jrc50
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My 2017 Limited Expedition built Feb. 2017 (2WD) Greeted me at my return to Pensacola Airport last night at midnight after 2 weeks sitting. Unfortunately after about a mile of slow driving away from the parking lot got the first shudder, seeming to feel it was kicking out of gear (it was in Drive position for shifter). Then in short order it continued to shudder. At that point (even my wife noticed something totally wrong, we had been travelling much of the day coming from Utah and were tired), we were both worried given the time of night and we were 40 miles from home, now nearing 1 am. Even though the engine had been running long enough to warm up feathering the gas pedal did nothing to help so I pulled it into Manual and dropped the gear to 4th and that stopped the shuddering and I gradually brought it up to 6th then over to Drive at about 60 mph.
After that it ran home ok on I-10 with no further incidents. Went out this am to check the transmission fluid and Much to my surprise there no longer is a Dipstick for checking transmission fluid so I could discuss issue with a bit more intelligence with my local Ford dealer who has handled all of the two motor oil changes to date-13K miles total. As most of you veteran Expedition owners knew long ago (stupid I did not), Ford junked the Dipsticks (except in the mechanical department to save perhaps $1.50 per $62,000 vehicle) as any manufacturer knows owners are too dumb to attempt to understand the process.
So I called the dealership and was told that as of today (12/31/18) they have no shop time available to schedule till 1/18/19!!!! However if I left the truck some unknown days they can try to squeeze it in (wonder how long a Torque Converter replacement takes?).
I have spent the last several hours researching this website on the topic but most Expeditions discussed are much older and way more than my 13K miles, so if any of you folks have a newer unit with a similar problem please call out! (oddly this seems to be a relatively common problem on the 2018 10 speeds than later 3rd gen 6 speed trucks on this site). Ford did not seem to have a relevant TSB on 3rd Gens with this issue either, but I doubt I am the only one that could have this problem.
HELP!
After that it ran home ok on I-10 with no further incidents. Went out this am to check the transmission fluid and Much to my surprise there no longer is a Dipstick for checking transmission fluid so I could discuss issue with a bit more intelligence with my local Ford dealer who has handled all of the two motor oil changes to date-13K miles total. As most of you veteran Expedition owners knew long ago (stupid I did not), Ford junked the Dipsticks (except in the mechanical department to save perhaps $1.50 per $62,000 vehicle) as any manufacturer knows owners are too dumb to attempt to understand the process.
So I called the dealership and was told that as of today (12/31/18) they have no shop time available to schedule till 1/18/19!!!! However if I left the truck some unknown days they can try to squeeze it in (wonder how long a Torque Converter replacement takes?).
I have spent the last several hours researching this website on the topic but most Expeditions discussed are much older and way more than my 13K miles, so if any of you folks have a newer unit with a similar problem please call out! (oddly this seems to be a relatively common problem on the 2018 10 speeds than later 3rd gen 6 speed trucks on this site). Ford did not seem to have a relevant TSB on 3rd Gens with this issue either, but I doubt I am the only one that could have this problem.
HELP!
