codykodes

2003 F150, 2WD, 4.6L, 194,000 miles, all original equipment.

I could come to a stop at light or stop sign, and rpm's would studder, then truck dies.

I could have it in neutral or park, and there wouldn't be an issue. Only in gear would it die.

We got it to start a few times, would shift into OD, and nothing, turn off and on a few times, it engages, I drive down the road a few hundred feet, then it disengages (slips) I guess while driving so I'm rolling like in neutral.

I have no codes kicking. This only started when it got really cold here in Texas last week. No symptoms previuosly, other than a slight kick when trying to accellerate past 45mph~ on highway.

I am wondering, is it the torque converter, or maybe a TCC/solenoid issue, or did the tranny take a dump on me...?

Fluid levels were good.

codykodes

tid bit more info perhaps will help someone chime in, though i am probably just elaborating on the previous. There were no signs of a tranny issue previuosly, then the cold front comes in, and after two days of driving with a rough idle at stops in OD (not in neutral or park) it decides it no longer wants to engage in any gear (OD, 2, 1, or Reverse) so, its neutral in every gear. I can every few engine starts get it to engage but only for 10-30 seconds. I drove a circle in the parking lot listening to a tranny sounding "high whine" pitch/noise, then it slips out of gear I guess and back to being in neutral, even though I'm in gear.

any ideas? I'm really hoping torque converter, nothing seems to make sense to be a transmission related issue such as gears etc.. doesn't the torque converter have a clutch that could possibly have stopped working?

w0lvez

We also have this issue before on 2 of our vehicles, according to my brother the TCC solenoid Malfunction and the TC failed to engage on the other one.

meb

That TCC solenoid on the tranny isn't too hard to replace. Get underneath and ( I believe if I remember right) try pressing the button that the linkage pushes in. Is it sloppy?