ATTN Ford owners

[Twitch]

Well, just by paying attention to how it acts and what sets the OD off happening and various other things, my money is on a TPS and maybe a speed sensor. Ill have to get it into AZ to get it read out. Whats happening is TCC lock is going out after about 5 minutes of cruising over 40 mph. At first, TCC lock occurs then goes out with the OD light flashing. When the OD light is flashing, I still have all 4 gears, but no lock. If I turn the van off and back on, TCC lock will occur until I cruise above 40 for about 5 minutes again. That combined with a little sluggish/crappy throttle response, the speedo jumping a bit(1-2mph every now and then during acceleration) and the fact that I can gain 5 mph without the tach going up any makes me think TPS and maybe a speed sensor.

Sound sane to you ex-tranny techs?

[roodyrocker]

I can't speak for minivans but I've had Fords ranging from 1960's Mustangs to late model Cobra Mustangs, Ford F150 truck, Focus, Escort in the 1980's, etc... Never had a transmission problem with any of them. My parents have late 90's/early 200's Explorers and no transmission problems there either. Speaking of Fords, I just got my 93 Mustang LX out of storage yesterday for the first time in 2 years. It makes 560 hp at the rear wheels, lets hope the transmission continues my good streak so far

[tomanyjacksons]

The whole AXOD family was a turd, when pushed hard they couldn't move enough fluid to keep pressure up and warn clutches lubed and it created a lot of heat. Which put a lot of clutch material in the fluid and especially in the shift solenoids screwing them up and not letting fluid travel to where it should go ( clutch packs, servos and all). That's all I really know about front wheel drive Ford transmissions. The last generation of them AX4N or whatever wasn't all that bad. Bottom line though if you drive them sainly and service them every 30,000 miles they'll go a long ways. As for Dodge fwd trannys. If the ring and pinion/ spider gears doesn't spit out in the bell housing you can ussually rebuild them. Which is good because they really seem to like rebuilds. LOL. GM fwd trannys were ok, most I worked on were from very poor maintenence. But, they had lubricating issues aswell. Drive like a grandma and take good care of your shit, you'll get a lot of years out of them. Oh and yes I'm glad I don't work on any of them any more.

[tomanyjacksons]

BTW the car is new enough that it has OBD-II. Plug in a good scan tool go to datastream and go drive. If you know what you're looking for it can tell you a lot. Oh yeah, check that all the ground straps and wires are good, clean and secure aswell as the multipin connectors.

[Cygnus X1]

BTW the car is new enough that it has OBD-II. Plug in a good scan tool go to datastream and go drive. If you know what you're looking for it can tell you a lot. Oh yeah, check that all the ground straps and wires are good, clean and secure aswell as the multipin connectors.

Damn connectors.
Whatever happened to good old point-to-point wiring?