2006 FORD EXPLORER Power Train Problems

Hi, I purchased my 2006 ford explorer in 2019 from a mechanic lot. Since then I’ve changed the muffler, all 4 of the o2 sensors. Recently, after changing parts like the cylinder, spark plugs and wires as well as another set of o2 sensors and the EGR Valve, Mass Air flow sensor and the EGR sylenoid valve I have been getting check engine light with the emissions code not passing inspection. At this point my registration is at hand and the mechanics that change the parts can’t seem to understand why the check engine light did not go off. However an additional code came on in regards to the heater. As per PEP Boys mechanic shop and Auto Zone the emissions keep failing and may need a new computer- however when a part is removed the computer is able to pick that up issuing out another code. Please assist Thank you, [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RECALLED!!!! THE REVERSE BAND BREAKS AND IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS TRANSMISSION!! NO WARNING JUST WENT TO REVERSE AND NOTHING! UPON RESEARCH THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE SINCE DAY ONE!!

Complete failure of the powertrain electrical harness. Heat degradation to wire insulation has exposed all conductors. Several other owner operators have experienced the same issue wherein the Dealer has attempted repair of existing trouble codes, by replacing sensors, modules and components. Problems range from vehicle shut-off at speed, vehicle fires, no-start and failed PCM modules due to short to power or short to ground. Based on my findings, this specifically impacts vehicles ranging from 2006-2010, Ford Explorer or Mercury Mountaineer with the 4.0L SOHC engine.

THE TRANSMISSIONS HAVE A PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD A PROBLEM FOR YEARS. THEY CAN FAIL WITHOUT NOTICE AND CAUSE A VEHICLE TO LOSE MOMENTUM WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. YES THIS IS AN OLDER VEHICLE BUT IF YOU LOOK UP OLDER COMMENTS ON THIS VEHICLE ON OTHER REPORTING SITES THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF TRANSMISSIONS CAUSING SERIOUS PROBLEMS. WHY HAS THIS NEVER BEEN DEALT WITH IN ANY MANNER? I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE IN GEAR AND GET IT TO THE SHOP. I PAID TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND IT DID IT AGAIN IN THE NEW TRANSMISSION. I ALMOST DID NOT MAKE IT UP THE HILL NEAR MY HOME AND HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PARK THE VEHICLE AS IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 135,000

I WAS TURNING FROM TURNING LANE INTO WAL-MART AND WHEN I GAVE IT GAS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND WOULDN'T MOVE. LUCKILY NO CARS WERE COMING AND IT FINALLY KICKED IN AND LET ME PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT. I JUST BOUGHT THIS AND WAS LOOKING UP THE ISSUE AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH FORD EXPLORER 2002 - 2006. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS? THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!

Mileage: 166,000

I PURCHASED A 2006 FORD EXPLORER, EDDIE BAUER. I NEEDED THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND PAID AAMCO ALMOST $4,000. NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO BE RE-BUILT AGAIN BUT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. BACK IN MARCH 2019, I TOOK IT BACK TO AAMCO AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AUGUST 2019, I WENT BACK TO AAMCO AND THEY REPLACED THE SOLENOID PACK IS WHAT I WAS TOLD. NOW, NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AGAIN. THE SUV JERKS WHEN PLACED INTO GEAR AND IT FEELS AS THOUGH SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME. THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY BY THE MANUFACTURER, FORD! THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS YEAR EXPLORER WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND FORD WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY! IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT CONSUMERS HAVE TO SHELL OUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON THIS PIECE OF JUNK THEY MANUFACTURED WHICH CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.

WHEN THE CAR IS PUT IN REVERSE AND YOU GIVE IT GAS, IT SHIFTS REALLY HARD AND JERKS AND SLIPS. I THINK THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS LEAVING WORK AND PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE TO LEAVE THE PARKING LOT.

Mileage: 165,000

1. REAR WIPER QUIT WORKING SEVERAL YEARS AGO. SLUGGISH AND NOW FROZE UP. HASN'T WORKED FOR A LONG TIME. 2. REPLACED RADIATOR SEVERAL YEARS AGO. REPLACED THERMOSTAT SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS. THEN... 2018, SEPTEMBER,-- DISAPPEARING COOLANT FROM RADIATOR FOR LAST 6 MONTHS WITH NO OBVIOUS LEAK. CAR OVER HEATED IN AUGUST BUT NO OBVIOUS LEAK. KEPT REFILLING... 3 DAYS AGO BOTTOM THERMOSTAT HOUSING SPRUNG A BIG LEAK AND CAR OVERHEATED MAJOR. REPLACED THERMOSTAT, AND FULL THERMOSTAT HOUSING. INTERNET RECOMMENDS UPDATING SOFTWARE BECAUSE OF OVERHEATING, BUT IS PRICED AT ABOUT $110 AT ALL DEALERSHIPS.

Mileage: 175,800

TRANSMISSION BEEN SLIPPING ON 2ND OR 3RD GEAR I BELIEVE I NEVER TOWED OR CARRY HEAVY LOADS AT ALL IT'S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE FIRST MONTH I PURCHASE IT AND IT'S BEEN GETTING WORST SINCE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

Mileage: 114,000

MY EXPLORER'S TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO EXHIBIT HARD SHIFTS THAT RATTLE THE ENTIRE CAR. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM AS A FAMILY MEMBER HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN THEIR 2006 EXPLORER AND CYBER COMMUNITY IS FULL OF EXAMPLES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHILE EXCELERATING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS AND SHIFTS HARD ENOUGH TO JOLT THE ENTIRE CAR WHILE SLOWING DOWN.

Mileage: 135,000

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING BAD AND CAR NOT SHIFTING INTO DRIVE

I OWN A 2006 FORD EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER , BOUGHT USED IN 2011/61000K. SINCE 2012 THE CAR STARTED SHOWING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING AND /OR ENGINE. WHEN DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH ON A HIGHWAY THE CAR STARTED TO SURGE FORWARD, THEN BACK, KEEPING SURGING UNTIL THE CAR REACHED A HIGHER SPEED OF 60. IF DRIVING ON A HILL, IT WILL LOOSE ITS SPEED. I TOOK THE CAR TO FORD DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THE CAR NOW IS 120000K, STILL SAME PROBLEM. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH FORD THAT WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEMAS.

Mileage: 85,000

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS BANGING INTO GEAR. IT JOLTS THE VEHICLE BACK AND FORTH AS IT SHIFTS. TRIED REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT CONTINUES TO DO IT. FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN REAR-ENDED AT TIMES. ITS A CONSISTENT OCCURRENCE.

Mileage: 130,000

OVERDRIVE HAS A HARD JOLT " HARD SHIFT" WHEN NORMAL DRIVING. I SEE THIS IS A BIG ISSUE WITH ALL FORD EXPLORERS, TOO BAD I DIDN'T DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING A FORD.

TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY LURCHES AND MAKES VERY HARD SHIFTS BETWEEN GEARS. ENGINE RACES BETWEEN HARD SHIFTS. HAVE LOSS OF POWER BETWEEN SHIFTS WHICH HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. LURCHING SEEMS TO OCCUR MOSTLY AFTER DRIVING AT 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES.

GOT 2006 EDDIE BAUER W/98,000, 1 PREVIOUS OWNER (MOTHER) ALL SERVICING VIA THE SAME FORD DEALER (GENE BUTMAN), EXCEPT FOR A FEW OIL CHANGES FROM UNCLE ED'S. LATE NOV 2016 TOOK IT IN DUE TO THE HEAT WAS FLUCTUATING, WAS TOLD IT NEEDED THE THERMOSTAT AND HOUSING REPLACED (EVEN THOUGH IT HAD THE RADIATOR REPLACED A FEW YEARS EARLIER), ALSO HAD BRAKES & ROTORS DONE, THE 100,000 MILE CHECKUP SAID ALL WAS GOOD. A WEEK LATER THE EXHAUST FLUTE, ETC BROKE LOSE, GOT THAT REPAIRED & $2,000 LATER, FRIDAY 2/03/17 WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, THEN ENGINE LIGHT, VEHICLE SEEMED TO LUNGE FORWARD, DELAY, DOESN'T ENGAGE..ACCELERATE, FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS HANGING AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR. A THUD FEELING WAS ALSO REPORTED BY MY MOTHER SEVERAL TIMES IN PREVIOUS YEARS TO THE DEALER, THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, SO SHE HAD THEN DOCUMENT IT. TODAY I AM TOLD A TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED, WHICH IS A UNEXPECTED HUGE & SADDENING SURPRISE - IN 2012 AND 2013 THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN TRANSMISSION WORK ON THE VEHICLE. CHECKED AND SEE ALL REPORTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL HAS OCCURRED ON THIS ONE, COOLING SYSTEM/RADIATOR/THERMOSTAT AND HOUSING ISSUES, EXHAUST ISSUES AND NOW TRANSMISSION ISSUES -- THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS FOR THIS EXACT MODEL AND OTHER EXPLORER AND FORD VEHICLES, ALL KNOWN ISSUES, MANY EXPLANATIONS WHY IT OCCURRED WITH THIS MODEL AND THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THEM AND HAS PROVIDED NO RECALLS FOR ANY OF THESE SERIOUS DEFECTIVE MATTERS, NONE - ESPECIALLY WHEN EACH ARE VERY DANGEROUS MATTERS. TODAY I AM TOLD, THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WILL BE: $5,400, 3 YEAR WARRANTY AND A USED TRANSMISSION: $3,600 12 MOS OR 12,000 MILES. BOTH OPTIONS ARE VERY VERY EXPENSIVE. WHAT CAN NHTSA DO, WILL A RECALL EVER OCCUR? IT SEEMS FORD NEEDS TO STEP IN AND HELP WITH THESE REPAIRS. IT THERE ANY HELP WITH THESE MATTERS & COST? HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2006/ .

Mileage: 100,100

DRIVING DOWN THE HWY THE POWERTRAIN MALFUNCTION INDICATOR CAME ON. I LOST ALL USE OF THE FUEL PEDAL AND BRAKE. HAD TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HWY WITH OUT DYING. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON THE INDICATOR IS GONE AND WORKS JUST FINE. THIS SITUATION HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. NOTHING SHOWS UP WHEN I PLUG IN A CODE READER. *TR

Mileage: 129,872

I AM A MILITARY SPOUSE AND DRIVING HOME FROM FT BRAGG AT 50 MILES AN HOUR MY TRUCK STARTED COSTING SO I HAD TO PULL OVER AND HAVE IT TOWED. I HAD A FORD DO A FULL DIAGNOSIS A MONTH BEFORE THIS AND THE TRUCK ONLY NEEDED BARONS. LAFAYETTE FORD FAY NC 28306

Mileage: 15,000

THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS AND ENGAGES VERY HARD, IT LUNGES FORWARD ALSO

Mileage: 96,000

CHECK ENGINE LITE AND ORANGE WRENCH LITE WHICH SHUTS CAR DOWN NO EXCELRATION PEDAL POWER STEERING GONE AND NO BRAKE CONTROL ON FREEWAY COMING HOME. TRANS. WILL NOT SHIFT AND JUMPS WHEN WRENCH LITE IS ON VERY DANGEROUS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE APRIL TOOK BACK TO DEALER SENT TO MECHANIC REPLACED 2 PARTS ON EXCELLERATION MODULE. STILL NOT RIGHT.

Mileage: 16,200

WHILE DRIVING CAR STALLS WHILE SWITCHING GEARS EVENTUALLY JOLTS/JERKS HARD, WRENCH LIGHT SIGNALING A POWERTRAIN ISSUE APPEARS IN DISPLAY. AS I AM DOING RESEARCH I REALIZE THIS IS A COMMON TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH FORDS. DEFINITELY WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD AND WILL DISCOURAGE EVERYONE ELSE I KNOW FROM PURCHASING. FORD TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE IN ITS VEHICLES. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A LARGE COMPANY LIKE FORD.

Mileage: 133,000

I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE, FIRST TIME AT 57000 MILES AND SECOND TIME 127000 MILES. THIS IS THE FIRST VEHICLE I OWNED AND HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. WAS THIS PROBLEM EVER ADDRESS. THANK YOU [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TRANNY SLIPS REALLY 3 TIMES I HAD NO PPWER GOING UP THE HILL BEEN TOLD ITS THEIR BAD 2006 ALMOST REENDED 3 TIME S PL FIX THIS SO I CAN DRIVE SAFLTY YOU NEED TO FIX IT AND SOON I HAVE ASLO FOR MY KIDS AND MY SAFTY I CANNT WORRY ABOUT FORD HAS KNOWN ALL THE TIME SINCE DAY ONE PL DO RIGHT BY YOUR COMPANY CAUSE I CAN NT AFFORD IT

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY JERKED, SLOWED DOWN, AND UNEXPECTEDLY SURGED FORWARD. WHILE AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD AND STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

COMPLETE AND TOTAL CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY. I WAS TRAVELING IN MY CAR WITH MY FAMILY WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSIVE BANG FROM UNDER OR CAR. I SHOOK MY WIFE AND SCARED MY CHILDREN. I KNEW IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT GOOD AND FELT AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF FORWARD MOMENTUM AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WE WERE TRAVELING IN THE FAST LANE AT THE TIME AND OTHER VEHICLES WERE FOLLOWING BEHIND US. THEY WERE NOT HAPPY AND HAMMERING THEIR HORNS AT OUR SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DECELERATION. LUCKILY NO ONE REAR-ENDED US OR PANICKED AND SLAMMED ON THEIR OWN BRAKES WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR COLLISION ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND COME TO A SAFE STOP WITH IN A FEW FEET OF A YELLOW EMERGENCY CALL BOX. WE SIGNALED FOR ASSISTANCE AND HELP CAME TO ME AND MY FAMILY WITHIN 10 MINUTES. (THANK YOU TO ALL BY THE WAY) WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL MAJOR BRAND TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE THEY FOUND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO BE BURNT AND BLACK, METAL PIECES IN THE PAN AND DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION TO BE A COMPLETE LOSS AND HAVE IT REPLACED WITH A CERTIFIED REBUILT TRANSMISSION. 69,000 MILE AT TIME OF FAILURE. NOT ACCEPTABLE AT LESS THAN 100,000. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN TO AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER OR OTHER DRIVERS AROUND THESE VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, A SERIOUS POSSIBLY LIFE THREATENING OR FATAL ACCIDENT COULD RESULT FROM THIS TYPE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE. THIS IS NOT A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION OR A CAR THAT WONT SHIFT GEARS OR AN ISSUE SIMILAR TO THOSE TYPE OF COMPLAINTS. THIS IS A TOTAL AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF A MAJOR VEHICLE COMPONENT UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CIRCUMSTANCES. I DON'T HAVE PICTURES, AS I AM REMOTE FROM THE VEHICLE UNTIL I PICK IT UP WHEN SERVICE IS FINISHED BUT I WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TOWING RECEIPTS AND REPAIR BILLS FROM SERVICING TRANSMISSION SHOP. *TR

Mileage: 69,400

TL* 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE IN REVERSE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

Mileage: 123,000

MY 2006 EXPLORER HAS RECENTLY STARTED SHIFTING HARD AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR RIGHT AWAY. WHEN I PULL UP TO A STOP LIGHT OR BECOME STATIONARY IT WILL TRY TO DIE AND SOMETIMES WILL. AND WILL ALSO NOT GO INTO GEAR UNLESS I GIVE IT A LOT OF GAS AND THEN IT TAKES A MINUTE TO PICK UP COMPLETE SPEED. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE MULTIPLE THINGS ON THIS VEHICLE AND AM SEEING THAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE. FORD DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THIS VEHICLE. ALSO MY INTERIOR LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT AND IS NOT THE FUSE OR BULBS.

Mileage: 141,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE OVERHAULED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A PART WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

Mileage: 52,000

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED 7 YEARS AGO FROM CARMAX. IT HAS HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FROM DAY 1. IT ALWAYS SHIFTS HARD. TODAY THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AS I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY..

Mileage: 145,000

RECENTLY MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER XLT WAS JOLTING/JERKING WHEN I PUT IT INTO REVERSE, IT DID NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME JUST RANDOMLY, AND ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO I PUT MY EXPLORER INTO REVERSE TO LEAVE MY DRIVEWAY AND WHEN I WAS ACCELERATING IT WOULD NOT BUDGE, THE ENGINE REVED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO REVERSE BUT NOTHING. IT ONLY DOES IT WHEN I'M IN REVERSE THOUGH. I'VE BEEN RECENTLY RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST THIS YEAR, I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE, FORD SHOULD BE REPLACING THIS AND PAYING FOR THE COST, DEFINITELY DANGEROUS AND ALSO EXPENSIVE. HAD MY VEHICLE FOR UNDER A YEAR AND HAVE APPROX. 107K MILES AND IVE HAD IT LESS THAN A YEAR AND STILL OWE ROUGHLY 7K ON IT.

Mileage: 107,000

EDDIE BAUER V8 2006 EXPLORER 107000 MILES THE ABS AND SRV LIGHTS CAME OFF. THE CAR WAS STUCK TO THE GROUND AND WOULD NOT SPEED AT ALL. GOT A MECHANIC TO CHECK AND MANY DIFFERENT CODES SHOWED UP. IN THE PAST WHEN THE SAME LIGHTS CAME UP I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY FOUND NOTHING.THEY RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE THE FRONT TIRES BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS. FOR WHAT I KNOW IT SEEMS THE FORD EXPLORER HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND FORD REFUSES TO DO A RECALL TO FIX IT.

Mileage: 107,000

DIFFICULTY PUTTING VEHICLE INTO DRIVING GEAR WHILE STATIONARY EVER SINCE ITS ORIGINAL PURCHASE IN 2006.TRANSMISSION PUMP WAS REPLACED IN 2010; HOWEVER, WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT THIS PART NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS UNDERGONE REGULAR TRANSMISSION MAINTENANCE SO NOT SURE HOW THIS PROBLEM AROSE AGAIN. THE INITIAL REPAIR WAS DONE AT A FORD DEALERSHIP IN GERMANY AS I WAS STATIONED THERE DUE TO MILITARY OBLIGATIONS. THIS REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED BY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AS WE WERE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. IT PLACED IN THE PARKING POSITION, IT BECOMES VERY TEDIOUS AND DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO REVERT GEARS TO REVERSE OR DRIVE.

Mileage: 57,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE RESULTING FROM MICHELIN INCORRECTLY MARKING TIRE SIZES: I HAD FOUR MICHELIN CROSS TERRAIN P235/70R16 TIRES ON MY SUV. TWO WORE OUT AND WHERE REPLACED WITH MICHELIN LATITUDE P235/70R16 TIRES AS THE CROSS TERRAIN MODEL WAS DISCONTINUED. THE SUV THEN STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCELERATING AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE NEW TRANSMISSION IMMEDIATELY STARTED HAVING SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ALSO. AFTER MULTIPLE SPECIALISTS EXAMINED THE SUV, THE PROBLEM WAS ISOLATED TO THE 4X4 MODULE ENGAGING THE TRANSFER CASE DURING ACCELERATION. IT WAS DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE TIRES THAT THE VEHICLE IN FACT HAD SETS OF TIRES WITH DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENCES, EVEN THOUGH THE TIRES WERE MARKED AS BEING THE SAME SIZE. WHEN THE CIRCUMFERENCES OF THE TIRES ARE NOT THE SAME IT CAUSES THE 4X4 MODULE TO BELIEVE A SLIPPING CONDITION IS PRESENT AND ENGAGE THE TRANSFER CASE. THE CONTINUAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANSFER CASE RESULTS IN DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSIN. I CONTACTED MICHELIN CONSUMER CARE FOUR TIMES OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD ONLY TO BE TOTALLY IGNORED. MICHELIN HAS SOLD TIRES THAT ARE MARKED INCORRECTLY AS TO SIZE, WHICH RESULTS IN DAMAGE TO YOUR SUV, AND THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY.

Mileage: 92,000

TRANSMISSION ISSUES, IT HARD SHIFTS, SLAMS INTO GEAR, NO IMMEDIATE ENGAGING INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. FORD HAS CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION AND TEST DRIVEN IT THEN CLAIMS IT IS OPERATING FINE. DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY. ISSUES BEGIN ABOUT THE 60,000 MILE MARK.

Mileage: 60,000

TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND LEAVING YOU NOT MOVING IN TRAFFIC OR WORSE NOT BEING ABLE TO CROSS TRAFFIC. ALSO EXTREME HARD SHIFTS INTO REVERSE FROM PARK. I PUT A NEW (REBUILT)TRANSMISSION IN 4/18/13 AND 9/9/15 IT HAS ONLY BEEN TWO WEEKS AND ALREADY IT IS DOING THE HARD SHIFT THING.

Mileage: 99,256

ATTENTION!!!!! CLASS ACTION SUIT STARTED. CONTACT FELDMAN LAW GROUP P.A. , MITCHELL L. FELDMAN @ 813-639-9366 1715 N. WESTSHORE BLVD. SUITE 400 TAMPA FLORIDA 33607. HELP TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE TO ALL OF THE CONSUMERS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIM TO THIS DEFECTIVE, COSTLY AND DANGEROUS PRODUCT PUT OUT BY FORD.

WOW!!!! $2700, THATS WHAT MY DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION IS COSTING ME @ ONLY 69K MILES. WHO WANTS TO START A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST FORD? I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2006 EDDIE BAUER EXPLORER IN LAS VEGAS AT FRIENDLY FORD. I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE. SHIFTING HARD, NOT ENGAGING AND LURCHING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO HEAR THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. BS, FORD KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION BECAUSE MY SISTER BOUGHT THE EXACT SAME VEHICLE IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA AT COUNTRYSIDE FORD THREE MONTHS AFTER ME AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THERE DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM AND FIXED IT. OF COURSE HER TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BET IF IT WASN'T THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN HER THE BS EXCUSE ALSO. OR MAYBE THE SERVICE MANAGER THERE WAS WILLING TO TAKE A CUT IN HIS BONUS FOR SPENDING MORE ON CUSTOMERS REPAIRS. BUY AMERICAN? WHY? THEY DO NOT BACK THEIR PRODUCT. SO PEOPLE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SIT BACK AND LET FORD GET AWAY WITH THIS. NO, IT'S TIME FOR FORD TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. IF ANYBODY OUT THERE KNOWS HOW TO PROCEED WITH ACTION, POST THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR WITH AN ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE AS THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE NOISE WAS DUE TO A MISFIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

POWER TRAIN DEFECT

I WAS DRIVING WHEN POWERTRAIN MIF LIGHT CAME ON.

