# 2008 Ford Explorer - gets stuck in 3rd gear

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-ford-explorer-gets-stuck-in-3rd-gear/143090>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, ford\
**Created:** [June 27, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-ford-explorer-gets-stuck-in-3rd-gear/143090 "2019-06-27T02:29:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Urielperez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/edb3f5/32.png) [@Urielperez](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Urielperez)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-ford-explorer-gets-stuck-in-3rd-gear/143090/1 "2019-06-27T02:29:55Z")

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Hello, I have a 2008 Ford Explorer automatic. Recently I have notice that it feels forced, when on higher speeds than 45 it appears as it is not shifting up, I kind of gets stuck in 3rd and it will go like that no matter if I go up to 80mph, also even at this higher speeds I don’t see the rpms go over 3k. It will be under those but it feels like it’s stuck on a lower shift than it should. I have not notice overheating thou. And also you can hear the engine kind of working forced since it’s not shifting up. If I slow down it will shift down with no issues, and start to shift up as I accelerate but once it is like in 3rd I believe it will not shift up anymore.