Windstar transmission help!!!

[Cummins360]

Hi I got a quick question I have a 1998 ford windstar with the 3. 8L motor and I was driving it today and it was working fine and then I sat in a parking lot for a little wile eathing mcdonalds and when I went to drive it the transmission would only shift into 1st and 2nd gear and wont shift into 3rd or 4th, and I got some weird codes (1537, 1538) with my generic OBDII reader. Is the transmission in a hydraulic only limp home mode or is there something else wrong??? I figured there would probably be someone on here that works for ford that can help.

-Travis

 

[bmoeller]

1537 and 1538 mean the same thing. - "Intake Manifold Runner Control Stuck Open"



transmission trouble codes would be P1700-P1900



http://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/ford/



Does your van have any electrical gremlins like my parents '96 Windstar did?



IIRC, the transmission is all electronic, so it could maybe be a solenoid problem, or a valvebody issue.