Lifetime ? No such thing,my tranny is going to be changed by me every 50K
Hyd oil technology has not changed much over the years,vehicle MFG is hoping for a
trade in at 4-5 years old...

These guys are about planned obsolescence,the fuel pump with just a sock filter
I would be shocked it it lasted past 100K and for me thats 4 years but when you go out
of town and wake up in the AM and your truck wont start and your 300 miles from home
because your fuel pump died.
I have no issue w Motorcraft filters or oil,I like it but prefer full synth not blend and
WIX filters are IMO better

 

This is why I said "lifetime" in quotes because I know it breaks down over time lime any does. But a lot of vehicles do not have a dipstick for transmission oil anymore. Case in point the 2003 Mountaineer my girlfriend has doesn't have one. Jaguars do not have them, neither do some if not all CVTs. They all want to make them maintenance free for the life of the vehicle. I like some keep my vehicles until the wheels fall off. I still maintain my vehicles because I need then to go the distance. A lot now days only keep it a few years than trade it in. I like to get my money's worth. But it's those same people that don't have their vehicle serviced when it should be. Which is why there's a push for longer lasting transmission fluid and engine coolant.

Doesn't WIX make filters for the Motorcraft name anyway for Ford or is it a different company?

 

Ford and others have more than likely taken the transmission dipstick away in order to keep transmission repais down. It's shocking how many people can't read their manual and understand how to check the fluid. There were too many overfills, oil added instead of trans fluid etc. This keeps the ignorant owner's trans safe and save Ford from having to make a warranty repair or deny one due to owner error.

 

thats a good theory,they did it to save me from making a costly mistake ?

 

People adding oil to the transmission are probably the same that added windshield washer fluid to the coolant reservoir.

 

It is extremely common for people to use the wrong transmission fluid thinking they are all universal. In fact, dumping Mercon V into your TorqShift transmission is about the fastest way to have it stop working.

 

LOL

Same folks who paid to have the muffler bearing replaced every 50K

 

Geez. I've been having mine replaced every 25K!

 

I prefer to change my own blinker fluid as well.

 

This one ran it's course.