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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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Code P0732 and P0734

Hi everyone.

I have a 2008 Ford Escape 2.3L V6. About 67K miles on it.

Recently there's been some transmission problems. When the selector is in Drive, it will take abnormally long to shift into the next gear at normal speeds, and will redline if i hit it hard, but if i let off the gas, it will shift. Never hard.

If I put the selector in 2, it will do the same thing, eventually shifting into that second gear.

Gear selector on one, well, it obviously stays in 1st.

Reverse is fine. All shifts are smooth just take forever, and I get the wrench in the dash (means drivetrain/throttle fault as per manual) only after driving a while. The tranny fluid is still very clean, and this as been going on for 2 months.

Ive taken it to about 6 different places. Half say new tranny off the bat. Other half says clean fluid for that long after the problem started means its def. an electrical problem, and that makes the most sense to me. Anyone else have any clue what it could be?

I'm thinking:

-Tranny Range Positioning Sensor
-Input/Output speed sensor
-TCM reprogramming/replace
- Hell, i'll even go with reflashing the PCM.

If anyone has any ideas or has seen anything like this, please let me know. Im at wit's end with this thing.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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P0732 and P0734 indicates gear ratio errors in 2nd and 4th gears, basically no 2nd and 4th gear. Your description of the way it drives it sounds like to me it is shifting from 1st to 3rd. The one thing 2nd and 4th gear has in common is the band, the band is known to break, we see this failure with this transmission on a regular basis.

The transmission will have to come out to be repaired.

A broken band will not discolor or burn the fluid.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 11:39 PM
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even if it shifts while in 2?
 
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Old Dec 8, 2010 | 06:20 AM
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My 07 Mariner failed in exactly that way. Same symptoms, same fault codes.

New band fixed it. Luckily, it was still in warranty! (Just barely)
 
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Old Dec 8, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Slimmy2600
even if it shifts while in 2?

I would have to drive it with a scanner to see whats it doing in manual 2nd, I would think the computer is allowing it to shift into 3rd because it sees a problem in 2nd.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2010 | 11:11 AM
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Well, thanks for the replies. The Ford tech said the exact same thing about a month ago, but his answer was "The band could be bad. I won't know unless i break into it, and that's going to be $1300. If that's not the problem, then an overhaul would be $3600."

$2300 is too much to risk for a "could be." But looks like I might have to suck it up and take the chance.
 
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You should be able to do better that $3600.00, that's awful high, we do these with converter around 2 to 2400.00 with a one year warranty.

You may not need a converter anyways with the low mileage and just a broken band, but that will be decided by what ever shop you use.

Good luck.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Slimmy2600
Well, thanks for the replies. The Ford tech said the exact same thing about a month ago, but his answer was "The band could be bad. I won't know unless i break into it, and that's going to be $1300. If that's not the problem, then an overhaul would be $3600."

$2300 is too much to risk for a "could be." But looks like I might have to suck it up and take the chance.
Bump on this thread. I have a post with similar symptoms and was curious what resolution came from your experience or what you could tell from my experience from what you learned...thanks!

My post: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...s-surface.html
 
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