Cracked flexplate / flywheel at 83,000 miles

[purpchin65]

A week ago my car started making this strange loud clattering noise (like a fan blade hitting something) under the hood.  I had my coworker listen to it and he said it didn't sound like it was the engine but he couldn't pinpoint where it was actually coming from under the hood or from the underside of the vehicle.  His last words to me was "hope it's not the transmission."  Way back when, the car had 30K miles it shifted hard into reverse from park.  It was a transmission solenoid issue and it was fixed under warranty of course.  Last February, my car started shifting hard into reverse again just a couple of times.  I called my local dealership and they said if it was the same problem it would not be covered under any warranty or grandfathered as an issue that was fixed and would not be covered by the dealer.  I immediately thought to myself time its time to buy an extended warranty if I run into another transmission issue.  Luckily that problem never came back. 

 

Now, it's June and I've got this loud noise as stated before and I took it to my local Ford dealership and they said it's definitely a cracked flexplate.  The sound is actually captured on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3mUQG1oGfo and is exactly the noise my car is making.  Both local Ford dealerships that I'm close to in Detroit, Michigan are back logged 2 weeks from even tearing down my transmission and fixing the problem.  I'm taking my car from the Ford dealer to a local and reputable transmission place that will work with my extended warranty company to fix my problem.  I'll report back AFTER I get my car back to let everyone know how I feel then.  Oh, after it's fixed I'm putting it up for sale by owner as I've seen others in this forum say the problem will appear again if the bolts are torqued correctly in less than 10K miles.  Some questions I have for the forum?

1)  Where can I find other Ford owners having this same issue?

2)  Is there a government site (NHTSA) that tracks issues like this, and where is that site?

3)  Anyone else have this same issue with 2014 SE's like me?