Mileage: 136,840

I WAS LEAVING A SIDE STREET, MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AND AS I WAS CHANGING LANES AND ACCELERATING INTO BUSY TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE JUST SAT THERE WITH THE ENGINE REVVING UP. THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ENGAGE AND THEN IT SLAMMED INTO GEAR SO HARD THAT IT FELT LIKE I WAS REAR ENDED AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A DEFINITE RISK TO OUR PERSONAL SAFETY BECAUSE IF YOU TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC, CHANGE LANES, MERGE OR ATTEMPT TO AVOID OBSTACLES; YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAFELY OPERATE THIS VEHICLE. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE - PLEASE HOLD FORD ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THANK YOU.

Mileage: 83,000

VEHICLE IS HARD TO ENGAGE IN GEAR. WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE, IT JOLTS REALLY HARD LIKE I WAS REAR ENDED. TAKES A WHILE TO ENGAGE INTO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 143,000

WE BOUGHT A 2006 FORD EXPLORER XLT FROM A DEALER IN SCHENECTADY NY IN 2006.LOVED THE SUV FOR THE FAMILY. THREE WEEKS LATER WE TOOK IT BACK FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES.THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE TO REVERSE SOMETIMES WITHOUT A DELAY THEN A JUMP.AND SHIFTED HARD ON ACCELERATION. WE WERE TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE DURING AN INSPECTION. NOW HERE WE SET WITH AN EXPLORER WITH NO REVERSE AND NEEDING A 2000.00 DOLLAR REPAIR, WHICH WE BELIEVE COULD OF BEEN A PRE EXITING ISSUE. IF YOU LOOK UP THIS MODEL YOU WILL SEE WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MY 2006 EXPLORER. IT LUNGES, JOLTS, DOESN'T ENGAGE AND SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR SO HAD THAT IT FEELS LIKE I JUST GOT REAR ENDED WITH A BIG BANG! FORD DOES NOT TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE 06' EXPLORER DESPITE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING IT AS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN I TRIED TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION AN THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ENGAGE. AT VARIOUS TIMES MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T ENGAGE WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION OR WHEN IT DID ENGAGE IT WOULD JERK. ANOTHER TIME I SLOWED AT A YIELD AND WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE BUT WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS IT ACCELERATED VERY QUICKLY WITH JERKING MOTION. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

WENT OUT TO DRIVEWAY TO START IT HEARD A LOUD NOISE LIKE A BACKFIRE THEN GURGLING TRANSMISSION FLUID RUNNING OUT ALL OVER DRIVEWAY. .M..NO PREVIOUS WARNINGS NOTHING BUT A CLUNKING NOISE SOMETIMES WHEN SHIFTING WHICH DEALER TOLD ME WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. .....VEHICLE HAS HAD ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE... I AM BEYOND ANGRY ......JUST PAID THIS OFF..... TURNS OUT FORD KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS ......THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. .......I HAVE DRIVEN GUARDS FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS ..... . NEVER AGAIN. ... NO MORE FORD'S.........I TRIED TO BUY AMERICAN........AT WHAT COST TO ME.......I'M LOOKING FOR A TOYOTA.........YOU WANT MY BUSINESS...... GIVE ME A DECENT PRODUCT .......THE CADILLAC ELDORADO I HAD NINETEEN YEARS AGO DID THE SAME THING AT 67,000 MILES........I DO NOT DRIVE HARD.........OR JACKRABBIT OR DO FAST STARTS.......TIRED OF PAYING FOR TRYING TO BUY AMERICAN. .....NOW I KNOW WHY EVERYONE ELSE BUYS TOYOTA'S. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

WHILE SHIFTING INTO GEAR, EXPLORER SLAMS AND MAKES A BANG SOUND. TRUCK LUNGES OR JERKS AND WHILE DRIVING TRUCK JERKS INTO GEARS WHEN CHANGING. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Mileage: 68,000

THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THEN THE ENGINE MAINTENANCE LIGHT CAME ON. PRESSED THE GAS AGAIN IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE TO PARK IT AND PUT IT BACK IN D - DRIVE IT STILL WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON. TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. 10 MINUTES LATER TURN ON THE VEHICLE AND PUT IN D-DRIVE AND IT ENGAGED BUT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEXT GEAR. ABLE TO MAKE TO PARKING LOT AND GET HELP. I DO AGREE WHY DID FORD MAKE HARD FOR CONSUMER TO ADD THEIR OWN TRANSMISSION FLUID IF IT RUNS LOW. NO DIP STICK FOR IT AS WELL TO CHECK IF IT IS LOW. *TR

Mileage: 236,000

TRUCKS DOESN'T ENGAGE IN GEAR SOMETIMES, I HAVE PROBLEMS BACKING UP DOESN'T ENGAGE PROPERLY. I ALMOST GOT IN ACCIDENT WITH MY TWO BABIES WHERE IN THE VEHICLE. *JS

I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THEN I WENT TO DRIVE AND IT STARTED TO AND CUT OFF WHEN IT JOLTED LIKE SOMEONE HIT ME AND MY PASSENGER FROM THE REAR BUT IT WAS THE GEAR OR TRANSMISSION OR THE OVERDRIVE NOT ENGAGING, NOT SURE. I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES IN NEUTRAL AND THEN PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT MOVED FORWARD. AFTER I PARKED THE CAR IT REPEATED THE ABOVE ACTION. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006, SIX CYLINDER EXPLORER. AT ONLY APPROXIMATELY 77,000 MILES, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR (A $2,000 EXPENSE), AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY SHOT AND NEEDS TO BE EITHER "REBUILT" OR REPLACED. YET ANOTHER NECESSARY REPAIR FOR AN AUTOMOBILE THAT HAS HAD ALL ITS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED, GARAGE KEPT AND GENTLY DRIVEN AS A FAMILY COMMUTER. AT NINE MODEL YEARS OLD, WE AVERAGING 8,000 MILES A YEAR! THESE SORT OF SYSTEM FAILURES ARE A GENUINE SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEMATIC OCCURRENCES. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

TRANSMISSION CLUNKS WHEN IT IS PUT INTO GEAR. I SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET FOR THIS CONDITION. FORD ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS CONDITION BUT WITH ALL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS I THINK IT SHOULD BE FORDS PROBLEM TO FIX. *JS

Mileage: 82,000

IN THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE WHICH HAS COST ME A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY. SIMILARLY TO THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLAINTS LISTED THE VEHICLE JOLTS AND HESITATES WHILE IN MOTION. I HAVE BEEN TO REPAIR SHOP MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT.... AND NOT EVEN THE TECHNICIANS AT FORD SEEM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AS I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. ON MY LAST VISIT TO THE SHOP ( A WEEK AGO) I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER WHICH WORKS LIKE "THE BRAIN OF THE TRUCK" BUT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT SO THEN I WAS ENCOURAGED " TO LOOK AT "SOMETHING NEW(ER)". I QUESTIONED WHY I SHOULD BE DOING THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS ONE 93K MILES ON IT.... AND WHY WOULD I BUY ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE WHEN THEY COULDN'T FIX OR FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE ONE I HAVE!!!!???? BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS DIRECTLY ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE ,I AM CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS A LARGER PROBLEM OF WHICH FORD IS AWARE AND REFUSES TO ADDRESS. I AM AFRAID EVERY TIME I DRIVE AS I DO NOT KNOW OR HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT IT WILL OPERATE AS INTENDED. AFTER CALLING FORD'S CUSTOMER RELATIONS CENTER, I WAS TOLD THAT MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO TAKE IT TO THE FOR REPAIR SHOP EVEN IF THEY DID NOT KNOW AND HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEN CANNOT IDENTIFY OF FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE IN 2011 ONCE IT WAS HOME WITHIN 3 MONTHS BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS, I ALSO PURCHASE THE FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY EXPLAINED THEY COULD NOT FIND AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT JOLTS, LUNGES, AND SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE. I FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE TRYING TO PULL OUT AT AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE THE CAR STARTS TO JOLT AND I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE GAS IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO GO.IT IS HORRIBLE AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING; ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. EVEN IF I AM DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR INTO OVERDRIVE TO STOP THE MAJORITY OF THE JOLTING, AND THAT DOES NOT EVEN GUARANTEE IT WILL STOP. IT HAS BEEN A BATTLE WITH THE DEALERSHIP. HAD IT INDEPENDENTLY CHECKED BY AAMCO AND THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, BUT THE ISSUE STILL OCCURS. NOT SURE WHAT CAN BE DONE. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 69,364

THE VEHICLE WAS HESITATING AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING DURING A TURN CAUSING THE RPMS TO REV . THIS CAUSED SEVERAL CARS TO SWERVE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE SHOP AS IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2006 FORD EXPLORER THAT IT WAS A FAILED TRANSMISSION. COST TO FIX IS $2,508.

Mileage: 108,000

I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LURCHING SEVERAL TIMES. IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS UNTIL I GOT HOME. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT MAKE IT DO THE SAME THING. IT DID NOT DO IT AGAIN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS UNTIL I WAS PULLING A TRAILER. AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR. I STOPPED AND SHIFTED IT INTO PARK. I THEN SHIFT IT INTO DRIVE AND STARTED DRIVING BUT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. I AGAIN STOPPED AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES. WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE AND BEGAN MOVING, IT WOULD SHIFT INTO THE HIGHER GEARS BUT NOT INTO OVERDRIVE. THE LURCHING CONTINUED TO THIS DAY. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

CEL LIGHT CAME ON, CODE READ 02 SENSOR WHICH WAS REPLACED AND CEL LIGHT OFF NOW. TRANSMISSION JERKING HARD INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE AND HANGS UP BETWEEN GEARS, SUDDENLY LUNGING FORWARD. IN STOP AND START OR DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC, WITH LIGHTS EVERY BLOCK, IT WILL SOMETIMES LUNGE FORWARD AS I SLOW DOWN TO STOP, IDLES ROUGH, AND THEN HAS DIED. IT HAS TWICE SPUTTERED AND TRIED TO STALL TRYING TO CROSS BUSY INTERSECTION. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE!!!! AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT RIDICULOUS COST THAT APPARENTLY DOES NOT FIX PROBLEM AS INDICATED BY ALL FORD FORUMS. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR SO HAD THAT IT FEELS LIKE I JUST GOT REAR ENDED WITH A BIG BANG. THE DATE ABOVE WAS THE FIRST TIME AND EVER SINCE IT KEEPS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. *JS

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

I BOUGHT MY FIRST FORD EXPLORER ALMOST 8 YEARS AGO. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND FELT VERY SAFE DRIVING MY NEWBORN SON. I HAD A SECOND SON AND DECIDED TO BUY A NEW FORD EXPLORER BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A DEPENDABLE CAR. NOW I AM REGRETTING THAT DECISION. I BOUGHT A 2006 FORD EXPLORER AT ROUND 60,000 MILES. IT NOW HAS 70,000 AND I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO GET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION AND IT STILL HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. IT JOLTS, LUNGES, AND SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T ENGAGE. I FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE TRYING TO PULL OUT AT AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE THE CAR STARTS TO JOLT AND I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE GAS IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO GO.IT IS HORRIBLE AND I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING; ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. EVEN IF I AM DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I HAVE TO PUT THE CAR INTO OVERDRIVE TO STOP THE MAJORITY OF THE JOLTING, AND THAT DOES NOT EVEN GUARANTEE IT WILL STOP. MY HUSBAND IS IN THE MILITARY AND GONE A GREAT DEAL. HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF HIS CHILDREN OR WIFE WHEN HE IS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS OR WHEN HE IS TRAINING AWAY FROM HOME. HE IS CURRENTLY AWAY FROM HOME FOR TRAINING, GETTING READY FOR DEPLOYMENT. HE IS CALLING EVERY CHANCE HE GETS TO MAKE SURE THE CAR HAS NOT BROKEN DOWN OR WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN AND ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS VERY HORRIBLE VEHICLE. IF I HAD ENOUGH MONEY I WOULD BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND TELL EVERYONE NOT TO EVER BUY A FORD AGAIN. I THINK I AM MORE UPSET WITH THE FACT THAT MY HUSBAND IS POSSIBLE BEING SENT OVERSEAS IN OCTOBER, AND HE CANNOT EVEN GO TO WAR WITH THE KNOWLEDGE HIS FAMILY IS SAFE. I REALLY WISH SOMEONE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP ALL OF THE FAMILIES WITH THIS DEFECT. *TR

THIS MY SECOND FORD EXPLORER, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH BOTH. MY CURRENT EXPLORER A 2006 WILL NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE; I CANNOT BACK-UP. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED FORD WARRANTY AS A PRECAUTION, FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM WITH THE 1ST EXPLORER I PURCHASED. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP, (WHERE I HAVE PURCHASED 5 FORD VEHICLES IN THE LAST 12 YEARS) I WAS GETTING A 100,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DESIGN FLAW, AND FORD HAS DECLINED TO RECALL BECAUSE THEY SAY THERE ARE NO SAFETY ISSUES. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS SEALED, YOU CAN'T EVEN CHECK IT. I AM 686 MILES OVER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY AND FORD WON'T DO THE RIGHT THING. GOODBYE FORD!! I'M PRETTY SURE THE ONLY SATISFACTION WILL BE FROM SPREADING MY STORY ALONG WITH THE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. *TR

Mileage: 100,600

IT WOULD NOT SHIFT IN REVERSE TILL I TURNED IT OFF AND RESTART IT TOOK THE REVERSE. AFTER THE INCIDENT THE EXPLORER KEEP ON GIVING ME PROBLEMS EVERY TIME I'LL SHIFT IT INTO REVERSE. I HAVE TO ACTUALLY PUNCH THE GAS SO IT COULD GET THE REVERSE GEAR. IT HAS BEEN MANY TIMES THAT I HAD TO QUICKLY STEP ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ON COMING TRAFFIC AS WELL AS PARKED CARS, AFTER HAVING TO PUNCH ON THE GAS SO I COULD GO IN REVERSE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 45,986

WHILE IN DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING. AFTER DRIVING A SHORT TIME N THE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP IT BEGINS JERKING PRETTY BADLY. YOU CANNOT CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID OR ANYTHING DUE TO THERE BEING NO DIPSTICK OR PLACE TO ADD ANY FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE OWNERS MANUAL STATES IT MUST B DONE BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. WHEN I TOOK IT TO A "PROFESSIONAL" HE RESEARCHED THE COMPLAINT INFORMING ME THERE WASN'T ANYTHING HE COULD DO WITH IT. HIS RESEARCH FOUND 11 PAGES OF OTHER FORD EXPLORER OWNERS COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE MAY BE A RECALL SOMEWHERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO GO BEING THAT MY MECHANIC CANNOT HELP ME. *TR

Mileage: 114,810

I WAS DRIVING UP SMALL HILL-DRY CONDITIONS AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN. ON COMING VEHICLE SWERVED AND AVOIDED COLLISION. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES AFTER THE TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR COMES ON. THE CAR ALSO JUMPS OUT WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND SOMETIMES IT IS VERY HARD TO SHIFT. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM! SAFETY RECALL IMPERATIVE! *TR

Mileage: 64,863

I'VE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. FIRST THE CAR SHIFTS HARD APPROX BETWEEN 10 MPH AND 20 MPH, THE CAR LUNGES, STALLS, THEN SHIFTS HARD INTO GEAR. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, I TOOK THE CAR TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND THEY DID A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FLUSH... THE CAR RAN SMOOTH FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS, THEN IT STARTED LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH RESULTED IN MY RADIATOR BEING RUINED. REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND A PLUG IN THE TRANSMISSION. ($1,800) THE CAR THEN RAN FINE UP THIS PAST SUNDAY. THE CAR AS ME AND MY WIFE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM A 400 MILE TRIP WITH THE AC RUNNING, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED LUNGING AND SHIFTING HARD AGAIN. I EXITED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON... THE CAR STARTED SHIFTING HARD BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR AND MAKING A LOUD CLUNK NOISE. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE DID ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FLUSH ON MONDAY JUNE 16, 2014... TWO DAYS LATER AND THE CAR STILL LUNGES, STALLS, AND SHIFTS HARD. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I EVEN ASKED THEM BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2006 TRANSMISSION, THEY STILL COULDN'T HELP ME. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THE CAR EVEN THOUGH IN PARK, IT TENDS TO ROLL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY INTO THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT/ EARLY MORNING... THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES... TOLD FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD DO... THE LAST PROBLEM IS EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE THE CAR DOESN'T SHIFT INTO REVERSE... TOLD FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD DO... *TR

Mileage: 100,000

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING IT ROLLED BACKWARDS OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE ACROSS THE STREET. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN PARK AND THE DOORS WERE LOCKED. MY NEIGHBORS HEARD THE CRASH, LOOKED OUT THEIR WINDOW AND RAN OUTSIDE. A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND VERY SMALL CONCRETE WALL STOPPED THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE OUTSIDE OR ANY OTHER CARS. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT BODY DAMAGE TO MY EXPLORER AND THE LEFT REAR WHEEL IS PUSHED OUT. HOW DOES A VEHICLE ROLL ACROSS THE STREET WHILE IN PARK? EVEN IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, SHOULDN'T THIS BE SOMETHING FORD WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR? *TR

Mileage: 126,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. I THOUGHT SOMEONE HIT ME. IT DID THIS TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD EXIT THE HIGHWAY. THEN IT STARTED BEING VERY SLOW TO SHIFT INTO GEAR OR WOULD NOT SHIFT AT ALL WITH OUT SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE FOR 3 TO 5 MINS AT A TIME. THEN IT WOULD ONLY DRIVE A FEW BLOCKS BEFORE AGAIN REFUSING TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

STARTING DATE IS APPROXIMATE AND MILEAGE. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE YOU COULD FEEL A JERK IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IT WAS SHIFTING. AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, IT FELT LIKE YOU HAD BEEN HIT IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE FELT IT WAS BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. WE TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION CENTER AND THEY REPLACED A SLEEVE AND SOLENOID BLOCK APRIL 8, 2014. NO PROBLEMS SINCE. HAVE BEEN READING OTHER PEOPLE HAVE AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

IT HAD A HARD LUNGE ANYTIME I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT (IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO GO WHEN I WAS STOPPED SO I WOULD PUT IT IN PARK, WAIT FOR THE GREEN LIGHT AND PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE SO I DIDN'T RISK THE CHANCE OF REAR ENDING SOMEONE), IT SEEMED IF I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL TOO HARD, IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT COULDN'T SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR CORRECTLY, IT MAKES ALL KINDS OF LOUD BANGING NOISES AND THE TIRES WOULD LOSE TRACTION. WE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION VALUE BODY AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. WE GOT THE TRUCK BACK AND IT IS STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. WE SPOKE WITH FORD WHO TOLD US THERE WAS NO WAY THERE WAS A 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC BMW TRANSMISSION IN OUR FORD TRUCK - WE WERE RIGHT - WE GAVE FORD THE VIN FOR THE TRUCK AND THEY CAME BACK AND SAID "WE ARE SORRY, YOU ARE RIGHT IT IS A 6-SPEED AUTO TRANSMISSION" (SO BASICALLY FORD HAD NO IDEA WHAT TRANSMISSION THEY PUT IN THE TRUCK) COME TO FIND OUT IT IS A FORD 6R TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS ONLY USED IN 2005 AND 2006 FORD EXPLORER AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY A PIECE OF CRAP! NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO FIX MY TRUCK! THE TRUCK HAS BEEN TO TWO TRANSMISSION SHOPS, A SHOP THAT HAS EXPERTISE IN COMPUTER PROBLEMS AND ANOTHER CAR SHOP. NO ONE HAS ANSWERS FOR ME. I CAN NOT GET A RENTAL CAR BECAUSE MY INSURANCE WILL NOT COVER RENTAL UNLESS I'VE BEEN IN A WRECK. AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION SHOP IS TALKING ABOUT SENDING THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND IT COULD TAKE A FEW MONTHS TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR. AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME TO BE OUT OF A RIDE FOR A FEW MONTHS! FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THEIR 2006 6R TRANSMISSIONS...THEY KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ALREADY OUT THERE AND FORD IS NOT LISTENING TO IT'S CUSTOMERS. *TR

CAR BEGAN STALLING WHILE DRIVING. ALL POWER IS LOST. THROTTLE BOX CLEANED IN JUNE 2013. BEGAN TO STALL AGAIN WITHIN WEEKS VERY RANDOMLY WITH NO WARNING. NOW STALLING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. APRIL OF 2014 THROTTLE BOX CLEANED AGAIN AND RADIATOR REPLACED. STALLED 2 DAYS LATER. VERY DANGEROUS AS NOW REQUIRES GAS PEDAL AND BRAKING TO LIMP THE CAR TO SAFETY. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES ON IT AND IS A ONE OWNER CAR, SO I KNOW THAT ALL MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE ON SCHEDULE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS HARD, GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEUTRAL AFTER BREAKING. REVERSE GEAR DOESN'T CATCH UNTIL 10 SECONDS AFTER YOU SET IT. TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHEN CROSSING STREETS IS DANGEROUS THE TRUCK DOESN'T PICK UP. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

FORD HAS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, FORD INCREASED THE VEHICLE WARRANTY FROM 50,000 TO 75,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, FAILS TO GO INTO GEAR, SLAMS HARD WHEN IT GOES INTO GEAR AND IS SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS ISSUES WITH THE RADIATOR, WHICH IN MY CASE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AT MY EXPENSE. THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND REPLACED. IN TALKING WITH MY FORD DEALER, IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT FORD HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS. IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET YOU SEE IT IS AN ISSUE AS THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME FAILURE. I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD 53,000 MILES AND I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT FAILED AND THEN REPLACE IT. FORD SHOULD BE REPLACING THIS TRANSMISSION. THEY SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT IN DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING MAKING IN UNSAFE TO DRIVE. VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER INCLUDING ENGINE, AIR, LIGHT. INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYS WRENCH, AND ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS THROTTLE BODY. REPLACE AND CONTINUES TO DIE. NO FORMAL COMPLAINTS, BUT GOOGLE SEARCH OF "2006 FORD STALLING ISSUES" SHOWS THAT MANY OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. *JS

