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Old 25 Jan 2009, 09:24 pm
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Default Re: Changing Transmission Fluid

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Originally Posted by garyerrol View Post
I recently had our Caravan in the shop getting it resealed because of serious leaks. While picking it up, I asked about changing the fluid on my 2001 with 128,000 miles on it. They said they didn't recommend doing a complete flush on vehicles with higher mileage because it sometimes brings up new problems not originally there.

I'd like to hear from those who have had just a pan drop and drain versus a full flush. Has anyone had problems with the full flush on a high mileage vehicle?

I want to get mine changed this spring/summer and not sure which I should have done.
We alternate between a drain and fill and a full flush every 30k. My wife's '04 is now at 113+k and the next tranny service will be a full flush. I could understand that way of thinking if you didn't do regular maintenance and there could be a lot of crud in there, but if you've done regular maintenance I wouldn't worry about it. If you don't do a full flush you'll never change all of the tranny fluid because a drain and fill leaves a lot of older fluid in the tranny.
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