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Goes back in to 4th gear climbing hills over 100kms

Tiny
MELISSA1983
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I'm thiNking of buying a 1998 ford explorer limited but it has minor gear box issue it is 5 speed auto it goes back in to 4th gear when climbing hills over 100kms what could be the problem and bout how much would I be looking at to fix it the person that has it for sale said they have been driving it around with this problem for 6 months and that it hasn't got any worst
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Saturday, August 4th, 2012 AT 12:41 PM

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Tiny
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I would kind of think that it would be anormal situation. It's loading the vehicle down so it downshifts.
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Saturday, August 4th, 2012 AT 2:12 PM
Tiny
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They said it only started doing this after the transmission had an oil change
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Saturday, August 4th, 2012 AT 2:48 PM
Tiny
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Still sounds normal to me but have a trans guy look at it get his opinion.
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Saturday, August 4th, 2012 AT 4:09 PM

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