Hi all,
My first post on the forum and I hope I'm not repeating previous questions!
I've recently purchased a motorhome built on a 2006 transit (Mk6 I believe).
The van was sold as a 2.5 diesel, but I've since discovered that it is in fact a 2.4TD Duratorq (T90) with a D2FA engine - good news for me!
The problem I have is with the automatic transmission. There are numerous issues cropping up with it:
1 - When cresting hills in 3rd (and 4th) the transmission doesn't kick up to the next gear on the flat and sits bouncing off the rev limiter. The only way to remedy this is either to take your foot of the accelerator which "sometimes" results in selection of the next gear, or often by switching to manual and making the change.
2 - When slowing to a junction it leaves changing down the gear incredibly late - you can practically be stationary and it'll still be in 4th or 5th before it "jolts" down through the gears. On one occasion it actually crunched the clutch on the gear changes!!
3 - On three occasions now it has "lost" a gear. Most recently it believed that there was no first gear so I had to pull off in 2nd, on another occasion it just skipped 3rd and wouldn't select it. I seemed to be able to fix this by selecting neutral on the dash and then reengaging the gears.
My own guess is that the transmission computer is knackered, by I'm not expert on this and I've never owned a transit before.
Can anyone advise if this is a familiar list of issues and what the cause and potential remedies may be?
Many thanks,
Tim in NZ