m45 up for 60k serivce. what needs replacing

[darcwun]

On top of the usual recommended serviceable items per manual dealer wants to change, the transmission fluid, rear differential fluid, coolant and brake fluid for my 03 m45 60k service. I thought some of these fluids were long or lifetime lasting fluids and would not need replacing at 60k. Which once these should I fork over the extra cash for?

[auditech10]

Why not do it all? It comes down to this, spend the money the do proper preventative maintenance now or spend twice or three times as much down the road when something fails due to lack of maintenance.Remember these services at certain intervals is what Nissan and most other companies out there will tell you what and when to replace/change. Its totally up to you to do these whenever is most convenient, but in my experience and what I do on my own vehicles is replace all fluids at 45K miles, and oil I do usually every 5000 milescheers

[szh]

On top of the usual recommended serviceable items per manual dealer wants to change, the transmission fluid, rear differential fluid, coolant and brake fluid for my 03 m45 60k service. I thought some of these fluids were long or lifetime lasting fluids and would not need replacing at 60k. Which once these should I fork over the extra cash for?

On my M45, I replace my transmission fluid (including a full flush) every 30k miles, my rear differential fluid will be replaced at 60k miles, my brake fluid every two years (regardless of miles) and the coolant every 30k miles.

In addition to the list you posted, I also plan to replace the power steering fluid and the fan cooling fluid (and, yes, there is such a thing in the M45) at 60k or 67.5k miles. There are no real "lifetime" fluids, unless you expect the life of the car to be darn short!

IMHO, the critical ones to do above are the automatic transmission and the brake fluid - the others are good maintenance habits (although I would certainly not let them go past 90k miles). One is a longevity issue (transmission fluid) and the other is a safety issue (brake fluid). Both have implications (cost and safety) if they fail.

So, yes, I would recommend most, if not all, of the above dealer mentioned list at 60k too!

If you need to spread the cost out a bit, it is not an issue, imho, to stagger some of the work at some later 7500 mile intervals. For example, you might delay the differential fluid and coolant to the 67500 mile mark and brake fluid to 75k miles (maybe). But I would be very careful about the transmission flush every 30k miles ... expensive to replace if it breaks (you would be looking at $2600 to $3200 for that).

Z

[cremecreme]

so how much is a typical 60K service with the services you mentioned above all at once??? Cause i need one also

[sr79labrat]

Dealer is about $850.00Private is about $670.00

From what I have found out.

later, Kyle

[cremecreme]

check this out i called my local infiniti dealer and for the services listed above including the whole 60K service which didn't include the transmission and diff fluid replace at first, until i added them on was $1069 and that was discounted

[auditech10]

Haha, having worked at a dealership for many years now, every price you get will be a "discounted" price. Shop around or call another dealership and see if they will beat their price. Its worth a shot

[szh]

See here for more information: zerothread?id=148207.

The 60k mile service from a local Infiniti dealer is $640 (with their "coupon").

Z