KayGee
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- March 27, 2017
- Messages
- 1,421
- Reaction score
- 366
- City, State
- Farmington, MI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '16 & '17 PIU
I haven't gone down the rabbit hole of research to verify every little nuance, but I would think the PTU and ATC/RDU would operate roughly the same in all models that used the same parts (cooled ptu with temp sensor and ATC/RDU on 4WD/AWD vehicles) - the only difference would be the programming for the PIU (ex: pursuit mode) vs retail.
I posted the links to the retail and fleet maintenance schedule - you can go there and put in your vehicle info and select the schedule you want to see - I don't use the ford owner site for anything other than sync updates.
As far as your PTU destroying itself, I can't say why, but when I drained and filled mine, they only had ~10-12 ounces of fluid from the factory and took ~18 to fill back up. Maybe yours had low fluid and/or a manufacturing defect? When stuff like that happens, no amount of PM is going to change things.
I posted the links to the retail and fleet maintenance schedule - you can go there and put in your vehicle info and select the schedule you want to see - I don't use the ford owner site for anything other than sync updates.
As far as your PTU destroying itself, I can't say why, but when I drained and filled mine, they only had ~10-12 ounces of fluid from the factory and took ~18 to fill back up. Maybe yours had low fluid and/or a manufacturing defect? When stuff like that happens, no amount of PM is going to change things.