Bill Schell
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Good question! The overall sound pitch gets higher at higher driveline/road speed speeds, over 50mph its pretty high and hard to hear. When I punch the throttle at 25mph to raise the engine rpm's for a second it doesn't seem to affect the pitch or speed of the whine. The weirdest part is the pitch of the whine (or) "rpm pitch of the whine for a better description" seems to change up and down while at a steady engine rpm and mph. You can hear this in the audio at 22 seconds and again 34 seconds, I was locked at a very steady speed around 8th gear and you can hear the whine change pitch. Im pretty sure its coming from the drive train and not the engine based on the above. If it does end up being the trans bell housing I'm not going to accept this is normal. Its too loud to ignore.
Umm, yea, "normal" NO! I'm telling ya, the more I read on this forum, the more pensive I'm getting about my recent purchase. I did invest in a Premium Care ESP but some of what I'm reading about, over and over again, speaks to piss poor engineering. Worse, that Ford is attempting to stiff-arm customers and "wait out" their warranty period with ******** TSB's and "that's normal" responses. Much as I love the looks and ride, I'll sell this $@#^&* in a heartbeat if it becomes a repair shop queen.
Edit: forgot to mention that "if it's normal" every frigging one of us would be hearing the same noise. Ask them to explain that.