PajamaGuy Report post Posted July 21, 2010 This car is driven mostly by my wife - 60 yr-old School Teacher. We received the PCM re-programming recall notice and had about 4,800 miles on the car. (We love it!) - We planned to have the recall work done when we took the car in for the 5,000 mi service. One day, my wife picked me up from work and said, "The transmission is shifting funny." We switched seats and I drove. From about 5 mph, I used about 50-75% throttle and as the car upshifted from 1st to 2nd, it did feel like it slipped a bit. I slowed down to around 5 mph again, and mashed the gas pedal to the floor. When it upshifted from 1st to 2nd this time the slip was really noticable, then it thunked and went into 2nd. I called the dealer, and the next day took it in for service and for the recall reprogramming. (5,200 mi) I didn't do any "pedal-to-the-floor" accelerations, and the shifting did feel tighter. 2 days later, I took my wife to the airport. All expressway, 60-70 mph, and about 2 hours on the road. Exiting the last tollboth, in rush-hour traffic, I floored the gas to get up to merging speed. When the transmission started to shift from 1st to 2nd, it went into neutral (the transmission, not the selector), the engine raced, but there was NO power to the wheels. I backed off the gas and at some low RPM, the transmission caught and I was able to get moving. Yeah, I was scared. The "FAST" lane to my left was moving at about 75 MPH, and there were 3 "cash" lanes to my right - all merging into 2-lanes to go over a bridge. Since I was only 5 miles from the dealer, I headed there (it was on my way, anyhow). When I exited the expressway, I again "floored it", and was rewarded with the same upshift to neutral, 7,000 rpm, and then two hard bangs in the transmission before I was able to get my foot off the gas. Since then, I've found I can ALWAYS get it to start slipping with only 50% throttle if the transmission is up to temp, or if I do 1 or 2 sequences of slowing to 5 mph, then flooring it through 1st & 2nd. As of now, the dealer is working with me and FORD to isolate the cause - so I won't go into that detail. What I'd like to know is, "Is anyone else experiencing the problem?" Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites