I've got a weird issue with the selectshift in my '02 LSE V8. I posted in an old thread with a similar issue (the only mention I could find of this issue on the internet), but there were no responses (http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/showthread.php?94091-Trans-Shift-Problems), so I'm starting my own thread.
When I put the car in selectshift mode, pressing the throttle more than 60% should cause the transmission to downshift to 1st gear, which the car starts to do, as the number on the dash goes from 2 to 1, but then the car makes a jolting stop, the RPMs drop and the tires bark. The car starts driving backwards (in reverse), but it is a harsh engagement--very jerky. I didn't feel comfortable keeping my foot in the throttle to see what would happen long-term, but it felt like the car was fighting between finding reverse and a forward gear. If I slide the shifter back to D5, the problem goes away. Additionally, in D5, the car will downshift from 2 to 1 and accelerate normally, with no reverse engagement.
A perhaps related symptom: Sometimes when the car is first started up and driven, when driving out of my apartment's parking lot in D5, the car will have the same sudden stop and dropping of the RPMs, but the tires do not bark. I just let off of the throttle, and the car 'finds' a forward gear and I continue on my way. It doesn't happen every day, but when it does, it is generally only when the car is cold and being driven for the first time during the day. I am not sure if it is the same problem as with the selectshift (as listed above) since it isn't downshifting from 1st (not giving it more than 60% throttle, just easing it out of the parking lot to get to the street). I'm not really sure what's going on in this case, if it is trying to find reverse, or if it is an entirely unrelated problem.
Any ideas? I suppose I could take it to the ford dealership and demonstrate the selectshift problem to see what they think...
I like the car a lot, have 109K on the clock. I've had most of the regular issues: replaced all the coils, valve cover gaskets, done a few window regulators, had the driver's interior door handle break, had DCCV issues, now I suppose it's my turn to get the weird transmission issues, too.
When I put the car in selectshift mode, pressing the throttle more than 60% should cause the transmission to downshift to 1st gear, which the car starts to do, as the number on the dash goes from 2 to 1, but then the car makes a jolting stop, the RPMs drop and the tires bark. The car starts driving backwards (in reverse), but it is a harsh engagement--very jerky. I didn't feel comfortable keeping my foot in the throttle to see what would happen long-term, but it felt like the car was fighting between finding reverse and a forward gear. If I slide the shifter back to D5, the problem goes away. Additionally, in D5, the car will downshift from 2 to 1 and accelerate normally, with no reverse engagement.
A perhaps related symptom: Sometimes when the car is first started up and driven, when driving out of my apartment's parking lot in D5, the car will have the same sudden stop and dropping of the RPMs, but the tires do not bark. I just let off of the throttle, and the car 'finds' a forward gear and I continue on my way. It doesn't happen every day, but when it does, it is generally only when the car is cold and being driven for the first time during the day. I am not sure if it is the same problem as with the selectshift (as listed above) since it isn't downshifting from 1st (not giving it more than 60% throttle, just easing it out of the parking lot to get to the street). I'm not really sure what's going on in this case, if it is trying to find reverse, or if it is an entirely unrelated problem.
Any ideas? I suppose I could take it to the ford dealership and demonstrate the selectshift problem to see what they think...
I like the car a lot, have 109K on the clock. I've had most of the regular issues: replaced all the coils, valve cover gaskets, done a few window regulators, had the driver's interior door handle break, had DCCV issues, now I suppose it's my turn to get the weird transmission issues, too.