Goes back in to 4th gear climbing hills over 100kms

1998 FORD EXPLORER
220,000 MILES
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MELISSA1983
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I'm thiNking of buying a 1998 ford explorer limited but it has minor gear box issue it is 5 speed auto it goes back in to 4th gear when climbing hills over 100kms what could be the problem and bout how much would I be looking at to fix it the person that has it for sale said they have been driving it around with this problem for 6 months and that it hasn't got any worst
Aug 4, 2012 at 12:41 PM
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HMAC300
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i would kind of think that it would be anormal situation. it's loading the vehicle down so it downshifts.
Aug 4, 2012 at 2:12 PM
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MELISSA1983
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They said it only started doing this after the transmission had an oil change
Aug 4, 2012 at 2:48 PM
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HMAC300
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still sounds normal to me but have a trans guy look at it get his opinion.
Aug 4, 2012 at 4:09 PM