Sorry to be so long in responding, I got tied up with life stuff and haven’t been around much lately.
You left out the step of picking up all the stuff that was in your glove box that is now in the floor and putting it back into the glove box.
Well shit thats where I went wrong, Not gonna make that mistake again!
IDK bout the injector service thing but I would keep a very careful eye on the transmission change the fluid on that well before ford says to, otherwise put on those reading glasses and look at your trucks owners manual which spells it all out. Also As others said I would look at the diff fluids too around 30 to 50k just to be safe, and use good gas ie top tier
Thanks for the advice. Yeah we did both front/rear diff fluid changes, transmission filter/fluid swap. Coolant flush, brake fluid and power steering fluid flush. Injector clean, fuel treatment service and they did a media blast of something on the intake. Guessing they take something off and blast all the carbon build up off. I don’t completely understand what they did but the guy who did it all is head of service and is a close friend of other friends who says he is obsessed with Fords and taking care of them. Until I become more well versed on maintenance for Fords, I’m just kind of going off what has been recommended.
Totally fair, how does it shift? Any hesitation jerking hunting for gears?
It’s shifting great. Quite smooth, every blue moon it will give a mild hard shift down when it’s idling high, usually only when I’m coasting down hill in residential areas around the 30-40mph zone.
I know you listed a bunch of fluid changes/flushes. Just curious about the power steering fluid flush? Our trucks don't have any. They have electronic power assisted steering (EPAS).
I had to pull up the paper work on the work order. I thought they had did that, my bad. Yeah nothing on the power steering. Pretty much everything else was done, including air filter, cabin filter. When I went in I told them I don’t care if it is possibly premature but I want to over kill the maintenance. The guy said actually everything they did was what all the techs recommended. They even mentioned being a little overly proactive on the transmission and fuel system. So far though the handful of dealerships I’ve had it to for either parts department or scheduled maintenance all have said every Ranger owner seems to be having really reliable experience with them.
Don't forget the fetzer valve and conooter tube maint...The shnakaful needs to be rotated 180 degrees every 3 months or 12 weeks, whichever comes first.
Blinker fluid both in taillights and mirrors (if so equipped) checked quarterly and changed every 3 1/2 quarters.
Check interior of muffler for rust, moisture, and black stuff.
Wipe down and treat the tire interior's with 303 Protectant.
If you have a damper, make sure it's going in and out in and out, not, out and in out and in
And follow the schedule you posted.
I change oil/filter every 5000 miles, air/cabin filter every 3rd oil change. Rear end at 12,000 miles. Haven't changed trans fluid yet...waiting on incomming dipstick and deep trans pan...will probably do at 20,000 miles or when dipstick comes in.
Trans...Mercon ULV only. Rear I used Ford/Motorcraft gear oil as recommended in manual.
Hey since everything else was being done why not include flushing the power steering, gonna be a lot of presents under the tree at a least one service writers home. I had 2 qts of power steering left from back in the day and ended up using it as bar oil for my chain saw. Saw seemed ok with it.
Sounds like you’ve lost confidence in your service department. I believe it’s time to change service guys.
