CVT Transmission
#12
Re: CVT Transmission
I bought the thing used with about 65,000 miles on it. So I had the eCVT fluid changed. This had no effect on the noise and it works exactly the same as it did prior to the service. Which is just fine.
Last edited by xspirit; 04-12-2014 at 06:26 PM. Reason: removed incorrect claim that eCVT fluid is a maintenance item
#13
Re: CVT Transmission
I don't like to contradict people, but the maintenance schedule for my '09 includes periodic transmission fluid changes, and it has a drain hole.
I had mine done a few months ago. I thought the eCVT was making more noise than it should. It was quiet until it warmed up, and then makes an audible, um, how to describe it? Like gears going around - which is what it does. A 2010 FEH with half the mileage belonging to a friend does not make this noise.
Also, I bought the thing used with about 65,000 miles on it, and I had no idea if the transmission fluid had ever been changed. So I had it done. This had no effect on the noise and it works exactly the same as it did prior to the service. Which is just fine.
I had mine done a few months ago. I thought the eCVT was making more noise than it should. It was quiet until it warmed up, and then makes an audible, um, how to describe it? Like gears going around - which is what it does. A 2010 FEH with half the mileage belonging to a friend does not make this noise.
Also, I bought the thing used with about 65,000 miles on it, and I had no idea if the transmission fluid had ever been changed. So I had it done. This had no effect on the noise and it works exactly the same as it did prior to the service. Which is just fine.
Gary
#14
Re: CVT Transmission
I've had it with you, give us a page and quote in any Ford maintenance manual that calls for a change interval in the eCVT fluid in then FEH in any year? The '09 came with a new lifetime ATF that can't even be used in the earlier FEH which is lifetime also. You do not know what you're talking about and give ill advise to FEH owners! Stop your BS!
Gary
Gary
I went and got the manual, and I was looking at the maintenance schedule in the Customer Information Guide Ford provided for all Escapes, not the additional Owner's Guide provided with the Hybrid. The latter does indeed say, as you said, that the eCVT is "designed to be filled for life" and there are no services listed in the maintenance schedule. It does say you should check it if you find any leakage.
I'll edit my earlier post just so no one is led astray.
#15
Re: CVT Transmission
I assume you are a new FEH owner. My question is: Does the engine NOT rev up as you press harder on the accelerator? My first impressions when I got my FEH a year and a half ago was sorta the opposite - Isn't this thing ever going to UPshift? I'd back off because of the higher revving than I was used to with a regular tranny. Now I just let'er rev up knowing it'll slow down as I gain speed.
Has anyone ever heard of the CVT not working right and 'smooth-shifting down' and letting that engine rev up?
Has anyone ever heard of the CVT not working right and 'smooth-shifting down' and letting that engine rev up?
#16
Re: CVT Transmission
Yes Rich, this is my first, however I've had it since 2009 and it's always worked normal. Before as you press the accelerator, the engine would speed up and the RPM's would increase then the RPM's would decrease after I reach a certain speed. Now as I increase in speed the RPM's increase and never shift back down. Maybe downshift was the wrong word, but it should work like it is.
I'm in a 2008 as well, I'm not sure if the 2009 and later also exhibit this behavior.
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