Why does Ford have to make things so complicated?

[tweeker43]

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Originally posted by kendogg441:


What is the deal with these lifetime fluids, anyways? I have my own thereoy's, maybe somebody can set me straight? I think it's a couple reasons. !, to shut up the tree huggers who say we're using too much oil, blah blah blah. 2, to make consumer reports, etc., who evaluate cars based on cost of maintenence, to make them show the car as more 'favorable' because it has a lower cost of ownership. Am I partially right?

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one of the drivers for lifetime fluid is that many people won't ever change the atf anyway, so what's in the tranny had better be good.

contamination (from the initial build) is the predominant cause of tranny failure, so the move is to reduce incoming contamination.

both ford and gm are trying to make substantial improvements to cleanliness of components and subassemblies. it will take years to see a lot of results though.