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- Chris
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- Kansas City
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- 2021 F-150 Plat, Bronco; Audi R8, S5, Q7; Cayenne
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I brought my ‘21 F-150 Platinum (PowerBoost) into a local garage today to get an oil change. I’ve used this garage for various cars over the past 10+ years and never had much of an issue with them. I specifically didn’t take the truck to the dealership given a couple of recalls that I have on it. I’m taking a trip on Monday that I need the truck for and just didn’t want to ”deal” with anything at the dealership.
Anyway - the multipoint inspection indicated that I have a minor leak on my front differential and that my rear differential was also low. Here is where the info starts getting a little contradicting.
I indicated to them to just top off my levels and that I’d bring to the dealership after my trip. They said that they couldn’t top it off without flushing it. When I pushed further on that topic, they said “well, if we add any fluid to it, the fluid will just come directly out of the fill hole.” Sooooo, if that’s the case, then how is it considered low currently…?
Seems like a money grab to ”force” me into flushing both the front and back differentials. Any other opinions?
Truck is 14 months old; 19k miles.
Anyway - the multipoint inspection indicated that I have a minor leak on my front differential and that my rear differential was also low. Here is where the info starts getting a little contradicting.
I indicated to them to just top off my levels and that I’d bring to the dealership after my trip. They said that they couldn’t top it off without flushing it. When I pushed further on that topic, they said “well, if we add any fluid to it, the fluid will just come directly out of the fill hole.” Sooooo, if that’s the case, then how is it considered low currently…?
Seems like a money grab to ”force” me into flushing both the front and back differentials. Any other opinions?
Truck is 14 months old; 19k miles.
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