Complete Repair
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2021 Ford Police Interceptor Utility. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
After reassembling the transmission, the following steps must be performed before returning the vehicle to the customer.
- Initial transmission fluid fill - this may be completed before the transmission is installed in the vehicle.
- Clear adaptive tables - required for overhaul and when the solenoid body has been replaced.
- Reset misfire monitor - required whenever the transmission has been removed.
- Road test until the transmission fluid is up to operating temperature. This is required to make sure transmission fluid cooler is full of transmission fluid.
- Perform adaptive drive cycle - required if the adaptive tables were cleared.
- Set transmission fluid level - transmission fluid is now at the correct temperature and the transmission fluid cooler has been purged of air.
- Verify the repair resolved the concern - this is also known as the post repair road test.