Hi all,
First post, new (to me) 2014 AWD Edge owner, 2 days old... I got quite nervous when I was reading up on my purchase about the TPU issues with visions of imminent failure to the tune of $2K plus swimming in my head...
My 2014 had only 28,000 km's (appx 15K miles) on it. I had gotten it from a new Ford dealer near Vancouver BC. I returned to the Quick Lube service this morning and asked for the car to be put up on the lift to look at it.
My TPU was very obvious and showed zero leakage to the seals, no drips or oil anywhere, thankfully. There was even a red painted fill plug on the left side of the TPU, which looked factory.
I had the young tech siphon out the gear oil, it was black but looked like 75-140W consistency. We replaced with the Ford spec, $26.45 in fluid and $80 in labor. So for $106 (Cdn) I feel wayyyyy better about the TPU fluid condition and future service cost now.
I asked the tech about other Edges having TPU issues, he acknowledged that he'd replaced a few seals and a TPU before, but not many. Course he was newer and only one of about 6 techs at the dealership.
So did Ford do something different for the 2014's, (mine is a Feb 14 build) or am I just fortunate? Sorry no picture (I didn't think of taking one) but I may crawl underneath and try...