I just recently purchased a 2018 Expedition Max Ford Certified with 64k mikes. I drove a few before this one and all we’re 2019’s or older. I noticed all shift from 1st to 3rd gears skipping second on light throttle acceleration in Normal or Eco mode but what bothers me is when the trans enters 3rd it slips a clutch or rides the torque converter like it shifted too early and doesn’t want the driver to feel a lugging engine if it fully locked into third gear. The RPMs then begin to climb after a few seconds in third after I feel it slip slightly as it goes through third then it shifts to 4th, 5th or maybe 6th. To me, it’s a lot of slip to smoothen out what seems to be too early of a shift to third and it should have just took 2nd and it’s trying to smoothen the shift with a designed slip. I don’t mind the gear skipping, it’s the 3rd gear slip that’s worrying since I can’t see how it won’t wear something out over time. Does everyone else’s transmission shift like this? Do the owners of 2020’s and later of the forum feel something different? Maybe Ford has newer trans software on the later cars? I currently use Sport mode and that shifts through every gear and firmly shifts into each gear with no slip and I like it but sometimes I’d like it not to hold the gears so much (stays in 6th all the way until about 55mph) and save some fuel. At heavy throttle, there’s no slip in any gears and no skipping 2nd so it’s seems to be something in the programming with skipping 2nd in Normal / Eco mode to smoothen the 3rd gear shift on light throttle.