Mileage: 100,000

THREE FAMILIAR ISSUES: * TRANSMISSION SLAMS!!! INTO REVERSE * WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT/SIGN THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS WITH A THUMP. * VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD SHORTLY AFTER PLACING IN DRIVE (UNDER 15 MPH). IT WILL HESITATE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES. HAD IT AT A DEALERSHIP TO REFLASH/REPROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2013. PAID $100 FOR THE TEST AND WAS TOLD THE SOLENOID BODY FAILED. I DECLINED THE OFFER OF A $937 PLUS TAX REPAIR BILL. FORD SHOULD FIX THIS ISSUE AT NO COST TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. TRANSMISSION ISSUES IN A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 54,000 MILES DOES NOT SPEAK TO FORD'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY. THESE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN NOTED FOR YEARS. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE ABOVE THREE ISSUES PERSIST. *JS

Mileage: 54,000

AT LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE SLAMS INTO 2ND GEAR. IT IS QUITE DISTURBING, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY WHERE THERE ARE STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS FROM BLOCK TO BLOCK. IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS BEING CRASHED INTO FROM BEHIND - CONSTANTLY. THE WORST PART IS, AFTER READING LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE VOICING THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINT, THERE IS NO CLEAR CAUSE OR RESOLUTION. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS FINE, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN GETTING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY FROM A COMPLETE STOP -- THROTTLING STRAIGHT THROUGH FROM 1ST TO O/D, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM. IT IS ONLY AN ISSUE WHEN THROTTLING SHORT DISTANCES NEEDING ONLY 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. ALSO, THOUGH SLIGHTLY LESS FREQUENT IN MY CASE, GETTING INTO REVERSE CAN BE JUST AS UNSETTLING. I WOULD SAY, 1 OUT OF 15 TIMES, THE VEHICLE SLAMS INTO REVERSE MOMENTS AFTER PLACING THE SHIFTER INTO THE REVERSE POSITION. NOW, I WILL FINISH BY ADDING THAT THIS IS MY SECOND EXPLORER. MY FIRST WAS A 2003. AT AROUND 100,000MI., IT TOO HAD THE SAME EXACT ISSUES. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS 'UNIQUE' TO THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE. WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING TO MY NEWER MODEL, I BEGAN TO RESEARCH. I AM 34YRS OLD AND I HAVE OWNED FIVE FORD VEHICLES IN MY LIFETIME. I AM CONFIDENT IN SAYING FORD MOTOR CO. WILL LOSE A LOYAL CUSTOMER PERMANENTLY IF THEY DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. SHAMEFUL. CARELESS. POINT BEING, IN ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT ISSUE, THE TRANSMISSION 'WORKS' BUT IT DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY! *TR

Mileage: 90,000

WHEN I PLACE MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER IN REVERSE IT SOMETIMES HESITATES THEN KICKS INTO REVERSE WITH A HARD KNOCK AND THUMP. ALSO WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE IT SLIPS THEN CATCHES THE GEAR WITH A HARD THUMP. I DON'T KNOW WHY ITS DOING THIS BUT ITS NOT SAFE. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO SHIFTS REAL WEIRD WITH HESITATION ALL THE TIME. FORD SHOULD HAVE MADE THIS AN ISSUE THAT THEY SHOULD FIX. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT THESE FORD EXPLORERS NOT KNOWING THIS CONDITION BECAUSE ITS NOT A RECALL ISSUE AND THEREFORE THEY ...LIKE ME BUY THE CAR WITH PROBLEMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN RESOLVED BY FORD AND HAVE TO FOOT A BIG TRANSMISSION BILL. I AM ASKING FORD TO WORK WITH US ON THIS. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL CUSTOMER OF FORD FOR OVER 10 YEARS BUT THIS IS SOON TO CHANGE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 118,000

VEHICLE BANGS INTO GEAR FROM 1ST TO 2ND, AND CONSTANTLY SLIDES IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE THE ENGINE IS REVVING AT 2500 RPM. ALSO HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. SHOP ADVICE WATER GETTING INTO WIRE HARNESS THEY FIX BY DRYING IT AND PUTTING GREASE BUT ISSUE PERSISTS (NO CODE). *TR

Mileage: 50,000

SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION SLAMS HARD ON A FAST TAKE OFF, THEN AT 45 OR ABOVE CYCLES GEARS AND WON'T STAY IN OVERDRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

THE CAR JOLTS REALLY BAD WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THEN WHEN YOU CHANGE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 145,782

DRIVING AT 45 MPH ,TRANSMISSION SHIFTED WITH A JERKY MOTION ,FIRST STARTED THEN.WHEN YOU FIRST TAKE OFF IT JERKS AND MAKES A NOISE. WHEN YOU BACK UP IT JERKS HARD ENOUGH IT WHIPS YOU BODY BACK. HAD IT CHECKED AT A TRANSMISSION PLACE. THEY TORE IT DOWN AND FOUND NOTHING ( $400). STILL JERKS AND SHIFTS ROUGH. DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST. *TR

Mileage: 40,130

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, THERE WAS A VISIBLE TRANSMISSION LEAK. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS TO REPLACE WERE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. DYD

Mileage: 76,000

ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT (THROTTLE CONTROL) CAME ON ALONG WITH SERVICE INDICATOR (WRENCH). I STOPPED AT SERVICE STATION AND WAS TOLD (AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC) THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE ELECTRONICS IN THE THROTTLE CONTROL AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED . *TR

Mileage: 80,224

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED AND THEN SLAMMED INTO REVERSE. AS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN OVER THE PAST YEAR THIS PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AND ALSO THE VEHICLE WILL SLAM INTO GEAR DURING TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM ON OCCASION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS. IT SLAMS WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. I HAVE BEEN TO A FEW REPAIR SHOPS AND HAVE GOTTEN DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 64,565

I STARTED MY CAR AND, WHEN I PUT IN REVERSE, TRANSMISSION WONT SHIFT. PUT ON DRIVE, DIDN'T SHIFT, NEITHER ON NEUTRAL. WHEN SHIFTED TO 3RD, TRANSMISSION SHIFTED. PUT BACK IN REVERSE AND WORKED/ *TR

Mileage: 80,000

DEAR SIR FIRST OF ALL , I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I AM NOT A US CITIZEN , BUT , I'M A FAMILY MAN & I FEEL FOR OTHERS , I OWN A FORD EXPLORER 06 , AND RECENTLY I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT THE TRANS HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN , SHIFTING WRONGLY , JOLTING INTO GEAR IS NOT ENJOYABLE OR SAFE, THE OTHER DAY I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE TRANS REFUSED TO SHIFT WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO ESCAPE A SITUATION OF HITTING A CAR NEXT TO ME , I'VE LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET & FOUND THAT EVERYBODY IS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUES , YOU CAN GO FOR THE BELOW SITE & CHECK HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2006/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_LUNGES_HARD_JOLT_WHEN_SHIFTING.SHTML THE PROBLEM IS THAT FORD WON'T ADMIT THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION , PUTTING PEOPLES LIFE IN DANGER FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE PLEASE FIX THIS AS IT'S VERY CRITICAL & DANGEROUS AT THE SAME TIME [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 123,031

I BOUGHT MY FORD EXPLORER IN 2006 BUT THREE YEARS LATER HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. AFTER THAT I NOTICE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP EVERY NOW AND THEN. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE ESCALATED SINCE JUNE 2013 WITH THE VEHICLE JACKING OR DRAGGING BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS. MY WIFE IS ACTUALLY AFRAID OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND INSTEAD PREFERS TO DRIVE MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD WHICH HAS BEEN RUNNING WITH NO PROBLEMS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL AND YEAR OF MY FORD EXPLORER AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AND SO HE TOLD ME I SHOULD FILE THIS COMPLAIN SINCE THIS WAS NOT OUR FAULT BUT A FACTORY DEFECT WHICH BY THE LOOK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THIS SITE, FORD IS AWARE OF. MY QUESTION IS WHY HAS FORD NOT RECALLED THIS BECAUSE AFTER CHECKING THIS SITE, I HAVE SEEN SO MANY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE SAME RELATED ISSUES (MAINLY RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION), ARE CUSTOMERS SUPPOSED TO SUFFER AND SPEND MONEY FOR THINGS THAT THE FORD COMPANY HAS NEGLECTED OR FOR THEIR POOR WORKMANSHIP? I BELIEVE NOT. FORD NEEDS TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND SOLVE THIS PROBLEMS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. I, JUST LIKE EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT A FORD EXPLORER WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR AUTOMAKERS DOING WELL AND THAT'S WHY WE BUY THE CARS BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR FAMILIES SAFETY OR FINANCES. *TR

THIS VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT APPROXIMATELY 54000 MILES. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FIXED IN 2010. NOW, IN DECEMBER 2013 WITH 113500 MILES, THIS VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AGAIN AND REQUIRED COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE TRUCK STARTED JERKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND HE COULDN'T BACK UP SO HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. ALL OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE. THE TRUCK WAS OFF WARRANTY SO HAD TO BUY A NEW RADIATOR. IN ORDER FOR THE RADIATOR TO HAVE A WARRANTY HAD TO BUY ANOTHER PART FROM THE FORD PLACE FOR 200.00. GOT THE PART AND RADIATOR. WITHIN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, SAME THING HAPPENED, HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER RADIATOR. HAVE HAD THREE RADIATORS AND NOW THIS YEAR 2013 LEAKING AGAIN AND THE RADIATOR THAT I PAID $600.00 FOR THE RADIATOR PLACE HAS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS SO I HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER RADIATOR. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS 2006 FORD EXPLORER XLT AND FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT HALF THE TIME, NEVER KNOW WHEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE IT IF ALL OF THE FLUID LEAKS OUT OR MAY STOP IN TRAFFIC SUDDENLY. PLEASE HELP US TO GET FORD TO RECALL THESE TRUCKS. *TR

Mileage: 19,000

I HAVE HAD THE DOOR BLENDER PLASTIC PIECE CHANGED ON MY CAR THREE TIMES! EACH TIME THE SEASON CHANGES. I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I CURRENTLY HAVE A RADIATOR LEAK AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND PLASTIC HOLDER AS WELL. I ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE A TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE PROBLEM AND I WILL HAVE TO GET THAT FIXED AS WELL. THIS IS HORRIBLE. I PURCHASED THE FORD EXPLORER BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS DEPENDABLE. THIS IS DEPRESSING AND I CAN NOT AFFORD IT! *TR

Mileage: 70,000

2006 EDDIE BAUER FORD EXPLORER, I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A MAIN HIGHWAY AND MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND CAUSING SPUTTER/NON ENGAGEMENT AND MY CHILDREN AND WERE SO SCARED CAUSE WE ALMOST GOT HIT BY A SEMI FROM THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING WHILE CROSSING TRAFFIC. I WAS 7 MOS PREGNANT AS WELL. WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE IF THEIR FATHER LOST ALL OF US FOR THIS HIGHLY REPORTED AND IGNORED ISSUE!? THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMETHING DEVASTATING COMES OF THIS. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

TRANSMISSION ON MY 2006 EXPLORER STARTED SLIPPING AND SLAMMING INTO GEAR. AT SLOW SPEEDS IT WOULD SLAM AND LURCH FORWARD MAKING IT COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR FORD FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW AND THEY WILL OFFER NOTHING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

BOTH OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST 2-3 YEARS BUT I CAN NOT REMEMBER EXACT DATES. FIRST MY CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING HOT CONTINUOUSLY OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME WHICH CAUSES ME TO HAVE TO PUT COOLANT IN AT LEAST ONCE EVERY MONTH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS COMMON WITH THE EXPLORERS BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. THEY FIRST TOLD ME IT WAS THE LINE TO THE RADIATOR THAT WAS LEAKING SO I HAD IT REPLACED, THEN NEXT TIME IT WAS THE THERMOSTAT AND HOUSING THAT THEY SAID WAS THE PROBLEM. SO I HAD THIS REPLACED. NOW TODAY 9/19/2013 I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I SEEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. SECONDLY MY CAR JERKS INTO GEAR WHEN I TRY TO PUT IN GEAR. THEY ARE TELLING ME NOW I NEED A TRANSMISSION BUT I SEE THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH MANY EXPLORERS OWNERS AND IT DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BECAUSE MY CAR IS JERKING WHICH CAUSES ME TO ALMOST HIT PEOPLE OR DOESN'T GO INTO GEAR FAST ENOUGH WHICH CAUSES THEM TO ALMOST HIT ME. PLEASE HELP!!! THESE PROBLEMS FIRST STARTED TO OCCUR AROUND 40000 MILES. MY PROBLEM IS RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. *JB

Mileage: 97,468

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN TOWN TRAFFIC, BEGAN TO NOTICE A STUTTERING OR SHUDDERING IN THE ENGINE EVERY TIME I GOT TO AROUND 40-45MPH. ONCE ACCELERATED THROUGH THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY. THIS BECAME NOTICEABLE ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO, AND I WATCHED TO SEE IF IT WENT AWAY OR GOT WORSE. AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS IT ALSO STARTED TO SHUDDER AROUND 30 MPH, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UPHILL. IT ALSO BEGAN TO JERK SUBSTANTIALLY WHEN I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, ALMOST LIKE I HAD BEEN REAR ENDED. I TOOK IT IN TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC AND WE ASSUMED MAYBE WE HAD ENGINE MISFIRE AND A FOULED SPARK PLUG, AS IT HAD DONE SOME SHUDDERING PREVIOUSLY LAST FALL. WE HAD REPLACED ALL THE PLUGS AND COILS AT THAT TIME(74000K) AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY UNTIL AUGUST. THERE WERE NEVER ANY ENGINE LIGHTS OR ERROR CODES. THE MECHANIC TOOK ONE TEST DRIVE AND SAID NO WAY, TAKE IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE. TOOK IT WHERE IT HAS BEEN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. I WAS QUOTED 2400-2800.00 TO REBUILD, STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD INTERNAL PRESSURE ISSUES AND WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY TORN DOWN TO SEE WHAT IT NEEDED. CALLED FOUR DAYS LATER TO UP THE ESTIMATE, STATING THIS PARTICULAR MODEL HAD A MERCEDES TRANSMISSION SO NOW WE AT A MINIMUM OF 4000.00. WE HAD AN OLD FORD EXPLORER, 1998 V8 AWD THAT HAD OVER 165000K ON IT THAT NEVER HAD TRANNY ISSUES. I AM SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT A 2006 WITH LESS THAN 85K THAT HAD NEVER PULLED OR HAULED ANYTHING OTHER THAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE TRANSMISSION GO OUT, JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. AND WHEN IT WAS TAKEN IN INITIALLY THE PROBLEM WAS 'SPARK PLUGS', WHICH WERE ALSO AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO RUSTED IN THAT THEY REQUIRED A SPECIAL TOOL TO EXTRACT AND STILL CRACKED ONE. FORD HAS A SERIOUS QUALITY CONTROL PROBLEM. *JS

Mileage: 74,000

THE TRUCK JOLTS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS TO REVERSE AND DRIVE, I FEELS LIKE A CAR RAN INTO ME FROM THE BACK. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO BUMP INTO ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC, AS I ACCELERATE THE GAS PEDAL IT EITHER STALLS OR JOLTS VERY HARD, THANK GOD IT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE OTHER CAR NOR MINE. EVER SINCE THIS HAPPENED, IT HAS BEEN BIG PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD, AND NOW THE TRUCK DOESN'T PICK UP SPEED VERY QUICKLY EVER SINCE THIS HAPPENED, WHEN I GET TO 20 MPH IT STALLS OR JOLTS AFTER 3-5 SECONDS. MY SHIFT STICK IS ALL MESSED UP NOW, WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE, IT LOOKS LIKE ITS ON NEUTRAL AND PARK LOOKS LIKE ITS ON 3RD GEAR. SERVICE MECHANICS HAVE ALMOST CRASHED MY CAR BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, AND FORD HAS SAID THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE A PROPER REPAIR!! THEN WHY SELL IT IF YOU CAN'T REPAIR IT PROPERLY SO I WONT HAVE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FOR SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2006 FORD EXPLORER-EDDIE BAUER EDITION AROUND JUNE 2013. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE AT TIME OF PURCHASE WAS 76700. IT HAS ONLY BEEN 2 MONTHS SINCE MY PURCHASE AND I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN IN PARK AND SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE CAR STALLS AND THEN AFTER A 5-10 SECOND DELAY THE CAR JERKS VERY HARD BACKWARDS. THEN WHEN BRAKING IMMEDIATELY AFTER MOVING BACKWARDS IN ORDER TO SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR, THE TRUCK JUST STALLS AS IF ITS IN NEUTRAL AND THEN JERKS FORWARD VIOLENTLY INTO 1ST GEAR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. ALSO WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 50 MILES PER HOUR OR MORE AND SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE OF INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO STALL EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE IS REVVED UP. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND FIX THIS SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT EXPLORER FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS WHEN IT FINALLY DID ENGAGE THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED AS IF THE TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED WITH GREAT FORCE. THE HAS OCCURRED ON MANY OCCASIONS AND IS POSSES A DANGER TO MYSELF AND FAMILY AND ANY ONE WHO MAY BE PARKED OR STANDING TO CLOSE. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN TO MY LOCAL FORD SERVICE CENTER AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TWICE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY: FIRST TIME THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING AND THE SECOND TIME THEY REPLACED THE SHIFTING MECHANISM. IN NOVEMBER OF 2012 THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ENGAGE AT ALL AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IS WAS THE GEAR SHIFTER AGAIN, THIS TIME I PAID $500 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THE CAR WORKED CORRECTLY FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND I THOUGH IT WAS FINALLY FIXED, HOWEVER IT IS ONCE AGAIN DOING THE SAME THING. IT DELAYS 5-10 SECONDS BETWEEN SHIFTING, DROPS INTO GEAR VERY HARD AND LUNGES FORWARD. FORD IS NOW TELLING ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT THE FANTASTIC PRICE OF AN ESTIMATED $2500. GIVEN ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION I THINK FORD NEEDS TO REPLACE THEM AT THEIR COST BEFORE WE START SEEING AN INCREASE IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE CRASHES, INJURIES, AND POSSIBLY FATALITIES. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

ISSUE. HARD JERKS/CLUNKS WHILE SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND THEM FORWARD. ALSO FEELS AS IF YOUR ARE BEING HIT IN BUMPER AS YOU ARE STOPPING WHILE TRANSMISSION IS DOWN SHIFTING. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH SO MANY 2006 EXPLORERS, PLEASE LOOK INTO A RECALL AS THIS A DEFECT WITH THE FORD MODEL. ALSO WAY TOO EXPENSIVE FOR PARTS AND LABOR! FAILURE AT MILEAGE OF 81,800. TOO EARLY TO DIE WITH THIS MILEAGE! *TR

Mileage: 81,846

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CAR SPEED WENT TO 0 MPH, TRANSMISSION TOTALLY SLIPPED. SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. ONCE I SIT THERE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES ON SIDE OF ROAD IT WILL THEY START TO WORK AS IT SHOULD. BUT IT DOES MAKE LOUD NOISES WHILE MOTOR SHIFTS GEARS. THIS IS A KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEM YET NO FORD RECALL. UNACCEPTABLE!!! *TR

Mileage: 77,180

TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AT RED LIGHT. IT STARTED GOING BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF FORWARD. HAD TO PUT INTO PARK AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE TO GET IT TO DRIVE. STILL GOING ON. NOW WHEN ACTUALLY ON THE ROAD IT IS GETTING OUT OF GEAR WHEN VEHICLE IS AT DRIVING SPEED. ENGINE REVS UP TO 5000RPMS, THEN DOWN TO 1000RPM. VEHICLE LUNGING. WILL GET HURT I'M SURE. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

SAME ISSUE AS MANY MANY OTHER PEOPLE. HARD JERKS/CLUNKS WHILE SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND MULTIPLE GEARS AND OVERDRIVE. ALSO FEELS AS IF YOUR ARE BEING HIT IN BUMPER AS YOU ARE STOPPING WHILE TRANSMISSION IS DOWN SHIFTING. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH SO MANY 2006 EXPLORERS, PLEASE LOOK INTO A RECALL AS THIS A DEFECT WITH THE FORD MODEL. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JOLTED AND FAILED TO SHIFT FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 9/17/13*CN

Mileage: 75,000

SAME AS A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSMISSION LUNGES HARD JOLT WHEN SHIFTING, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF REGARDING THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER, NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT I NEED TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT WILL BE $3500.00 APROX. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!! I CAN'T AFFORD THIS AN HAVE TO BORROW FAMILY MONEY TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

ON THIS DATE, THE EXPLORER, WHILE TRYING TO BACK INTO DRIVEWAY, WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND WAS WEAK WHEN TRYING TO BACK, AS IF IT DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY INTO GEAR. ALSO GEAR SHIFT WAS HARD AND WOULD HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING AND SLOWING DOWN IT WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE CAUSE I HAVE NOT EVEN HAD THE VEHICLE ONE WEEK AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. WELL I HAD THEM CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AS PART OF THE DEAL AND THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING AFTER THAT. TAKING IT BACK TO BE CORRECTED. REALLY LIKE VEHICLE SO HOPE IT IS FIXABLE. *TR

Mileage: 88,250

VEHICLE WAS JUST AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR OVER A WEEK IN MARCH FOR TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUES, NEW RADIATOR, ETC. JUST FOUR MONTHS LATER, I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUES THAT MANY OTHERS ARE WRITING ABOUT; HARD SHIFT INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE IS JUMPING/JOLTING FORWARD FROM A STOP, RPM FLUCTUATION WHILE IDLING. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE ITS A HESITATION THEN A LOUD NOISE, AND A VIOLENT JERKING LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN HIT FROM THE REAR, ALSO AT 40 MILES AND HOUR IT JERKS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS DOWNSHIFTING WHEN DECELERATING AND SHIFTING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, INSTEAD OF A SMOOTH SHIFT, ITS A JOLTING BANG , SIMILAR TO BEING REAR ENDED . THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU PANIC BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'VE BEEN REAR ENDED. IT IS JOLTING!!!! I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GASKET IN THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WHICH CAUSES SHIFTING MALFUNCTIONS, BUT FORD WON'T OWN UP TO THE DEFECT AND INITIATE A REPAIR RECALL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE, I PERSONALLY KNOW OF 5 OTHER EXPLORER OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE JOLTING BANG COMES FROM THE ENGINE ACCELERATING WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE TRANS DOES NOT ENGAGE UNTIL SEVERAL SECONDS LATER WHICH CAUSES A JOLTING DUE TO THE ENGINES HIGH RPMS AS YOU DEPRESS THE PEDAL. THE SUDDEN ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANS WHEN THE ENGINE IS REVVING AT HIGH RPMS CAUSE A JOLTING BANG . *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE PREVENTED HIM FROM SHIFTING INTO THE HIGHER GEARS. THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE ACCELERATION DECREASED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO FAILURE CODES PRESENT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 13,000

