Curious... have you, yourself, changed the oil on your truck yet? I thought it sounded like a pain in the ass when we bought our 2019 SuperCab 4 years ago. I've since changed the oil 9 times. Every time, I'm impressed with how easy it is.
Yes…I have a lift and tires (Tremor). I had to remove a skid plate and there’s a bunch of things to remove to pull back the rubber covering over by the oil filter area. Plus, with larger tires, I don’t think I could easily get to the filter without removing the driver side wheel.
I'm curious of what skid plate you removed? Also on my 2019 I had the Old Man EMU lift with 33's and was still able to change the oil and filter without removing the tires
I have a Tremor and I don't even have to turn the wheel to access the filter. It is a straight shot to the filter over the tire with a long extension and filter socket.
Yep, I have had some vehicles with shitty filter locations. The worst being my first truck a 73 Dodge pickup with a slant 6. Filter was easy to get to but it was mounted vertically upside down. As soon as you cracked it loose oil poured down the side of the block and onto the cross member. The best was my Ecoboost Mustang. The filter is mounted vertically at the back of the block and is totally unencumbered. No spillage on removal and can be fully prefilled and installed without spillage. Every other vehicle is somewhere between those extremes. The Ranger is closer to the easy side than most of my other vehicles.
Whatever this piece is called, I’m assuming it’s a skid plate but it prevents the oil from draining out easily (it gets all over this plate if you just drain it normally). Maybe my driveway is too slanted?
Ah yes, the plate for the steer axle of I recall. Yeah you are just going to have to deal with that. Also it's much easier than the lovely aftermarket skid plates that are much bigger and don't have an access hole.Whatever this piece is called, I’m assuming it’s a skid plate but it prevents the oil from draining out easily (it gets all over this plate if you just drain it normally). Maybe my driveway is too slanted?
Interesting. Most other vehicles I’ve had the oil filter is just a can sitting there by the oil pan. Unscrew and replace. I may invest in an extension and filter socket for this vehicle. The others I can do with a rubber grip wrench or just gloves.
Per the law that is true but it is a whole lot easier for them to claim a mod caused a failure than for you to refute that claim. Even if you were to win in court it very likely will cost you more than what the actual repair would cost.
I've only had to deal with it once and they initially balked, but when I pointed out the law and what they are required to do, they did the repair. My mods on that vehicle were not involved in the problem. The obviously dont have to repair your mods, or any damage caused by the mods.
It is not unheard of for a dealer to see a vehicle that is modified and just not want to work on it for liability reasons. This is not denying warranty it's just not wanting to get involved.
My experience as well, and I enjoy(ed) working on my vehicles. Not getting used oil all over then not fussing with disposing it at nearly - or barely over the cost of DIY was the clincher.
