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A ford with leak around the pinion seal? That's never happened before . . . . That actually looks very wet in one spot. It's usually a few hundred to fix, so I'd fix it. If it were slower, you could just pull the fill plug periodically and squirt some fluid in there and keep trucking...

The good news is that the oil pump belts have been out since 2018 (or earlier in some form), and there are no widespread failures. In fact, I haven't heard of these failing at all. The 1.0 ecoboost is having an oil pump drive failure, but that is on the wet belt tensioner and not the belt...

Never heard of phaser issues on the 2.3 or most of the other 4's. Are you running the right grade of oil? I've seen people run thick oil on engines and cause startup clacking. Assuming this is not an oil issue and it's repeatable, get it to the dealer.

I'll be interested to find out how this goes. It's something I'll have to face in a few years.

Transmission fluid life is soooo subject to how you drive, and the fluid will last a long time. If you do highway driving under light load, it will probably make the 150K miles (although I won't try it). If you overheat it once towing a trailer or with offroad escapades, then it just needs...

Nice. You might be able to sell those!

Ford's final answer on this was . . . . and I quote . . . . "likely an undesirable characteristic which is a result of the way the vehicle was engineered and manufactured". Wow . . . . that must have been hard to admit. Suckage is engineered into the product . . .

I haven't looked under the ranger, but for some of these 10R80s (F150 for example), you have to drop a lot of stuff to get the pan off. They didn't make it easy. Perhaps that is part of the cost.

Took mine back to the dealer this morning because the problem persists. Tech said the only thing left to replace is the FCIM, so I think that's the path they are going down.

Mechanics go crazy with that brakleen. Ford would have been stupid to put a pan on that can't tolerate it. Keep in mind that there are a lot of different types of plastic, and some of them would be dissolved by motor oil or transmission fluid. I don't know exactly what ford used to make to...

I took mine to the dealer, after all. They replaced the entire HVAC in dash air box, and it didn't fix the problem. I believe what they replaced was essentially the same as in the 2019 TSB. Just my luck. I suspect either a temperature sensor or whatever module is controlling the thing.

I had a similar issue to this on my front drive shaft. Turned out to be some grease leaking out of the vent hole. Dealer said it would do it just a little bit, then stop. That is in fact what happened, and I had no trouble after that.

I have a similar issue to this in my 2022, and have so far decided not to haul it to the dealer, simply because it is difficult to duplicate. Overall, the truck cabin heats up and cools down as needed. If you manually manipulate the HVAC, there is nothing mechanically wrong. Both side can...

4 Low is good for pulling your buddy's Taco out of the ditch.

Out of curiosity, do you have an open diff or a locking diff?

I hate to hear that. Since it is a drivetrain component, I assume I'll be covered for the 5 yr/60K warranty. Need to keep an eye on it.

I am very curious to see what they find. Please keep us posted. I am concerned that mine will get worse as time goes by.

I have a similar noise at lower speeds also, but it has always been there. Just a droning noise when you let off the accelerator. It's not terribly loud, but it is noticeable. It takes the faintest touch to the throttle to make the noise complete stop - like a toggle switch. I doubt...

Agree with all of the above. One simple thing to check. Did the oil filter spin off? It's not common, but I have seen it happen and it will dump all the oil in moments. Unfortunately, your engine is probably irreparably damaged regardless of the cause.

Every car has a puddle like this in my garage after a drive in the summer. Normal.