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838 messages, Last post on Aug 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM
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Just a quick update on my Mountaineer. I recently took it in for the latest transmission flash update. It does seem to be shifting a little smoother even after a few weeks. Not a big difference, and not perfect, but it is a little better. After one year and 15000 miles I am use to the shifting. This is still also the only minor complaint aboiut the vehicle. Everything else about the vehicle is very solid and as good as the day I drove it home from the dealer. Mileage is consistantly 14 in town and between 20 and 22 on the highway. I did notice a 1 mpg increase when I switched to fully synthetic Amsoil 0W-20 oil. Again I think this is a great vehicle and with a little effort by Ford it could become even better. |
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Replying to: 88domer (Mar 09, 2008 7:22 am)
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Replying to: gldnbr2 (Mar 10, 2008 6:22 am) |
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My 2006 Explorer V8 has exhibited some slight 1-2 upshift and downshift problems since it was new, but they were too slight for me to bother taking it in for service. I now have 34,600 miles on it, and the problem (occasionally feeling like being hit from behind on some stops, occasional jerky take-off from stops) had worsened, so I took it to Rancho Santa Margarita Ford. I especially appreciate the transmission mechanic's desire to having it right before returning it to me. He worked on it, and it was supposed to be finished at the end of the day Wednesday. However, when I arrived to pick it up, Duane in the service department explained that the mechanic was not statisfied with the way it shifted, so wanted to replace more parts. I picked it up this morning (Friday), and it is very, very smooth. They did not have the paperwork ready when I picked it up, and I did not care, as it was warranty work, so I do not know what they replaced, although I think they will mail the paperwork. I see that some of you seem to have the probelms return after the transmission was repaired. Is that correct? |
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Replying to: fsmmcsi (Mar 14, 2008 7:56 pm) |
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Replying to: fsmmcsi (Mar 14, 2008 7:56 pm) When I picked my Explorer up the mechanic also said that he wiped out the adaptive learning part of the computer and to give it a couple of days of normal driving. If I had any problems to bring it back. I'm happy to I've been problem free with the tranny. Whatever the dealer did (my mechanical skills are not the best) worked. I think that replacing that valve body with a newly modified version did the trick.
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Replying to: dave1309 (Mar 15, 2008 6:31 am)
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Replying to: gldnbr2 (Mar 15, 2008 7:22 am) |
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Just returned from a trip to Florida from Northern Virginia. I was curious what the mileage for the entire trip might be so I didn't reset the mileage tracker until we returned home. The trip covered approximately 1900 miles. About 1400 of these were highway, with the rest being just general sight seeing and quite a bit of beach driving (aprox. 60 miles). Also sat in one highway backup on the way home where we only traveled about 5 miles in 2 hours. The total average mileage was 20.8. I was actually very surprised it was that high. I would have expected that for just the highway part of the trip. Will also mention that the vehicle always had 4 people in it. A note on the transmission issues with the 6 speed, it's been about a month since I had the latest flash update (from late November/ early December actually) done and it still seems to be shifting slightly better. Like I said in an earlier post, it's not perfect but the latest update did seem to make it a little better so might be worth a try for those of you that haven't done it yet. |
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Replying to: sacmtnr (Mar 28, 2008 2:33 pm) While the tranny issues, minor and isolated as they seem to be, make be glad we went with the V6 in our '06 Explorer I think we'll get the V8 if we get a Mountaineer next year when the leas is up. Our best highway mileage came last Summer on a trip from Pittsburgh to the OBX where we averaged just under 22 mpg. Seeing that the V8 gets similar mileage it would be worth the extra $$ just to have the extra power. The hills around here make the V8 slightly strained at times.
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