Transmission Not Go Into Gear problems of the 2004 Ford Explorer

Tl-the contact owns a 2004 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that their son was driving and they attempted to shift gears. The contacts son pulled a little to hard and he fractured the gear shift leaver. Now the leaver is loose and will not go into any gear. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the vehicle. The failure mileage was unknown. Jw.

I am also having the transmission problem with my 2004 Ford Explorer. My vehicle jumps violently when it is put in reverse. When you first put it in reverse it will not move then all of a sudden it jumps backward. I also have been noticing that the truck feels like it is not in gear feels like it slips . I have made no repairs on my vehicle as of yet, but after reading the newspaper article I see that this problem is occurring with other vehicles,. We all seem to be having the same problems. I hope that Ford will take care of these Ford Explorer problems before their are more accidents. I have not had an incident as of this date 4/30/09, but I can tell you that when I put my vehicle in reverse I am very worried because of how violent the truck jumps backward.

I own a 2004 Ford Explorer on 7/14/2008 I took it to the Ford dealer ship due to my o/d light flashing. I was told I would need a new transmission $3,200. 00 dollars so they replaced the transmission,I picked up my Explorer on 7/28/2004 and only drove it 30 miles and the o/d light began flashing again and the transmission was not passing gears. Now this is a new transmission the dealer ship was contacted and they now have my vehicle again so now I will have to wait and see what the out come is again.

: the contact stated the automatic transmission did not engage gears in a timely manner. The problem started after 41000 miles and was not taken to a service dealer.

Transmission going into reverse had started to be delayed and abrupt starting around April of 2005 at appr. 12,000 miles. It seemed to not shift into gear properly and would lurch into gear unexpectedly. We received a recall from Ford in may 2005 stating that we had not yet been in for our recall. No notice had come before that one. I immediately called dealer and took in for transmission fluid change 3 days later. There has been no change and if anything things have gotten worse. I need to take my child 75 miles one way frequently for doctors appointments and am quite concerned about the safety of this vehicle.

I have a 2004 Ford sports trac Explorer. There was a recall to put an additive into the transmission which I did. I am having a problem with the transmission. Ocassionally when stopping the transmission does not step down gears and I have to just about stand on the break and quick put the transmission in neutral to stop the car. I took it to cavalier Ford in chesapeake va. . They were unable to duplicate the problem and said that although it was a saftey issue they could go nofurther. I complained to Ford customer service and they told me the same thing.

Appx. 2 weeks ago I was driving my vehicle at about 45 mph and I heard this loud noise someplace around the passenger front underside of the vehicle. Since, my brand new 2004 Ford Explorer XLT is having transmission problems. When putting into reverse, it does not go into gear until you put your foot on the gas and then it jerks very hard and the tires skip on the pavement. The vehicle also does this when putting into drive, and when driving will not go into gear unless you take your foot off of the gas pedal and then re-apply the gas. We leased this car brand new late July 2004 and have just reached the 4 month mark yesterday. The dealership denied any service problems or recalls for this but on your website I found at least 2 similar problems. The dealerships will not provide a rental car which I find absurd! this is a brand new car and obviously a problem with these cars. We have one vehicle and have to car pool throughout the day for the both of us to be able to work our jobs. The dealerships indicated that the car would have to sit for at least three to four business days before they can even look at it! if I were to take the car in, we would have absolutely no transportation to work as we just moved to a new state and city August of this year and know nobody.