Maxinstl
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- Joined
- Jul 21, 2019
- Messages
- 7
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- Location
- St. Louis
- Vehicle Year
- 02
- Make / Model
- Ford ranger 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
Sometimes when getting on the highway coming home from work, I accelerate to get onto the highway, then merge. After merging, I attempt to accelerate again, causing my trans to attempt to downshift, but it misses a gear (I think) and revs out with no power to the wheels. I think it's between gears, but I'm not sure. It catches when the revs get back to about 2.5k, not violently, almost like a normal shift. It has happened a few times now, all in this situation. I think it's the 4 to 3 downshift, but I'm not positive on that...
Is a shift solenoid going bad? It shifts properly 99% of the time when merging, just every once in a while it gives me the problem, never on the upshift.
Is a shift solenoid going bad? It shifts properly 99% of the time when merging, just every once in a while it gives me the problem, never on the upshift.