Four problems related to transmission gear slipping have been reported for the 2000 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Ford Explorer based on all problems reported for the 2000 Explorer.
The contact owns a 2000 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the transmission would slip abnormally once in third gear. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the valve body separator plate needed to be replaced. The failure and the current mileage was 115,000.
Vehicles transmission slips causing loss of power to gearing. Unsafe conditions exists while trying to use power to avoid accidents. When vehicle key is switched off then on again, transmission resets until next event of power loss.
2000 Ford Explorer transmission slipping 2nd and 3rd to overdrive. Od kicks off & will not reset. Dealer charged us for replacement of "separator plate" and "valve body". Gasket material found lodged in valve body by dealer. This is a Ford design flaw, but we had to pay over $900 to get it fixed! vehicle has only 66,000 miles on it.
Transmission slips when shifting to overdrive at 50-55mph.