle, and then walked back into the building. The owner heard a boom, and came outside and saw that the car hit a fan, and almost hit the barn. The car was in reverse when the owner got back into the car. The owner put it back in park and shut vehicle off. The car was inspected, and was determined that they couldn't duplicate the incident. The owner has not called the manufacturer. The vehicle had minimal damage. There was property damage to the fan. The owner noted there was no one around the vehicle.

The consumer parked the vehicle for approximately 10 minutes, and upon her return, smoke was coming from under the hood. The consumer checked the vehicle, and the fire smoldered itself out. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, and the wire harness was burned. The problem was caused by the cruise control sensor/switch. Ford stated that there was nothing they could do. The air suspension control module malfunctioned also the indicator for the gear shift had broken and were replaced.

Recall campaign 97v171000 concerning automatic transmission cable assembly. The shift lever will not go into park. The shift indicator is off by one. Owner contacted the manufacturer, but was informed that this vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN.

With all the talk about the Toyota acceleration problem, it made me recall two times when my Ford Expedition did the same thing. It was only momentarily though and did not surge up to high speeds. It was just a surge of power and my foot was not on the accelerator . . . It only happened twice so I never thought much about it. .

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