DURING A LEFT TURN ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC OUR EXPLORER WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT LURCHED TO START AND WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 10-15 MPH, NEARLY STALLING. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME BUT COULD NOT GET IT TO GO ABOVE 20 MPH. AT SPEEDS 10 - 20 MPH IT JERKED VIOLENTLY. THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AT SPEEDS 45 - 60. MODERATELY ACCELERATING BETWEEN 45 - 60 MPH HAS CAUSED HARD JERKS FOR YEARS WITH THIS CAR PRIOR TO IT BEING OFF WARRANTY. WE'VE TAKEN IT TO TED BRITT FORD SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. WE ALSO NOTED THEY ONLY PUT IT ON THE TICKET ONCE, THE OTHER TIMES TELLING US THEY TOOK IT OFF SINCE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ISSUE AND WOULDN'T CHARGE US FOR IT. THE TIME MENTIONED IN THIS INCIDENT THE DEALER OFFERED TO SPLIT THE COST WITH US DUE TO OUR PREVIOUS ISSUES AND THEIR INABILITY TO FIX IT. THEY ALSO DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE AS WE STILL CANNOT ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS 45 - 60 WITHOUT HARD JERKING FROM THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION. WE NO LONGER USE THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS TRYING TO SWITCH LANES OR MERGE ON TO A HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR VIOLENTLY SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND OFTEN LEFT US RUNNING OUT OF MERGE LANE SPACE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO GET INTO TRAFFIC. I HAVE READ SEVERAL SUCH PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND I AM SURPRISED NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. WE HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS HAVING THIS CAR LOOKED AT AND IN FAILED ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TRANSMISSION WAS SHUTTERING IN REVERSE AS WELL AS 2 AND 3 GEARS. FOR HAVING THIS TROUBLE AT 70000 SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE AND HAVING A TRANSMISSION GO OUT CAN BE DANGEROUS. IN DOING RESEARCH ONLINE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IS QUITE COMMON ON MY TYPE OF EXPLORER. I SUGGEST THAT FORD NEEDS TO HAVE A MANDATORY RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION OIL. THIS LEAK IS COMING FROM THE LEFT QUICK CONNECT FITTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RADIATOR WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE TRANS COOLER LINE. I WAS TOLD BY THE FORD COMPANY THAT THERE IS NO QUICK FIX TO THIS PROBLEM, THEY WILL HAVE TO "REPLACE THE RADIATOR" FOR A COST OF APPROX.....$950.00. THE RADIATOR COST $500 LABOR $450. THE QUICK CONNECT FITTING THAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM IS $10.00. HELP, HELP, HELP. *TR

Mileage: 10,010

WITH ONLY 86,000 MILES OUR FORD EXPLORERS TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ONCE AGAIN. WHEN WE HAD 23,000 MILES ON OUR VEHICLE WE NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING RATHER HARD AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. AT 58,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT WAS SO ROUGH THAT WE HAD TO GET IT REPAIRED. SINCE THE WARRANTY IS ONLY UP TO 36,000 WE DECIDED OUR BEST BET IS TO NOT TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. WE HAD THE VALVE BODY REPAIRED AND IT RAN FINE UP UNTIL NOW. 86,000 MILES AND THIS VEHICLE IS ONCE AGAIN AT A REPAIR SHOP HAVING THE TRANSMISSION FULLY REBUILT. IN THE TIME I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE I HAVE PAID OVER $7,000 TO KEEP IT RUNNING WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE, TIRES, RADIATOR REPAIR, BRAKES AND NOW THE THIRD TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

I RECENTLY PAID OFF MY TRUCK AFTER YEARS ONLY TO HAVE THE CAR JERK OR LUNGES WHEN I DRIVE ABOVE 60 MPH I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART CAR IN ORDER FOR IT TO REENGAGE INTO GEAR. IT ALSO LUNGES BACKWARD WHEN PUTTING INTO REVERSE AS WELL AS WHEN I GO AROUND A CURVE OR DOWN A HILL OVER 40 MPH IT LUNGES AS WELL. I AM SINGLE MOTHER WHO HAS ONLY THIS CAR AS TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE MY 6 YEAR OLD SON TO SCHOOL AND DRIVE ME TO WORK AND I AM SCARED TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE LUNGING. I HAVE ALSO PAID 3000 TO AAMCO TRANSMISSIONS TO HAVE A REBUILD TRANSMISSION PUT INTO THE TRUCK AND THE ISSUE IS STILL NOT RESOLVED HAVE TAKEN IT BACK INTO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP 3 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE ISSUE....THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT FORD NEEDS TO RESOLVE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR INJURED. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

JUST LIKE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR 2006 FORD EXPLORER, WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE. THERE WAS A JERK AS THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO FINALLY ENGAGE. I THOUGHT THE TRANS BROKE AT THE TIME? THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THEN ONCE. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AS OTHERS WITH THE DELAYED SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. MY EXPLORER HAS JUST 88K MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

TRANSMISSION JERKS PRETTY BADLY AT LOW SPEEDS. COULD DEFINITELY BE A SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT FORD WON'T RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

SAME AS A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSMISSION LUNGES HARD JOLT WHEN SHIFTING, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF REGARDING THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER, NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT I NEED TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT WILL BE $3500.00 APROX. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINS ON THIS ISSUE.PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!

Mileage: 89,000

EVERY TIME TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. VEHICLE WOULD GO 3 MPH FOR 15 SECONDS, WOULD THEN JOLT AND LUNG FORWARD FAST. THIS HAPPENED ALL THE WAY TO WORK FOR 27 MILES. WHEN I CONTACTED FORD REGARDING THIS ISSUE, THEY SAID THEY HAD NO PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SEVERAL TIMES. LATER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I WAS STRANDED IN THE PARKING LOT UNTIL THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME HAD MOVED. *TR THE DEALER OVERHAULED THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE SERVOS IN THE VALVE.

Mileage: 74,000

WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND WAS COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD AS IF SOMEONE HIT ME FROM BEHIND. IT WAS RATHER AGGRESSIVE AND I ALMOST REAR ENDED A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT THE LIGHT. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A CROSS WALK WHERE A PEDESTRIAN COULD'VE BEEN HIT. THIS HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IN MY OPINION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP, OR FORD WILL BE DEALING WITH A RATHER LARGE LAW SUIT IN THEIR FUTURE. IT IS CLEAR THIS IS OCCURRING WITH MANY OTHERS AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 20,922

IN THE PAST MONTH THE VEHICLE WAS TAKING MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO START UP. ONCE I WOULD GET IT STARTED AND DROVE IT DOWN THE ROAD AT A STOP LIGHT IT WOULD BE JOLTY, VIBRATING FEELING AND THEN TURN OFF. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD IT ACTUALLY SHUT OFF ON ME. I TOOK IT TO FORD WHO CHARGED ME $100 TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE IT TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. I TOOK IT TO AAMCO THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY SCREW THAT CAME APART AND WAS SHREDDED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. $4K LATER THE VEHICLE IS FIXED AND WORKING PROPERLY. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

FORCEFUL DRIVELINE BUMP WHILE BRAKING - BELOW 10 MPH. *TR

TRANSMISSION DELAYS THEN LUNGES HARD AFTER PLACED INTO REVERSE. IF A DRIVER APPLIES GAS DURING THIS PERIOD, REVERSE WILL ENGAGE UNDER SUFFICIENT POWER AND LUNGE THE VEHICLE 5 TO 10 FEET BEFORE IT CAN BE CONTROLLED. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF OTHER 2006 EXPLORERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, WE FELT A SAFETY COMPLAINT WAS IN ORDER. THIS VEHICLE HAD 40,000 MILES WHEN IT STARTED 3 YEARS AGO. ITS SPORADIC, SOMETIMES NO PROBLEM, SOMETIMES ANNOYING, SOMETIMES IT IS SCARY. AT ITS WORSE, SHIFTING INTO REVERSE IS DELAYED 2 TO 5 SECONDS BEFORE A VERY HARSH ENGAGEMENT. THE SPEED THE LEVER DOES NOT SEEM TO IMPACT THIS CONDITION. IT OCCURS ABOUT 30% OF THE TIME WHEN REGARDLESS IF THE ENGINE IS COLD OR HOT. THIS HARSH ENGAGEMENT WILL SPIN THE WHEELS AND LET OUT A LOUD SQUAWK IF ON PAVEMENT. THIS ENGAGEMENT IS VERY HARD AND FEELS LIKE A MINOR COLLISION. WITH EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE LEARNED TO HOLD THE BRAKES HARD UNTIL IT ENGAGES TO AVOID THE TIRE SPIN AND KEEPING THE VEHICLE FROM JUMPING. LAST WEEK WE GAVE EVERYONE A SCARE WHEN IT DIDN'T ENGAGE UNTIL AFTER WE LET UP ON THE BRAKES; BY THAT TIME A MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN HAD WALKED BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THE WHEELS SPUN AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED ABOUT A FOOT TOWARDS THEM EVEN WITH SOME PRESSURE STILL ON THE BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS GOING UP THRU THE GEARS WE WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE A HARD SHIFT, AS THOUGH SOMEONE HIT THE VEHICLE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. OF ALL THE SHIFTS, THIS HAPPENS ABOUT 20% OF THE TIME NOW. COLD OR HOT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

RANGE SHIFTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, TRUCK IS JERKING WITH ACCELERATION AND CHANGING GOING BETWEEN 1ST TO 5TH GEAR JOLTING THE VEHICLE. VERY BIG SAFETY ISSUE AS I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REAR-ENDED MULTIPLE TIMES. FORD SAYS NO RECALL ON TRANSMISSION ISSUES. MINE IS A 6R60 TRANSMISSION IN THE 2006 EDDIE BAUER EXPLORER WHICH HAS THE RANGE SHIFTER LOCATED INSIDE TRANSMISSION. WILL COST $2300 TO FIX! *TR

Mileage: 87,000

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN JERKING WHEN I AM GOING SLOW TO THE POINT AS IF SOMEONE HIT ME IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS A VERY STRONG JERKING SENSATION ENOUGH TO FRIGHTEN ANY REASONABLE INDIVIDUAL. IT ALSO HAS BEEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHEN MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOT IN CRUISE CONTROL WHILE GOING WELL BELOW THE MINIMUM SPEED NECESSARY TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE AUTO ACCELERATION WAS WHILE AT 10 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THIS HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE FREQUENT AND I AM WORRIED IT COULD BE THE COMPUTER, THE TRANSMISSION, THE ENGINE, OR A CONTROL SYSTEM NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WITH PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE. MY PARENTS WERE FRIGHTENED WHEN IT HAPPENED. I AM WORRIED THE THING MAY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND HURT ANOTHER VEHICLE(S) OR ITS PASSENGERS. THERE HASN'T BE A FIRE OR CRASH YET BUT IT IS MY FEAR THAT WILL HAPPEN UNLESS THIS SAFETY ISSUE IS MEANINGFULLY ADDRESSED. I ALREADY HAD CERTIFIED AUTO REPAIR OF ROCKVILLE MD LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG FOLLOWING A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC. THE JERKING AND AUTO ACCELERATION ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE FREQUENT AND I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. ALSO, THERE ARE HEAVY VIRBATIONS OCCURING DURING THE IDLING PROCESS AND I AM NOT A MECHANIC BUT THIS MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SAFETY CONCERNS ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,690.

Mileage: 91,690

STICKS IN PARK, BANGS WHEN SHIFTED TO REVERSE OR OTHER, SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING THEN ENGINE WILL REV AS IF IN NEUTRAL, STICKS IN PARK WHEN ON HILL WILL NOT SHIFT TO DRIVE OR REVERSE ( OUT OF PARK), WHEN THE VEHICLE LOOSES GEAR IT WILL REV AND I AM UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND HAVE TO PULL OVER TO ALLOW OTHER VEHICLES BY UNTIL I CAN GET IT TO ENGAGE AND GO INTO GEAR OTHERWISE THE CAR JUST REVS AND GOES NOWHERE. *TR

Mileage: 59,900

WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN REVERSE THE TRANSMISSIONS JOLTS EXTREMELY HARD INTO GEAR. FEELS LIKE YOUR VEHICLE GO HIT. SEEMS VERY UNSAFE. WHEN DRIVING IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION JERKS INTO 2, N 3RD GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN INCORRECT DIFFERENTIAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE THEN RAPIDLY ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND BEGAN TO DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. UPDATED 02/20/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS AN EMMISSION ISSUE AND THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING. UPDATED 02/20/2013 *JS

Mileage: 74,000

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN EARLY APRIL 2012: MY CAR WAS EMITTING A FOUL SMELL AND OVERHEATING. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MY RADIATOR WAS LEAKING. I TURNED MY VEHICLE INTO FORD AND IT WAS REPLACED. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLY-MID OCT 2012: MY CAR WAS JERKING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS TAKEN TO HAVE THE CODES CHECKED AND IT WAS INDICATED THAT I HAD 2-3 RANDOM "MISS-FIRES" TO MY SPARK PLUGS. AS THIS IS NORMALLY AN EASY AT-HOME FIX, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE ALL THE SPARK PLUGS. THE ISSUE WITH THIS INCIDENT WAS THAT IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE SPARK PLUGS, ALL BUT ONE BROKE IN HALF. THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS DESIGNED AND SELLS A SPECIFIC TOOL TO REMOVE BROKEN SPARK PLUGS. ONCE THE TOOL WAS PURCHASED, I WAS ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND MY CAR NO LONGER JERKED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. THIRD INCIDENT OCCURRED LATE NOV 2012: VEHICLE STARTED JOLTING AND JERKING EXCESSIVELY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FEELS LIKE TRANSMISSION IS NOT ENGAGING GEARS PROPERLY. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. A SAFETY RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMINENTLY. ANOTHER ISSUE, STARTED IN THE END OF 2011: WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE, STICK SHIFT WILL STICK AND I WILL HAVE WIGGLE AND PULL HARD TO MAKE IT MOVE. *TR

WHEN I MOVED FROM PARK TO DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION JOLTED AND SLAMMED INTO GEAR... TODAY WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK WENT FROM 40 TO ABOUT 10 MPH AND WILL NOT GO ABOVE THIS SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

WHENEVER I PUT MY SUV IN REVERSE IT JOLTS AND IT FEELS AS IF MY TRANSMISSION HAS FALLEN OUT. I ALSO NOTICE IT DOES THE SAME WHEN I TRY TO PUT IN "DRIVE" SOME TIMES. MY CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED AND I HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT FORD TRUCKS. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AT TIMES BECAUSE MY TRUCK HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN AND DECIDES WHEN IT WANTS TO ACCELERATE AND WHEN IT DOESN'T. PLEASE GIVE SOME INSIGHT. I'VE SEEN MANY MESSAGE BOARDS AND IT SEEMS AS IF THIS IS A PROBLEM ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

VEHICLE JERKS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION FELL DOWN WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR OR WHEN DECELERATING. ALSO, FEELS LIKE SOME ONE RAMMED INTO THE BACK. VEHICLE MOVES JUMPS FORWARD WHILE STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. I HAVE MISSED HITTING THE VEHICLES IN THE FRONT A COUPLE OF TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 100,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 45-65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SPECIALIZED TRANSMISSION CENTER WHERE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND OTHER RELATED PARTS WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS UPDATED. THE MALFUNCTION BECAME WORSE AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN FURTHER REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE WHENEVER THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. ALSO, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO MOVE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,659.

Mileage: 72,659

TRANSMISSION SLIPS. VEHICLE LUNGES WHEN REVERSING AND SHIFTING GEARS. I'M AFRAID I MAY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN. ACCORDING TO WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM THERE ARE MANY OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OF THE EXACT SAME MODEL AND MODEL YEAR. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED FORWARD ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR WHEN IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

Mileage: 126,000

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER JERKS EVERY TIME I STOP AT A RED LIGHT, STOP SIGN OR EVEN PUT MY VEHICLE IN REVERSE. WHEN I PURCHASED MY TRUCK IT ONLY 125000 MILES ON IT AND IT STARTED JERKING A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS ON THE 2006 EXPLORER AND FORD REFUSED TO HELP OR GIVE ANY ASSISTANCE. I TRAVEL WITH THREE SMALL CHILDREN AND I'M REALLY SCARED THAT I'M GOING TO GET REAR ENDED BECAUSE OF THE JERKING. I HAVE SEARCHED ONLINE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF FORD EXPLORER OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE. WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT KEEP SPEAK FOR US AND OUR RIGHT AS CAR OWNERS. I AM A MOTHER OF 3 AND FULL TIME WORKER I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW CAR. FORD SHOULD STAND UP AND ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 FORD TRANSMISSION. I CAME ACROSS YOUR WEBSITE AND FIGURED I WILL TRY AND GET SOME HELP HERE. THIS IS REALLY SERIOUS BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN GET IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS IS A REALLY BAD JERK AND IT JUST GETS WORSE AND WORSE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 126,000

WHILE TRYING TO STOP MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO COME TO A STOP. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN STARTED IT UP AGAIN AND MY ENGINE REVVED AT AROUND 4000 RPM. THE ONLY WAY I COULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME WAS TO KEEP CONSTANT HEAVY PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES. IT ALWAYS WANTED TO ACCELERATE. *TR

Mileage: 80,700

NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. REGULAR VEHICLE USAGE. AFTER 5 YEARS AND 85000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN CLUNKING AND HESITATING TO SHIFT. WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION JOLTS VIOLENTLY. THIS FAILURE HAS NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED BUT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AND A REBUILT TRANSMISSION IS ON ORDER. I AM COMPLAINING NOW BECAUSE SO MANY SIMILAR REPORTS HAVE ALSO BEEN FILED ACROSS THE INTERNET. UPON SEEING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I DECIDED TO LODGE MINE FOR MORE TO SEE. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND IS GOING TO COST ME 3500.00 TO FIX SINCE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. IT ALSO BEGAN JERKING WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. I HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT MAYBE THE FLUID COULD BE LOW BUT AFTER SEEING ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AND NO-ONE BEING ABLE TO GET ANYTHING DONE I AM CONSIDERING LOOKING INTO A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR ALL OF THE OWNERS. I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL WHILE ON A VACATION IN THE MOUNTAINS. THAT MADE THE ENGINE REV BUT BOTH REAR WHEELS STOPPED MOVING ON A BLIND HILLSIDE CURVE. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING WITH THESE VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 99,150

WHEN I WENT TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE WOULD NOT MOVE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT WHEN TRIED TO GO FORWARD WAS LOUD NOISE AND I HAD TO START FORWARD IN 3RD THEN SHIFT INTO DRIVE, LITTLE WRENCH APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. LIGHT WENT OUT AND COULD THEN START OUT IN DRIVE WITHOUT HAVING TO START IN 3RD, HOWEVER COULD NO LONGER USE REVERSE. TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR EVALUATION AND WAS TOLD NEEDED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILD AS THERE WAS METAL INSIDE THAT WAS BLOCKING VALVES. THIS IS COSTING ME $2400. HAD TO FIX AS I AM AWAY FROM HOME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COUNTRY AND NEED IT TO GO BACK HOME. *TR

Mileage: 64,500

I DISCOVERED A LEAK IN THE RADIATOR AFTER NOTICING THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDLE WAS BOUNCING AROUND AT AN IDLE. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND STARTED STEAMING. WE ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE THE RADIATOR REPLACED AT A COST OF $600. (IT WAS ALSO OVER 90 DEGREES THAT DAY AND I WAS STRANDED WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN, THE YOUNGEST WAS 4 MONTHS OLD.) THEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, IN MAY 2012, I WAS AT A GROCERY STORE AND WHEN I WENT TO ENTER THE VEHICLE I NOTED A LARGE PUDDLE OF ANTIFREEZE ON THE GROUND AND IT WAS DRIPPING FROM THE RADIATOR. WE HAD TO HAVE THE RADIATOR REPLACED, AGAIN AT A COST OF $600. THE SAME MECHANIC REPAIRED IT BOTH TIMES AND SAID IT WAS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE FIRST ONE. NOW WE ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE COOLING LINE THAT LEADS FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE RADIATOR. THESE INCIDENTS HAVE CAUSED US SERIOUS HARDSHIPS FINANCIALLY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED PHYSICAL INJURY DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT OUT ON BOTH OCCASIONS AND I HAD SMALL CHILDREN WITH ME MILES FROM HOME. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY HAVE DECLINED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I AM REQUESTING, AS ARE MANY OTHERS, THAT A RECALL BE ISSUED. AND I ALSO SUGGEST THAT YOU RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AS IT IS A MAJOR ONE. IT IS STRANGE THAT FORD CHANGED THE RADIATOR IN THE 2007 MODEL YEAR EXPLORER. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER XLT AND THIS WILL BE THIRD TRANSMISSION TO GO INTO THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, I HAVE REPLACED THE RADIATOR THREE TIMES AND AN ENGINE BLOCK SEAL. THESE ARE VERY COSTLY FIXES FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY ARE NOT HELPFUL OR SYMPATHETIC AT ALL AND CLAIM THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. MEANWHILE, WHEN YOU SEARCH THE WEB IT IS AN ISSUE ACROSS THE BOARD. I FEEL THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HORRIBLE AND SO ARE THEIR CARS. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND A FORD TO ANYONE, NOT EVEN MY WORST ENEMY. I COULD HAVE BOUGHT TWO CARS FOR THE MONEY I AM PUTTING INTO THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 94,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER. CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION FAILURE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER NEGLECTED TO DETECT ANY SIGNS OF THE PROBLEM, BEFORE THE TERMINATION OF THE USED VEHICLE WARRANTY. *JB

Mileage: 73,000

HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT A HESITATION IN 2008, AFTER SEVERAL TIMES AT THE SHOP THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE THROTTLE BODY. NOW THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN 3RD GEAR. AT ONLY 56785 MILES THIS IS TERRIBLE. *TR

Mileage: 56,785

I HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND NOTICE THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE TRANSMISSION IS GIVING NUMEROUS ISSUES. HARD TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, ROARS, SLIPS WHEN CHANGING GEARS, ETC. THE MOST DISTURBING PROBLEM IS THE TRANSMISSION JUST JUMPS INTO GEAR WITHOUT MOVING THE GEAR SHIFTER LEVER. THE TRANSMISSION STALLS AT RED LIGHTS AND THEN JUST JERKS FORWARD AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS. PLEASE HELP BEFORE THERE IS AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK WITH THE ENGINE ON AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE, INJURING THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ASSISTING THE CONTACT WITH THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,934. UPDATED 07/13/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING, SHE WAS KNOCKED ON THE GROUND BY THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE STREET BACKWARD AND HIT A TREE. UPDATED 07/31/12

