 I'm 8,000 miles into the 3th transmission in 115,000 miles and I'm now getting "check transmission" errors.  The original transmission died at 40,000, the second at 60,000 and number 3 at 112,000. The only other problems have been tie rod ends at 50k and a couple of engine modules at about 70,000.  Ford paid for tranny #2 under their 36,000 replacement part warranty.  The new error (the previous trannys died while pulling out into traffic with no warning) is likely to be a computer module that isn't part of the warrantied replacement tranny -- needless to say after $10,000 in repairs on a $25,000 car, this is the last Ford, despite a lifetime of being a Ford owner.