Where is the transmission dipstick located on a 2002 Ford Explorer XLS?

Answer 1

Oh this is a fun question. There isn't one. This is an idea hijacked from German engineering. There is no transmission dipstick. Makes you wonder if the dipstick was the one who designed this, doesn't it? In order to service the trans fluid level, you have to raise the vehicle, and the vehicle has to be level. Run the engine to full operating temperature In the middle of the pan, there is a plug that looks like a drain plug that has a small T30 torx screw in the middle. That is a "standpipe" assembly. You have to remove the small screw in the middle of the bigger plug. If fluid runs out, it is already full enough. If it doesn't, you could be low. You have to keep shooting fluid up into the hole and check. When fluid starts running back out of the hole, it is full.