Mileage: 96,500

2006 FORD EXPLORER WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES STARTED TO HESITATE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. AFTER CHECKING OUT ALL THE FLUIDS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE RADIATOR (ANTIFREEZE) WAS WAY BELOW LEVEL. I HAD TO FILL UP THE RADIATOR WITH 1-1/2 GALLONS OF COOLANT. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER EVERY TIME FOR A OIL CHANGE AND WAS NEVER TOLD THAT THE COOLANT WAS BELOW LEVEL. AT 44,000 MILES, THE LEAK WAS SO BAD THAT THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. JUST AFTER A YEAR LATER ANOTHER FAILURE TO THE RADIATOR. HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR A SECOND TIME AT 65,250 MILES. THIS TO ME IS A SAFETY CONCERN, IF THE RADIATOR FAILS WHICH COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SEIZE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP, TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOOT TO HEIGHT FOR 5 SECONDS THEN DROP BACK DOWN DISCOVERED LOW COOLANT. LEAK GOT WORSE. CRACKED RADIATOR DISCOVERED THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM REPLACED RADIATOR, NOW HAVING THERMOSTAT HOUSING REPLACED. 6 WEEKS AFTER REPAIR TOOK TO FORD DUE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FORD SAID IT WAS IN QUICK CONNECT BECAUSE I USED AN AFTER MARKET RADIATOR SAID ONLY WAY THEY COULD FIX IT WAS TO REPLACE MY ENTIRE RADIATOR AGAIN FOR $1300. COULD NOT REPLACED FITTINGS HAD TO GET IT ALL TOGETHER. ASKED THEM WHY I WOULD WANT A FORD RADIATOR SINCE THEY FAIL. THEY SAID YES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER IS A LEMON. THOUSAND OF PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NATION. TAKE ONE TO A GARAGE AND THE MECHANICS TELL YOU WHICH PROBLEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TELL THEM, ONE OF THREE. TRANSMISSION FAILURES, RADIATOR REPLACEMENT EVERY 30000 MILES AND BAD WHEEL BEARING CAUSING TIRES TO COME OFF DURING DRIVING. LUCKY FOR ME ONLY TWO ENCOUNTERED SO FAR. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. GETTING ON INTERSTATE AND STALLING IN TRAFFIC IS A DANGER TO MY FAMILY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MOTORING PUBLIC. AVERAGE COST FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS ARE 2500.00 TO 4000.00. FORD SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THESE VEHICLES FOR SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 122,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY DECELERATE TO 40 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. LATER, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED THEY WOULD ASSIST HIM AT A LATER DATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 70,000

THE AIR BAG MALFUNCTION LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT BOTH LITE UP ON THE DASH. THE CAR APPEARED TO BE RUNNING STRANGE, SHIFTING HARD. AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT RESTART FOR APPROX 20 MINUTES. IT WOULD RUN FINE FOR A DAY OR SO THEN THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AGAIN. TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY DROVE IT FOR APPROX 23 MILES AND THE LIGHTS WOULDN'T COME ON. THE BATTERY TESTED LOW SO THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY. WHEN TEST DRIVING AFTER THE BATTERY REPLACEMENT THE WRENCH LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON. THEY TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START. AFTER WAITING 15 MINUTES TO AN HOUR IT WOULD START BUT THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN AFTER TURNING IT OFF IT WOULDN'T RESTART. THEY CHARGED ME AN ADDITIONAL $759 TO FIX THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (AFTER AROUND $300 FOR THE BATTERY AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING). VERY FRUSTRATING - MY 2006 ONLY HAS 47K MILES AND IS RARELY DRIVEN. *TR

Mileage: 47,422

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN SAFETY RECALL LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE SHIFT LEVER CIRCUIT BOARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SHIFT LEVER CIRCUIT BOARD REPLACED BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER A MONTH LATER BUT THE DEALER DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFTER. THE DEALER SUGGESTED TO THE CONTACT TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BEFORE SHIFTING THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE SHIFTER AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT IT WAS UP TO THE DEALER WHETHER THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND RADIATOR COOLANT. AND AS A RESULT, THE RADIATOR FAILED. A PRIVATE MECHANIC MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE FAILURE BY REPLACING THE RADIATOR BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE DEALER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

Mileage: 43,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE GEAR WAS PLACED INTO REVERSE THE GEAR ENGAGED WITH FORCE, AND THE VEHICLE ALSO LOST POWER. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT A DIAGNOSED WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE ANY PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE GEAR WAS PLACED IN REVERSE IT ENGAGED WITH FORCE, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED NOR DID THE DEALER REPLACE ANY PARTS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE BEING PARKED ON AN INCLINED HILL, MY EXPLORER WOULD NOT GET INTO GEAR. HAD TO CALL AAA TO TOW TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO ADJUSTED THE GEAR BUT STATED YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SINCE THEN MY CAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS WHERE THE GEARS HAVE BEEN GRINDING AS I'M DRIVING. I'M AFRAID I MIGHT HAVE MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE SINCE I'VE BEEN READING REPORTS FROM FORD OWNERS THAT THIS IS BECOMING A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FORD VEHICLES. *TT

Mileage: 72,569

AT RANDOM TIMES AND NOT OFTEN, WHEN I PUT THE SUV IN PARK, AND TURN OFF THE TRUCK AND REMOVE MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE TRUCK WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL. IT IS AS THOUGH THE SUV IS IN NEUTRAL, PUT IT IS IN PARK. THE SUV WILL ROLL UNTIL SOMETHING STOPS IT LIKE A CURB OR APPLYING THE BRAKE. TO FIX THE PROBLEM, I HAVE TO PLACE THE SHIFT GEAR TO FROM PARK TO ANOTHER GEAR AND BACK TO PARK. AT THAT TIME, THE TRUCK WILL CATCH. OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, IT HAS OCCURRED 6 OR 7 TIMES. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION AND GEAR BOX AND FOUND NO ISSUE. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN LAST WEEK. SINCE THE DEALER CANNOT SEE THE PROBLEM, THEY SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IT IS A MATTER OF TIME OF WHEN IT OCCURS AND I AM NOT AWARE OF IT NOT LOCKING AND IT ROLLS WHEN THERE IS NOBODY TO STOP IT OR A CURB. THERE IS NO PATTERN SINCE IT HAS OCCURRED AT WORK, GROCERY STORE, HOME, ETC. *TR

Mileage: 39,750

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING IN 2006 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THERE WAS NO FAILURE WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD NOT FAIL; HOWEVER, OVER TIME IT BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND TO CONTACT NHTSA IN ORDER TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

Mileage: 7,000

NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. REGULAR VEHICLE USAGE. AFTER 4 OR 5 YEARS, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN CLUNKING AND HESITATING TO SHIFT. WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION JOLTS VIOLENTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. THE FAILURE HAS NOT YET BEEN CORRECTED BUT I AM COMPLAINING NOW BECAUSE SO MANY SIMILAR REPORTS HAVE ALSO BEEN FILED ACROSS THE INTERNET. *TT

Mileage: 100,400

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER AND I HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND REAR BEFORE VEHICLE REACHED 70, 000 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLACE TRANSMISSION OIL AND DIFFERENTIAL UNTIL 100,000 MILES. FORD SHOULD GUARANTEE THE TRANSMISSION AND REAR END UP TO 100,000 MILES, IT'S NT FAIR TO THE CONSUMER. *TR

Mileage: 69,810

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER AND I HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND REAR BEFORE VEHICLE REACHED 70, 000 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLACE TRANSMISSION OIL AND DIFFERENTIAL UNTIL 100,000 MILES. FORD SHOULD GUARANTEE THE TRANSMISSION AND REAR END UP TO 100,000 MILES, IT'S NT FAIR TO THE CONSUMER. *TR

Mileage: 69,810

THE WRENCH, THE ABS, AND THE ANTI-SWAY ICONS STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY ON MY 2006 EXPLORER. THEY WOULD RESET IMMEDIATELY USING THE RESET BUTTON. THE DEALER REPLACED A WHEEL-SPEED SENSOR AND STATED THAT THE SENSOR WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE "TONE" WHEEL CRACKED. DEALER ALSO STATED THAT UNLESS THE TONE WHEEL WAS REPLACED, THE ABS WAS NOT OPERATIONAL. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN; IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE ABS, BUT DON'T THE DRIVER IS SET UP FOR THE BIG FALL! FORD IS AWARE OF THIS CRACKING PROBLEM: WHY NO RECALL? *TR

Mileage: 66,720

2006 FORD EXPLORER XLT SPORT UTILITY 4X4 4.6L AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR HESITATES GOING INTO GEAR. AT STOPS IT HAS A TENDENCY TO SLAM DOWN SHIFT HARD. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS SO MUCH BETWEEN GEARS IT AFFECTS THE MILEAGE SO I GET REALLY BAD GAS MILEAGE LESS THEN THE 13 LOW END OF THE 13/18 MPG SUGGESTED. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT $2,000.00 TO GET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. I STILL OWE $8,000.00 ON THIS CAR. I AM JUST ABOUT READY TO SAY COME GET IT. *KB

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN INSPECTED, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PAN WAS CORRODED AND WAS CAUSING THE LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE PAN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL PARTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

I OWN A 2006 FORD EXPLORER WITH 64000 MILES. YESTERDAY WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THEY SAY THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACED. I CHECKED ONLINE AND FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MAKE. AND EVERYONE HAD EXACT SYMPTOMS. FORD ACTS LIKE THIS ISN'T COMMON AND PLAYS DUMB TO THE FACT. I STILL OWE $15000 ON A VEHICLE AND CANNOT AFFORD $3000 TO REPAIR. SOMEONE PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND STOP FORD FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CITIZENS. THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 64,303

2006 FORD EXPLORER WITH 69,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MAKES A LOUD NOISE AS ENGINE IS WORKING BUT TRANSMISSION ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EITHER SELL IT OR TRY TO PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. ALSO, CONTROL BOX ON DASH PANEL WENT OUT AT 30,000 MILES. $700 TO REPAIR. TRANSMISSION COULD BE UPWARDS OF $4,000 TO REPAIR

Mileage: 69,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER THAT IS JERKING WHEN I PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND ALSO HAS JUMPED OUT OF GEAR A COUPLE OF TIMES, THANK GOODNESS I WAS SITTING IN IT AND NO ONE GOT HURT. TAKING IT IN AGAIN TO THE SHOP TOMORROW HOPE THEY CAN FIND A PROBLEM. IF ANYTHING IS DONE I WILL KEEP THE OLD PART. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

THE WRENCH APPEARED ON MY DASH , TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BAD. THIS IS A 2006 EXPLORER WITH 96,000 MILES. I HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED AND WRENCH STILL ON. *TR

Mileage: 95,789

BOUGHT AND OWN A 2006 FORD EXPLORER, EDDIE BAUER PURCHASED AS USED IN 2008 WITH 19,000 MILES ON IT. AT 60,000 THE TRANSMISSION LURCHES, AND SLIPS....FEELS LIKE SOMEONE IS REAR ENDING YOU. SLOW TO RESPOND WHEN ACCELERATING, MAKES CLUNKING SOUND WHEN PUTTING INTO PARK OR REVERSE. RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER TRANSMISSIONS AND APPARENTLY FORD HAS ISSUED NO RECALL AND OFFERS NO REPAIR SOLUTION (UNLESS YOU SHELL OUT $2500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION). IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT A SUV WITH 60,000 MILES NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION!! I STILL OWE JUST UNDER $10,000 FOR THIS TRUCK, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE IN BUYING AMERICAN?? I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT TO THIS ON-GOING FORD PROBLEM. PLEASE FORD...... DO SOMETHING!! THANK YOU! *TR

Mileage: 60,000

RADIATOR LEAKS BADLY, PLASTIC CRACKED. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TOO HARD AND HESITATES GOING INTO REVERSE ENDING WITH A LOUD BANG INTO GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PCM WIRE HARNESS WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 106,000.

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARKING GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK TO DRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED HE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUALLY DEPRESS THE BRAKE AND RATTLE THE GEAR SHIFT IN ORDER FOR IT TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND REFERRED HIM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000. UPDATED 06/02/11 *BF WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALER TO GET THE RECALL FIXED, HE WAS INFORMED THE LETTER HAD EXPIRED AND THE RECALL DIDN'T APPLY TO HIS MODEL YEAR. UPDATED 08/05/11

Mileage: 66,000

MY WIFE CAME HOME FROM SHOPPING AND TRIED TO BACK INTO THE CARPORT AND THE SUV STARTED TO LUNGE AND JERK,SO WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ABOUT 10 MINUTE LATER AND WE ARE WAITING FOR IT TO BE REPAIRED. THE DATE WE WENT TO THE DEALER WAS 4/12/11 AND TODAY IS 4/14/11. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

ABS LIGHT & TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. TAKEN TO DEALER AND FOUND LEFT REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND TONE RING HAD TO BE REPLACED. WAS COVERED UNDER EXTENDED DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY AT $100. DEDUCTABLE. AFTER HAVING BEEN IN THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR BUSINESS FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS I KNOW THIS TYPE OF FAILURE SHOULD NOT OCCUR IN NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION IN THE MILEAGE ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 56,313

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL DROPPING NOISE AND BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY. IN ADDITION, WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE WOULD OFTEN LUNGE FORWARD ABNORMALLY. WHEN BRAKING, THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO JERK VIOLENTLY AS IF SOMEONE HAD CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO SEE OUT OF THE PASSENGER REARVIEW MIRROR WHEN THE SECOND ROW SEAT WAS UPRIGHT BECAUSE THE HEADREST WAS OBSTRUCTING HER VIEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 109,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000.

Mileage: 38,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER AND WHEN YOUR AT A STAND STILL IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HIT U FROM THE BACK AND IT FAILS TO SWITCH GEARS WHEN ITS SUPPOSE TO AND NOT ONLY THAT WHEN U TRY TO GO IT JUST HUMS THEN FINALLY TAKES OFF AND I ALMOST CAUSE ME TO HIT A TREE....THE DEALER SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG....IM VERY UPSET! *TR

Mileage: 75,000

FORD EXPLORER TRANSMISSION LUNGES, JERKS, WILL ONLY DRIVE IN 3RD GEAR, NO WARNING, WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. OVER $2500 THEY SAY TO REPAIR IT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD INVESTIGATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT HAD TO TAKE APART THE STEERING COLUMN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED SO THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000. UPDATED 03/31/11*LJ

Mileage: 40,000

AT 65,000 MILES, MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO BUCK AND IT WOULDN'T CHANGE GEARS. THE MECHANIC WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT THERE HAS BEEN 17 ADJUSTMENTS ON MY TRANSMISSION SINCE IT WENT OUT. I HAD TO PAY $2600. FOR A NEW REBUILT . TRANSMISSION!!! THE VEHICLE WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND I HAVE PROOF OF THE SERVICE HISTORY. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT 65,000 MILES! ALSO MY RADIATOR HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I HAVE BEEN HOLDING OUT ON REPLACING IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S ANOTHER POPULAR PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER ADDITION BLUE W/BEIGE TRIM. WITHOUT WARNING WRENCH LIGHT THEN TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. CARS RPMS WERE STUCK AT 3..3.5 YET CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING. AFTER DRIVING 18.7 MILES OTHER THAN FEELING & HEARING CLUCK AS CAR SHIFTED GEARS. HAS APPENDED SEVERAL TIMES (4). IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SLOW ACCELERATION CAN LEAD BE REAR END COLLISION, I HAVE BEEN LUCKY SO FAR. RAPID AND HARD CLUCK WHEN MOVING FROM PARK CAUSES VEHICLE TO LURCH WHICH IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN TIGHT PARKING SPACES SUCH HAS GARAGE. THE DEALER HAS WORKED ON THE CAR TWICE FOR A TOTAL OF 8 DAYS. I WILL BE TAKING BACK AGAIN NOV 19TH 2010. *TR

Mileage: 55,884

I TOOK MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR MAINTENANCE. THE SERVICE PERSONNEL FOUND THE TRANSMISSION PAN HEAVILY CORRODED JUST ABOVE AN EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIPE. TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD BEEN DRIPPING ONTO THE EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIPE. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY A 1.5 FOOT SECTION OF THE EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIPE THAT IS COVERED WITH BLACKENED TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE HEAVIEST CORROSION IS EXACTLY ABOVE AND PARALLEL TO THE EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIPE. THE TRANSMISSION PAN ACTUALLY HAS SMALL HOLES IN IT JUST ABOVE THE EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIP. THE EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIPE IS ABOUT 1 1/4 INCHES BELOW THE TRANSMISSION PAN. AS A RESULT OF THE EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIPE AND THE TRANSMISSION PAN BEING SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, THE CONSTANT HEAT FROM THE EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIPE HAS CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION PAN TO CORRODE, RUST AND LEAK TRANSMISSION FLUID RIGHT ON THE EXHAUST CROSS OVER PIPE. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. THE DEALERSHIP IS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION PAN. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS DENIED COVERAGE OF THIS UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY PLAN. I AM CURRENTLY SEEKING A REMEDY FROM FORD. THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER V8 HAS A HARD JOLT WHEN IT DOWNSHIFTS COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME AND FEELS LIKE I HAVE JUST BEEN REAR ENDED. AFTER READING ABOUT MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER 2006 FORD EXPLORERS I REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND MY MECHANIC SAYS TO TRY AN COMPUTER UPDATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION'S WILL GIVE THAT A TRY NEXT BUT I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE A FORD RECALL AS THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ONLINE FOR THE 2006 MODEL THAT DROP WAY DOWN FOR THE 2007 MODEL. MY MECHANIC SAYS HE HAS SEEN MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL YEAR ALSO. IT APPEARS FORD FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR THE 2007 MODEL YEAR AND THEY SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM FOR THE OWNERS THAT HAD ALREADY PURCHASED THE 2006 MODEL. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

9/9/10 FORD REPLACED GEAR SHIFT CIRCUIT BOARD. SHORTLY AFTER THERE WAS A 2 SECOND DELAY IN REVERSE AND A JERK. FORD REPLACED THE SOLENOID PACK IN TRANSMISSION AT MY EXPENSE. FORD EXPLORER EB AT 45,304 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 45,304

MY 2006 EXPLORER AT 58,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE OVERHAULED AS THERE WAS SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING. EVER SINCE THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON THERE IS A JERKING THAT OCCURS. EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLES WITH THE POWER TRAN. FORD NEEDS TO PERFORM A RECALL. ABOUT EVER 38 MILES THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT COMES ON THEN OFF AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER AND IT HAS ALMOST 60,000 MILES. THE CAR HAS BEEN JERKING VERY HARD WHILE SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST MONTH. WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO WE HAVE HAD SERVICE OUR CARS FOR MANY YEARS. UPON DIAGNOSIS, THEY TOLD US THAT WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. TO REPAIR THE BROKEN PARTS, THEY STATED IT WOULD COST MORE TO REPAIR IT VERSUS GETTING A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. BOTH THE CAR DEALER AND WE WERE VERY SURPRISED A CAR THIS NEW AND WITH LOW MILES NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. WE RESEARCH THE INTERNET TO SEE IF OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES. WE FOUND THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON REPAIR FOR THE 2006 EXPLORER. HERE IS ONE OF THE WEBSITES THAT DISCUSSES THIS SPECIFIC REPAIR.... HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2006/FORD/EXPLORER/AUTOMATIC+TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD AND JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE/DRIVE TO DRIVE. MULTIPLE SITES ON THE INTERNET REVEAL THE SAME OR SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM HUNDREDS OF OWNERS DRIVING THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER. DEALER REQUESTED FORD ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR OF MY EXPLORER AND AS IN MANY OTHER CASES, FORD HAS REFUSED. THIS MODEL YEAR EXPLORER OBVIOUSLY HAS MULTIPLE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. THESE DEFECTS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED AT FORD'S EXPENSE. *TR

2006 FORD EXPLORER PLACE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE A VERY HARD JERK IS FELT. TODAY DRIVING TO WORK AND FELT AS IF I LOST POWER AND THEN JUST AS SUDDENLY REGAINED POWER AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR POWERTRAIN ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER 4.6L V8 4X4 ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. WAS IN A LOW TRAFFIC AREA SO NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ANY THING BUT HAVE CONCERN FOR FAILURE TO HAPPEN AGAIN ON INTERSTATE OR IN TRAFFIC CAUSING POTENTIALLY DEADLY ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 79,030

2006 EXPLORER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD INTO GEAR, HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. THIS HAS BEEN A PERIODIC PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

A TONE RING SENSOR IN MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER ABS/TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM BROKE. IT CAUSED THE TRACTION CONTROL AND BRAKES TO GO HAYWIRE. THEY BEGAN TO GRAB AND LOCK MY BRAKES WHEN I WAS MOVING CAUSING ERRATIC DRIVING. WHEN I WENT TO STOP, MY BRAKES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS, ABS, AND SYSTEM LIGHTS ALL CAME ON. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. AT 40000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I HAD A CRACKED RADIATOR AND HAD MY FIRST RADIATOR REPLACED. I NOW HAVE 67000 MILES AND JUST HAD MY 3RD RADIATOR PUT IN. I AM NOT GOING THROUGH FORD AS THEY WOULDN'T GUARANTEE THEIR WORK ON THE FIRST ONE THEY REPLACED. CLEARLY THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATORS IN THIS CAR AND IT IS UNFAIR TO ALL OF US WHO PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STAYS STUCK IN PARK. AFTER HAVING THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY REPLACED TWICE ON WARRANTY, THE PROBLEM HAS COME BACK YET AGAIN. NOW NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH THE SHIFTER TO GET IT INTO GEAR, IT NOW LUNGES VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM #09B11 SAYING OUR VIN WAS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 54,172

