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Brake Fluid Change?

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For a purely street driven car you're good for now. I'd flush and change when you feel the pedal more spongy. Every 2 years at least I'd say. It is mileage, abuse and time based so it depends. Synthetic based track focused fluids you should change more often.
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Some brake fluids with higher boiling points have 3 year change interval, like ATE TYP200. Ford uses pretty good Motorcraft fluid with 338 °F (170 °C) wet boiling point and 509 °F (265 °C) dry boiling point, and if they say it has 3 year change interval in the manual, there's no reason to doubt them for street use.

ATE TYP200 has 388 °F (198 °C) wet boiling point and 536 °F (280 °C) dry boiling point, even better than Motorcraft then, ATE says it has 3 year change interval. It's my go-to brake fluid in my other cars. That is for street use, track use requires much more frequent changes.

For example favourite Motul RBF 600 has only bit better boiling points - 401 °F (205 °C) wet and 594 °F (312 °C) dry. But it has recommended change interval 1 year, it absorbs water faster. It's intended for track use with more frequent changes.
 
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