2002 S-Type 4.0L with Sport option package

[Rob_Reilly]

My 2000 has 230,000 miles.
I changed the fluid in Apr '10 at about 140,000 miles

[s-type] Changing the fluid in the 5R55N transmission

My 2000 Jaguar S-Type has the Ford 5R55N transmission, also used in LincolnLS and some Ford Thunderbirds. Ford in their infinite wisdom seems to think these things will never leak, so they did not provide a dipstick. Thus the only way you can know if it is low is to either wait until it starts misbehaving, or check it by following this procedure. Here are some instructions for those who wish to do this job themselves. Tools you will need: 8mm Allen hex for filler plug on back of tailcas…

and did this trans servo repair in Jan '13 at 180,000 miles

[s-type] 5R55N Ford Transmission Fault P0775

This is part 1 of a long writeup of what I did. Part 2 to follow. I have a 2000 Model with 180,000 miles. My transmission was slipping, trouble upshifting into 2nd and 5th, gradually got worse, eventually generated fault code P0775 (Pressure Control Solenoid B Malfunction) with �Gearbox Fault� error message on instrument panel. It would only shift up with slow acceleration, behaving as if it was low on fluid, though it was not, and I even tried overfilling it. Usually it would work ok g…

and it is still going strong, no other problems.

The 5R55N is a common trans in US Ford products so any trans shop should be familiar with them.

I had problems with the J gate shifter and had to replace a plastic sliding part with a metal part, which seems to have done the trick.