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I just started the lemon law process and the Ford rep flashed the Expe with this TSB as their last attempt to fix it. Anybody know the specifics on it?

NickCarbon, Sorry to hear that story. Damn thats a bitch. I'm glad yours is fixed though, hopefully it wil hold up for good! Well the Ford Rep had ours for 3 days this week, and put 500 miles on it. He claims the tranny is fine. Even though the Tranny mech at the dealer told him exactley what its been doing, he says it did nothing while he had it.Hmmm Of course he spent most of his drive time on I-95, which is where we have had no issues at all. All of our issues are in town driving. He did run a new TSB before he even drove it though, the number is 08 22 7. Anybody have a clue what that one did? So now we are left with a truck thats we can never really count on. Realistically each time they have run a TSB or even when they changed the megatronic valve body, it has only taken about a week or two before it starts acting up again. Now, since we have given Ford the "final attempt" to fix, we have 60 days to see if its fixed, if not we start the second step in the process with the BBB.

Thanks for the info Buzz. My wife has made up a timeline of the events as they have taken place. Hopefully we won't need it...

Just started the lemon law process to get rid of my 07 Expe. The tranny is very unreliable with its quirks of slipping shifts and slipping completely out of gear when you try to enter an intersection... so we have had enough. The Ford Rep is looking at it tomorrow so I'll keep you guys posted. BK

So its now been a month since they changed the electronic valve body and its a little better. However it still hesitates and slips out of gear sporadically. We started the lemon law process and the dealer is getting our truck tomorrow for the last attempt. So, lets see what the Ford Rep says when he drives it tomorrow. I bet anything in the 2 miles he drives that it doesn't act up and we go to arbitration.

Just got your post. I'll email you tomorrow sometime. BK

Back from the dead...- Well 2 more visits to the dealer and so far it still slips 1-2 and 2-3 shifts and now has added a 3rd issue. Several times it has slipped into a neutral area at a dead stop and then required about half throttle to get moving. Which is not a very pleasant feeling when you are trying to pull out into traffic... So once again its at the dealer and they will have it all week again. This time they wouldn't even give us a lender to drive either. Such BS. I think the lemon law is the only way out of this one.

Yep. But along with the slip its started a neat little neutral out as well. Its done the neutral out about 6 times, basically, we try to pull out from a stop and the truck just sits, it doesn't go till you give it about half throttle, then it jumps into gear and takes off. Kinda nerve racking when thats the vehicle I carry my 2 kids in...

Well its back in the shop again, and again for a week we don't have our family transportation and now the service tech says the dealer doesn't lend or rent out vehicles while ours is in the shop... The trans guy is changing the valve body this time. Wonder how this will end up...I think our next step is inevitable, the lemon process.

That was in Truckin magazine several months ago. I just can't recall the builder right now... sorry. BK

I personally would go for the 08'. I have an 07' that the tranny issues didn't until around 17,000 miles. I hav'nt heard of to many 08's with tranny issues so far.

How does one start that process? I really like the Expe, I just don't think I want to drive it past the warranty if you know what I mean. Who knows what it would cost to fix if I was paying out of pocket...

Updated, two seals did nothing.... Still slips, just now they don't seem to hear or feel what I'm feeling. Not even when the tach jumps almost 400 rpms between shifts when it slips...

OK, the latest. After the last service visit 19k mileage, the dealer drove my truck around town for 2 days and claim that the tranny never slipped once. We got it back and the next day it slipped twice in one drive into town... When I say "slipped"- the rpm jumps up 200-400 rpms between shift in the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts. When it jumps up it hangs for a second then goes into the next gear. I'm not sure what my next step but this morning I went out to crank it up to pick my kids up from a sleepover and when I put the key in and turned to the first position, the whole truck went to sleep. The securilock light flashed and nothing else was happening after that. Of course the owners manual suggests having serviced by the local dealer but thats not gonna get my kids picked up any faster... What will this $35k truck surprise me with next? Sorry for the rant, I just miss the truck I traded in for the Expe, it was 03' Screw Lariat that never had one visit to the dealer for anything other than an oil change...

So what was the outcome? Mine still has tranny issues after its 3rd visit for slippage between shifts...