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4.0

definitely annoying

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100,000 miles

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Ford Explorer transmission problems

transmission problem

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problem #1

2007Mar 18

(reported on)

Explorer ES 4.0

  • Automatic transmission
  • 100,000 miles

Upon hard acceleration, the transmission develops a noise like that of a chain trying to jump a sprocket. Can someone tell me if this is in the Transfer case or the Transmission and how can this be fixed.

Vatu K.

Renton, WA, USA

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