VAN STARTED RUNNING POORLY SUDDENLY, THEN WOULD NOT RUN AT ALL. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN AND ALLOWING COOL DOWN TIME, RESTARTED VAN AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. RAN WELL IN PARK OR NEUTRAL, BUT SHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR WOULD "CLUNK" AND THE ENGINE WOULD IMMEDIATELY QUIT. AFTER 5 DAYS OF TROUBLESHOOTING, TRACED TROUBLE TO ENGINE PCM AFTER READING IN ON-LINE FORUMS ABOUT IT. FOUND PCM WET AND PINS ON PCM AND CONTACTS ON WIRE HARNESS CORRODED AND GREEN DUE TO WATER LEAKING PAST COWL-TO-BODY SEAL. THE PCM CONNECTOR IS NOT SEALED, SO IF WATER DOES DRIP ON IT, IT IS DRIPPING DIRECTLY ONTO BACK SIDE OF THE CONTACTS AND FORD DID RELEASE A TSB ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT NOT A RECALL. TSB SAYS TO REMOVE SOME PLUGS FROM BODY (MY VAN IS SEVERELY RUSTED IN ONE OF THOSE 2 SPOTS), SEAL AROUND CLIPS THAT HOLD PLASTIC COWL TO BODY WITH SILICONE SEALANT AND ADD ADDITIONAL WEATHER STRIPPING ON THE OUTER EDGES OF COWL TO TRY TO PREVENT WATER. I HAD TO REPLACE MY PCM. HAD MY WIFE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THERE WOULD HAVE MOST CERTAINLY BEEN AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY. *TR
2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED. AFTER READING A LOT OF POST THIS IS A ISSUE THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO FLUSH MY FLUID. I DID AND IT WAS STILL ACTING UP AND THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. A COUPLE OF MOTHS LATER THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE SHOP AND THE GUY SAID HE WAS SURPRISED IT WAS EVEN DRIVING THE WAY IT WAS. FLUID WAS FULL OF METAL AND HAD WATER IN IT. THEY QUESTION IF THE FORD DEALER EVEN DID THE FLUSH BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD. *TR
