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WE BOUGHT an AUIII Falcon to tow our caravan, but we now hear the engine is prone to cooling-system problems. The auto transmission has problems, too, even though we were assured a transmission cooler was not necessary. Reliability is essential because we are going to remote parts of WA next month. The Falcon has done about 70,000km. Do we need to worry?

Answered by CarsGuide

22 June 2006

Carsguide.com.au

IN A word, yes. For a start you should have your car serviced before departing. Also have the airconditioning serviced because it will be working hard. Falcons can have cooling-system problems, and certainly have the auto trans serviced and an oil cooler fitted. The Falcon auto really doesn't carry enough oil and the result is that it can overheat when asked to work hard, such as when towing.

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