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Reliability issues with 2012-up automatics?
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<blockquote data-quote="jonb347" data-source="post: 14620922" data-attributes="member: 76752"><p>not really an issue if you drive through it. Im a tech. work on them all the time. in general they are great cars. </p><p></p><p>the first issues were from the rear engine seal leaking oil into the clutch packs. its basically a manual trans with an automatic shifting clutch. so think about like if your clutch gets packed full of oil.</p><p></p><p>then the replacement clutches started having issues. its not a transmission problem, its a clutch problem. and ford extended the warranty to 100k on the thing for piece of mind.</p><p></p><p>another problem is that people don't realize how to drive them. us americans aren't used to this type of transmission and we aren't tolerant to it. people feel the way it shifts a little different and let off the gas. this screws everything up due to adaptive learning. once you learn to push through it and drive it its fine.</p><p></p><p>for example, our rental is a 2013 with like 30k on it. we beat it all the time. its fine. the only ones with issues are the early ones and the ones where people don't drive through the shift. pm me with any questions. i have some pix i can send you of the inside if you'd like</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jonb347, post: 14620922, member: 76752"] not really an issue if you drive through it. Im a tech. work on them all the time. in general they are great cars. the first issues were from the rear engine seal leaking oil into the clutch packs. its basically a manual trans with an automatic shifting clutch. so think about like if your clutch gets packed full of oil. then the replacement clutches started having issues. its not a transmission problem, its a clutch problem. and ford extended the warranty to 100k on the thing for piece of mind. another problem is that people don't realize how to drive them. us americans aren't used to this type of transmission and we aren't tolerant to it. people feel the way it shifts a little different and let off the gas. this screws everything up due to adaptive learning. once you learn to push through it and drive it its fine. for example, our rental is a 2013 with like 30k on it. we beat it all the time. its fine. the only ones with issues are the early ones and the ones where people don't drive through the shift. pm me with any questions. i have some pix i can send you of the inside if you'd like [/QUOTE]
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