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TRANSMISSION TIPS

• Change your transmission fluid and filter every 15,000 miles or every year which ever comes first. Heat is the automatic transmission's biggest enemy. Over time and exposure to heat, the fluid looses the properties that assist the seals and friction materials in maintaining high standards of performance.
  


• Perform necessary maintenance to ensure that your car's cooling system is in good working order.


• Check your radiator core, air conditioning evaporator core (and your external transmission cooler core if equipped) periodically for debris such as bugs and leaves that would restrict air flow resulting in over-heating.


• Check your transmission fluid level every time you fill up with gas to stay on top of any unexpected fluid leaks that may have developed.


• Check your parking spots to see if there are any small or large puddles of transmission fluid as a result of a new transmission leak.


• Be aware of any new noises that could be coming from your transmission. The sooner you isolate that it is a transmission problem and take it in for repairs, the less it will cost.


• If you detect erroneous shift patterns or the transmission suddenly quits shifting, falls out of gear, slips between gear changes and such, you should give us a call to make plans to bring the car in as soon as possible. If your car has a computer controlled transmission, these kinds of problems can often be fixed with inexpensive external components. If your car does not have a computer controlled transmission it could still be as simple as a broken or unattached cable which, if caught soon enough, will prevent unnecessary transmission failure.


• If you have a front wheel drive, please be aware that some of those transmissions (transaxles) have the differential built into the same case as the automatic transmission but fluids for each are filled and checked at different locations. Often the differential takes 90 W gear oil but some use transmission fluid just like the transmission section. These individually filled units usually have a very small capacity and simply cannot tolerate being run low on fluid. Check your owner's manual or give us a call to find out if your car has one of these kinds of transmissions so you can perform adequate maintenance and avoid unnecessary transaxle failure.