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179 messages, Last post on Nov 25, 2009 at 11:46 AM
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Replying to: lsjunk (Sep 19, 2009 12:05 pm) well bro to be honest, i havent fixed it yet, ive been trying to do some research on the tranny, but havent been able to find anything, the transmission is very complicated, atleast for me, it seems u have to have a special tool to check ur fluid temperature, n to add fluid, a mechanic told me that all i needed was to add fluid on the tranny, dont know if this is true though, other people told me i could have burned off some of the gears, which im pretty sure i did since ive never done any maintenance to the transmission
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Replying to: willy8886 (Sep 19, 2009 7:30 pm) Here is what I can tell you.... I noticed 3 years ago shortly after purchasing the car in a private sale that the transmission would occasionally slip (more so on cold days) until it would warm to operating temperature. But, I could get it to slip even after it warmed up by coming to a stop very quickly & then accelerate. It would also "buck" a little after coming to a complete stop (felt like a bump as if someone just tapped my rear bumper). I had the transmission fluid changed shortly afterward at a Ford dealership. This did not make any improvement. This went on for 3.5 years until the transmission stopped working this past week (not working R, D5, D4 ~ 3, 2 & 1 all work. Reverse started working again after the car sat for a day). What always confused me is that there are no scan codes or transmission errors. It behaved as if it was low on tranny fluid. But being that some Ford engineer thought a sealed transmission was the best thing since sticking a gerbil up one's ass, there is no way to easily check it.
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Numerous problems with the LS I purchased used less than a month ago with about 70,000 miles. First thing I found was none of the controls on the steering wheel work 100% of the time. They may work one minute and not the next. When they are not working, neither is the horn. CD player doesn't work. Air seems to have a mind of its own. No codes came up when electrical checked. The main problem is that when I took off this weekend for about 10 hours of driving on the road, I started having what I thought was hesitation secondary to bad gas. Put some some gas treatment in the tank and it seemed to get better for the 2 hours I drove it. Today when I headed home (4 hours of driving) the problem was still there. It really doesn't feel like it is sputtering and coughing. It feels more like something is slipping. It will do it when I am sitting in Drive at a stop light and does it some as I accelerate. As long as I am driving pretty constant, it seems to be ok. If I am going up hill, it gets worse. Does it sound like the transmission???? I sure hope not. Any suggestions on where to start when I take it to get someone to look at it. Thanks.
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Replying to: oliverrb (Sep 20, 2009 3:57 pm)
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Replying to: toomanyfumes (Sep 20, 2009 4:04 pm) |
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Replying to: lsjunk (Sep 20, 2009 8:48 am) Yes - bad COPs will cause a CEL eventually. But they can be bad before the CEL comes on.
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Replying to: akirby (Sep 21, 2009 5:30 am)
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Replying to: lsjunk (Sep 22, 2009 2:27 pm)
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Replying to: akirby (Sep 22, 2009 4:29 pm)
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Replying to: willy8886 (Sep 22, 2009 5:51 pm) You conspiracy theorists just crack me up.
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