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Owners Manual leaves out the AX4N

I have the 2002 Taurus SEL with the DURATEC and the AX4N Transaxle. The owners manual leaves out the AX4N for scheduled regular fluid changes. The manual says to flush the fluid on the AX4S Transaxles every 30,000 miles.

The AX4N that I have happens to have the Mercon V fluid inside of it that is supposed to last the lifetime of the vehicle. Is it possible that the fluid never needs changing? Even if it does have a special fluid in it, what good would it do once the transaxle filter gets clogged from debris and can hardly squeeze any fluid through it?

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eastwardbound2003
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Changing the tranny fluid and filter every 35k miles or so is good insurance against tranny problems. On the first tranny fluid change a complete tranny flush will help to get rid of any metal shavings that have accumulated during the early breakin period.

Eric

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Eric Toline

hey foctard some ford trannys are filled for life and flushing not needed

BTW flushing is no insurance of against failure in any tranny

hurc ast

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sanfordm44356

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eastwardbound2003

Changing the tranny fluid and filter every 35k miles or so is good insurance against tranny problems. On the first tranny fluid change a complete tranny flush will help to get rid of any metal shavings that have accumulated during the early breakin period. Eric

hey foctard some =A0ford trannys are filled for life and flushing not needed

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Eric Toline

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sanfordm44356

Changing the tranny fluid and filter every 35k miles or so is good insurance against tranny problems. On the first tranny fluid change a complete tranny flush will help to get rid of any metal shavings that have accumulated during the early breakin period. Eric

hey foctard some =A0ford trannys are filled for life and flushing not needed

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Eric Toline

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