I have a 2004 Toyota Camry, 4 cyl., auto transmission, with about 75,500 miles. I have never changed the transmission fluid. When I was a a quick oil change place at 75,000 miles, the oil change guy said I should have them flush and refill my transmission fluid. Since I am skeptical, cynical and …

You would get as many opinions on this as the miles on your car. Seems like best practice would be to do a pan drop and fluid & filter change now. Repeat in 15KM. Your transmission has a drain plug and that makes the job easy. On the 2nd change you might want to skip the pan drop and just drain and …

Galant is right, and do NOT do a flush! Also if not done you need to replace brake fluid and bleed brakes,replace anti freeze. Ask around and find a good local repair shop. I would not use quick lube or trans or tire store.

Yes, you should have the transmission fluid changed, but I don’t think you should allow either the “oil change place” or your local mechanic, to change it. I’d stay away from the oil change place because I think these places should be avoided at all costs, even for oil changes. I’d stay away from …

Mcparadise has summed it up very well. Have the trans fluid changed–NOT flushed. And, whatever you do, please stay away from quick oil change places. Since many of the employees at those places cannot do a simple oil change without damaging the (pick one or more) engine/transmission/cooling syste…

Just get it changed not flushed at an indepedent and don’t believe bunk from local guy. Majority of drivers never do it and make it into the 150k-200k range without any issues. Doing it every 30k-75k is good measure if not specified. If it fails it is very expensive to replace.

I have a 2005 camry. I’d drain the fluid, drop the pan, change the trans filter and then refill with castrol import trans fluid. The problem is the 2005 camry has like 3 transmissions and the after market filter I bought at Pep Boys fit the gasket but not the filter. Another kit fit the filter and n…

So $60 is still less than dealer price for the set? Also, do you know the torque for the pan bolts? I am getting the Type IV from local dealer for $4.29, but so far I haven’t dropped the pan.

$1000 will not put in a new transmission in a Toyota. It might make a down payment on one. Those suckers are expensive.

How can new fluid possibly be bad for the transmission? If he believes that why does he change oil in an engine? Isn’t he worried about the new oil “blowing the engine?” You are right, he may be old school. But, I have followed this debate for years, and the reasoning, which I do not think appl…

Toyota Camry Tranny Fluid Change

Maintenance/Repairs

lion9car January 20, 2010, 4:09pm 7

Someone who is “cheap by nature” should prefer spending a small amount of money on required maintenance versus spending at least $1000 on the new transmission that may be looming in your future.

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