Mellowdien

I just got 10k miles on my 07 GT that i bought new.
She going to a get service job soon: Brake pads, motor oil, oil filter and filter clean up.

I was just wondering if there were any other fluids i might wanna change at this point.
Radiator fluids, brake fluids.. are those necessary for now?

I'll be supercharged by february next year so i also wanted to ask the FI guys here,
if they changed their lubricants, are you still using 5w-20?

mmarsh3014

I understand you're asking about fluids, but are you really in need of brake pads already at 10k? If that is the case, you might have an under lying issue like a caliber that hung up or a pinch in the brake line. But under normal conditions, you shouldn't need them already. Also, your owner's manual outlines the services that the dealerships recommend getting done at the appropriate milages

2007VistaBlueGT

Why wouldn't he? It depends on how he drives, I just did a brake service on one of my customers last month he had a 2010 Mazda 3 with 7,400 miles on the clock. The national average is 15K. As for fluids no. Conventional motor oil every 3K, synthetic motor oil full or blend 5K, brake fluid 25K, trans and differential 25-30K. Coolant 4 years or 50K. Engine and cabin filters around 15K.

mmarsh3014

I can honestly say while working at a Ford dealer, I've only seen a handful of cases where any of my customers, or any from other techs that I was aware of, needs new brakes that early. And typically the service managers aren't real excited about warranty brake jobs. If you're driving with two feet (with an automatic), then yeah, it makes sense. But not under normal driving conditions. If he's taking the car on a road course, definitely. This is just the experience that I've had while being a tech for a relatively short amount of time. I saw the light and got out of the industry

Edit-- I didn't realize it was an 07. Possibly out of 3/36 warrenty

motorman524

I agree with marsh that seems aweful early and there may be an issue. My 80 Focus has 55000 on the clock and the brakes are original.
I know that the 500s and the Freestyles had issues with really fast brake wear...

Nuke

I rarely put a first set of brakes on before 100,000 miles but those are my 6 Toyotas, and 3 of those were/are tow vehicles. 10k miles for brakes and I'd either investigate if something is wrong or change my overly aggressive driving style before I kill someone. Or maybe it's just a South America thing...

Changing fluids is not always the same across the board. It depends on your driving sytle and conditions. You'll get a lot of opinions but typically I go by 3,000 miles for dino, 5,000 miles for blend and 8,000-10,000 miles for full synthetic. If you're making frequent short trips and/or racing (in your case, possibly driving extremly spirited), reduce the frequency. You don't need any other fluid changes this early.

JDWalton

I'm running 5w-30 full synthetic. I never let it get over 4k miles on the fluid. About 3500 each time so far.

pentavolvo

runnin motorcraft synthetic and going 5000 miles on oil

trans fluid, coolant flush, brake fluid I did at 19k or so

come spring ill do brake fluid again and prob the rear end fluid, car sits in storage with 25k right now

chronos

I agree with the previous assessments on the fluids. Brakes is a different story. I agree that the OP's mileage is way too low, but they just don't make brakes like they used to. I just changed the original brakes out on my wife's 08 Rav4 and they only lasted 25K. They maybe could have gone another 4K but I didn't want to let them get to the bare bones and mess up the rotors. Brakes and rotors are being made crappier these days than ever before. Maybe it's a reduction on quality for higher profit or environmental restrictions on the materials they can use.

stealth32

Can u guys post what you use for ALL your fluids