Some cars use a “lifetime” fluid – which basically means you “don’t” need to change it for the life of the transmission.
When should you do a transmission fluid change?Įach vehicle has different recommendations when changing the transmission fluid. The cost of repairs, rebuilding or replacing is very expensive – compared to actually keeping your transmission properly maintained.īelow is the average price you’d expect to pay if something goes wrong with a transmission: Once the gears and part inside are worn – this may cause your transmission to slip gears and once that happens repairs will be very costly. Once that happens – the parts will scratch against each other and start to wear out and lose grip. Within the transmission there is the fluid which helps to lubricate, cool but also acts as a hydraulic fluid which help facilitate the gear shifts.Īs you use the car, step on acceleration, tow things and brake – the gears and parts inside the transmission will heat up.Īnd as it heats up, the transmission fluid will deteriorate over time – losing its properties and ability to property lubricate. When I put the gear into R the screen will pop up and the word says "Danger! Please check surroundings for safety" it a bit annoying as I didn't want the word pop up and staying there as I am continuing reversing. Now having the parking sensors installed, although when reversing out my reverse camera did not make any movements, I am not sure whether it because my camera wasn't installed correctly by someone. Now driving away with a fantastic parking sensors.On the negative note: when i had the reverse camera installed, the reverse camera wasn't making any movement when reversing out. I am forever grateful for their amazing work and their support in showing me before hand. Once it done being installed I was then shown how it works, I see the light and hear the beeping sound. They came across a reasonable price & therefore booked in and explained my situation as a hearing impaired person. Contacted every place to get a reasonable price for parking sensors. Oil loses its properties over time and needs to be changed.I had my reverse camera installed by someone else and it cost money when I thought it included the sensor parking when it did not happen. All transmissions are serviceable and oil does not last a lifetime, but not servicing can reduce the lifetime of your transmission.
The answer is YES! Although many manufactures consider their transmissions a “non-serviceable, sealed unit” with “lifetime oil” this is not the case. Having incorrect fluid levels can be a major factor in damaging your transmission, causing low pressure, slipping and overheating. Many modern transmissions do not even have a dipstick making it nearly impossible for the average person to check the fluid level.
Very often the transmission will need to be stripped right down. Many modern automatic transmissions do not have accessible filters to access these. With our flush service, we remove all of the damaging contaminants as we add new oil. The importance of our flush serviceĮven worse is that adding fresh transmission fluid can actually loosen damaging sludge and varnish deposits within your transmission. The remainder is trapped in torque converter, valve body and Tran’s cooler lines. In fact the drain and fill service only replaces 40% or less of fluid. Like your car’s engine oil its automatic transmission fluid acts as a lubricant and detergent carrying away damaging heat and contaminants protecting against wear and tear on your transmission.īut unlike engine oil most of your transmission’s fluid is not replaced by a typical drain and fill service. 90 percent of automatic transmission failures are due to either overheating or contaminated fluid? And to have your automatic transmission rebuilt could cost anywhere between $2000.00 to $5000.00.