Automatic Transmission Problems of Ford Explorer Sport Trac - part 2

The vehicle transmission jumped into reverse, knocked the consumer down and rolled over his leg.

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I own a 2002 sport trac, at about 46000 miles mi transmission started to miss shifts from 2nd to 3rd gear, it took about 3 to 4 seconds for the transmission to get into the next gear, so I took it to the dealer where I usually have the truck serviced thinking that it just needed a fluid check due to the fact they performed a transmission fluid change at about 30000. When I went back to the dealer I was advised that the transmission had a problem on the fluid lines and the transmission had to be taken out to be rebuilt, so I asked why was this happening and they stated that there was a problem with the gaskets been worn out inside the transmission. But they couldn't specify if this was a factory problem or a owner abuse problem, so when I asked if there was a transmission recall by the manufacturer (Ford) on this type of trucks the answer was no. Then I was advised that my truck was out of factory warranty which is 3 years or 36000 miles and if I wanted to have the job done it had to be self financed, so I asked for an estimate which was about 18 hours labor @ $100 p/h and $500 in parts totaling $2300 and finally after calling Ford and complaining about this $30000 truck having a faulty transmission and getting a "your truck is out of warranty, and we don't have any other trucks with the same problem" I finally paid the repairs out of my pocket which I personally think should not be happening on a almost brand new truck.

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Vehicle stalls mostly when shifting from 3rd to 2nd gear. Vehicle has stalled at least 20 times, taken to dealer 8 times. Dealer could not remedy, Ford was buying vehicle back.