# Ford truck

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, f150\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124 "2009-10-15T01:52:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ncc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@ncc1953](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ncc1953)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124/1 "2009-10-15T01:52:16Z")

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got a ford truck with 207000 miles. check engine light comes on when I first start it and after driving it for a couple of miles, the check engine light goes out and the truck will not shift out of first gear.  
  
 When I come home from my dead end job, I can leave the stop light and run to 30mph, but then have to manually shift down to 2nd. Any Ideas??? It is a 4x4, auto.

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**Author:** ![DoctorPinto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@DoctorPinto](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DoctorPinto)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124/2 "2009-10-15T02:22:34Z")

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I’m not sure the check engine light is related to the shifting problem. It almost sounds like you have a bad transmission modulator valve. Check the vacuum line going to it and do a vacuum check on it. It’s a simple, cheap repair if it is bad. I would also have someone pull the code(s) from the computer to see what’s setting off the CEL.

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**Author:** ![ncc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@ncc1953](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ncc1953)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124/3 "2009-10-15T12:30:51Z")

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Thank you…I will be doing it this morning.

many thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124/4 "2009-10-15T13:25:30Z")

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What year is this truck, and which engine does it have?

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**Author:** ![ncc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@ncc1953](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ncc1953)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124/5 "2009-10-15T23:52:07Z")

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I have a 1995 Ford f-150 4x4 5.0. I should have not bought it but I had no wheels.

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124/6 "2009-10-16T13:49:39Z")

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In that case, there is no vacuum modulator to check. They stopped using those in the late 80’s. (They went to a TVS cable setup, and then to electronic. Yours should be electronic.)

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**Author:** ![DoctorPinto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@DoctorPinto](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DoctorPinto)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-truck/38124/7 "2009-10-17T00:05:36Z")

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With the high mileage, I thought this was an older truck. Sounds like tardis knows what he/she is talking about. I bow to your knowledge…

:o)