I have a 2005 Toyota Matrix with 53,000 miles. I had the transmission oil changed at 30,000 miles , and the last time I had it in for an oil change, the service writer told me I should have it power flushed since the oil change leaves too much of the old oil in the tranny. The oil looks clean and do…

Power Flush or change Transmission OIl

circuitsmith July 29, 2009, 10:23pm 4

They only want to flush the money from your wallet. BTW, automatic transmissions (what I assume you have) use fluid, manuals have oil. 30K miles is a good interval to change the fluid.