# Manual Transmission Fluid - Ford Focus '02 **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** focus, ford\ **Created:** [November 19, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-fluid-ford-focus-02/82292 "2013-11-19T06:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-fluid-ford-focus-02/82292/9 "2013-11-20T21:33:07Z")
My Hondas ('75, '81, '88) called for fluid changes every 30k miles. My '06 Matrix doesn’t call for fluid changes, but the C59 5-speed has a history of early bearing failures, so I changed it at 21k just to see what’s what and the oil was dark with a metallic sheen. So I feel better about it at least. 2000 miles later I went to a dealer for a recall and the service writer told me the trans fluid was dirty and I should get a flush(!). --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-fluid-ford-focus-02/82292)._