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SO my wife's 2003 Explorer has one of the Cam Chain cassettes go after 7 years and around 85K miles. Like two weeks after it was in for service and I asked the dealer if there was anything I should do because I planned to keep it another year.
After driving everything else out there, it came down to three...........Subaru Tribecca, Mazda CX9 and an Edge Limited. After going back and forth and driving all three my wife decided on a red 2010 Edge Limited AWD with just about everything but the nav system. It's our seventh new Ford and so far before it we've only had one problem car.
We picked it up 1 February 2010
It first started dumping Mercon on my garage floor at about 1200 miles (late Feb). Passenger side seal replaced by dealer.
A few weeks ago on a day trip with my kids we started smelling that smell again..............took it to the dealer the next day..............and yup, it gets another new seal (late August 7,500 miles). A week after we got it back we could smell that smell again, but only occassionally. late last week my wife smelled it when she was backing in the garage so I slid underneath for a look.
No Mercon this time. Instead, nice thick gear oil leaking down the left (driver's) side.
Dropped it off at the dealer today. PTU is bad. New unit on order and supposed to arrive on Wednesday.
Anyone else having this problem with the 2010's? Does the new PTU end the problem or will I be bringing it back for new seals in a few weeks or at the first cold snap?
And last.............................how is this problem still ongoing 3 years later? Maybe it's time to spend a little less money on Mike Rowe commercials and a little more on engineering a solution.