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. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2006 EXPLORER AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES.THE FIRST MAJOR ISSUE WAS WHEN MY CAR WOULD OCCASIONALLY STALL OR DIE OUT. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I BROUGHT IT BACK AGAIN BECAUSE IT STALLED ON THE HWY WHILE I WAS DOING 65 MPH AND THE CAR DIED. I WAS UNABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT STEER. I GOT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY RADIATOR. THEY FIXED THIS BUT I EXPLAINED A MONTH LATER THAT THE CAR WAS STILL STALLING ALONG WITH ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AND THE VOLUME ON THE RADIO WOULD GO UP ALSO ON ITS OWN. THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A RESOLUTION. I TRIED TO TRADE THE CAR IN AND WAS TOLD NO. I CRIED AND EXPLAINED MY SAFETY CONCERNS FOR MY CHILDREN BUT THEY DO NOT CARE. FINALLY THE CAR WAS NOT ANY BETTER BUT STARTED TO STALL MORE OFTEN AND EVEN BEGAN TO LURCH FORWARD ALMOST CAUSING ME NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. THE LAST TIME IT STALLED WAS ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS WHICH WAS SO DEVASTATING TO ME AND MY CHILDREN. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND WAS TOLD AFTER AN 1 HOUR AND A HALF THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I REFUSED TO LEAVE AND SUGGESTED THEY KEEP LOOKING BECAUSE THE CAR IS NOT SAFE. THE CAME BACK AFTER ANOTHER HOUR AND TOLD ME THAT THEY CALLED FORD AND THEY SUGGESTED A PART TO REPLACE BUT COULDN'T GUARANTEE IT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SURE THAT WOULD WORK. I SAID NOT TO KEEP LOOKING. AFTER 3 HOURS AT THE DEALER THEY HAD TO BRING ME HOME AND DRIVE MY CAR AROUND WITH A COMPUTER ATTACHED. THEY CALLED AND SAID AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR 57 MILES IT DIED ON THEM AND THEY COULD BARELY GET IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WOULD COST EST 448 AND CHARGED ME 100 DOLLARS FOR THEM LOOKING AT IT. WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED UNDER WARRANTY IF THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO MY CONCERNS? FORD IS NOW PUTTING MY CHILDREN AT RISK OF POSSIBLY GETTING INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT NOW STALLS EVERY TWO MINUTES EVER SINCE THE DEALER. *TR

2006 FORD EXPLORER WITH A DEFECTIVE GEAR SHIFT. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE REPAIR WORK WAS MADE FOR THE RECALL. THEN WAS FURTHER ADVISED THAT THIS REPAIR WOULD NOT FIX DEFECT AND CONSUMER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR THE REPAIR. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS A PART OF A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM WAS TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER FROM GETTING STUCK IN THE PARK POSITION, BY REPLACING THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER CIRCUIT BOARD FREE OF CHARGE. PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD PERIODICALLY AND TEMPORARILY BECOME STUCK IN PARK. THE CONSUMER HAD THE REPAIR PERFORMED. THE FIRST CIRCUIT BOARD REPLACEMENT DID NOT FIX THE DEFECT. SO A SECOND CIRCUIT BOARD WAS INSTALLED AND SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, A MONTH LATER, THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER BECAME STUCK IN PARK SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OTHER PARTS WITHIN THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE REPAIRS WERE OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE RECALL. *JB

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY 2010. WHEN PLACING THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE LUNGES BACKWARD VERY VIOLENTLY. THE PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP 4/10/2010 AND THERE ARE PIECES OF THE CLUTCHES SITTING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANSMISSION PAN. THE TRANSMISSION NOW REQUIRES A COMPLETE REBUILD. THE PREVIOUS OWNER TOLD US THAT THE VEHICLE HAD JUST GONE TO A FORD DEALER FOR A RECALL REPAIR ON THE SHIFT LEVER AND THERE WAS NOTHING SAID ABOUT THE LUNGING. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED V8. WHEN IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC CAR LUNGES SOMETIMES LUNGING SO HARD FELT AS THOUGH I WAS REAR ENDED. BOUGHT THE CAR IN DEC 2008 HAD ONLY 16,000 MILES AND WAS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED (ALTHOUGH DON'T THINK THE DEALER DID ANYTHING TO THE VEHICLE). ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE HAD TO BRING IT IN BECAUSE CHANGE OIL LIGHT WENT ON. THE PERSON I CALLED SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE RECORD IN THE COMPUTER. ONLY WHEN I WENT IN AND LET THEM KNOW IT WAS CPO & OIL WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS DONE. THE SERVICE PERSON LEFT THE FRONT DESK FOR ABOUT 15 MIN AND CAME BACK ONLY TO FIND THE RECORDS IN THEIR SYSTEM. AT THAT TIME I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LUNGING & JERKING AND WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS NOT USED TO THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE THAT KICKS IN AUTOMATICALLY. ONCE SPRING CAME HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM I WAS TOLD UNLESS IT DOES THIS ALL THE TIME IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF MY MONEY TO BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE. AS OF TODAY'S DATE IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING AND I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, WHY IS FORD NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MORE THAN ONCE I HAVE ALMOST REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME LUCKILY I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. HOPEFULLY FORD WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND DO A RECALL. I AM SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM ! *TR

Mileage: 16,000

JUST RECENTLY NOTICED MY 06 FORD EXPLORER HAVING UNEXPECTED ENGINE SURGES. WENT TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION AND IT FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS FIGHTING ME TO STOP. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I GAVE IT A LITTLE GAS HOWEVER THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO MAINTAIN THAT SPEED LIKE I HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. I PURPOSELY DID NOT GIVE THE VEHICLE ANY GAS AND SAW THAT IT JUST KEPT ACCELERATING. FINALLY AFTER BREAKING OUT I BEGAN TO BRAKE AND AGAIN FELT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATING. SINCE NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE VEHICLE DID IF I GAVE IT A LITTLE GAS IN WHICH IT MADE A POPPING SOUND AND DID NOT RESPOND WHEN I GAVE IT MORE GAS BUT THE ENGINE STILL WAS RUNNING. I PULLED OVER AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. I TRIED TO REV THE ENGINE BUT IT DID NOT RESPOND. A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON DURING THIS PROCESS. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF THEN ON AGAIN IN WHICH IT SEEMED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. AS I DROVE HOME IT DID FINE EXCEPT WHEN STOPPED AT THE SAME INTERSECTION IT DIED. I STARTED IT AGAIN AND HAD NO PROBLEMS AND I DID MAKE IT HOME. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND MULTIPLE SIMILAR PROBLEMS LIKE THIS WITH THIS VEHICLE HOWEVER NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. I HAVE AN 8 YEAR OLD SON AND DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME WE CANNOT AFFORD TO GET THIS FIXED. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN MAKING A COMPLAINT? PLEASE HELP! I'M A HARD WORKING AMERICAN THAT LIKES TO BUY VEHICLES MADE IN THE USA HOWEVER WE AS A NATION NEED TO HELP OUT WITH THESE ISSUES SO WE ALL CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AMERICAN CAR PURCHASES. THANKS *DT

Mileage: 60,460

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MANUFACTURER TO HAVE RECALL; NUMBER 09D11 (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; OPERATION) REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE REMEDY REPAIR WAS INSUFFICIENT AND FAILED TO ADDRESS THE GEAR SHIFTER SAFETY DEFECT. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER REGARDING THE MALFUNCTION AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 54,877.

Mileage: 54,877

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 V8 EXPLORER AT 40MPH USING CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE TRUCK STALLED. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE IN 2009, NOT SURE IF I WAS USING CRUISE CONTROL AT THAT TIME. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS MALFUNCTIONED. THE GEAR SHIFT ALSO MOVED OUT OF PARK OWN ITS OWN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH HER VIN FOR THE GEAR SHIFT AND MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE SHIFTS GEARS ON ITS OWN IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AND A METAL ODOR WAS WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,730.

Mileage: 54,730

WE BOUGHT A 2006 FORD EXPLORER NEW IN 2006. AFTER THREE YEARS AND 50,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING VERY HARD FROM PARK TO REVERSE TO DRIVE. NOW, AT 61,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT RESPONDING WHEN PRESSING THE THROTTLE WHILE CAR IS ALREADY IN MOTION. IF YOU LET YOUR FOOT OFF OF THE THROTTLE AND THEN PRESS THE THROTTLE AGAIN THE ENGINE JUST REVS UP FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN MERGING ON OR OFF THE INTERSTATE. FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

BOUGHT 2006 EXPLORER NEW. AROUND 14,000 MILES ENGINE PROBLEMS STARTED, HAVE TAKEN CAR IN TO FORD DEALER WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED ABOUT 7 TIMES FOR BASICALLY SAME PROBLEM ~ ENGINE LIGHT / CAR ENGINE LUNGING . MECHANICS DID DIFFERENT THINGS; REPLACED ONE DEFECTED PART WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, RESET COMPUTER, BUT PROBLEM ALWAYS CAME BACK. SOMETIMES HAPPENING BEFORE I MADE IT HOME. SOME TIMES MONTHS LATER. NOW THEY THINK MAYBE IT COULD BE THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER LUNGES FORWARD AS IF SOMETHING IS SKIPPING. IT HAS BEEN DOING IT SINCE 30K MILES AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE OR FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY, SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY ISSUE. SAID IT WOULD NOT BRAKE BUT WOULD JUST BE AN ANNOYANCE. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER LUNGES FORWARD AS IF SOMETHING IS SKIPPING. IT HAS BEEN DOING IT SINCE 30K MILES AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE OR FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY, SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY ISSUE. SAID IT WOULD NOT BRAKE BUT WOULD JUST BE AN ANNOYANCE. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

SPARK PLUG SEPARATES AND REMAINS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THEM. THREE OF EIGHT WAS CHANGING SPARK PLUGS DUE TO THE COMPUTER MAKING THE TRANSMISSION BUCK AND SLIP WHEN DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE TRANSMISSION WILL BANG INTO GEAR AND IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND. ALSO HAVE HAD BUCKING AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UP AND DOWN AND SLIPS. WAS TOLD THE BUCKING AND SLIPPING IS DUE TO A LEAN READING IN THE COMPUTER. TOLD TO CHANGE SPARK PLUGS. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THREE OF THE EIGHT PLUGS BROKE OFF AS THEY WERE TRYING TO TAKE THEM OUT. THE SPARK PUG ARE MADE BY MOTORCRAFT WHICH IS FORD. THEY HAD TO BUY A KIT TO EXTRACT THEM AND IT COST AN ADDITIONAL $300.00 TO CHANGE EIGHT PLUGS WHICH I HAD ALREADY PURCHASED AT A COST OF $68.00. IT DIDN'T FIX THE ERRATIC SHIFTING AT FIRST. STILL SHIFTS VERY HARD FROM 1ST TO SECOND AND ACTED UP SHORTLY AFTER GETTING IT BACK. *TR

Mileage: 23,519

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER FREQUENTLY LURCHES/LUNGES WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND STARTING UP FROM A STOP. IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS BEING REAR-ENDED. *TW

2006 FORD EXPLORER HARD OR SLOW TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

I BOUGHT A 2006 FORD XLT EXPLORER WITH APX. 17,000 MILES. I HAD IT FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS IT HAD ABOUT 19,000 MILES. I DRIVE IT ABOUT 100 MILES TO A CONVENTION AND BY THE TIME I GOT THERE AND PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE STARTED SHIFTING HARD, JERKING AND LUNGING. IT WAS MAKING A LOUD BANGING SOUND AND FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO FALL OUT. I TOOK IT TO FORD, THEY DID SOME WORK ON THE TRANSFER CASE AND REPLACED A MODULE. ABOUT A MONTH AND A THOUSAND MILES LATER, IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND THEY DID SOME MORE WORK. THE SHIFTER LEVER WAS REPLACED. LATER IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK SEVERAL TIMES AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE THE PROBLEM. IT DOESN'T DO IT EVERY DAY BUT DOES DO IT SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, SOME DAYS ARE WORSE THAN OTHERS. AS TIME GOES BY IT SEEMS TO GET WORSE AND HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. SOMETIME WHEN I PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE THERE IS A DELAY TO ENGAGE AND ONE MORNING IT CAUSE ME TO BACK INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT ALSO HAS A CRACKED RUNNING BOARD. *TR

Mileage: 19,200

LAST NIGHT THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE BUT WOULD KEEP KICKING OUT OF GEAR... I WOULD PUSH THE GAS, THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. I EVEN ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL ON A HIGHWAY AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR! I HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF, AND RESTART IT IN ORDER TO GET IT TO BACK IN GEAR. THIS HAPPENED 10-15 TIMES IN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE! I WAS NERVOUS TO EVEN DRIVE IT HOME! IT IS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP NOW... I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED... WILL NEVER BUY AN AMERICAN CAR AGAIN! IT IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE! *TR

Mileage: 60,000

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER FREQUENTLY LURCHES/LUNGES WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND STARTING UP FROM A STOP. IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS BEING REAR-ENDED. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO BE REPAIRED AND IT SEEMED TO WORK OK FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT IT HAS STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. IT MAKES ME WONDER IF IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 35,038

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER XLT V6 WITH 55K MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 30K MILES ON IT AND WITHIN ABOUT 2,000 MILES OF THE PURCHASE I STARTED NOTICING SHIFTING PROBLEMS. FOR SOME REASON THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO SHIFT FINE, BUT HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN. MOST VEHICLES SHIFT 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, SO ON PER THE SPEED AND SHIFTS TO ASSIST GAS MILEAGE AS WELL. WELL, MY EXPLORER WILL SHIFT INTO WHAT I BELIEVE IS 5TH GEAR AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND ITS SOUNDS LIKE ITS BOGGING DOWN AND THERE IS ALMOST NO ACCELERATION AT ALL! AS WELL IT WILL SHIFT INTO 5TH WHEN CLIMBING A STEEP HILL AND WHEN IT FINALLY DOES DOWNSHIFT IT MAKES A "CLUNK" NOISE AND DROPS INTO 2ND GEAR CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV WAY UP AND IT SUDDENLY FEELS LIKE YOUR TAKING OFF IN AN AIRPLANE. IF YOU LET OFF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN IT DROPS RIGHT BACK INTO 5TH GEAR AGAIN AND THEN THE STORY REPEATS ITSELF. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES NOW AND THE ONLY CHANGES MADE WERE A TCM UPDATE AND ADAPTIVE LEARNING STRATEGY MEMORY CLEARING AND NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS FIXED THE ISSUE AT ALL. I NOTICE AS DAYS GO ON THAT THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AND I NEVER GET A GOOD ANSWER. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME TRANSMISSION RELATED ISSUES FROM LUNGING, TO CLUNKING, TO SEVERE SHIFTING DELAYS. I'M WORRIED THAT MY TRANSMISSION OR DRIVETRAIN WILL EXPERIENCE SOME KIND OF CRITICAL FAILURE AND FORD WONT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. I CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY AND THE ONLY ANSWER I GOT FROM A CSR WAS, "UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NO COMMENT TO ASSIST YOU AT THIS TIME." I WOULD REALLY LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE FOR A POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION OR DRIVETRAIN RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER LUNGES IN & OUT OF GEAR. WHEN I PULL OUT THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN IT SHIFTS FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, IT IS ALMOST AS IF I HAVE COMPLETELY LET OFF THE GAS AND THEN GAVE IT GAS AGAIN. NEXT PROBLEM... WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN WHETHER I HIT THE BRAKE OR JUST LET OFF THE GAS MY CAR MAKES A TERRIBLE NOISE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A WHINING NOISE, AND A LOUD POP. IT FEELS AS IF I HAVE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. IT SOUNDS AS IF MY CAR IS ABOUT TO QUIT RIGHT THEN AND THE. *TR

Mileage: 36,500

WHEN I COME TO A STOP THE ENGINE REVS....ALMOST FEELS LIKE I AM GETTING BUMPED FROM BEHIND. HAPPENS CONSTANTLY AND HAVE BEEN WATCHING FOR A RECALL ON THIS AND HAVE NOT SEEN ONE AS OF YET. I HAVE SEEN ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED V8 26,000 MLS..TRANS. SLAMS AS IF I WERE HIT FROM BEHIND. ENGINE REVS 2600 RPM AT 10-15 MPH. THEN SHIFTS. BOUGHT VEHICLE MAR.2009 NOTICED POSSIBLE PROBLEM LATE AUG. 2009..SLIGHT DRIFT/UNCONTROLLABILITY. FORD WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT MY OR ANYONE'S COMPLAINTS. MAYBE ONCE SOMEBODY GETS HURT WILL FORD FINALLY FIX THE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THEIR EXPLORER LINE. *TR

Mileage: 27,500

I OWN A 2006 FORD EXPLORER AND WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO STOP , I FEEL AN AWFUL JERK, JUST AS SOMEONE IS REAR-ENDED ME. FOR SOME REASON, WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN, THE TRANSMISSION JERKS THE VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND DOWN TO 1ST GEAR. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT WHAT FORD HAS MADE THE EXPLORER FOR, TO SHIFT WITH A SUDDEN JERK FROM GEAR TO GEAR. THIS IS NOT REALLY A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT CAUSES REAL PROBLEMS WHEN YOU EXPECT THAT YOU'VE PURCHASED A GREAT VEHICLE, BUT YOU ACTUALLY DIDN'T. I KNOW THAT I'M NOT PAYING FOR THIS MISTAKE OR FLAW IN DESIGN OF THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER. I WILL FIGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE END AS A MARTYR, AND I'M NOT KIDDING ABOUT THIS. *TR

IT HAS A SHIFTING DELAY GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE. WHEN IT DOES SHIFT, THERE IS A JOLT. SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS READY TO FALL OUT. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THAT SLIPS AND CAUSES A JOLT WHEN IT DOWNSHIFTS, FEELS LIKE ONE IS BEING REAR ENDED. ADDITIONALLY THERE IS A WEIRD SOUND AS THIS HAPPENS. FORD HAS UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO REPROGRAM THE CAR. TOOK THE CAR BACK FOR THE FORD MECHANIC TO LOOK AT AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE EARLIER THIS YEAR...WHEN I COME TO A STOP IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME. THIS HAPPENS VERY FREQUENTLY AND HAVE BEEN WATCHING FOR A RECALL ON THIS AND HAVE NOT SEEN ONE AS OF YET. I HAVE SEEN ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

THE SUV JOLTS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, RPMS REV AND IS SLOW TO CHANGE INTO GEAR. OCCASIONAL LOUD CLUNCKING NOISES, ALSO LOUD NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. *TR

Mileage: 41,100

TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR OR WHILE STOPPING. 2006 FORD EXPLORER.. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

PURCHASED 2006 FORD EXPLORER. FEELS LIKE MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR TO TAKE OFF OR EVEN WHEN I COME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT. HORRIBLE! *TR

Mileage: 56,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS A JOLT WHEN IT DOWNSHIFT AT STOPPING. IT FEELS LIKE ONE IS BEING REAR ENDED. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. FORD TRIED TO REPROGRAM THE CAR, BUT IT DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURS IN ABOUT 1 OUT OF 10 STOPS. THE DISTRACTION IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS ONE STOPS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS HAPPENED. FORD NEEDS A BETTER SOLUTION TO THIS COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2006 FORD LIMITED EDITION EXPLORER. WITHIN 24 HOURS OF PURCHASE I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD "LUNGE" FORWARD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRING THE SUV TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT FEELS AS IF YOU WERE JUST REAR-ENDED! I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND HAVE BEEN TOLD TO BRING THE CAR TO SERVICE. RECENT RESEARCH HAS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS SUV'S MODEL YEAR HAS THIS SAME DISTURBING TREND AMONG VEHICLE ACROSS THE USA. A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE AND A RECALL IS MY RECOMMENDATION. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT SUFFER FOR AN OBVIOUS FLAW ON THE BEHALF OF A MAJOR MANUFACTURER. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2006 FORD LIMITED EDITION EXPLORER. WITHIN 24 HOURS OF PURCHASE I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD "LUNGE" FORWARD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRING THE SUV TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT FEELS AS IF YOU WERE JUST REAR-ENDED! I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND HAVE BEEN TOLD TO BRING THE CAR TO SERVICE. RECENT RESEARCH HAS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS SUV'S MODEL YEAR HAS THIS SAME DISTURBING TREND AMONG VEHICLE ACROSS THE USA. A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE AND A RECALL IS MY RECOMMENDATION. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT SUFFER FOR AN OBVIOUS FLAW ON THE BEHALF OF A MAJOR MANUFACTURER. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD/JERKS IN REVERSE AS WELL AS WHEN TRANSMISSION SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. THE JERK FEELS AS IF YOU HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED AND THEN CAR LUNGES FORWARD. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE CAR FEELS LIKE I HAVE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES OR SOMEONE HAS REAR-ENDED ME. IT HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY MILE OR SO. DEALER SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, THE BRAKES ARE FINE. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, TRANSMISSION JERKS AND IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GETTING REAR-ENDED. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES. STARTED RIGHT AFTER CAR WAS BOUGHT, FORD SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, SO WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH IT... BUT IT IS GETTING WORSE, AND I'M AFRAID I WILL GET STUCK WITH A COSTLY REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 15,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER SPORADICALLY DOES NOT SPEED UP WHEN YOU HIT THE ACCELERATOR. FORD APPARENTLY KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HAS A SOFTWARE FIX IN PLACE THAT YOU MUST PROACTIVELY CONTACT THEM ON...IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM ON THE ROAD AND CALL THEM BEFORE THEY WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT OCCURS EVERYTIME WE DRIVE THE CAR, HOWEVER, IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WHEN IT OCCURS OR HOW OFTEN...AT TIMES IT HAPPENS THE ENTIRE TIME THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT YOU CAN BE DRIVING 10MPH OR 70MPH AND WHEN YOU HIT THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR ENGINE WILL REV UP MUCH LIKE YOU WERE SITTING IN NEUTRAL (I.E. IT DOES NOT SPEED UP) AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS WILL KICK INTO GEAR/ENGAGE AND START SPEEDING UP. THIS SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU WERE NOT EXPECTING THIS TO OCCUR AND WERE TRYING TO PASS A CAR WITH POSSIBLE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS ISSUE SHOULD REQUIRE FORD TO RECALL THE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS INJURED, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

BOUGHT A 2006 EXPLORER IN DEC. 06 AND HAVE SINCE NOTICED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE MOST CONCERNING IS WHEN THE CAR LUNGES/JERKS FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK/REVERSE TO DRIVE. IT IS NOW ALSO STARTING TO SHOW A LOSS OF POWER WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH GEARS AS THE ENGINE REVS BUT GOES NO WHERE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FOR THE LUNGIN/JERKING AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FEEL IT. IT HAPPENS SPORADICALLY SO THIS DOES NOT SURPRISE ME. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN NOTICING THIS REVVING AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN SHIFTING GEARS (IT'S AN AUTOMATIC). I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO MECHANICS BOTH OF WITH AGREED THAT THE REVVING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE FAN CLUTCH, NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS, BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE LOSS OF POWER. I'M SURE THAT THIS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, AFTER READING THE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED TO THE CUSTOMER LIKE ME, IS REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER WHICH RUNS $150. THIS REPROGRAM SEEMS TO HELP ONLY SOMETIMES. THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS VERY COSTLY AND FUNDING IS NOT EASY TO COME BY THESE DAYS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER FEELS LIKE ITS BEING REAR ENDED. I DIDN'T START FEELING THIS UNTIL I DROVE OFF THE DEALERSHIP LOT WITH MY NEWLY PURCHASED VEHICLE. I'VE TAKEN IT BACK TWO TIMES TO DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED . *TR

