John Ferrero
Member
Cheers. Had vehicle into local Ford dealership for an auto start-stop issue (approx. 59.5k m), when stopping it would turn off as expected then would re-start (a majority of the time it would lurch forward with a shuddee). No problem diagnosed after consultation with Ford Engineering. Brought in again when time allowed, right at 60k m. Again diagnostics showed no codes thrown. After another consultation with FE they determined the issue to be the auxillary tranny pump (embedded in tranny) was not functioning and would cause the vehicle to restart (presumably sensing no fluid flow?). Great, pump replaced along with tranny fluid and filter (which they attempted to charge $200 for, claiming aux. pump was outside tranny and fluid change wasn't required! I simply requested tech to show me under the vehicle where said pump existed outside tranny....they relented and 'ack.' it was in tranny after consulting with their svc. manual and would be covered under warranty and I'd only be charged for the new filter). After the service I noted fluids on my garage floor over successive days, smelled like could be transmission fluid. I brought it back into the dealership where they determined just some residual fluid dripping down. That same evening, yesterday, I took the vehicle on a trip a couple hundred miles into Wi. Was monitoring tranny temp for annomolies (typically ran 205 deg on ski trips with fully load in/on vehicle - from prior monitoring while on ski trips). Seemed good at 205 deg. Around 200 miles into the trip (approx 45 deg out/no load in or on vehicle) I noticed slight slip/hesitancy when trying to accelerate (was doing 83 in light of traffic on expressway). Temp was showing 243 deg. and started slipping/more shuddering. I immediately brought down to 75 and temp. started to drop down to 232. I had to drive another 150 miles to get to destination (and was in the middle of no-where Wi., 10:30pm so pulling into dealer en-route wasn't an option). Will be bringing into local Ford dealer this AM for inspection, any thoughts on issue? I suspect underfill or overfill of tranny fluid. Any opinions on long-term damage of tranny due to event?