Transmission Clunk 3rd Gear

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Did the issue resolve itself the more miles you put on your cars? I may be hearing the same in my new 2019.
 
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Did the issue resolve itself the more miles you put on your cars? I may be hearing the same in my new 2019.

No, unfortunately the dealership stated that the transmission clunk was "normal" and that nothing needed to be done. Would love to hear if anyone had anything done that fixed the clunk.
 

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Mine make a slightly harsh shift into 3rd gear but I drove another expidition and it did the same thing. I'll call 5 star tuning and ask them. I don't trust the dealer
 

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Has anyone noticed a subtle hollow sounding transmission clunk when the Expy shifts into and out of 3rd gear? Also some times can be heard on the 6th to 7th gear shift or shifting from Drive to Reverse.
My '18 does exactly what you are describing, both scenarios. It's almost like there is a band that is snapping into place as the gears catch.
 

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Same here 3rd gear on the same road, corner, and speed every time.
 

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I had an issue with my 18 expedition not shifting correctly into all the gears with 8000 miles on it. Once it would get to 9th and going into 10 it would slam into gear. Sometimes it would bounce from 8 to 6 then up to 10. Eventually it got worse and would slam into 2nd gear and up. I could be driving in a parking lot and pulling into parking space and it would clunk into gear. I called local dealership and they basically gave me the 'yea I'm sure its nothing routine'..finally after calling enough times they sent me out to drive with their head transmission guy. Took 2 mins of driving with him for him to say ok take me back to the dealership something is very wrong. Took them 3 weeks to finally replace the transmission all while putting me in a ford escape loaner(nothing like going from one of the biggest vehicles ford sells to one of the smallest ). Needless to say I wasn't happy. Even after having that "fixed" I'm starting to have issues again in the mid range of gears. This is my first and will be my last Ford.

Below is a link that captures the transmission bouncing around gears an you can kind of hear it slam into 5th at the end of the video.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3Pr4gZ8eiGQNV4Sh6
 

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I didn't realize until after I bought my 2018 with 21k on the clock, that a snap ring had let go around 13k, which required a rebuild as well. It messes up the fluid pressure...I believe..
 

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Mine does it, gears 3-4-3 somewhere around 15 mph - 20 mph. Happens 80% of the time when I'm nearing my house and coming around a curve on a slight incline. Have a service appointment set for that and a few other things in the near future.


Did you get your issue resolved?
 

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