i own a 2002 mercury cougar, and my transmission went in it, i called the junk yard and they only have a 2000 transmission in stock, they say that you can only put in a transmission from an 01 or 02 cougar, you cant get one from a mystique or contour, you could if it was a 99 or 2000. what is the reasoning for this?
Same transmission (CD4E ) was used from 1999-2002 in the Cougar. I'd get a 2nd opinion. The transmission apparently has several names it's known as, which might lead someone to believe that different models had different transmissions, even though the actual transmission is the same.
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