2006 Ford Explorer

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

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

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

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

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

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