Should I change my transmission fluid?

[Kylelwsn]

I recently purchased a used 2010 Expedition with 80K miles on it. Transmission shifts fine but should I go ahead and get the fluid and filter replaced, since it's been 10 years?

 

[ExplorerTom]

Like any fluid in a vehicle, it’s a lifetime fluid. Who’s lifetime? It’ll last all the way up until that component fails- and the fluid may or may not be the culprit.

I’d change it.

Bought a 2014 a little over a year ago with 90k miles. I changed it over the summer.

 

[07navi]

Change it.

 

[71Rcode]

Yep. Did on my 11 with motorcraft fluid and filter in garage at 90k.

 

[x1050er]

yup, time to change it.

Not hard

 

[Trainmaster]

The problem comes with "who changes it". If you do it yourself and know it's done right, it's an excellent idea. If you take it to Jiffy-Lube and the crackhead fills it with Universal Red Dot fluid and overfills it a quart, you'll be cutting its life short.

Maybe it's where I live, but I've never seen a shop do the job correctly.

I change mine every 60-70K miles.

 

[71Rcode]

Agree in every way

 

[ExplorerTom]

It’s not a hard process, but it’s sort of a PITA. No dipstick means you have to pump the fluid into the transmission pan. There are kits to add a dipstick.

 

[Kylelwsn]

Thanks for the advice. Called a shop today and they wanted 635$ for the job, seems high. Going to shop around.

 

[Machete]

Ford dealer charges me $200 for power flush.