How much are we paying for transmission fluid drain and fill at the dealership/Quick Lane?

[Dangerdangle]

I was just quoted $500 at the dealership.

I ordered the fluid for $60 and I'm doing it myself.

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[Stircrazy]

I'd ask around. I think a simple drain and fill isn't what they normally sell or might be new to them. The other person was trying to add on a filter change which would normally make sense except on the BS, I believe you have to drop the transmission pan or something. Either way, it's a LOT more work.

there is no transmition pan, thats how you would do a filter change on any other normal trans. to do anything like service the strainer you have to split the transmition case which means it comes right out of the car.

 

[C5pilot]

Correct. This bronco came with a third-party warranty and in order to keep the warranty the filter has to be changed. On my first bronco sport I changed the fluid myself and it wasn’t that big a deal and it’s certainly not worth 500, When all the tech has to do is hook it to a machine with virtually zero labor.

I plan to keep arguing with the warranty company that this vehicle does not require a filter and I’ll have to go to the flush route hipefully but somewhere cheaper than a dealer.

 

[Dude]

You probably meant drain and refill (multiple times) not a flush

 

[C5pilot]

If you meant what I did , that is correct as I don’t have a multi thousand dollar flush machine in my shop. I did this on an escape before the bronco and did it on the first bronco thus far. And I would do it on this one if it wasn’t for keeping the warranty intact requiring a shop to do the service.

 

[davidg4781]

If you meant what I did , that is correct as I don’t have a multi thousand dollar flush machine in my shop. I did this on an escape before the bronco and did it on the first bronco thus far. And I would do it on this one if it wasn’t for keeping the warranty intact requiring a shop to do the service.

What did you see that the filter needs to be changed to keep the warranty? I don't remember seeing a filter change in the BS's service schedule or in the documents for my Ford ESP from Granger. I'll admit I didn't look too hard though.

 

[C5pilot]

You’re confusing Ford warranty with the third-party warranty that I mentioned in my earlier post. For that warranty, it requires fluid and filter change. Sure they make it standard for all vehicles and don’t take into consideration the design of each Transmission unfortunately

 

[Stircrazy]

Correct. This bronco came with a third-party warranty and in order to keep the warranty the filter has to be changed. On my first bronco sport I changed the fluid myself and it wasn’t that big a deal and it’s certainly not worth 500, When all the tech has to do is hook it to a machine with virtually zero labor.

I plan to keep arguing with the warranty company that this vehicle does not require a filter and I’ll have to go to the flush route hipefully but somewhere cheaper than a dealer.

the argument should be simple, there is no filter in the transmition so how do you change it, its the same as a lot of the 2000's honda's and such, drain and fills were the normal maintenance.

 

[C5pilot]

There is a filter it’s just that it’s meant to be lifetime and not serviceable

 

[Stircrazy]

There is a filter it’s just that it’s meant to be lifetime and not serviceable

acording to my ford service manager there is no filter, just a screen. I guess you could call a screen a coarse filter though.
acording to the parts places the 2025 models do have filters that are servicable, did they change the trans for 2025 also?

 

[jkernitzki]

acording to my ford service manager there is no filter, just a screen. I guess you could call a screen a coarse filter though.
acording to the parts places the 2025 models do have filters that are servicable, did they change the trans for 2025 also?

AFAIK, the 8F35 remains unchanged for 2025. There were some cooling changes (for the Maverick), but that's all I could find.

That being said, the 8F35 does have a replaceable internal sump filter (part JM5Z-7A098-A). While sometimes described as non-serviceable in standard maintenance, the filter can be replaced by removing the transmission pan during a fluid service.

 

[cprcubed]

Here's a disassembly video of a trashed 8F35 out of a Transit Van: . You can see the canister filter at about the 9:32 mark. There is no sump filter in the trans that would be found under the valvebody cover. Cheers!

 

[C5pilot]

OK, that’s more embedded than I even thought! That explains the high price I wouldn’t want to do that job either. I think I’ll do it myself at a regular intervals and then at the maintenance interval the warranty requires have a paid flush done.

 

[Dude]

OK, that’s more embedded than I even thought! That explains the high price I wouldn’t want to do that job either. I think I’ll do it myself at a regular intervals and then at the maintenance interval the warranty requires have a paid flush done.

Not sure … due to risk of damaging the transmission its seems highly unlikely the quoted price you were provided includes taking the 8F35 transmission out of the vehicle then taking the transmission apart to replace the filter screen

 

[C5pilot]

I can’t argue with that. The SA said drop the pan and drain and replace the filter like normal transmission. So he must not have gotten the right information.

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