Transmission Stuck In Gear Problems of Ford Explorer

In November 2020 we took our brand new 2020 Explorer to the dealer we purchased it from for a leaking oil and transmission issue as well as the transmission having trouble shifting, lurching, and getting stuck in gear. They advised that the oil drain was not tight enough but the transmission needed parts. We took it back in Dec and they put a shift kit in. This did not fix the problem and they said they needed to order other parts but they were back ordered and would be in around Jan 2021. January came and went and no contact. I contacted the dealer in February and they said they had not received the parts. I contacted them again end of February and they had the parts but no transmission person. I contacted them again beginning of March and was told they still had no transmission person and would call us within a week to get it figured out. Still no one called and on March 16 I called the dealer again. They once again said they had no transmission person but would bring the car in on the 30th to put in a new valve body and attempt any other repairs they find. In the mean time we are driving around in a car that we do not believe is safe due to the transmission issues and the dealer does not seem to care.

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2017 Ford Explorer ecoboost with approximately 8800 miles started making a whinning noise from the transmission. Noticed making right turns the transmission felt like it would disengage and abruptly engage as if thrown in neutral then slammed into dirive. Taking off from light would do similar issue. In a couple of events, vehicle would not move and was in turning lane with traffic approaching almost causing to get t boned. Explorer has been at the dealer and transmission has been serviced twice with the transmission skipping gears or shifting normal until a stop and engages 5th gear, stays stuck in 5th gear.

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The contact owns a 2006 Ford Explorer. While the vehicle was parked, the gear shifter stuck in the park position. The contact mentioned that the brake pedal had to be depressed with force or the vehicle had to be restarted in order to move the gear shifter out of park. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed, but the details of the failure could not be provided. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

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I have a 2002 Ford Explorer. Rear end hums and vibrates. The transmission was shifting hard from 2nd to 3rd and made a jerking motion around 40-45 mph. The transmission now has the over drive light flashing and is stuck in gear. It will not shift. Looking online for a remedy, I have noticed that this is a major problem among thousands of Explorer owners. Just try it out yourselves, google 2002 Ford Explorer. . . Very 1st hit is page after page of how terrible this vehicle and its transmission is. Now I am making payments on a vehicle that is sitting in my driveway and is inoperable due to Fords lack of concern about its product. They were quick to sell this vehicle! quick to take a multi million dollar bail out! take some of the bail out money and fix their product!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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Gear shift lever snapped off in the hand of my 110 lb girlfriend. She put her foot on the brake, went to shift the car into reverse and the part that connects the gear shift to the steering column broke off. The car was on and luckily did not make it all the way into reverse or the car would have been stuck in reverse!! she quickly turned the car off, but the transmission is not in park either, so the key won't come out! I have 2 small children and my neighbors have little ones as well. This is a dangerous safety issue. The car is not completely in any gear and the key is in it. It can't be driven so I had it towed, and like many, many others have found out, this small, cheaply made part is not available to replace. The entire steering column must be purchased through Ford and replaced. I was given a "discounted" quote of $1900 from berge Ford in az. How has this small, weak, cheaply made part not been recalled yet? are we waiting for someone to be run over and possibly killed by a vehicle stuck in gear?!.

Gear shift lever broke off. While parking my 2002 Ford Explorer, the gear shift lever sheared off in the steering column, leaving the vehicle stuck in reverse gear. A quick search with google reveals a significant number of identical failures, indicating a common manufacturing defect. Ford have not issued any form of recall or other assistance for this problem. Had the failure happened while driving (perhaps while shifting up or down on a mountain road) it could have caused an accident. Given the age of the affected 2002 model vehicles, it is only a matter of time until this does occur. My vehicle has not yet been repaired; the broken part is currently available for inspection.

The transmission in my 2006 Ford Explorer is a safety issue. Shifting from reverse to drive can take from 1 to 10 seconds to shift into gear. I am surprised I have not been in an accident from this defect. There are times when it shifts into gear that it gets stuck in a higher gear which affects acceleration from a dead stop. The only solution is to power down the vehicle and restart it. The transmission also lurches on stops, making it feel as if you have been rear-ended. I cannot believe that nobody has forced Ford to recall these transmissions. I cannot believe that owners safety can be placed in this amount of danger and still not have a recall.

Driver noticed while shifting the transmission forward or backward the gears are hard and a loud knocking noise started coming from the front. Driver took the vehicle to the dealer, and mechanic determined that the vehicle has to be placed on a diagnostic machine for analysis. This particular problem has been on going since the warranty expired. The gear shifter became stuck in reverse gear unless it was pulled firmly towards the driver.

Windshield, water leaking from the front windshield on my 02 Ford Explorer XLT, besides that having problems shifting gears, some times gears get stuck in between park and reverse. Sometimes I hear a loud popping sound when gears finally go into reverse. . . . Have had both problems checked and repaired, but gears continue to stick.

Vehicle got stuck oin park position. Also, sometimes while driving transmission could be stuck in drive gear.

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The consumer went to reverse out of a parked position when the shift gear got stuck and would not move. C onsumer kept moving the gear when suddenly it made loud noise and engaged at a quick speed. Due to this defect, it almost caused the consumer to hit a pedestrian.

Vehicle was in an accident. While driving gears would become stuck when changing from park to reverse. Please provide any further information.