Complaint 1406655
2006 FORD EXPLORER • POWER TRAIN • incident Jul 3, 2017
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 1406655
- Make
- FORD
- Model
- EXPLORER
- Model Year
- 2006
- Component
- POWER TRAIN
- Incident Date
- Jul 3, 2017
- Date Received
- Sep 8, 2017
- Data As Of
- Aug 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
POWER TRAIN
Owner Narrative
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.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.