AX4N Experiences?????

Afternoon Gentlemen::

Newbie just passing through, but::::::

2000 ES, AX4N, 130K miles, perfect Taurus since the get go, bought new. Serviced transmission with Mercon V at 30K, later enlightened that we should have done the samosamo at 60 and 90 K miles: Drained perfectly fine looking fluid at 128K miles, cleaned minimal mud off magnet, topped off using new Mercon V, filter and gasket.

Again, no problems of any kind with this car, probably because wife drives like olfolk, ie. brakes at 90K and highway mileage of 27 MPG, no problem.

Now, 2K miles after 128K miles fluid/filter change, transmission attention light comes on, blinking, for no apparent reason. After a key off/on cycle, blinking light will reappear in 25 miles or so, for no obvious reason.

Reseaching--- blinking light may be triggered by high transmission temp or funky hydraulic pressure/solenoid valve(s) operation. We've not tried an OBD 2 check for fault, or reset of fault code. Again, this Taurus transmission continues to work perfectly, but is presenting a blinking transmission malfuncion light.

Any thoughts on a course of action to take, say ye?:screwy:

Jake

The light is on, but the transmission shifts fine (both at normal throttle and wide open throttle) and the torque converter locks up?

Did you bring it to some place like Autozone - they will read your codes for free I believe. I'd bring the car there and have the codes read, that might give you some insight as to what the computer is picking up.

If it is overheating, not sure what to tell you to do other than install a cooler. I have done it is isn't that hard.


Edit: I would like to say that the AX4N and newer AX4S transmissions are substantially more reliable than the older ones, especially if you treat them well ... don't drive like a maniac and keep nice fluid in them.

If the codes are transmission-specific, the scan tool at Autozone and similar places probably will not be able to read the codes. It's still worth a shot, but don't be surprised if their scan tools don't pick up any tranny codes.

You may need to find a tranny shop or independent with the transmission software on their scan tool. Getting the codes read would likely be the least expensive thing to try at this point, then use the codes to determine the next reasonable course of action.

-Rod