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Originally Posted by spitpilot

Brake fluid is the only non "lifetime" fluid (except for engine oil..of course) for most car mfgs...every maintenance schedule I've read has a brake fluid flush in there every few years with 2 year intervals being most common...Now since the auto companies' goal is to reduce maintenance costs to look good on "cost of ownership" numbers in car mag and Consumer Reports reviews...why would they leave brake fluid flushes when they've declared coolant, power steering, tranny and diff fluids, fuel filter etc all "lifetime" parts??? Must be a reason or it would have vanished years ago!...

Liability.