I'm quickly approaching the mark and am looking into getting it done.
What exactly does it entail? I'm too lazy to go get the manual.
Also, what does this service usually run at the dealership?

 

Your dealer will probably tell you you need an oil change, tire rotation, and a fuel filter. The fuel filter is optional at 15K miles, IMO, so I think you'd be just fine with an oil change, a tire rotation and a general inspection.

 

Great. That's what I was thinking, but I'm no mechanic.
Thanks!

 

The fuel filter will actually help you keep decent gas milage, they get plugged up pretty easily, it's really not a bad Idea to do it at every 15k i do.

 

Quinton and some of the other Ford guys know best, but I'm definitely going to do the fuel filter. No one really knows what impact the 10% ethanol will have on these filters (i.e., gunk), so I'm not going to push my luck.

 

Just out of curiosity, how much does replacing the fuel filter usually run at the dealership?

 

I can tell you how much effect 10% ethanol has on these filters.

None. Any information to the contrary is pure Old Wive's Tale/heard from my buddy's uncle who's a mechanic in NASCAR/My-Dad-knew-a-guy-who BS.

By the way, my 7 month old truck has 53,232 miles on it as of this afternoon, and I burn whatever fuel is the cheapest, so it goes from crappy 10% ethanol to crappy staight unleaded. I have not had a fuel related problem, because the factory computer parameters are set more than wide enough to cover fluctuating octane and fuel quality.

I changed my filter at 30K and just for fun split it open. Filter media still looked almost new.

For the beauty queen truck owners who only put 100 miles a month on their trucks, 10% ethanol would still be a better choice because it is more stable than straight unleaded.

Some folks here in the midwest, like me, have been running 10% ethanol since it first became available in 1978 and it's not some "new mystical magical" formula. Anyone who thinks so needs to get over it.

 

Fuel filter replacement at a dealer usually runs about 60 bucks and change, they aren't terribly difficult to change yourself if you don't mind having some fuel leaked on you.

 

i laughed at 15k miles i just changed the oil just like every other 3k miles i just did my 30k though yeah 31k now on a 05 bought new in august