'16 F150 Maintenance Schedule

[TantoTrailers]

Hey guys,

I am up for some maintenance and new tires on my 2016 F150 2WD V6 truck. It has seen only highway driving up to now since I bought it with 4 miles on it and I am sitting just under 77k at the moment. Last time I took my truck into the dealership the nice lady at the counter gave me a laundry list of things that needed to be addressed and I wanted to get to some of those items this time around. Primarily my question is about the trans fluid flush. The shop says I am due for a trans flush, but both the manual and the website show 150k for that service. The other service I am looking to have done is coolant flush and there seems to be a small discrepancy between the manual that came with the truck and the Ford website. Manual shows engine coolant at 100k but the website shows 50k. Since I am right in the middle I will just get it done with the tires and oil next time I am in. Lastly, I am curious about spark plugs. The manual and website show 100k for those puppies and they didnt make it on my to-do list from the dealership. How far should I run those before swapping?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Buliwyf]

Flush ATF every 30,000. You can flush the coolant at the same time. It's a lil early if it tests ok and has a good PH.

No idea on the plugs, haven't serviced that engine yet.

 

[Grassland]

I did my transmission fluid at 97,000 KM
I don't have tow package, and did 4 years of hauling and towing. (1500 lbs in truck every day, towing 2-3000 lbs so nothing crazy)
Shop said fluid looked good, not burned not lots of debris.
I don't have tow package either. But for what a transmission costs vs a fluid change, I didn't feel like waiting for the maximum interval.

 

[MBRicochet]

I did a transmission flush on mine at 60k. For the price of these rigs I'd rather just baby it where I can.

 

[Amp34]

I’d follow what’s in the manual or the official Ford website.

Dealers are going to recommend things that don’t need doing to make extra money for theselves - case in point, my dealer rang me up a couple of weeks for an oil change, at 6 months after the last one, rather than the year... a lot of them still rely on people assuming schedules haven’t changed in 20 years (like the 3k or 5k oil change).

 

[D45]

My plugs are shot around the 20,000 mile marker

$40 for 6 plugs and 30 minutes of my time isn't bad...... but it's pathetic this Ecoboost motor eats iridium plugs that fast