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Well there doesn't seem to be so much activity in
this club... everyone out on the trail? Well, I was
not for three days as the dealer replaced my
transmission, flywheel and starter in my 97 XLT with 48,000
miles. It didn't really bother me that this needed to be
replaced because it was not working properly. I had taken
it to the dealer where I purchased the previously
owned truck from on 12/31/99, four times in the past 5
months regarding the hard shift into 2nd gear. Each time
the "transmission expert" drove the truck he said it
was all fine. Even when we went out on the road and
you could really feel and hear the transmission slam
into gear ( now this is actually hearing it go "bang"
from the outside with the windows down )he insisted
that this was normal. Explaining that it was the
transfer of the "power built up in the transmission that
needed to go somewhere". Four times!!!! So, I had off
last Monday and decided to try another dealer after
explaining my problem on the phone to this other dealer. I
stopped in, the transmission guy hooked up his computer
to my truck and mentioned that there were not codes
and how the other guy didn't do something to it
regarding the computer. Then, we drove the truck (he drove,
I went along) down one side of the bldg and he
noticed right away that there was a problem. We went on
the road, gave it some gas, felt it hesitate in 2nd
gear, he noticed the problem even more. When we pulled
away from a stop light he gave it some gas, let the
gas go at about 15mph, truck slams into gear. Now,
can anyone tell me why the dealer I bought the truck
from would not touch this?? I only had to pay 100.00
for all the work, and am very pleased with the
outcome-never drove better and am comfortable with knowing that
it is fixed. Also, I took my truck in for some
chirpping under the hood (now this is the dealer where I
bought the truck from) and they called me that afternoon
and told me that the problem was the belt and they
replaced it. The next morning I start my truck up,
chirp..chirp..chirp.. and then it got so loud I could hear it in the
cab with the windows up. I went back and they told me
that it was the clutch fan after having four guys
stare in my engine bay. They were very nice about
it....uh-huh, sure. He didn't charge me for the labor to have
it replaced since they apparently replaced the wrong
part, even though they said the belt was cracked, and
it still cost me $100.00. Well, after careful
consideration.... the next Expedition I buy will be from the second
dealership and we shall see if they treat "their" customers
as well as they treat customers of "other"
dealerships. The only reason why it doesn't bother me about my
trans going face up is that anything that is mechanical
can break, regardless of what it is and my next
vehicle will be an Expedition. Okay.. well, I'll get off
the soapbox and give someone else a turn. If anyone
lives in Maryland and wants to know the names of the
dealers, email me and I will gladly pass the info to you.
Have a good day all and be safe out there on the
roads.<br><br>Christopher.
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Replaced Transmission...
Apr 26 2001, 03:15 AM
