Saw a simliar post in the windstar forum, thought I'd see what its like for the cars with the same transmisson. Question is, how many miles have you gotten on your original transmission before major work required? If possible, what was the year of vehicle, mileage, engine/trans model, and type of failure? Should be interesting to see....

umina,
My taurus has 97000 + miles with no major trans problems to date. I just changed tranny fluid every 20000 to 25000 miles,

Tony

Guess I should weigh in as well. Mine's a 2001, with DOHC V6 and AX4N. 36000 miles, just did pan drop and fluid (Castrol Mercon V) and filter. Hope it keeps goin strong....

Mine's a '90 GL [ 3.0 ] with 154,000 and no tranny problems so far. :thumbsup:

2002 Taurus, v6, not OHC.
118,000, never even changed the tranny fluid! Just added a little for the first time.

2000 SES ....100,000 mi ..Changed trans filter and fluid (did not flush)
No problems except leak from main seal when engine has been running for a while Getting all seals replaced soon ..will cost $400.

2002 Taurus, v6, not OHC.
118,000, never even changed the tranny fluid! Just added a little for the first time.
By the way, my brother has two ford explores, both have around 250,000 miles on original tranny, no problems. That puts these numbers on this post in perspective.

1996 taurus lx. it needed a transmission change at around 65k.

97 taurus gl, 170k miles, lost overdrive around 150 but everything else still works fine

97 Sable 147000 miles, still rockin'.

94Gl went at 246K
99LX went at 115
00SES went at 140K

Mike
:cool:

96 gl with 110. still good

It also depends a lot on how you drive...if you constantly accelerate a lot, putting lots of power while at low speed, I read that the transmission doesn't like that - the oil heats up too much, but if you accelerate softly, its ok.