CShaw Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Has anyone expiernece a hard shift in lower gears? I usually expierence this when I first start driving. When it shifts, there is a jerking motion. I have the SEL Model, FWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sim Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 (edited) Your transmission needs a little service, it is trying to pull away in 4th gear and then shifts to 1st when it finds its too hard in 4th - hence the jerk - see the TSB forum on here for the TSB number and go speak with your dealer they should be able to sort it out. 07-5-2 6F50 TRANSAXLE BUILT PRIOR TO 1/10/2007 - DTC P0771, P0774 AND/OR STARTS IN 4TH GEAR FROM A STOP, HARSH 4-1 DOWNSHIFT ON DRIVE AWAY AT 3 MPH (5 KM/H) Edited June 28, 2007 by sim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbmitch Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 (edited) Has anyone expiernece a hard shift in lower gears? I usually expierence this when I first start driving. When it shifts, there is a jerking motion. I have the SEL Model, FWD. Is this happening when your foot just leaves the brake and you give a little gas? I've got an SE FWD that sometimes, not always, jerks a bit when I push on the accelerator a bit driving around parking lots or stop-and-go traffic on the freeway. This is like 3-5 mph or so. Feels like it's in low gear however when it does the little jerk, not 4th gear. I took it to the dealer this week, had the transmision tech drive with me, but could not get it to do it for him. Frustrating. He checked out the 7-5-2 TSB that I had printed out and brought along. He called Ford's Hot Line and was advised not to do any repairs at this time. His EEC test showed no error codes. I was advised just to watch things for a while. I've read on this forum something about how the transmission has to learn your driving habits and adjust accordingly (?) Don't know if I understood this correctly, but I'm thinking maybe this has something to do with it. If anyone knows more let us know. I tried flooring the gas from a stop today to see if I could "teach" the transmission to smooth things out. After that, it stopped jerking. Don't know if it worked. I'll watch it over the next few days and report back here. I'm also wondering if increasing the warm engine idle a bit would help. Anyone know what the Edge's warm idle rpm's should be? It would be great if Ford sees this problem enough that they could issue a resolution to the dealer technicians. Other than this issue, I'm very pleased with my Edge. Edited June 29, 2007 by pbmitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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