# 2014 Ford Explorer - Clunking Transmission **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-explorer-clunking-transmission/146881 "2019-08-17T02:54:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TAMBURELLO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@TAMBURELLO](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TAMBURELLO)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-explorer-clunking-transmission/146881/1 "2019-08-17T02:54:43Z")
2014 explorer put in gear makes a heavy clunking noise ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-explorer-clunking-transmission/146881/2 "2019-08-18T14:13:14Z")
This is more likely to be a case of a bad universal joint in the driveshaft, rather than a transmission problem. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-explorer-clunking-transmission/146881/3 "2019-08-18T21:41:31Z")
If it has the 6 speed auto, that is pretty typical of this transmssion. Annoying, sure but not really a durability issue. But I’d check the U joints just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-explorer-clunking-transmission/146881/4 "2019-08-18T23:56:33Z")
How many miles?