We know the Ford Flex as a modern, good looking sporty design wagon with many features including the interior room of a minivan, for those who don’t want an ordinary minivan. Essentially it is a 5 door station wagon built on a Ford D4 platform. Introduced recently, in 2009, the only transmission available is a 6 speed automatic overdrive transmission, or transaxle. GotTransmissions.com has Ford Flex transmissions for sale, F6, everyday low prices.
The Ford D4 platform is a front wheel drive setup, also available as an option is an AWD [all wheel drive] chassis, which is shared with the Lincoln CUV and new Ford Explorer. A front wheel drive design. Called a transverse mounting setup. Transverse mounting is the most common and efficient means of producing a front wheel drive vehicle. The most popular method of doing so now a days. With the engine/transmission mounted sideways under the hood.
The transmission, or more accurately, transaxle is called a 6F when used in Ford products. Believe it or not, in 2002 General Motors and Ford got together to make a common design that would work in certain transverse mounted setups in cars and light duty trucks. Ford manufactures their transmissions separately than GM.
With the introduction of the Ford Edge and Lincoln Aviator crossovers, the new 6F was developed to cover a wide range of vehicle applications. Initially it was be teamed with the new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 in the Ford Edge and Lincoln Aviator. The transaxle also is designed to handle up to 300 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque with shift speeds modulated up to 7,000 rpm.
The 6F uses a standard compound planetary system and only double lined clutch plates, making each shift a a quiet, smooth shift, throughout all of the 6 forward gear ratios. In addition, the 6F uses a Ford produced control technology that uses complicated systems of computers and input metrics to operate at maximum levels.
The 6F automatic transaxle provides instant, responsive shifts throughout the forward gear range that are smooth yet solid, which indicates the shifts are positive and of high quality.
It is an interesting concept, a transmission developed by Ford and GM. So far, it has been a success. Very few reports of functional or warranty issues.
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