Oh ok so if you can find it would you be willing to sell it ? I'm completely fed up with this car Not having a trans dipstick. It's got to the the stupidest thing I've ever seen a car maker do.
I've seen Ford do much worse than that with other "brilliant ideas". Two classic examples that cause catastrophic failure of late model engines:
1. "Wet" timing belt inside crankcase. As the belt wears out, debris gets into the crankcase, clogs up the oil pump pick up screen, and later Mr. Rod comes knocking at your door.
2. Water pump mounted inside the crankcase. When the WP leaks, guess what? The oil gets contaminated with coolant and no prizes for guessing what happens next! Yes, it's Mr. Rod knocking at the door again.
A third less severe problem Ford created was the fitment of plastic oil pans, all in the name of cutting production costs, as these have a tendency to leak. Just ask Ecoboost owners how big a PITA that is!
Another stupid power-robbing idea Ford came up with was the fitment of hydrocarbon traps inside the air box lid outlet pipe to solve a non-existent emissions problem. Pull those suckers out!
Some carmakers have done away with engine oil dipsticks and rely on oil level sensors to alert the driver instead. If that sensor fails (and they do), guess what? The oil level could be low and you wouldn't even know about it until, you've guessed it, Mr. Rod comes knocking at your door.
Another example is many modern cars no longer being fitted with coolant temperature gauges. Now the driver only has an idiot warning light to alert them that the engine's already overheated rather than having a gauge to give them an earlier warning of an impending overheat. The result? Engine cooked and new engine needed.
I get the impression some carmakers deliberately engineer their engines (and automatic transmissions) to conveniently fail just after the warranty period has expired in order to make them uneconomical to repair and force customers to buy new cars.
They've gone beyond planned obsolescence now to planned failure.
