ctrcbob Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 OK Father Ford, I know there must be a good answer for this, so how about it. You don't want us to tow a trailer (even a small 1000 lb tralier) with the Fusion/MKZ but you allow trailer towing, up to 3500 lbs with the Edge/MKX. They all have the same transmission and only the Fusion has a slightly smaller engine, although plenty of power with it. I have towed motorcycles in the past, with everything from 130 hp Toyotas, 150 hp Buicks, 200 hp Chryslers, etc. Why can't I tow with a Fusion/MKZ?? :shades: :anger: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 OK Father Ford, I know there must be a good answer for this, so how about it. You don't want us to tow a trailer (even a small 1000 lb tralier) with the Fusion/MKZ but you allow trailer towing, up to 3500 lbs with the Edge/MKX. They all have the same transmission and only the Fusion has a slightly smaller engine, although plenty of power with it. I have towed motorcycles in the past, with everything from 130 hp Toyotas, 150 hp Buicks, 200 hp Chryslers, etc. Why can't I tow with a Fusion/MKZ?? :shades: :anger: For one the Edge/MKX weigh more. And they don't have the same transmission. Fusion/Milan/MKZ still use the Aisin 6 speed automatic while the Edge and MKX use the new 6F Ford/GM joint venture tranny. But I bet the biggest reason is that the Edge/MKX were designed to accomodate a hitch whereas the cars were not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrcbob Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 U-Haul has a hitch for the Zephyr, should be the same for the MKZ/Fusion. Will check my local Ford Dealer about the transmission on the MKX/Edge being a different six speed. Does not sound right. If it is different, will check with their transmission man asking what fluid does the MKX/Edge use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 U-Haul has a hitch for the Zephyr, should be the same for the MKZ/Fusion. Will check my local Ford Dealer about the transmission on the MKX/Edge being a different six speed. Does not sound right. If it is different, will check with their transmission man asking what fluid does the MKX/Edge use. Trust me on this one. I got it straight from the engineers and it was confirmed by the Ford media info. The plan was to use the 6F with the 3.5L engine on the Edge/MKX and MKZ, but the MkZ team ran out of resources and didn't have time to implement it, so they stuck with the same Aisin 6 speed as the Fusion and Milan. I also just looked up the specs in the owners manuals and the Edge and Fusion 6 speed use different fluid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrcbob Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 Yep, the Edge/MKX uses a different transmission (vice the Fusion/MKZ) and in addition, the Edge/MKX transmission uses Mercon-V fluid, vice our special fluid that we can't get anywhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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