 2003 Windstar SEL Transmission Problem
Hello all,
I am experiencing an intermittent hard shift problem in my Windstar, which only has 76K miles. I have owned this minivan since new and I also had a factory extended warranty.
Approximately 1 year ago when the vehicle had ~65K miles, I took it to the local Ford dealer to have a leak investigated. At that time, the mechanic told me that he checked the transmission, because of TSA which was related to the transmission, and he discovered that my transmission needed to be rebuilt. The extended warranty covered all the work and I didn't have to pay a dime. Incidentally the cause of the leak was never found, so they changed the valve cover gaskets and head gaskets. The leak never returned.
Now only 11K later, the transmission is jerking very hard especially when shifting from 1st to 2nd. This problem is intermittent though. So I took the minivan back to the dealer and told them about the problem. They told me that the rebuilt transmission was only warrantied for only 10K miles after the fix. Lucky me. They told me that they reset the transmission computer and they noticed that the problem went away. I also noticed that the problem went away. Now, approximately 1 month later, the hard shift symptom is back.
What should I do? Am I screwed? How do I reset the transmission computer?
Thank you. | 