Mileage: 56,600

CAR SHIFTS HARD FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR, A HARD JOLT LIKE SOMEBODY HAS HIT YOU IN THE REAR END. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, IT WOULD JOLT BACK EXTREMELY HARD. THE FAILURE ALMOST CAUSED THE CONTACT TO SUSTAIN A WHIPLASH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NEARLY EVERY TIME SHE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. SHE PLANNED TO THE VEHICLE REPAIRED IN THE LATTER PART OF JUNE 2009. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HER TO CALL NHTSA AND FILE A COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,244 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

I HAVE A 2006 EXPLORER V-6 EDDIE BAUER. MY VEHICLE HAS 35,302 MILES. I WAS OUT RUNNING ERRANDS ON A SATURDAY MORNING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THEN WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED JERKING AS THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THEN AS I BEGAN TO DRIVE (AFTER THE RED LIGHT) I NOTICED THE RPM'S JUST SEEMING TO GO UP AND DOWN AS I WAS DRIVING. I HAD ABOUT 5 MORE TIMES THAT I NEEDED TO STOP (STOP SIGNS) MY VEHICLE BEFORE I GOT HOME AND IT CONTINUED TO JERK AS I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE AT ALL DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. AFTER THE CAR FIRST JERKED WHEN I WENT TO STOP THE WRENCH ILLUMINATED STATING POWERTRAIN PROBLEM. I STARTED DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND I HAVE FOUND HUNDRED OF THE SAME OR VERY SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WHY HAS FORD NOT LOOKED INTO THIS PROBLEM, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 35,302

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ABS,TRACTION AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. A GRINDING NOISE STARTED AND FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE BEING USED EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT IF I WASN'T DRIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. WE NOW HAVE A CAR SITTING IN OUR DRIVE BROKEN DOWN THAT WE STILL OWE OVER 15,000 FOR. CALLING FORD MONDAY TO HAVE IT TOWED OVER. WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE, IT LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A 5 YR OLD AND A 2 YR OLD AND WANT A CAR THAT IS SAFE. THE BRAKES FAILED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND FORD TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 40,610

EXCITER RING DAMAGE. REPLACED REAR AXLE. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER HAS A MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. FORD REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING BUT REPROGRAM IT. IT HAS BEEN DONE 5+ TIMES. IT JERKS AND LUNGES INTO UPCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

MY FORD 2006 EXPLORER LIMITED JOLTS ALMOST EVERY TIME I COME TO A STOP. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TO GET REPROGRAMMED, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THE VALVE BOX IN THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

I TOOK MY WIFE'S EXPLORER TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DESCRIBED THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE POPPING INTO GEAR LATE, OR DELAYING BEFORE IT GOES INTO GEAR. I CAN EVEN FEEL IT WHEN IT CHANGES GEARS WHEN DRIVING. SOMETIMES MORE SUDDEN THAN OTHER TIMES. THEY SAID THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS....SO THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR 6 HOURS TO TELL ME THAT I OWED THEM $89 FOR TELLING ME WHAT'S WRONG, AND THEN TOLD ME ITS $1,300 TO FIX IT. THEY SAID SORRY ABOUT YOUR LUCK, NO RECALL YET, SO YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT YOURSELF. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PURSUE THIS FURTHER... THIS IS DANGEROUS, AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY FORD BEFORE PEOPLE ARE HURT. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER. TRANSMISSION WILL NOT STAY ENGAGED. DRIVING ALONG (HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS) AND CAR SLIPS OUT OF GEAR (AS THOUGH IT IS IN NEUTRAL). ENGINE WILL "REV" WHEN THE PEDAL IS PRESSED BUT THE GEAR WILL NOT RE-ENGAGE FOR 30 SECONDS OR SO. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS! I HAVE COASTED OFF THE ROAD, WHILE DODGING TRAFFIC ON APPROXIMATELY 50 OCCASIONS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR IT 7 TIMES AND HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 28,000

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY FORD EXPLORER JERK THE CAR FORWARD WHEN THE TRUCK IS STOPPED. FEELS AS IF SOMEONE HIT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AFTER IT IS STOPPED. THIS OCCURS ALMOST EVERYTIME THE TRUCK IS STOPPED. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE FORD DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. EACH TIME THE ACT AS IF THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A PROBLEM. THE TELL ME THEY WILL REPROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION. THIS DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO. THE FORD DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED AND AS OF TODAY WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AS THEY STATE THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *TR

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN INCLINE ALMOST STRIKING PERSON AT BOTTOM OF DRIVEWAY LUCKILY HE JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY AND IT STRUCK SIDE OF HIS TRUCK CAUSING DAMAGE, DRIVEWAY HAD BEEN SNOW COVERED BUT CLEARED DOWN TO ASPHALT, HAD BEEN PARKED APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING . THIS HAS SINCE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES IN VARYING WEATHER CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RAINY, SNOWY, AND SUNNY WITH DRY PAVEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS ROLLED FORWARD AND BACK, WITH AND WITHOUT THE PARKING BRAKE SET, WHICH THE PARKING BRAKE IT TAKES LONGER AND ROLLS SLOWER; EACH TIME THERE AFTER STRIKING VEHICLE PARKED CLOSELY AS A PRECAUTION, WHEELS GET CHOCKED NOW WHEN PARKED ON INCLINE TO PREVENT SUV FROM ROLLING. FORD HAS CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOT FOUND ANY ISSUES AND FIXED OR REPLACED NOTHING SAYING IT IS BECAUSE OF THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL NOT A CONTAINING LIMITED SLIP GEARING. *TR

Mileage: 32,100

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN INCLINE ALMOST STRIKING PERSON AT BOTTOM OF DRIVEWAY LUCKILY HE JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY AND IT STRUCK SIDE OF HIS TRUCK CAUSING DAMAGE, DRIVEWAY HAD BEEN SNOW COVERED BUT CLEARED DOWN TO ASPHALT, HAD BEEN PARKED APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING . THIS HAS SINCE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES IN VARYING WEATHER CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RAINY, SNOWY, AND SUNNY WITH DRY PAVEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS ROLLED FORWARD AND BACK, WITH AND WITHOUT THE PARKING BRAKE SET, WHICH THE PARKING BRAKE IT TAKES LONGER AND ROLLS SLOWER; EACH TIME THERE AFTER STRIKING VEHICLE PARKED CLOSELY AS A PRECAUTION, WHEELS GET CHOCKED NOW WHEN PARKED ON INCLINE TO PREVENT SUV FROM ROLLING. FORD HAS CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOT FOUND ANY ISSUES AND FIXED OR REPLACED NOTHING SAYING IT IS BECAUSE OF THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL NOT A CONTAINING LIMITED SLIP GEARING. *TR

Mileage: 32,100

SHIFT HANDLE FREQUENTLY "STICKS" IN THE PARK POSITION. MANUAL DISABLING OF THE SHIFT INTERLOCK MECHANISM WAS REQUIRED TO ALLOW ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE INTERLOCK DISABLING PROCESS WAS PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY IN EACH INSTANCE (AS DESCRIBED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL). IN EACH CASE, THE DRIVER WHO EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTE THE PROCESS AND REQUIRED THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

THE SHIFT HANDLE FREQUENTLY IS "STUCK" WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO GEAR FROM THE PARK POSITION. *TR

THE SHIFT HANDLE FREQUENTLY IS "STUCK" WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO GEAR FROM THE PARK POSITION. *TR

APPARENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM LEAD TO DISCOVERY OF BLOWN RADIATOR. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

FAILURE #1--GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE FROM PARK; DEALER SAID FORD REDESIGNED, BUT NOT COVERED BY THEM. FAILURE #2--LEAK IN SEAM OF RADIATOR (BETWEEN PLASTIC & ALUMINUM). AGAIN, NOT COVERED BY FORD OR BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH 10,000 MILES. WHEN THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, THERE IS A KICK IN THE TRANSMISSION AS IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REAR ENDED. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR REPAIR. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER FOR THE TIMING IN THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE DEALER BLAMED THE CONTACT'S DRIVING AS THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WORSENS IN COLD WEATHER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

Mileage: 30,000

WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM A ROUTINE SHOPPING TRIP WITH MY WIFE AND 2 KIDS, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE DIED COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STREET. THE ENTIRE DASH BOARD WENT DARK, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING AND AS USUAL WHEN THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING THE STEERING AND BRAKES TYPICALLY DON'T WORK TOO WELL. LUCKILY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WORKED LIKE IT WAS DESIGNED SINCE WE WERE GOING DOWN HILL AT THE TIME. I COULDN'T EVEN TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS (WHAT'S THE POINT OF THOSE WHEN YOU CAN'T USE THEM TO LET OTHERS KNOW YOU'VE NOW BECOME A HAZARD)? I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO HAD LAPSED AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE ONWARD TO OUR DESTINATION. THIS ISSUE OCCURRED WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM 2ND GEAR TO 1ST GEAR AND GOING AT A SLOW SPEED ONLY 20MPH. HAD THIS HAPPENED WITH MY WIFE DRIVING I'M POSITIVE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT! THIS IS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER BOUGHT BRAND NEW OFF THE SHOW ROOM FLOOR AND ONLY HAS 10,356 MILES ON IT. PRACTICALLY STILL BRAND NEW! I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS ISN'T AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE. I'VE ALSO FOUND A FEW PLACES THAT MENTION THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE AS A THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. I'M LOOKING TO FIND IF REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY RESOLVES THE ISSUE. IF THE ISSUE IS THIS COMMON WHY HASN'T FORD BEEN PROACTIVE AND REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PARTS? OUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS CAR IS NOW GONE AND WE'RE AFRAID TO TAKE OUR CHILDREN ANYWHERE IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 10,356

MY 06 EXPLORER HAS BEEN LURCHING EXTREMELY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND VICE VERSA. IT'S TO THE POINT THAT WHEN STOPPING, I AM COMING LITERALLY WITHIN AN INCH OF HITTING ANOTHER CAR. THE SUV STOPS AND THEN LURCHES FORWARD. I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WHILE DRIVING MY SUV. THE WEBSITE CARCOMPLAINTS.COM SHOWS THERE ARE 73 OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 EXPLORER MODELS. FORD IS NOT TAKING ANY PROCEDURES INTO GETTING THE VEHICLES RECALLED. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY TRUCK; I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL. THE TRUCKS ARE STILL CONSIDERED VERY NEW AND YET THEY ARE LURCHING AND HAVING A HUGE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO PROBLEM, EVERYTHING IS WAS FINE! SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE TO GET THESE TRUCKS OFF THE ROAD. WE ARE DRIVING HAZARDS JUST WAITING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT!! I FEEL THAT IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER INCIDENT (LIKE THE FIRESTONE TIRE ONE) BEFORE FORD WILL COME OUT AND DO SOMETHING!!! MY TRUCK IS JOLTING WORSE THAN EVER AND I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED. *TR

Mileage: 12,600

I OWN A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE . ON 7/7/08, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR (REVERSE) TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. I DROVE IT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS WHILE KEEPING ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE OTHER ON THE ACCELERATOR. AT THAT POINT, I CALLED FOR A TOW TO A FORD DEALER. ON 7/8/08, THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS INFORMED THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST OR THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. OBVIOUSLY, THIS PART IS IN GREAT DEMAND OR IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THAT ANTICIPATED DATE. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IF I HAD BEEN ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED, IT COULD HAVE A TRAGIC ENDING. HOW MANY OTHER FREESTYLES HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM? HOW MANY WRECKS HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE OF A PART? MY VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES, AND IT WAS PURCHASED 8/06. I AM REQUESTING FORD PROVIDE ME WITH A VEHICLE (AT NO EXPENSE TO ME) TO DRIVE UNTIL MY CAR IS REPAIRED. THE REPAIR IS GOING TO COST ME $650. IN THE MEANTIME, I AM STILL HAVING TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON THE CAR. FORD HAS OFFERED ME 10 DAYS OF RENTAL WITH THEM PAYING ONLY $27 PER DAY. IT IS ONLY FAIR THEY PROVIDE ME WITH A COMPARABLE CAR RENT FREE. OBVIOUSLY THIS PART IS IN GREAT DEMAND--BUT I PERCEIVE THAT TO BE FORD'S ISSUE--NOT MINE. *TR

Mileage: 45,500

MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT CAUSE IT TO LUNGE FORWARD WHEN STOPPING WHICH FORD SAYS THEY ARE AWARE OF BUT CANNOT SEEM TO FIND THE PROPPER REMEDY FOR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION THAT COULD CAUSE ME TO RUN INTO OTHER STOPPED VEHICLES. I HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN THREE TIMES TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED WITH NO IMPROVEMENT WITH THE CONDITION.

Mileage: 11,950

WHEN THE CAR STOPS, STARTS OR DRIVES SLOW... IT JERKS WHEN CHANGING GEARS FROM 1ST THROUGH 3RD, BOTH UP- AND DOWN SHIFTING. IT HAS ALSO STARTED TO SLOW (FOR NO APPARENT REASON) WHEN DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY (GOING AROUND 65-70 MILES AN HOUR), I HAVE HAD MULLINAX FORD LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION 5 TIMES NOW, AND IT IS STILL THERE. CURRENTLY I AM INVOLVED IN A LEMON LAW CASE TRYING TO GET FORD TO BUY MY CAR BACK. THEY ARE STATING THAT THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION AND AT THE SAME TIME SAYING THAT IT IS DUE TO ABUSE OR NEGLECT ON MY PART ???? I CAN ONLY SUGGEST THAT OTHERS TAKE THE SAME ROUTE - THE MORE THE BETTER TO GET THE ATTENTION OF FORD TO COMPLETELY FIX THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE HAD MY COMPASS WORKED ON (DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING OR JUST TWO LINES) , THE GEAR SHIFTER REPLACED (WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF 'P'), THE REAR WINDOW REPLACED (DUE TO WATER LEAK) AND THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM REPLACED AS THERE WAS SOMETHING BEND ???. I ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT WHEN WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE CAR THE BREAKS WORKED DIFFERENTLY AFTERWARDS. IN MY OPINION THE 2006 FORD EXPLORER IS A LEMON. *TR

MY 06 EXPLORER HAS BEEN LURCHING EXTREMELY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND VICE VERSA. ITS TO THE POINT THAT WHEN STOPPING I AM COMING LITERALLY WITHIN AN INCH OF HITTING ANOTHER CAR B/C THE CAR STOPS AND THEN LURCHES FORWARD. MY CAR IS ALSO REVVING UP FOR NO REASON AT AROUND 3000-4000 RPM WHEN I DON'T EVEN PUSH ON THE GAS, OR BARELY TAP IT! I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WHILE DRIVING MY SUV. I CAME ACROSS THIS WEBSITE TODAY: CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE 66 OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 EXPLORER MODELS. FORD IS NOT TAKING ANY PROCEDURES INTO GETTING THE VEHICLES RECALLED. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY TRUCK, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL. THE TRUCKS ARE STILL CONSIDERED VERY NEW AND YET THEY ARE LURCHING AND HAVING A HUGE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER IN MIAMI, FL THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM AND REPLACED MY BRAKES, YET WHEN I PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED! THAT WAS IN NOV 2007. I AM NOW STATIONED IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA AT ELMENDORF AFB AND HAVE MADE AN APPT WITH THE FORD DEALER HERE ON MONDAY. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THERE IS NO PERMANENT FIX OUT THERE FOR THIS PROBLEM, EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE TO GET THESE TRUCKS OFF THE ROAD. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE ALL DRIVING HAZARDS WAITING TO HAPPEN!! MY TRUCK IS JOLTING WORSE THAN EVER AND I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINT: ODI CASE NUMBER: 10185415 IN FOLLOW-UP TO THE ABOVE CASE, I HAVE BEEN READING THE SUBSEQUENT COMPLAINTS AND READ WITH DISGUST THAT ALOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WRITING NOW BOUGHT THE 2006 EXPLORER AS USED. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE TURNED OURS IN UNDER THE LEMON LAW FOR ALL OF THE SAME REASONS LISTED IN THE OTHER COMPLAINTS BUT WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF TURNING THE VEHICLE IN, THERE WAS A BIG COLORED PICTURE OF MY EXPLORER IN MATHEWS CURRIE FORD'S USED CAR AD. MY PROBLEMS WERE JUST BEING RESOLD TO SOME UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMER WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE GETTING A DEAL ON A GOOD LOW MILEAGE CAR. IT'S IS A SHAME THAT FORD IS STILL ALLOWED TO SELL THOSE EXPLORERS AND THEY TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELLING DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 500

HARD JOLTS WHEN STOPPING AND WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES, FORD MOTOR CO. RECOMMENDS KEEP DRIVING IT. DEALERSHIP STATES THEY CAN'T FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

WHEN COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE JOLTS AND LUNGES FORWARD. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS STARTING WITH A LIFTER STUCK IN MOTOR AT 296 MILES, TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 15,700 MILES. BRAKES HAVE SQUEAKED SINCE IT WAS NEW, OVERHEAD CONSOLE HAS FALLEN OFF TWICE, SATELLITE RADIO WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. DOOR RUBBED ON RUNNING BOARD, NOW GAS MILEAGE HAS DROPPED UNDER 10 MILES PER GALLON. 14 TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP SO FAR AND STILL NOT ALL IS FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 296

WE OWN A 2006 FORD EXPLORER, AND ITS TRANSMISSION SLIPS, GETS CONFUSED DURING DOWNSHIFTS, AND NOW HAS DEVELOPED A LURCH FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. I HAD IT IN THE DEALERSHIP, WHEN THE SHIFT LEVER BROKE AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS "NORMAL" BUT FORD IS WORKING ON A PROGRAM FOR THE COMPUTER THAT THEY ARE RELEASING IN MID NOVEMBER. FIRST OF ALL, IF THIS IS NORMAL WHY IS THIS THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT CREATING A FIX FOR A "NON-EXISTENT" PROBLEM WITH A "NORMALLY FUNCTIONING TRANSMISSION." FORD INSTRUCTED THE DEALERSHIPS TO LET IT BE UNTIL THE NEW "PROGRAM" COMES OUT IN NOVEMBER. WHERE EXACTLY DOES THAT LEAVE THE CONSUMER, I HAVE A TRANSMISSION THAT HAD HAS BEEN SLIPPING IN GEAR AND MIS-SHIFTING FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES AND A 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. IF THIS DOESN'T BECOME MORE OF A SAFETY CONCERN, WHICH I AM AFRAID IT WILL, I WILL LIKELY HAVE INCREASED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE OF IT. PLUS, NEVERMIND THIS CURRENT MODEL EXPLORER WILL NOW HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER RESALE VALUE AS THESE TYPES OF COMPLAINTS INCREASE. PLEASE HELP! THIS WAS A LARGE INVESTMENT TO MAKE, AND NOW I WILL HAVE TO PAY THE CONSEQUENCE FOR FORDS FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT DOWNSHIFTING CORRECTLY. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP OR DRIVING BETWEEN 1 AND 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE JUMPED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS: SEPTEMBER 22, 2006, OCTOBER 9, 2006, AND SEPTEMBER 14, 2007. ON EACH VISIT, THE DEALER PERFORMED A TRANSMISSION UPDATE THAT ONLY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. IT IS CURRENTLY OCTOBER 2007 AND THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,700.

Mileage: 4,700

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PCM FAILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

Mileage: 15,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE PROPERLY AND HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING GEARS. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 17,000. UPDATED 12-12-07. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED ON ENGAGEMENT. UPDATED *JB

Mileage: 17,000

TRANSMISSION IS INCONSISTENT WHEN SHIFTING. SOMETIMES ENGINE ROARS WHEN TRANSMISSION IS IN BETWEEN GEARS. TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT ON OCCASION. PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE (2006 FORD EXPLORER IN NOVEMBER 2006 WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AS A USED CAR) AND EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS UNTIL THE FIRST PART OF JUNE 2007. *JB UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION PAN SOLENOID BODY. UPDATED *JB

Mileage: 33,322

TRANSMISSION SURGES ON DOWNSHIFT BETWEEN 2ND AND 1ST....ENGINE RPM'S INCREASE AND TRANSMISSION SLAMS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A LURCH. ALSO I HAVE DIFFICULT TIME SHIFTING INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. IT SEEMS THAT THE SENSOR FOR THE BRAKE IS MALFUNCTIONING. *JB

Mileage: 8,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE IDLING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD. WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT 20 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR AND THE SPEED DECREASED TO 5 MPH IN 2-5 SECONDS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MECHATRONIX, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,500.

