Where to get transmission fluid replacement?

Near 60k on my 2018 and the dealer said it’s time for a flush. Lol. He said it’s very common and I expressed that I hear it’s best to only drain and fill and the service manager looked confused.

allas, I could drain it myself but I’d rather not. Can I bring it to a reputable tranny shop or just ask another dealer to drain and refill? I am afraid the dealer will flush it without me knowing lol. Thanks !

 

You could just drop it off and tell him you want to see the used strainer from inside the pan and/or mark the bolts or pan lip to make sure they were removed. Not that it guarantees it'll be your strainer though, just an idea, haha.

 

No need to swap the strainer out for a flush or a drain and fill. At 60k miles, nothing wrong with a flush, but I wouldn’t want a power flush done. A passive flush using the transmission fluid pump and the cooling lines would work best.

 

After going back and fourth
With dealers over the different types of tranny service early in my truck's life with many trying hard to steer me AWAY from any flush, I ended up doing a couple drain and fills at consecutive oil changes at 50 and 55k or so then another every 2-3 years until I sold it. At 13 years and 113k it shifted when I traded it the same as it did in 2009 when I test drove it.

 

Just tell them you want a drain and fill. Can’t force you to flush

 

Drain and refill are the recommended services, at 60k you're just due for the fluid change only. You can elect to do the pan removal and change the internal basket and gasket if you want later at 100k+ miles, but the consensus here was also that that was unnecessary. At 103k I'm going to have the second fluid change done and just do the internal stuff next round at 150k.

 

A dealer here in Denver quoted me $365 for a drain and flush. Does that sound like the going rate?

 

On my 2020 manual, I don’t see the transmission fluid changed anywhere. Am I missing it?

 

I really like this guy and he makes it pretty simple to understand.

 

AHHH, YESSSS. Drain and fill is 4 quarts, 5 at best. At $15, and its chaeper for them, it $60-75 in oil. No way is it $300 in labor. Boy these dealers are greedy.

 

The shop that did mine did the transfer,front and rear fluids and transmission and charged me 1 1/2 hrs labor.

 

Flushes are for toilets. You just want a drain and fill.