manimal
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- City, State
- Gig Harbor WA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 96 XLT
Just curious who else has a high mileage 4R55E with no issues. Our late 95 (reg says 96) recently rolled over 200K miles, and the transmission still appears to have zero issues. I'm crossing my fingers that it stays the same.
Vehicle was purchased used with 110K miles by my dad about 10 years ago from a friend of his. Friend was the type to take the vehicle to Ford dealer for all scheduled maintenance. Once we had it, pan dropped & filter changed twice during that time.
Last year dad decided to give the vehicle to my wife and I, and I did a complete fluid replacement through the cooler lines at 190K using a Costco case of Chevron Mercon V. Proceeded to drive to Montana and back (about 1500K miles) with zero issues, shifted great across three mountain passes each way.
The most it has ever towed is a 20ft horse trailer, otherwise just pulls our small bass boat. Both dad and I tend to drive the vehicle with OD off in town, only switching it on when on the freeway, to avoid hunting in 4th at low speeds (e.g. 40-50mph).
I am considering adding a secondary cooler, but wondering if it's sort of too late in the game for that to really make much of a difference.
Shifts are still precise and firm, no bizarre flaring, OD or lockup behavior.
This does not match up with all the horror stories I always heard about the A4LD based transmissions.
Vehicle was purchased used with 110K miles by my dad about 10 years ago from a friend of his. Friend was the type to take the vehicle to Ford dealer for all scheduled maintenance. Once we had it, pan dropped & filter changed twice during that time.
Last year dad decided to give the vehicle to my wife and I, and I did a complete fluid replacement through the cooler lines at 190K using a Costco case of Chevron Mercon V. Proceeded to drive to Montana and back (about 1500K miles) with zero issues, shifted great across three mountain passes each way.
The most it has ever towed is a 20ft horse trailer, otherwise just pulls our small bass boat. Both dad and I tend to drive the vehicle with OD off in town, only switching it on when on the freeway, to avoid hunting in 4th at low speeds (e.g. 40-50mph).
I am considering adding a secondary cooler, but wondering if it's sort of too late in the game for that to really make much of a difference.
Shifts are still precise and firm, no bizarre flaring, OD or lockup behavior.
This does not match up with all the horror stories I always heard about the A4LD based transmissions.
