THE CAR WOULD JERK WHEN YOU DROVE IT. IT WAS A HARD JERK SOMETIMES AND HARDLY NOTICEABLE AT TIMES. I NEVER OWNED AN SUV SO I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS NORMAL. ASKED DEALER THEY DROVE AND STATED IT WAS OK. KEPT JERKING AT TIMES WHEN YOU WERE DRIVING. ESPECIALLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN IN VEHICLE, WOULD JERK WHEN SHIFTING FROM GEAR TO GEAR (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). ASKED WHITE FORD SERVICE AGAIN ABOUT HARD SHIFTING. IN OCTOBER AT 56,000 MILES ON VEHICLE THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD REPROGRAM COMPUTER AND SET IT. IT COST ME $105 FOR THEM TO DO THAT. DID NOT NOTICE MUCH DIFFERENCE, MAYBE A LITTLE BETTER. IN DECEMBER MY SON TOOK VEHICLE TO WHITE FORD BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL LIKE THEY WERE LISTENING TO ME, THEY TOLD HIM NO TRANSMISSION TECHNICIAN. TAKE TO DIFFERENT FORD DEALER. TOOK TO NICK NICHOLAS FORD IN CRYSTAL RIVER, FL AND THEY STATED TRANS FLUID BURNT. $5,000 TO FIX. I TOOK VEHICLE TO TRI-COUNTY TRANSMISSION IN CHIEFLAND, FL. MGR. WORKED FOR FORD SERVICE 27 YEARS. THEY STATED TRANS FLUID BURNT, BLACK AND FINE METAL AND FICTION MAT, AND HAD TRANS TORN UP DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART. SOLENOID BORE WORN CAUSED CLUTCHES TO SLIP METAL ALL THRU TRANS AND CONVERTER. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE A RECALL. WHAT IF TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED ME??? *TR
2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAK, CAUSING IT TO JUMP WHEN BELOW 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE IN BOSTON DURING RUSH HOUR, COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR