maintenance

Maybe new owners focus their attention on upgrades, like appearance, accessories, or modifications. While those choices shape the look and feel of a vehicle, long-term reliability and safety are often determined by basic maintenance habits that are easy to overlook. Simple routines can make a...

If you live somewhere with long rainy seasons, melting snow, or roads covered in salt half the year, you probably know this feeling: you open your car door and… something just feels off. Damp air. Muddy footprints. Maybe even that faint musty smell you swear wasn’t there last week. Moisture is...

Last time we talked about road trips and found that everyone pays great attention to car maintenance, and pre-trip checks are an essential part of the process (checking tire pressure, rims, car battery, changing oil, etc.). In regular everyday life, what vehicle conditions do you guys care about...

Hello all, and thank you admins for the quick turn around. It’s my first time owning a truck or really modifying a vehicle. 2019 Ranger, XLT 4x4 creeping up on 100k. Had it almost a year and been making fixes and modifications here and there. New main and cabin filter. New battery. New EGR DPFE...

Hi all, Just received the DPFE sensor assembly, in the process of doing some preventative maintenance on the truck. Had my transmission rebuilt/overhauled In Jan so that helped with shifting a lot but still noticing some weird lurches in low speeds which i suspect could be related to DPFE. I...

My first thread! Back in April/May - after reading about the issues with the 10R80 fluid levels (and prior experience with the 6R80 lead frame fail on my 2012 F-150) I decided I needed to install a dipstick like we used to have. And be done with the abomination that Ford gave us in the 6R80 and...

So a quick question for those more familiar with the electronics and battery maintenance (an apologies if it has been asked before) - How often is often enough to start and run my Ranger that would eliminate or greatly reduce the need for a battery minder? Typically, I am in my Ranger going...

Something no one ever seems to talk about on the forums is routine maintenance for their RSI Smartcaps so we'd like to start a thread here just to get the information out there. We want to ensure that everyone’s cap lasts the test of time and performs exactly as it should for as long as you need...

Hello All, Looks like I've gotta start preparing to give my LBT ("Little Blue Truck"... I've got a small child at home and if you do too, you know what this is) its first cleaning. I usually took my cars to a brick-and-mortar car wash, but I figure I'd start washing LBT myself to make sure...

We Got It Wrong About the Ford Ranger’s Oil Change Procedure By Steph Willems on January 7, 2019 If you’re holding off on purchasing a new Ford Ranger based on what you read here last Thursday, consider this a green light for your trip to the dealership. The new-for-2019 Ranger does not —...