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Hello. I have an 08 Ford Escape. Over the past few months, it’s had a little slippage when going from 2nd to 3rd. Nothing huge, but certainly noticeable. Now, all of a sudden, it needs to hit 3500 rpm before it’ll shift to 3rd and doesn’t seem to shift again after that at all. When I got it out on the highway, I was 3k rpm at 60mph. I revved up past 4k but couldn’t get that final shift anymore. I’m going to replace the throttle body when I get the part, but I’m starting to suspect that my transmission/clutch is shot. Any thoughts?
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I will also mention that the yellow wrench light indicating powertrain malfunction or an electronic throttle body system malfunction came on when it started to not shift until 3500 rpm. Research around that is why I’m going to try the throttle body first.
2nd update after some more testing. It actually seems to not shift into 2nd at all. The first shift is the one that goes to 3500 rpm and I believe it’s to 3rd as in that gear, I can drive up to around 35mph or so comfortably. It did shift once today normally but after that and coming to a stop again, the yellow wrench came back on and it went back to having the shifting issue.
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