40,000 Service advice

[cobracosta]

another positive of discount tire is they will plug a tire for free ( if its on the tread and you dont have unusual wear)

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[djwildstar]

[T]he dealer called recommending a replacement of all fluids:
-Brake
-Coolant
-AWD Transmission
This seems nuts

Ford's recommendation for brake fluid is every 3 years. So if you have a '22 or a '23, it might be time. Even if it's not quite due yet, it isn't a bad idea to get it done now versus bringing the truck back in a few months.

According to Ford, the Lightning's coolant is rated for 200,000 miles. There is no reason to do it now, other than to increase the dealership's profit margin.

The Lightning's electric drive units use Ford automatic transmission fluid as a lubricant and coolant. Ford's maintenance schedule calls for this to be replaced at 150,000 miles. Again no need to do it now other than to pad the dealership's bottom line.

 

[johaanryberg]

We just got our 40,000 done in Santa Cruz California. $150. Tire rotation and multi point inspection. And cabin filter.

 

[Wendy]

Since I regularly swap Winter and Summer tires, when they saw I had snow tires on my Dealer said "well we won't do that, so it will save you some money". I just had them put in the new cabin filter. I know I could do it myself, but they are good to me so I can throw them a few bucks.

Next time I'll probably get the brake fluid done, it must be getting smelly because I never use it.

 

[chl]

OMG, I'd say thanks but no thanks and find another place to take the truck.

Complain to the BBB at least.

It it tantamount to fraud to try to get you to buy services you don't need.

If you let them do a multi-point inspection, watch out for them coming up with unnecessary things there too.

We need the dealerships to do some of the updates, but not much else unless some warrantied part fails.

 

[Joe Dablock]

Look for a new dealer. I just went in for a recall at 57k miles and dealer recommended nothing but checked everything out.

I’ll consider something service T 100k.

 

[RLXXI]

Definitely find a new dealer.

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