Many newer vehicles are built this way. This is the bullshit you deal with when manufacturers begin building like the Europeans do: ass ****ing backwards.
Yeah really reminds me of Audi's lol
Surprised it could not come out of the bottom like some of the older Taurus'. The 6.7 and 6.4 diesel is just as bad, and pays about as much.
Same hereSo glad I'm not a tech anymore.
I worked at a ford,mercury, Chrysler and dodge dealer several years ago and we got in a used like 2000 passat vr6 4motion.....they wanted to quick used sell and it needed all belts and timing service. I just laughed And said you better wholesale it! They only did serp.belts and no timing/water pump service and sold it to a friend of the owner. ....2wks later had to towed in with broken timing belt which they had to eat. Cost them 5 times what they gave for trade in lol.I used to make fun of the Euro specialists in my shop. Almost every VW/Audi that came through the door required removal of the entire front end. Now I do the same thing with the Fords.
LOTS of cars these days require you take the nose off, it actually makes things a lot easier. Maybe 10 fasteners and a handful of electrical connections and you have total access to the front of the engine bay.