Slow Hesitation

[RSTEAT23]

I have a 2003 Expedition XLT 5.4, when i first start it up in the morning and put it in gear i have a slow hesitation or stutter, once it warms up its fine. This only happens when the truck is cold, or first thing in the morning. Is this normal or am I looking at future problems with the Transmission.

 

[JUST4FUN]

how many miles on the truck 4x2 or4x4

 

[green03]

there is a known issue with the factory programming not ramping the forward engagement pressure fast enough especially when cold. My forward clutch pack finally gave up from seeing 32k miles in the north before i moved back to texas. Not to say your's is on the way out but it could be. Has it always done this?
Matt

 

[RSTEAT23]

My truck is a 2003 XLT, 4X4 5.8 V8, it has 59xxx miles on it.

 

[JUST4FUN]

if it hasn't had a trans flush get it done

 

[RSTEAT23]

Just4fun got the trans flush, that seemed to fixed the problem thanks for the advice!!!!