UTEngineer
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Been noticing a slight growl in the rear end of our 2017 Expedition EL going around corners … so I took it in to the local Ford dealer since it’s still under the factory powertrain warranty (currently only has 28,*** miles on it).
They said the rear axle limited slip clutch plate needs replaced already … which thankfully … is still covered under the factory powertrain warranty.
But like I told the Service Manager (who happened to be standing there) … a significant repair like this does not build much confidence in keeping or purchasing another Expedition if we will be repairing rear axle limited slip clutches every 30k miles.
Am I the only person who has experienced this repair at such low mileage ?
Kind of blows my mind because I had a 2001 Chevy 1500 regular cab short box 4wd pickup with a 5.3L V8 & limited slip differential where I routinely left two tire tracks every time I left the car wash half way down the street before the tires locked up and quit spinning … and at 150k miles never had one problem with that limited slip rear end … or maybe that truck had a locking differential … too many years & beers later to remember those details … but the point is … the mileage on our Expedition is way too low to have this kind of significant powertrain repair.
They said the rear axle limited slip clutch plate needs replaced already … which thankfully … is still covered under the factory powertrain warranty.
But like I told the Service Manager (who happened to be standing there) … a significant repair like this does not build much confidence in keeping or purchasing another Expedition if we will be repairing rear axle limited slip clutches every 30k miles.
Am I the only person who has experienced this repair at such low mileage ?
Kind of blows my mind because I had a 2001 Chevy 1500 regular cab short box 4wd pickup with a 5.3L V8 & limited slip differential where I routinely left two tire tracks every time I left the car wash half way down the street before the tires locked up and quit spinning … and at 150k miles never had one problem with that limited slip rear end … or maybe that truck had a locking differential … too many years & beers later to remember those details … but the point is … the mileage on our Expedition is way too low to have this kind of significant powertrain repair.
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