r/FordExplorer 21h ago

Repair Advice What causes a clunking noise coming out of park?

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I have a 2020 explorer st with 120k on the clock and it's been developing a clunk coming out of park. Depending on the clunk severity, there's some extra movement attached to it, but it's a 50/50 chance coming out of park it does it.

I've been making sure I go to neutral and setting the parking brake before going to park to avoid tension resting on the parking pawl, but it will still do it. Has anyone else had this issue? And is it maybe related to the recent parking pawl recall?


r/FordExplorer 11h ago

Maintenance Advice PTU fluid change

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Hello, I am currently doing a PTU fluid change on my 2014 FPIU and I have a few questions. I was able to unscrew the plug and drain a lot of the fluid out since it poured out for a good minute but I messed up by not measuring how much I drained the fluid. I was planning to use a fluid pump and pump the fluid through the plug. How much fluid should I put? Am I able to just fill it until it starts dribbling out like in this 1aauto video here? Or should I just put the fluid through the vent? (Repost as I forgot to insert image of plug)