WITH 14,000km on the clock and a highway trip to Sydney coming up, we thought it was time to put the Ranger in for its 12-month/15,000km service. The dashboard was also telling us the oil needed to be changed, so best get it done before we hit the road. Plus, there were a couple of non-urgent recalls we could attend to while it was there.
The fixed-price service cost was $400 and there were no extras on top of that. Most of the recalls centred around pre-collision cameras, blind-spot indicators and sensor upgrades, which were all taken care of. One we hadn’t heard about was related to the standard LED headlights, which in some cases had water leaking into them and required sealing. We hadn’t found this problem on our example and the techs at Chadstone Ford said they weren’t leaking, but they still sealed them to ensure the problem wouldn’t surface in the future. All up it was a good experience from the dealer.
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