bil@justbil.com

I pick up my 2010 today from the dealer after a week. They had to put in a new transmission. We had noticed a leak and oil did not show on the dipstick. I added almost a quart and went to the dealer in Cambridge MN. He said "you towed from Cal to here and overheated the transmission. He said he would try and get Ford to pay for a flush. I told him we had been on the road since May 1st and try to go by the 2-2-2 rule. ((Go 200 miles get there by 2 and stay 2 days). I had done the 5 minute routine and did not go 6 hours a day. He then gave us a loner car and said he would have to check with Ford. Later in the day called and said they would replace the trans with one with new parts to prevent the problem from happing again.. We have about 7500 miles driving and 3500 towing. I have read where 09's have had 2 and 3 trans and I hope this does not happen to ours as we are full timers roaming the lower 48. We had the reprogram of the transmission in Washington in June. It started shifting different after that with hard shifts and slips, dealer said that was due to low fluid but I told him it was fine then. I will see what happens and will stop and run on 3 hour intervals and maybe run 10 minutes before towing. 2010 escape with 4cyl auto. Bil

I had no idea of the Transmission problems with this car. I bought one in March and have been on the road since May 1st with about 3600 miles towing and 7500 miles driven. We had the reprogramming of the trans in Washington in June. While changing oil noticed oil leak on the transmission case and check the fluid and found it to be almost a quart low (did not show at first). Had a couple of hard shifts in drive and reverse and s couple of not starting until holing key and running through the gears until it started. We took it to the dealer in Cambridge, Mn and he saw our California plates and said "You came straight here and overheated the trans" I told him I have been on the road since May and do the 2-2-2- rule (Go 200 miles get there by 2 o'clock and stay 2 days.) and do the warm up and shift routine. He then came back and said they would replace the transmission with new one with new components in the trans to prevent a repeat of the problem. I guess time will tell if it will work. I will be keeping a closer watch on it for sure. Bil