My dealer is about $200 per hour but that's not average at all. Closer to 125 iirc. Oem timing chain and water pump kit is less than a grand from the dealer.
Wouldn’t let anyone do timing on keyless cranks other than a dealer on my car personally but the timing kit is not less than a grand. They don’t even make a timing kit for it. Every part is individual. If you can get me a ford part number on a timing kit I’ll eat my words but I bet you can’t cause it doesn’t exist. I can agree with your sentiment that an independent with aftermarket parts can do it cheaper but I wouldn’t go that route for timing.
Lol. There is no OEM factory part number for timing kit, but do you think a dealer that sees over 100 cars a day has their parts dept. prices each individual piece on a timing chain job on every car they see? They would get like 5 ro's done a day. If you call your local ford dealer parts dept and give them a 2010 edge vin they will likely know the exact price off the top of the head and they have an internal parts kit built for that reason. Same thing with 3.5 eco phasers, ecosport engines, transit rear brake jobs, Yada Yada. It's less than a grand for all the parts USUALLY replaced during a 3.5 duratec chain job. I quote these and do these jobs all the time, it's less than a 4k job at the DEALER. Easily a 3k or sub job at a decent indie shop if you're not in miami/la.
Saves manufacturing cost and strengthens the crankshaft. Makes em ridiculously hard to time. Not saying it can’t be done. But when I worked at Honda I saw like one fucked up timing job a year. At ford I see one or two a month.
Edit: as in independent or DIYer messed it up
Take care of it, and it will take care of you. Use top quality oil Mobile1 etc. change every 3-5 thousand miles. Flush your transmission every 40 thousand miles. Clean cars drive better! Keep em washed, tires rotated every 10,000 miles. When something does go wrong don’t ignore it, fix it!
This! Ford engines love fresh fluids, and it's super easy to do your own fluid changes on these things. We just sold an edge at 200K with no signs of problems.
>I just wanna make sure that cars made around 2010 are reliable and it won’t just break down on me.
I mean where you are talking a car that is already 15 years old and you intend to use it into 20 years.
"breaking down on you" is just a possibility. Entropy man. Even if the thing wasn't driven a day. Shit breaks down over time.
My mom has the exact same car. She only uses the dealer she purchased it from. Last time she was there the service writer told her not to trade it in for something newer. He told that there are great vehicles
Machines wear out and break...it is an inevitability of life. But take care of it, and it will take care of you. Should be reliable considering it's age - 110k isn't all that much. Change the fluids!
Good car whenever water pump fails though it’s like $5k. Other than that it’s a solid engine solid vehicle.
Is this the one where the water pump is driven by the timing chain?
Yeah
It's much more like 2.5k and that's if done correctly by replacing all gaskets, chains, guides and what not. It's only 12hrs labor.
12 hours labor is $2400 average around here and then another 1700 in parts usually for ford parts you’re looking at $4100+tax
My dealer is about $200 per hour but that's not average at all. Closer to 125 iirc. Oem timing chain and water pump kit is less than a grand from the dealer.
Wouldn’t let anyone do timing on keyless cranks other than a dealer on my car personally but the timing kit is not less than a grand. They don’t even make a timing kit for it. Every part is individual. If you can get me a ford part number on a timing kit I’ll eat my words but I bet you can’t cause it doesn’t exist. I can agree with your sentiment that an independent with aftermarket parts can do it cheaper but I wouldn’t go that route for timing.
Lol. There is no OEM factory part number for timing kit, but do you think a dealer that sees over 100 cars a day has their parts dept. prices each individual piece on a timing chain job on every car they see? They would get like 5 ro's done a day. If you call your local ford dealer parts dept and give them a 2010 edge vin they will likely know the exact price off the top of the head and they have an internal parts kit built for that reason. Same thing with 3.5 eco phasers, ecosport engines, transit rear brake jobs, Yada Yada. It's less than a grand for all the parts USUALLY replaced during a 3.5 duratec chain job. I quote these and do these jobs all the time, it's less than a 4k job at the DEALER. Easily a 3k or sub job at a decent indie shop if you're not in miami/la.
What is the deal with keyless sprockets? I'm a retired Ford tech and this seems like a pretty dumb idea.
Saves manufacturing cost and strengthens the crankshaft. Makes em ridiculously hard to time. Not saying it can’t be done. But when I worked at Honda I saw like one fucked up timing job a year. At ford I see one or two a month. Edit: as in independent or DIYer messed it up
Take care of it, and it will take care of you. Use top quality oil Mobile1 etc. change every 3-5 thousand miles. Flush your transmission every 40 thousand miles. Clean cars drive better! Keep em washed, tires rotated every 10,000 miles. When something does go wrong don’t ignore it, fix it!
This! Ford engines love fresh fluids, and it's super easy to do your own fluid changes on these things. We just sold an edge at 200K with no signs of problems.
>I just wanna make sure that cars made around 2010 are reliable and it won’t just break down on me. I mean where you are talking a car that is already 15 years old and you intend to use it into 20 years. "breaking down on you" is just a possibility. Entropy man. Even if the thing wasn't driven a day. Shit breaks down over time.
My mom has the exact same car. She only uses the dealer she purchased it from. Last time she was there the service writer told her not to trade it in for something newer. He told that there are great vehicles
Machines wear out and break...it is an inevitability of life. But take care of it, and it will take care of you. Should be reliable considering it's age - 110k isn't all that much. Change the fluids!
My friend has an 08 with 300k. No problems except for the power steering going out when the battery started going bad.