wptski

Since the engines for 09 are different than 08, I doubt if they get the new EcoBoost design in 2010.

I think that the question might be, is there a PID(program ID) in the PCM that shows wether or not the 4WD system is active. You can't pull info out of thin air! There is one for the AdvanceTrac because it shows up on the dash of my 09 Escape when active. In the past they've had what seems to be some useless PIDs in their data but they are there anyway! They've had some PIDs return a zero or 100% which is impossible if the vehicle is running!

Either the VIN or just the fact that it's a 09 Escape shows that I have the latest or v1.1.

Try page 205 under Driving.

The vibration in the gas pedal is the AdvanceTrac resetting itself which is normal and is in the owner's manual. That's what so odd about this problem, not all have it!!

The shift flare may not be a tranny problem but a control issue although not everybody has the problem. Not sure about the fluid blowing out the fill tube! The person has another problem with the tranny that I won't get into here. Six months is a bit longish to find a problem! Would you like to wait that long? I know where it's built. I worked at the Van Dyke Plant for a little over a year in around 1980, got laid off, returned to the Sterling Plant(Home plant), only a mile or so away, where I retired this year.

As RPM between shifts increases, all of a sudden the RPM will increase about 400 RPM. Apparently so because Dearborn's answer was that it's a known problem. I don,'t know of anyone else with the problem though. Don't you think that 1-2 shift even with a light throttle is a bit harse? How about coasting down to a stop but not coming to a full stop, getting back on the throttle and have it downshift easily? You've never had this happen? It has a touchy downshift quirk. The other user mentioned downshifts of two gears on hilly roads where their Ford Focus and Ford Ranger only downshifts one gear. I tested this but thought using cruise control to keep the speed constant. Bad idea as it downshifted one gear into one hill and another over the top. It startled me as I wasn't expecting the second downshift. It's not suggested to use CC on hilly roads, one reason is "they" suggest poorer feul economy. The same hill without CC, I got a one gear downshift from 6-5 Oh, I forgot to mention that the second tranny is blowing oil out the fill tube althogh the level was adjusted twice by the dealer!!

Anybody hear about a shift flare or reving condition between shifts on the new Ford 6F35 six-speed transmission? I was following a post in another forum where the owner of 09 Escape 3.0L with 300 miles started to have this problem. It was diagnosed as a bad tranny, waited two weeks for a replacement which does the same thing! It was then verified by a field engineer as a shift flare. Data was sent to Dearborn, MI which came back as a known problem, no fix yet! I have a 09 Escape 3.0L with 500 miles on it but no problem, not yet anyway!!