Mileage: 200

TRANSMISSION SURGES ON DOWNSHIFT BETWEEN 2ND AND 1ST....ENGINE RPM'S INCREASE AND TRANSMISSION SLAMS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A LURCH. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE TO NO AVAIL. *TR

Mileage: 18,000

(1) I HAVE OWNED MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER FOR ONE YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 21,000 MILES CURRENTLY ON IT. IT HAS HAD A LUNGING PROBLEM STARTING WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO TWO SEPARATE FORD DEALERS IN ATTEMPTS TO HAVE IT FIXED FOR A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO UPDATE THE COMPUTER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. EACH TIME IT IS FIXED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS UP TO A COUPLE OF MONTHS, HOWEVER, THE CLUNKING AND JERKING ONCE AGAIN SHOW. I BELIEVE THAT THEY UNPLUG THE BATTERY EACH TIME IT IS TAKEN IN, ALLOWING THE COMPUTER TO "FORGET" ITS ADAPTIVE LEARNING. (2) WHEN I TAKE OFF FROM A STOP IT HESITATES AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UNPREDICTABLY. FURTHERMORE, WHEN STOPPING IT FEELS LIKE IT IS FREEWHEELING IN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR WITH AN ABRUPT STOP AND A JERK THAT CAUSES A VIOLENT JERKING OF THE VEHICLE. THE FEELING IT PROVIDES IS ONE OF BEING REARENDED. (3) THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER AND UNHOOKING THE BATTERY SO THE COMPUTER FORGETS ITS ADAPTIVE LEARNING. THIS IS A QUICK FIX FOR FORD AND DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

THE TRANSMISSION OF THE 2006 EXPLORER EB THAT I PURCHASED FROM VISTA FORD, HAS HAD ONGOING INTERMITTENT SHIFTING INCONSISTENCIES FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED IT THAT CAUSE THE CARS TRANSMISSION TO FREQUENTLY KICK AND HAVE A STARTLING AND CAR-SHAKING BUMP OR THUNK? WHEN BRAKING JUST BEFORE THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. SOMETIMES WHEN IT DOES NOT OCCUR AT ALL. MOSTLY, IT OCCURS IN VARIOUS DEGREES FROM SUBTLY TO STRONGLY (ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10). SOMETIMES IT OCCURS SO STRONGLY THAT THE ENTIRE CAR NOTICEABLY AND VIOLENTLY SHUDDERS OR LURCHES, AND THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD AS IT STOPS. I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW CLOSE I AM TO THE INTERSECTION OR TO THE BUMPER OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME IN CASE IT DOES THIS, POTENTIALLY CAUSING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION OR ACCIDENT. THE CAR HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A SIMILAR SHIFTING INCONSISTENCY UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STANDSTILL AS IT SHIFTS (PRESUMABLY) INTO SECOND GEAR. SOMETIMES IT IS SUCH A SEVERE JOLT THAT MY HEAD SNAPS BACK AND HITS THE HEADREST OF THE SEAT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED UNSUCCESSFULLY ON FOUR OCCASIONS TO CORRECT THIS DEFECTIVE BEHAVIOR. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE TRANSMISSION WITH TWO SEPARATE FIXES WHICH HAVE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO AFFECT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR WITH SUCH FREQUENCY THAT I FEEL UNSAFE IN THE VEHICLE, AND I DON'T FEEL SECURE WHEN DRIVING IT DUE TO THE INCONSISTENT AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE TRANSMISSION. I THINK THAT THE VEHICLE IS MECHANICALLY UNSOUND, AS A RESULT AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS LIKELY TO FAIL ALTOGETHER AT SOME POINT, OR POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TR

Mileage: 13,441

FORD EXPLORER (2006 MY) HAD A SENSOR RING FAILURE (CRACK) CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO STOP WORKING. WENT FROM 40 MILES/HR TO NOTHING IN MATTER OF SECONDS. *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE REAL AXLE SHAFT. UPDATED *JB

Mileage: 18,400

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY HESITANT & EVENTUALLY WOULD LUNGE BACKWARDS WHILE MAKING A LOUD "CLACK" AS IT JUMPED INTO GEAR. ANOTHER TIME I STARTED MY CAR & IT LUNGED INTO PARK AS IF IT WAS NEVER IN PARK COMPLETELY BEFORE I SHUT OFF AND EXITED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS. WE ALL KNOW YOU CANT TAKE THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION W/O IT BEING IN PARK,SO EXPLAIN THIS! AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO MY DEALERSHIP THEY FIND A PROBLEM(A FACTORY DEFECT,NOT ONE CAUSED BY ME)THEY REPLACED PARTS AND NOW ONLY A FEW MONTHS LATER I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS ALL OVER AGAIN. ONLY NOW MY PROBLEMS ARE WORSE. WHILE DRIVING INSTEAD OF SHIFTING MY CAR JUST REVS REAL HIGH & GOES NOWHERE. THIS LASTS ANYWHERE FROM 15-45 SECONDS & THEN STOPS. IT ALSO IS HESITANT WHEN SHIFTING FROM GEAR TO GEAR. I HAVE MY CAR SERVICED REGULARLY AND DONT DRVE IT HARD,I SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS AT ALL!!! I AM A VERY,VERY UNHAPPY FORD OWNER. I PAID $38,000 CASH FOR THIS VEHICLE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT & HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE,ONLY REGRETS. *JB

2006 FORD EXPLORER WITH FREQUENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFTING INCONSISTENCIES WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE ERRATIC SHIFTING OF THE VEHICLE STARTED THE DAY AFTER PURCHASE AND AFTER THE INCIDENT HE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO INFORM THEM OF THE DEFECT. THE DEALERSHIP THEN IN TURN HAD THE CONSUMER COME IN ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE THE SITUATION INVESTIGATED AND WOULD LIKE FOR THE DEALER TO REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE AT THE VALUE IN WHICH IT WAS SOLD. THE DEALER STATED THE SPEAKERS SOUND LIKE THEY ARE DISTORTED, TOP COVER OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS LOOSE. *TR

2006 FORD EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER V8 WITH SIX SPEED AUTO. PURCHASE VEHICLE USED WITH 17K MILES. PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION 1-2 WEEKS INTO OWNERSHIP. THE VEHICLE HAS ISSUES AS TO WHAT GEAR TO BE IN AND WILL LUNGE FORWARD OR CLUNK INTO GEAR. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SOMETIMES HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING INTO HIGHER GEARS AND WILL "CLUNK" INTO GEAR. IN ONE INSTANCE I TRIED TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT IN ORDER TO GAIN SPEED. THE ENGINE REVVED UP BUT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP 2 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE RE PROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER THE FIRST TIME. THE SYMPTOMS SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR. A WEEK LATER, IT CAME BACK. THE SECOND TIME, THE TECH TOLD ME THAT IT IS A NORMAL CONDITION AND THAT THE TRANNY GETS CONFUSED AS TO WHAT GEAR TO BE IN. THE DELAYED AND HARSH SHIFTING IS DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT AS A RESULT OF IT HAPPENING. THE RANDOM SHIFTING INTO FIRST WHEN COMING TO A STOP SHOULD PROVE REAL INTERESTING ON THE ICE AND SNOW... *JB

Mileage: 17,895

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE DURING A DOWN SHIFT AND ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE AND HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF ANY RECALLS. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR, AS RESULT THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

Mileage: 17,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH OVER A HILL THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND COULD NOT REPAIR IT. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE PCM THREE TIMES AT 10,016, 14881, AND 17,037 MILES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 17,207, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,869. *AK

Mileage: 8,869

TERRIBLE HESITATION WHEN PULLING UP TO STOP SIGN AND TRYING TO TAKE OFF. PARKING LOT AT SLOW SPEED TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. LIFTER STUCK IN MOTOR AT 700 MILES.NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT ISSUE AS OF YET. *JB

Mileage: 796

I PURCHASED A 2006 EDDIE BAUER EXPLORER IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH IT SINCE I HIT 1000 MILES. I HAVE HAD IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES AND THEY HAVE ADJUSTED, REPLACED A COMPUTER, DID OTHER TRANSMISSION WORK AND THE VEHICLE STILL DEMONSTRATES THE SAME ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS DURING SHIFTING AND ON SLOW DOWN TO STOP. THE VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD AND SHIFTS VERY ROUGH BETWEEN GEARS. FORD MOTOR CORP HAS REFUSED TO ASSIST ANY FURTHER AND HAS ASKED ME TO BRING MY VEHICLE BACK AGAIN FOR THE 5TH TIME. THIS SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE DOES JERK FORWARD WHEN YOU STOP. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND THIS HAS PUT ME INTO A SITUATION WHERE I FEEL LIKE MY CHILDREN ARE UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL TO REAREND SOMEONE IF THE CAR FAILS TO STOP PROPERLY. WHERE IS FORD WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND CONSUMER LOYALTY??? THIS WAS MY THIRD FORD PURCHASE AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE LAST. A COLLEAGUE OF MINE ALSO PURCHASED THIS SAME VEHICLE AND IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. *JB

Mileage: 100

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER V-8 LIMITED WITH THE SIX SPEED TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED WITH UNDER 1,000 MILES. IT LURCHED, BUCKED, HIGH REVVED AND FAILED TO ENGAGE, THEN SUDDENLY ENGAGED AND EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY FORD. 13,000 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION LURCHES AND BUCKS THE CARD FORWARD. WHEN GOING FROM SECOND TO FIRST, IT POPS BACK INTO SECOND, THEN INTO FIRST AGAIN. IF NOT FOR THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR COULD LUNGE FORWARD AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO PULL UP TOO CLOSE TO ANYTHING WHEN STOPPING. FORD CONTINUED TO RECALIBRATE THE TRANSMISSION THREE MORE TIMES TO NO AVAIL AND ON THE FOURTH AND FINAL REPAIR ATTEMPT THEY STATED THEY WOULD DO NOTHING FURTHER TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *JB

Mileage: 791

CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ROUGHLY, HESITATION AT COLD START, AND DURING SLOW TAKE-OFFS AND SLOWING DOWN. *JB

Mileage: 1,500

TRANSMISSION SURGES ON DOWNSHIFT BETWEEN 2ND AND 1ST....ENGINE RPM'S INCREASE AND TRANSMISSION SLAMS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A LURCH. FORD MOTOR HAS NO FIX FOR THIS AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THESE FLAWED VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH NO OWNER RECOURSE DUE TO FACT THAT FORD ENGINEER DOES NO KNOW WHAT TO DO. *JB

Mileage: 15,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER EDDIE BAURER- WITHIN 12 HOURS OF PURCHASING THE CAR, THE STARTER CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAR WAS OUT OF SERVICE 1 WEEK. TRANSMISSION HESITATED FROM A COLD START ESPECIALLLY BAD WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. ENGINE ROARED AT TIMES, SOUNDED LIKE A JET TAKING OFF. DEALER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL, IT WAS THE ENGINE FAN ???? CAR LURCHED FORWARD WHEN STARTING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. AT FIRST SERVICE DEPT AGREED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH 8 CYLINDER TRANSMISSION AND THAT THEY WERE NO FIXES BUT THEN THE FORD REP GOT INVOLVED AND SUDDENLY THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THEY SUGGESTED THAT OUR ONLY RECOUSE WAS TO GO THRU THE LEMON LAW WHICH WE DID. IT WAS A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS BUT AFTER 6 MONTHS OF DEALING WITH THE SITUATION, THE LEMON ARBITRATION RULLED IN OUR FAVOR AND FORD WAS REQUIRED TO BUY BACK THE EXPLORER. I HAD A FORD EXPEDITION FOR 9 YEARS AND LOVED IT BUT AFTER THIS FIASCO WITH THE EXPLORER AND FORD'S REFUSAL TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, I WILL NOT EVER BUY ANOTHER FORD. I NOW HAVE A TOYOTA 4RUNNER AND COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. WHILE IT DOESN'T HAVE SOME OF THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE EXPLORER, THE PIECE OF MIND OF KNOWING THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY GO WHEN I PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC IS IMMEASUREABLE. TO THOSE STILL HAVING THE PROBLEMS, I WOULD SUGGEST THE LEMON LAW.

Mileage: 600

OUR 2006 EDDIE BAUER V-8 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS APPROX 6K MILES ON IT AND SINCE THE VERY FIRST DAY THERE HAS BEEN A HESITATION WHEN SHIFTING. FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LAG TIME FROM ENGAGING THE TRANSMISSION TO MOVEMENT AND IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A RATHER LARGE "CLUNK". THIS IS OUT 4TH EXPLORER AND ENJOY THE STYLING BUT AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS OBVIOUS ENGINEERING FLAW. IT APPEARS FORD IS AWARE OF IT BUT HAS NO "FIX". *JB

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER, V8 6 SPEED. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR A FIX ON THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN DOWNSHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 1ST, THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD OR THERE IS A VERY LARGE SHIFT IN MOMENTUM THAT PUSHES THE CAR FORWARD WHILE STOPPING OR OCCASIONALLY AFTER STOPPED. THIS ACTUALLY PUSHED MY CAR FORWARD INTO AN ICY INTERSECTION. FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT HAS FAILED TO COME UP WITH A FIX. MY VEHICLE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PROBLEM, AND THIS ONLY COMPOUNDS TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND VIBRATION I HAD ON MY LAST TWO (2003 AND 2004) EXPLORERS. I LOVE THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, BUT WILL LIKELY NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER EXPLORER....TOO MANY VIBRATIONS AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *JB

Mileage: 21,000

2006 FORD EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER V-8 PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION 3-4 MONTHS INTO OWNERSHIP. THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP INTO GEAR AND WILL LUNGE FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SOMETIMES HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEARS AND WILL "CLUNK" INTO GEAR. LAST WEEK I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND TO GIRL SCOUTS AND I PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT IN ORDER TO GAIN SPEED. THE VEHICLE COMING IN MY DIRECTION HAD TO SLAM ON HIS BREAKS TO AVOID HITTING OUR VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE RE PROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, REPLACED THE SOLENOID PACK, CLEANED THE VALVE BODY, AND HAVE CLEARED THE MEMORY IN THE PCM NUMEROUS TIMES. STILL NO FIX.... THE DELAYED AND HARSH SHIFTING IS DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT AS A RESULT OF IT HAPPENING. *NM

Mileage: 3,000

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2006 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED WITH THE NEW 6-GEAR 8 CYLINDER ENGINE. DURING DOWNSHIFT TO A STOP, THE TRUCK WOULD LITERALLY LURCH FORWARD AS THE ENGINE JERKED INTO THE PROPER GEAR. AFTER REPEATED VISITS (IN EXCESS OF 5) TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND REPLACEMENTS OF VALVES AND A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION, THE PROBLEM IS NOT AS EVIDENT, BUT CONTINUES NONETHELESS. NEW PROBLEMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED, SUCH AS "JERKING" MOVEMENTS ON TAKE OFF (AS IF I WERE PRESSING AND RELEASING THE GAS), DELAYED RESPONSE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR ON TAKE OFF, AS WELL AS AN ENGINE "ROAR" ON ACCELERATION NOT TYPICAL OF AN ENGINE FAN ; NONE OF THESE ISSUES WERE CORRECTED WHEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT (ERNIE HAIRE FORD). I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING A FORUM ON EDMUNDS.COM WHERE OTHER CONSUMERS ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES; THE "COMPUTER" WAS SIMPLY REPROGRAMMED AND EXPECTED TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM WITH NO FURTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE, SINCE AN ATTEMPT TO "LEMON LAW" THE VEHICLE WOULD RESULT IN "A LOT OF LAWYERS AND LITIGATION AND PAPERWORK," AS EXPRESSED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AT ERNIE HAIRE, AND WOULD "PROBABLY WIND UP BEING A WASTE OF MY TIME AND MONEY IF THE COMPANY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE DURING THE PROCESS". I DID NOT HAVE THESE MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH MY '97 EXPLORER. *NM

WE HAVE A 2004 FORD EXPLORER THAT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WITH AN UNRESOLVED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION/ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS A DELAYED ENGAGEMENT WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFTS FROM A LOW TO A HIGHER GEAR, AND EVEN MORE DELAY AND AGGRESSIVE SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE. THE SHIFTING INTO REVERSE IS SO PRONOUNCED THAT IT DELAYS, THEN BANGS INTO REVERSE, AND SUDDENLY LUNGES BACKWARD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND COULD EASILY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OR EVEN INJURY TO OTHERS. *NM

2006 FORD EXPLORER. HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP THREE TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION TROUBLE. TOOK THE MECHANIC FOR A RIDE TO BE SURE HE FELT THE PROBLEM. HE AGREED THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFTING. THE CAR JUMPS INTO 2ND GEAR CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER CAR WAS BETTER FOR TWO DAYS THEN IT RESUMED ITS PROBLEM AGAIN. FORD DEALER HAD CAR FOR TWO WEEKS THIS TIME AGAIN SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. PAID 40,000 + FOR THIS CAR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *JB

Mileage: 6,557

OUR 2006 4.6, V8 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION EXPLORER HAS BEEN IN FIVE TIME FOR REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION STARTING AT JUST OVER 900 MILE TO NOW WITH 2400 MILES. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SERIOUS SHIFTING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THESE HAVE RANGED FROM DELAYED 1-2 AND OR 2-3 SHIFT, HIGH REV, DELAYED SHIFT WITH HARD DOWN SHIFT AND SEVERE JERKING. THIS RESULTED IN THREE DAYS OF BACK PAIN. THEY HAVE REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION, REPLACED THE VALVE ASSEMBLY AND THE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION AND WE ARE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. *JB

Mileage: 900

AT SHARP TURNS EITHER TO THE LEFT OF THE THE RIGHT, THE AUTO 4X4 ENAGAGES AND YOU FEEL A LARGE SHUTTER. I WAS FIXED BY THE DEALER(THEY REPROGRAMED THE 4X4 PERMITERS) 4 MONTHS LATER IF HAS CAME BACK. NOTHING HAS SEEMED TO FIX IT, MANY SIMILAR SITUATIONS LIKE MINE ON THE INTERNET

Mileage: 46,000

HARD DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST GEAR. NO NOISE BUT AFTER STOPPING TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO 1ST CAUSING SEVER JERKING AND IT WILL JUMP FORWARD. THERE IS A TSB BUT NO FIX FOR IT TERRIBLE FOR A 40000.00 VEHICLE. *JB

I FEEL MY 2006 4.6,V8, XLT EXPLORER IS UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. YOU TRY TO JUDGE DISTANCE TO PULL OUT ON A STREET AND WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS IT DOESN'T GO! IT HAS A PAUSE AND THEN GOES. THE DEALER HAS 'RECALIBRATED' THE COMPUTER AND TRANSMISSION RESPONSE THREE TIMES NOW! THE DATE INCLUDED IS THE LAST TIME IT WAS DONE. *JB

Mileage: 10,500

THIS IS A NEW 2006 V8 6 SPEED FORD EXPLORER WHICH HAS HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SINCE I PURCHASED IT ON DEC 10, 2005. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER SHEEHY FORD OF GAITHERSBURG MD FIVE TIMES AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS PAST FRIDAY AT AN INTERSECTION I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE SO I PRESSED HARDER AND IT WAS IF IT SKIPPED A GEAR AND THEN THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AT A HIGHER THEN NORMAL SPEED AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

Mileage: 11,200

I OWN A 2006 EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER WITH 3000 MILES ON IT. HERE IS THE PROBLEM, JUST BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN OR WHATEVER, THE ENGINE REVS TO 1200-1500 RPMS FOR JUST A BRIEF SECOND. I AM NOT GIVING THE CAR ANY GAS TO INDUCE THIS OCCURRENCE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE CAR IS DOING THIS AND NEITHER DOES MY LOCAL DEALER. THE SERVICE MANAGER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CAR IS IN FACT DOING WHAT I DESCRIBED ABOVE, BUT COULD NOT OFFER A FIX. I TESTED ANOTHER 2006 V6 EXPLORER WITH 3 MILES ON IT, TO MINE AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SURPRISE; IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING AS MY TRUCK. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO THE SITUATION AND CALL SOME OF HIS ENGINEER BUDDIES TO SEE IF THEY COULD GIVE HIM ANY INFORMATION. I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM HIM. I AM ALSO BEGINNING TO NOTICE THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE TO BREAK HARDER TO GET THE TRUCK TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS CAN NOT BE NORMAL, YET MY FORD DEALER IS INSINUATING NOTHING IS ACTUALLY WRONG WITH THE CAR. LONGER THAN NECESSARY STOPPING DISTANCES AND WILL LEAD TO UNNECESSARY COLLISIONS. BECAUSE THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL NOT ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH 2006 V6 EXPLORERS MY DEALER WILL PROBABLY DO NOTHING TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. I COMPLAINED TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND NEVER EVEN RECEIVED A CONFIRMATION THAT THEY RECEIVED MY EMAIL. I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A RECALL SITUATION. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ALL 2006 V6 EXPLORERS EXHIBIT THIS PROBLEM OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION, ADMITTEDLY NOT BY ANY STRETCH A POWERFUL SUDDEN ACCELERATION BUT STILL IT IS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I AM CONFIDENT IN MY ASSESSMENT BECAUSE I HAVE PERSONALLY DRIVEN 2 EXPLORERS AND DIFFERENT SERVICE REP CLAIMED HE DROVE YET ANOTHER 06 EXPLORER THAT DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF FORD HAS A DESIGN FLAW IN ONE OF THERE CARS THEY SHOULD DESIGN A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM AND THEN REPAIR THE AFFECTED CARS. *NM

Mileage: 1

PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING GEARS FROM PARK, CAN TAKE UP TO ONE MINUTE IN CASES. THIS HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS. I TOOK VEHICLE TO AL LONG FORD, THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR THREE WEEKS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. AFTER I GOT MY CAR BACK, THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTED. *JB

THIS TRANSMISSION EXHIBITS A HARD SHIFT AT NEAR 0 MPH WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES TO SLOW TO A STOP, TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT AND COULD IF YOU ARE NOT HARD ON THE BRAKE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF STRIKING CLOSE OBJECTS, OTHER VEHICLES OR PERSONS. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT IS UNPREDICTABLE, REPEATABLE AND VERY FRIGHTENING. FORDS RESPONSE IS THAT THEY DO NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A PROBLEM AND HAVE NO FIX FOR THESE SYMPTOMS. THIS PROBLEM DID NOT EXIST UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 4000 MILES AND IT HAS BECOME WORSE WITH TIME. *JB

Mileage: 4,600

NEW 2006 FORD EXPLORE VIBRATION AT 45 & 60 MPH SHAKES SUV. DURING TEST DRIVE DEALER THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS A FLAT SPOT ON A TIRE FROM SITTING ON THE LOT. AFTER DRIVING THE SUV FOR SEVERAL DAYS THE VIBRATION CONTINUED. RETURNED TO DEALER FOR CORRECTION. SUV RECEIVED NEW DRIVE SHAFT, AND TWO REAR 1/2 SHAFTS. PROBLEM SILL EXIST. AFTER TESTING COUPLE OTHER EXPLORER ON LOT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY ALL HAD THIS SAME VIBRATION. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DESCRIBES IT AT NORMAL. I HATE TO TELL THEM THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL. THE SUV HAS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VIBRATION AND IF YOU LET OFF THE GAS THEN REAPPLY AS IF YOU HAD TO BREAK QUICK THEN ACCELERATE THE SUV STRUGGLES TO REGAIN POWER AND HAS A MORE SEVER VIBRATION. IF I HAD KNOW THAT THIS WAS TYPICAL WITH THIS UNIT I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLAT SPOT ON THE TIRE AS THE SALESMAN THOUGHT. A VERY CONCERNED AND UNHAPPY FORD CUSTOMER. *NM

Mileage: 20

WHEN TRYING TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK TO ANY GEAR AFTER BEING PARKED FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME; THE GEAR SHIFT SAFETY LEVER WILL NOT ENGAGE ALLOWING ME TO CHANGE GEARS. *NM

Mileage: 5,000

UPON RELEASING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND OVER MY LEGS. *JB