Power steering flush?

[jeep trick]

Hi, newbie here, I just had my 05 Liberty limited in for an oil change.
It has 35000 miles they showed me some fluids (which I did not think they looked bad) and said they were dirty and I needed to have my power steering flushed?:^o and my transmission fluid changed. since I was in there already I had them do the power steering fluid which was $100.00 and said I would wait on the Trans.
When I went home and told my husband what they did, he just raised his eyebrows and said "Power steering flush?" wow I have never heard that one.
So we checked the manuals and there is no info on power steering maint intervals.
Did I get ripped off?

 

[JeepJeepster]

Yes you did.

The ****** doesnt need to be flushed, but its not a bad idea to get the fluid changed. A flush will flush all the old fluid out of the ******. If you just drop the ****** pan, you only change around 4 quarts of fluid(which is ok). Im not sure what the total amount of fluid the ****** holds, somewhere around 11-14 quarts.

The owners manual in my 04 liberty calls for the ****** fluid to be changed at 60k. I personally believe thats to long to wait, so Im going to do it at 30k.

Its always best to be a local mechanic that you trust to do service work on the Jeep. The dealership will tell you that you need a bunch of unneeded service.

Its not a bad idea to change out the powersteering fluid, but you can do it with a turkey baster and under $10 worth of fluid from Advance Auto parts. I will probably change mine out at 30k, but I offroad alot and tow a boat(alot of turning). For the everyday driver that keeps the Jeep onroad, its not really needed till later on down the road.

 

[MoladoGuy]

Wow, the power steering flush was pretty expensive. However, getting those items done as a maintenance is good for the Jeep. You may want to consider doing the ****** flush as it should be changed or checked every 30-40K.

$100 is typical for a place that wants to up charge for labor. For $10 bucks and a turkey baster you can do it yourself at home. So just imagine what the $100 bucks is for when they use a machine to suck out the old and spit in the new (much quicker than the turkey baster).